The Positive News Podcast
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<p>This is the good news that matters. The Positive News Podcast is here to rebalance your media diet with uplifting, independent journalism about what’s going right in the world.</p><br><p>We’re launching with a six-part series called Developing Mental Wealth, which uncovers the fascinating ways that communities are dealing with mental health issues in parts of the world where circumstances can be the most challenging. Hosted by medical doctor Radha Modgil and journalist Seyi Rhodes, we travel from Guatemala to Nigeria, Peru to Zimbabwe and beyond, to meet people on the ground who are coming up with practical solutions and having a powerful effect on the wellbeing of others.</p><br><p><a href="http://www.positive.news/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.positive.news/podcast</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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July 12, 2024
Friendship Bench – Zimbabwe | Ep 6 | Developing Mental Wealth
<p>The final episode in our first series takes you to Zimbabwe to learn about a project that is beautifully simple, but whose impact is being felt far beyond Harare where it began.</p><br><p>Seyi and Radha meet Professor Dixon Chibanda, a classically trained psychiatrist who, following the tragic death of a client by suicide, was inspired to take psychiatry out of the hospital and in to the community. There, a group of local grandmothers convinced him to set up the Friendship Bench project, where people receive counselling and advice from CBT-trained grandmothers, all while sitting on a park bench. A woman called Jenny Muzoma tells her own story of hardship, for which she’s been receiving counselling from Mrs Nhengo.</p><br><p>Developing Mental Wealth is a six-part series about community-based solutions to mental health issues, in parts of the world where circumstances can be the most challenging. The series is funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. This fund is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><br><p>Series one is over for now, but subscribe to the Positive News email newsletter to continue your weekly fix of uplifting news about what’s going right: <a href="http://www.positive.news/letter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.positive.news/letter</a></p><br><p>Producer: Anna Staufenberg</p><p>Executive Producer: Samantha Psyk</p><p>Mixing & sound design: Anna Staufenberg</p><br><p>If you’re affected by the issues covered in this episode, in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href="mailto:jo@samaritans.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jo@samaritans.org</a>. </p><br><p>For more information on The Friendship Bench, go to <a href="https://www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 5, 2024
Climate Café – Nigeria | Ep 5 | Developing Mental Wealth
<p>This week, Seyi and Radha take you to Lagos in Nigeria, where sharp increases in heat and flooding have put the city – the largest in Africa – on the frontline of the climate crisis. They discover the Zen Café, which has recently been set up to support those struggling with eco-anxiety, and hear how the project has created a space for concerned citizens to come together and make sense of what’s happening to the world around them.</p><br><p>They meet Svetlana Chigozie Onye and Ayomide Olude from SustyVibes, the organisation which set up The Eco-anxiety in Africa Project (TEAP), and Ihuoma, a cafe attendee.</p><br><p>Developing Mental Wealth is a six-part series about community-based solutions to mental health issues, in parts of the world where circumstances can be the most challenging. The series is funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. This fund is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><br><p>Subscribe to the Positive News email newsletter: <a href="http://www.positive.news/letter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.positive.news/letter</a></p><br><p>Producer: Anna Staufenberg</p><p>Executive Producer: Samantha Psyk</p><p>Mixing & sound design: Anna Staufenberg</p><br><p>If you’re affected by the issues covered in this episode, in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href="mailto:jo@samaritans.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jo@samaritans.org</a>. </p><br><p>For more information on SustyVibes and The Ecoanxiety in Africa Project, go to https://www.teap.sustyvibes.org.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 28, 2024
Circles of Hope – Guatemala | Ep 4 | Developing Mental Wealth
<p>Radha and Seyi are taking you to Guatemala this week, a mountainous country in Central America where almost half of the population has Indigenous roots. They discover a project called Buena Semilla, which is using women’s circles to empower Indigenous groups and reconnect them with traditional Mayan concepts of wellbeing.</p><br><p>They meet the founder, Anne Marie Chomat, and local project coordinator, Sadi Garcia. Sadi, who has Mayan K’iche’ origins, is one of the people who leads the circles, which reach more than 300 women across Guatemala every week.</p><br><p>Developing Mental Wealth is a six-part series about community-based solutions to mental health issues, in parts of the world where circumstances can be the most challenging. The series is funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. This fund is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><br><p>Subscribe to the Positive News email newsletter: <a href="http://www.positive.news/letter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.positive.news/letter</a></p><br><p>Producer: Anna Staufenberg</p><p>Executive Producer: Samantha Psyk</p><p>Mixing & sound design: Anna Staufenberg</p><br><p>If you’re affected by the issues covered in this episode, in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href="mailto:jo@samaritans.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jo@samaritans.org</a>. </p><br><p>For more information on Buena Semilla, go to buena-semilla.org.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is The Positive News Podcast?
<p>This is the good news that matters. The Positive News Podcast is here to rebalance your media diet with uplifting, independent journalism about what’s going right in the world.</p><br><p>We’re launching with a six-part series called Developing Mental Wealth, which uncovers the fascinating ways that communities are dealing with mental health issues in parts of the world where circumstances can be the most challenging. Hosted by medical doctor Radha Modgil and journalist Seyi Rhodes, we travel from Guatemala to Nigeria, Peru to Zimbabwe and beyond, to meet people on the ground who are coming up with practical solutions and having a powerful effect on the wellbeing of others.</p><br><p><a href="http://www.positive.news/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.positive.news/podcast</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
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