The Squirrel News Podcast

By Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder

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Episodes: 36

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A German Journalist and a Jewish Comic discuss the latest and greatest solution based news stories from around the world. A podcast about the amazing, wildly creative things people are doing to solve our biggest social problems today – from goats helping to fight wildfires to prisons without wardens and guns. Hosts: Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder Tags: solutions, society, sustainability, social innovation, solutions journalism, constructive journalism.

Episode Date
#36: Rediscovering the past to shape the future – with special guest Jim Klein
Apr 23, 2024
#35: Personal notes on current events and the past
Feb 13, 2024
#34: MDMA and social change
Sep 28, 2023
#33: Why toilets are a key to progress
May 25, 2023
#32: The benefits of the four-day work week
Mar 30, 2023
#31: The 'Solar Punks': Bringing power to the people
Mar 17, 2023
#30: Zero-interest loans for Black homebuyers
Feb 23, 2023
#29: 'You can't be what you can't see': How to connect low-income kids with nature
Nov 24, 2022
#28: How to tackle food poverty with the tools of a modern start-up
Nov 10, 2022
#27: Walking clubs for better mental health
Oct 12, 2022
#26: Humor for Humanity
Sep 15, 2022
#25: India's open prisons
Aug 25, 2022
#24: Free pianos for disadvantaged kids
Aug 05, 2022
#23: Standup comedy for men at risk of suicide
Jul 21, 2022
#22: The Good Newspaper
Jul 08, 2022
#21: Rehearsal for Life
Jun 23, 2022
#20: People Walking
Jun 08, 2022
#19: The unknown advantages of playfulness
May 12, 2022
#18: The Confess Project – A Mental Health Barbershop Movement
Apr 24, 2022
#17: Cities owned by locals – or how to become a landlord with little money
Mar 21, 2022
#16: Empowerment Avenue – bringing solutions journalism into prisons
Mar 03, 2022
#15: Adversity to University: degrees for homeless people
Feb 08, 2022
#14: New Zealand's plan to end smoking, top chefs offer vegan menus, roundabouts saving lives
Jan 27, 2022
#13: The NGO that introduced a $70,000 minimum wage
Dec 21, 2021
#12: Changing lives by phone, exchange programme across states, US Navy ship named after Harvey Milk
Dec 06, 2021
#11: Special: Solutions for children
Nov 22, 2021
#10: Owls replacing pesticides, dogs saving koalas, airport pig patrol, sheep on seaweed diet
Nov 10, 2021
#9: Female judges in Egypt, death metal eco-baron, rehabilitation through dogs
Nov 05, 2021
#8: Basic income for Irish artists, paying addicts to stop using, Taekwondo for grandmothers
Oct 29, 2021
#7: Special – Social prescribing
Oct 08, 2021
#6: Human library, paid parental leave for fathers, influencers fighting conflicts
Sep 30, 2021
#5: Eco-city Medellin, news literacy in Illinois high schools, mooncakes destigmatizing mental health issues
Sep 10, 2021
#4: 10 billion trees in Pakistan, Congo's children Bearbeitenswap mining for education, free pianos for St. Louis children
Sep 03, 2021
#3: Special – Prison reform and the Compassion Prison Project
Aug 13, 2021
#2: Four-day working week, state-financed imam training in Germany, mental health barbershop project
Jul 09, 2021
#1: Global minimum tax rate, pig whisperer, lying flat in China
Jun 18, 2021