Podcast

In the Squirrel News podcast, we select some of the most exciting stories from our editions and talk with the people involved. Squirrel News founder Jonathan Widder and Ed Crasnick, an Emmy-winning writer and comic from Los Angeles, welcome guests who came up with amazing ideas, projects and solutions – and come to know how they change society for the better.

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

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

#35: Personal notes on current events and the past

#34: MDMA and social change

#33: Why toilets are a key to progress

#32: The benefits of the four-day work week

#31: The ‘Solar Punks’: Bringing power to the people

#30: Zero-interest loans for Black homebuyers

#29: ‘You can’t be what you can’t see’: How to connect low-income kids with nature

#28: How to tackle food poverty with the tools of a modern start-up

#27: Walking clubs for better mental health

#26: Humor for Humanity

#25: India’s open prisons

#24: Free pianos for disadvantaged kids

#23: Standup comedy for men at risk of suicide

#22: The Good Newspaper

#21: Rehearsal for Life

#20: People Walking

#19: The unknown advantages of playfulness

#18: The Confess Project – A Mental Health Barbershop Movement

#17: Cities owned by locals – or how to become a landlord with little money

#16: Empowerment Avenue – bringing solutions journalism into prisons

#15: Adversity to University: degrees for homeless people

#14: New Zealand’s plan to end smoking, top chefs offer vegan menus, roundabouts saving lives

#13: The NGO that introduced a $70,000 minimum wage

#12: Changing lives by phone, exchange programme across states, US Navy ship named after Harvey Milk

#11: Special – Solutions for children

#10: Owls replacing pesticides, dogs saving koalas, airport pig patrol, sheep on seaweed diet

#9: Female judges in Egypt, death metal eco-baron, rehabilitation through dogs

#8: Basic income for Irish artists, paying addicts to stop using, Taekwondo for grandmothers

#7: Special – Social prescribing

#6: Human library, paid parental leave for fathers, influencers fighting conflicts

#5: Eco-city Medellin, news literacy in Illinois high schools, mooncakes destigmatizing mental health issues

#4: 10 billion trees in Pakistan, Congo’s children swap mining for education, free pianos for St. Louis children

#3: Special – Prison reform and the Compassion Prison Project

#2: Four-day working week, state-financed imam training in Germany, mental health barbershop project

#1: Global minimum tax rate, pig whisperer, lying flat in China