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The Squirrel News Podcast#29: 'You can't be what you can't see': How to connect low-income kids with natureNot long ago, nature was our natural environment. Nowadays, more and more children grow up in cities without much contact to trees, hills, meadows and animals. For kids from low-income families it can be even more difficult to spend time outside their towns. And sometimes transport poverty can even prevent necessary hospital visits. San Francisco based non-profit Yoots has taken up the challenge to connect these children with the outside natural world. In our new episode, Yoots founder Craig Flax tells us how they do that and why free public transport would be a good help, but not enough.
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The Squirrel News Podcast#28: How to tackle food poverty with the tools of a modern start-upMillions of American families depend on food banks, but why until recently has nobody come up with a better solution? Dion Dawson realised that something is wrong with food banks when he had to wait in the rain with his family for hours only to obtain expiring fruits and some unlabeled can goods. Today he's the founder of Dion's Chicago Dream, a non-profit that delivers free healthful, nutritious food to families in need – an approach that solves multiple problems at once. In our new episode, Dion talks about the advantages of his programme and explains why some people need go...
2022-11-1035 min
The Squirrel News Podcast#23: Standup comedy for men at risk of suicideSevere depression is a taboo, and when people talk about it, they usually do it with utmost seriousness. Angie Belcher, founder of Comedy on Referral, has another approach: She teaches men at risk of suicide standup comedy – and has just won NHS funding for it. In this episode, Angie explains to us how she came up with the idea and how using self-satire on stage makes people stronger and more self-confident.
Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Thomas Barth.
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Standup comedy course for men at ri...
2022-07-2135 min
The Squirrel News Podcast#21: Rehearsal for LifeIn our daily lives, we prepare for almost everything, but not for communication about our thoughts and feelings. The organisation Rehearsal for Life prepares young people for crucial situations in daily life using improvisational theater. In this episode, Ed talks with their artistic director, Faith Soloway, associate director and co-writer of the hit Amazon series Transparent, Jackson Jirard, as well as troupe leader Holly Zarnower about how the approach works and what kind of impact it has.
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Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Thomas Barth.
2022-06-2324 minThe Squirrel News Podcast#20: People WalkingLoneliness is now considered a public health issue. Is there a cure? Chuck McCarthy may have invented one by chance, when he started a service that connected people who didn't know each other before to talk a walk together. In our new episode, we're talking to Chuck about the great potential of common walks and the suprising outcome of scheduled conversations with strangers.
Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Thomas Barth.
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The loneliness problem in L.A. starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk? Los...
2022-06-0848 minThe Squirrel News Podcast#19: The unknown advantages of playfulnessPlayfulness is a quality most adults don't think about, let alone as something desirable or even a skill. Yet, recent research suggests exactly that. In this episode, we talk with René Proyer, a professor for psychology from Austria who has studied playfulness in depth and explains to us why playfulness can be part of the solution for many problems.
Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Thomas Barth.
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Why adults should embrace their playfulness, BBC
Guest: Professor René Proyer
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2022-05-1246 min