Good Vibes Only - A Wholesome News Cast

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Welcome to Good Vibes Only - Your weekly wholesome news cast of positive news to remind you that everything isn't totally terrible. Each week, I'll share some uplifting news, highlight great work being done by local organizations, and end with a wholesome media recommendation.

  1. 12/20/2024

    Episode 19: Rock Climbing as Therapy, Cozy Cafes, Disability Access, and more!

    This week, we travel to Kenya, China, and the U.S. for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/combating-parkinsons-disease-with-rock-climbing/ https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/a-moving-company-helps-seniors-make-a-smooth-transition-42445558 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202412/07/WS6753b732a310f1265a1d1abf.html https://www.inlander.com/culture/northside-late-night-cafe-lunarium-is-a-tea-lover-and-artists-dream-29067423  https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/23/a-kenyan-start-up-turns-plastic-waste-into-solar-powered-freezers/ https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/championing-disability-advocacy-albuquerque# Intro music:Music by ⁠⁠⁠Oleg Fedak⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠ Transition music: Music by ⁠⁠⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠

    22 min

  2. 12/06/2024

    Episode 18: Music for Mental Health, Saving the Whales, Mangrove Restoration, and more!

    This week, we travel to Burkina Faso, New Zealand, the U.S. and more for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/11/25/concert-at-maxwells-supports-canadas-new-mental-health-emergency-line/ | https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6575817 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/music-and-alzheimers https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/12/theater-festival-offers-solace-in-burkina-faso/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dpl21x0x7o | https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-than-30-stranded-whales-rescued-in-new-zealand-by-people-lifting-them-on-sheets/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/how-a-holistic-approach-aims-to-heal-mangroves-in-guinea-bissau/ https://thebetterindia.com/383754/aparna-das-60-year-old-social-worker-transforming-lives-of-orphans-and-seniors-in-west-bengal/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/homeless-youth-bridge-over-troubled-waters/ Cozy Corner Recommendation: Over the Garden Wall (Animated Mini-Series) Intro music:Music by ⁠⁠Oleg Fedak⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠ Transition music: Music by ⁠⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠

    19 min

  3. 11/22/2024

    Episode 17: The Legendary Glamma, Restoring Finnish Peatlands, Serving up Books at Food Banks, and more!

    This week, we travel to Zambia, Finland, Canada and more for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ni-crisis-cafe-hailed-providing-112454887.html https://www.positive.news/society/nobody-should-have-to-choose-whether-to-feed-or-read/ | https://www.bookbanks.co.uk/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-finnish-fishermen-fighting-climate-change-by-preserving-carbon-rich-peatlands  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ylzj54yxo https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eastmain-clay-pottery-ceramics-workshop-1.7360672 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/07/finnish-fathers-paternity-leave-finland#:~:text=Fathers%20of%20children%20born%20after,were%20earmarked%20 for%20 paternity%20leave. Cozy Corner Recommendation: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Intro music:Music by ⁠Oleg Fedak⁠ from ⁠Pixabay⁠ Transition music: Music by ⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠ from ⁠Pixabay⁠

    19 min

  4. 11/15/2024

    Episode 16: Dancing for Mental Health in Mali, Indigenous Youth Gardens, Dogs Restoring Nature, and more!

    We're back with plenty of good news abound! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources + clips below: https://www.africanews.com/2024/10/10/mental-health-patients-in-mali-find-their-voice-through-theater/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g0y8l9zvyo  | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/backpack-wearing-dogs-enlisted-rewild-urban-nature-reserve-lewes https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/largest-dam-removal-ever-driven-by-tribes-kicks-off-klamath-river-recovery/ https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/10/how-hoodoo-inspired-a-midwife-to-open-illinois-first-black-owned-birthing-center.html | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgzt4bUWieY&ab_channel=ABC7Chicago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-you-street-outreach-program-yellowknife-1.7378328 https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/ottawa-indigenous-youth-garden / https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.6974566 Intro music: Music by Oleg Fedak from Pixabay Transition music: Music by Bohdan Kuzmin from Pixabay

    23 min

  5. 11/08/2024

    We're back! Good Vibes Only Returns November 15th

    Anyone else in need of wholesome and good news around the world? Yeah... me too. Tune in starting November 15th for your weekly dose of wholesome news. (P.S. I promise I'll get better with the audio going forward - another piece of good news for you to look forward to!)

    1 min

  6. 06/10/2022

    Episode 15: Forget Me Not Cafe, Indigenous Radio Stations, Carpentry for Good, and More!

    Heads up! No episodes for the next two weeks  - I'm starting on my dissertation fieldwork next week -- woohoo! Here's to not being totally overwhelmed with stress. If I have time I'll try to squeeze in a sliver of good vibes, but if not, then sending good vibes for you all for the next two weeks (and beyond, always) and I'll hopefully have a nice long episode of good vibes when I return! In this episode, we look at a (few) cafes for people living with dementia, strides in solar energy, Panama's first country-wide Indigenous radio station, and more! Organization Spotlight - Insight Walk: https://insightwalk.org/ Legends & Lattes: https://bookshop.org/books/legends-lattes-a-novel-of-high-fantasy-and-low-stakes-9798985663235/9798985663211 Send me positive news! - wholesomenewscast@gmail.com or Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/goodvibesonly Links to the original articles + clips are below: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/manchester-based-orchestra-relaunches-hugely-23967776 |  https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003961/reality-tv-show-aims-to-raise-alzheimers-awareness https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-based-online-lgbtq-bookshop-7148689 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/solar-flower-saskatoon-high-school-1.6467493 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61479993 https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wolastoqew-carpenters-toys-iwk-1.6473973 https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/at-this-farm-kids-promote-wildlife-conservation-and-protect-dying-art-forms-news-200300

    16 min

  7. 06/03/2022

    Episode 14: The Friendship Orchard, Saving the Bees, a Girl Group in Benin, and More!

    In this episode, we look at a girl group making strides in Benin West Africa, county-wide community garden of sorts, an organization empowering children with complex health needs, and more! Organization Spotlight - Hear Your Song: HearYourSong.com The Year I Stopped to Notice: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-year-i-stopped-to-notice/miranda-keeling/9781785787966 Send me positive news! - wholesomenewscast@gmail.com or Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/goodvibesonly Links to the original articles + clips are below: https://www.positive.news/society/cost-of-living-six-creative-ways-that-communities-are-responding https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/birtley-cafe-young-employment-disability-23822346 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/28/1098826216/like-the-linda-lindas-this-teen-girl-band-in-benin-makes-you-dance-and-think https://www.reckonsouth.com/justice/2022/05/justice-and-joy-black-trans-led-nonprofit-uses-joy-to-fight-hate-in-alabama.html https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/05/07/sstb-me-and-the-bees-lemonade.cnn https://news.yale.edu/2022/05/09/sick-children-hope-healing-and-friendship-comes-song

    13 min

  8. 05/27/2022

    Episode 13: To the World We Dream About, and the One We Live in Now

    In this episode, we look at a teenager's first published artwork, co-living for disabled young adults, a community pantry in the Philippines, and more! Organization Spotlight - Sandy Hook Promise: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/ Big Panda and Tiny Dragon: https://bookshop.org/books/big-panda-and-tiny-dragon/9781647225124 Hadestown: hadestown.com/ Send me positive news! - wholesomenewscast@gmail.com or Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/goodvibesonly Links to the original articles + clips are below: https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/community-pantry-pioneer-ana-patricia-non-named-woman-of-courage-by-us-embassy/ https://www.euronews.com/2022/05/20/good-news-uk-s-first-queer-museum-how-coffee-grows-cucumbers-how-to-land-a-plane-for-begin https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/somerset-super-nature-reserve-will-benefit-uk-rarest-wildlife https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mental-health-book-children-northumberland-23928333 https://gulfnews.com/uae/12-year-old-ceo-pre-teen-author-cardiac-attack-survivor-sharjah-childrens-reading-festival-2022-hears-from-inspirational-speakers-1.88030495 https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/05/11/uk-s-first-queer-history-museum-opens-its-doors

    13 min
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Welcome to Good Vibes Only - Your weekly wholesome news cast of positive news to remind you that everything isn't totally terrible. Each week, I'll share some uplifting news, highlight great work being done by local organizations, and end with a wholesome media recommendation.

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