Hope Is A Verb Podcast
1) NewsFix - Empty Spain. Alphafold. Measles ⬇️
This week's headlines include – a medical breakthrough in Gaza; death rates plummet for one of our most contagious viruses; ‘Empty Spain’; Australia’s environmental reform;more bad news for fossil fue...Show More
2) NewsFix - The Kiss. Child Poverty ⬇️. Rewilding Keeps Winning.
This week's headlines include - major victory against extreme child poverty; rewilding efforts paying off in Scotland, Vietnam, Bulgaria and Ukraine; more good news on the malaria vaccine; what went r...Show More
3) Future Council - No More 'Adult Washing'
Meet Future Council, a global youth-led movement that’s empowering kids and teenagers to help co-design the future. Inspired by the documentary ‘Future Council’ that followed eight young activists as ...Show More
4) NewsFix - Aha! Mongolia. Crime Decline.
Hold onto your hats - it's a big week of news including: the science behind Aha moments; top marks for global primary school education; cancer breakthroughs; more good news for the Amazon; Mongolia's ...Show More
5) Bryan Walsh - Solving the Narrative Deficit
Meet Bryan Walsh, editorial director at Vox, where he leadsFuture Perfect – one of the most ambitious experiments in solutions-journalism that focuses on the policies and technologies that will make t...Show More
6) NewsFix - Global Health Wins. Overfishing. Stair-Climbing Wheelchairs.
This week's headlines include: big news for HIV, tuberculosis and Leishmaniasis; China continues emissions decline; surprising drop in youth crime; long-awaited victory for Indigenous communities in B...Show More
7) Enric Sala - Ocean Time Machine
Meet Enric Sala, a marine ecologist, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and founder of Pristine Seas – an organisation that has helped create 31 Marine Protected Areas, safeguarding nearly 7 mi...Show More
8) NewsFix - Amazon Deforestation. Czechia Bans Smacking. Less Grumpy.
This week's headlines include: deforestation in the Amazon takes another plunge; Mexico reduces poverty; Nigeria boosts child health; no more corporal punishment in Czechia and the world is surprising...Show More
9) Women Moving the World
Meet Krystal Birungi, Carolina Morgado, Nice Leng’ete and Bhavreen Kandhari – four incredible women who are working on the frontlines of science, conservation, human rights, and environmental advocacy...Show More
10) NewsFix - Literacy Soars. Sixth Sense. Air Pollution.
Welcome to our first edition of NewsFix - your weekly dose of good news! On today's episode: global air-pollutiondeaths fall as the 'clean-air' era begins, hidden progress on youth literacy, why we're...Show More