The Squirrel News Podcast

Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder

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.

  1. #40: Solarpunk utopias and benevolent AI

    20. Jan.

    #40: Solarpunk utopias and benevolent AI

    The solarpunk movement creates utopias of how the future might look if humanity succeeded in solving major contemporary challenges. Jeremy Dela Rosa and Nico Shi are part of it. In this episode, they tell us why the world needs new utopias that are open to technological progress, and how they connect communal living with benevolent AI. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Links www.agartha.one www.jeremy.love Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    44 Min.
  2. #39: From viewing to doing: How to use entertainment to change society

    18.11.2025

    #39: From viewing to doing: How to use entertainment to change society

    Nick Hudson and his organisation E2AC (entertainment to affect change) are bridging the gap between two worlds: entertainment and non-profits. In this episode, Nick explains to us, how he came to create a "philanthropic Netflix", how E2AC inspires movie lovers to take action, and why donating and supporting a cause can be addictive. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Links E2AC Website: www.e2ac.org Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    52 Min.
  3. #38: The Connection Cure

    03.04.2025

    #38: The Connection Cure

    In a new medical trend, more and more doctors are prescribing outdoor pursuits and social activities instead of drugs and medication. Solutions journalist Julia Hotz has spoken about this topic on our podcast before. In this episode she returns to talk with us about the book she has written on the subject in the meantime: "The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging." Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Links Julia Hotz, The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. Simon & Schuster Julia Hotz (Website) Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    41 Min.
  4. #37: Meet a Jew

    14.05.2024

    #37: Meet a Jew

    Prejudices about Jews are still widespread today. Yet many young people in Germany have never consciously met a Jew. The project ‘Meet a Jew’ aims to change this by bringing Jewish volunteers together with school classes and clubs. In this episode, project coordinator Masha explains what the encounters achieve and why many participants are amazed by them. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Links Project website Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    44 Min.
  5. #36: Rediscovering the past to shape the future – with special guest Jim Klein

    23.04.2024

    #36: Rediscovering the past to shape the future – with special guest Jim Klein

    In this special, personal episode, we continue our conversation about history with a special guest and a special project in which Jonathan's father recently rediscovered the story of Kurt Klein and Gerda Weissmann Klein: two Jews who left Germany during and after World War II, married and became very well-known in the US due to Gerda's book "All but my life" – but remained almost unknown in Germany. In this episode, we speak with their son Jim Klein about how his father Kurt saved Oskar Schindler, lessons from his mother for politics today, and the meaning of re-establishing contact with a left-behind part of family history. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Links Gerda Weissmann Klein: All But My Life Project Website "Kurt Klein" (in German) Gerda und Kurt, Graphic Novel (German) Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    55 Min.
  6. #35: Personal notes on current events and the past

    13.02.2024

    #35: Personal notes on current events and the past

    In this episode, Ed and Jonathan, a Jew in LA and Jonathan a German in Berlin, reflect on current political events and their personal relation and experience with it: The rise of the far-right AfD in Germany, mass protests against it, and how Germany deals with the past in general; and on the other hand, the possible comeback of Donald Trump, racism and antisemitism in US history. By the way, we’re just getting started. Much more to come in our next episodes. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    55 Min.
  7. #34: MDMA and social change

    28.09.2023

    #34: MDMA and social change

    Can psychedelics like MDMA drive positive social change? Journalist Rachel Nuwer wrote a book on "MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World", and in one chapter she describes how taking the drug in a scientific study seems to have helped a former white nationalist leader change his extremist beliefs. In this episode, Rachel explains how this could be possible, how MDMA could have similar effects on others and where the limits are. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Leon Wolf Photo: Gil Gonzalez Stories discussed How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist, BBC Rachel Nuwer, I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    48 Min.
  8. #33: Why toilets are a key to progress

    25.05.2023

    #33: Why toilets are a key to progress

    When thinking about global development, toilets are not the first thing that comes to mind. But facilitating access to toilets for everyone has surprising benefits for health, nutrition, safety, education and the economy. In this episode, Sarika Saluja, General Manager of the World Toilet Organisation, explains why universal access to toilets is more important than we'd think, why even governments are not sufficiently aware of that and how the situation has been improving over the last years. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Mathias Warzecha Questions: (00:4:17) Introduction of Sarika (00:5:00) Whats the World Toilet Organisation and what do they do? (00:7:52) Wow do we get a different view about this issue? (00:10:20) Why is the design of Toilettes different all around the world? (00:11:55) Why is access to toiletts more important than medicine? (00:13:52) Are governments aware about this important problems? (00:15:12) Whats the 6 sustainable development goals? (00:16:10) Why do people, especially women, in developing countries stop eating and drinking in the evening? (00:18:32) What leads to sanitation issues? (00:21:43) India has made significant progress in recent years by constructing over 111 million toilets? (00:23:08) The program in India is the biggest program by a government in the world? (00:24:08) How do job opportunities in India increase due to toilets? (00:25:50) What is the World Toilette Colleague? (00:29:08) When do you think everyone in the World will have access to a toilette? Stories discussed Half of India couldn’t access a toilet 5 years ago. Modi built 110M latrines – but will people use them? CNN World Toilet Organisation Website Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

    32 Min.
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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.

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    Ed Crasnick, Jonathan Widder
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