Making the lemonade

Episode eight

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:00:31 GMT

During our last episode of the season, we slightly regret the commitment to festive stories only, (stocking) fill the rest of the episode with Christmas cracker jokes and Abbie asks if it's possible to eat a cardboard gingerbread house. We really end the season on a high, as you can tell. Enjoy!

Christmas office cube

Giving vending machines

Rudolph the red phone box reindeer honours delivery drivers

Restaurant chefs are reinventing school dinners

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode seven

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:36:52 GMT

During the penultimate episode of season two, Lottie raves about Glasgow on her return from COP26, they both make their feelings about shopping on Boxing Day very clear and Abbie tries to sell us on Netflix for dogs.

Expedia stop flights to SeaWorld

UNESCO design the world’s first biosphere

TV for dogs

Missing teddy bear

Sharks, seals and seahorses were found in the Thames

Healthy diet against dementia

Injustice advent calendar

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode six

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:06:13 GMT

This week Abbie is joined by guest host Jess, during which they get confused over what a Twitch community is, discuss an inclusive cafe and hairdresser concept and Jess tries to describe a new way to collect plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Find details on all the stories below:

Sands United Patron

Forest forms a smiley face

Z Event

Man who made a million meals

University for Inmates

Ocean Clean up

Haircuts for all

Inclusive Cafe

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode five

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:00:55 GMT

This week Abbie reveals her new obsession with Norway and Lottie tells tales of her town crier role on a bus replacement service. We learn about Columbia's innovative approach to the nation's staggering domestic abuse statistics, the UK's new low carbon, low price train routes and cover New Zealand new law to force finance companies to act on climate risks. Learn about all of this week's stories below:

The UK gets low-cost rail

New Zealand becomes the first country to force finance companies to act on climate risks

England tweaked blood donor rules to tackle discrimination

Why this teen set up a prize-winning fake cosmetics shop

Norway to hit 100 per cent electric vehicle sales early next year

The Free Hotline That’s Saving Women’s Lives by Disarming Dangerous Men

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode four

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:00:17 GMT

This week we cover Switzerland's legalisation of same-sex marriage, a groundbreaking experiment that could have a major impact on those suffering from debilitating depression, discuss how Wales is making Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic histories part of its national syllabus, Lottie talks about a tree planting initiative (again) and we can't decide if domestic bees are a thing...

Woman successfully treated for depression with an electrical brain implant

Bee Population growing

Switzerland says resounding ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage

Wales make Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic history in schools mandatory

UK jobseekers are offered six months of free broadband

World’s first malaria vaccine given out to all

The plan to create a 50 million-tree forest in the north of England

Short story stations

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music by Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode three

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:00:16 GMT

We are thrilled to be joined this week by Sara Cox, who made history last week as the first woman to referee a men's Premiership rugby match. We learn how she got into the profession, why this is such a big deal and the nuances between reffing 15s and 7s games. We cover a few other positive stories including China's commitment to stop funding coal power projects abroad and we discuss if animal Tinder is all it is cracked up to be.

Animal Tinder

China stopping coal power abroad

Homes for the homeless

100 portraits of Hackney

Edited and produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode two

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:00:55 GMT

This week we are joined by guest host Jess Trick who is covering for Abbie whilst she leads team GB in Canada- but don't worry she'll be back. During this episode, we cover everything from a whimsical story of a girl and a bee, a bicycle library, realise we don't know enough about the Pope and throw in a really rogue reference to the Mindy Project- which will only land with a very small proportion of the world's population let alone the listenership of this podcast...

We hope you enjoy it!

GameZero

Bicycle library

Edible cups

Salonga National Park removed from danger list

Bumblee pal

Ice creams for all

Map of dreams

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

Produced and edited by Charlotte Trick

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Episode one

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:00:57 GMT

Annddddddd we're back. Abigail has returned from the Olympic games and Lottie has, well, survived a British "summer" - a feat in itself. We catch up on the latest travel woes and get the inside scoop on the way Tokyo Olympic volunteers waved to the athletes- groundbreaking stuff. Of course, we top it all off with a scattering of some of the most recent positive news stories from across the globe.

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

Produced and edited by Charlotte Trick

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Episode ten

Tue, 25 May 2021 07:00:36 GMT

During the last episode of the season, we talk artificial diamonds, national Bee-lines and go off on a tangent about helicopters. Also included in this episode, if you make it to the end, is a gift for Abbie in the form of a short (clean, which was a challenge in itself) blooper reel. Enjoy!

Airbnb for gardens

Patients find solace in dancing

Great grandmother gets degree

B-lines around the UK

Conversion therapy ban

Artificial diamonds

Plastic waste innovation

SA big cat hunting ban

Music Birds of Paradies by Ennio Mańo

Produced by Charlotte Trick

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Episode nine

Tue, 11 May 2021 06:00:01 GMT

Hot off the press, Abbie has finally purchased and sold something on Deopop- her blue tick is pending. We cover a novel way that PPE is being recycled in Cornwall, go off on a bit of a tangent about archaic marriage traditions and Lottie finally gets to channel her inner 65-year-old as she tries to convince us that train travel isn't just for visiting our parents at Christmas.

Mothers officially recognised

House plant happiness

PPE to litterpicker

The magic of music

Should we shower less?

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Manó

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Episode eight

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:16:39 GMT

Nowwwww it's episode eight. During this episode, Abbie continues to try to convince us to pee in the shower, Lottie tries (and fails) to explain how loneliness and wisdom are connected to our gut and one of the stories sparks a million-dollar film script idea- stay tuned as we hit the big time on the silver screen.

Wisdom, loneliness and gut health

Sojo App

Not for profit IVF centre

Super Sapiens

Colorado mental health services

Turning PPE into mattresses

Food waste into fuel

Carbon negative spirits

A serendipitous encounter

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Mańo

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Episode seven

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:00:51 GMT

We confused ourselves but it is indeed episode seven. In this ep we cover community land buy outs, the continued benefits of coffee and Abbie tries to convince us all to pee in the shower...

Scotland's community nature reserve

Manchester community farm

Coffee powering up rain forests

Netflix net zero

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno

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Episode six

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:00:38 GMT

During episode six we inadvertently start a campaign to bring back Just Dance- and we think we’ve found the poster boy for the job. We fangirl Jacinda Ardern for the 789th time this year and celebrate multiple wins for the environment 💪🏼🌏🇳🇿

Episode five

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:00:12 GMT

The last week has weighed heavily for a lot of us. We hope this week's episode provides a little bit of a respite, including Abbie's coffee update featuring an absolute pronunciation corker, a bird that is flouting the laws of menopause, we look back at International Women's Day by the celebrating the first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation and being uncharacteristically nice to each other and come to terms with tooth fairy inflation rates.

You can read about all the stories covered in this episode below:

Change of law to protect young athletes

70 year old Albatross gives birth

Free food forest in Atlanta

Positive billboards in the big smoke

First African Women leads the WTO

Law changes for electronic repairs

Vibrant colours back in Fiji's reef

Biodegradable masks

Bags of love given to homeless and the Just Giving page

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno See

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Episode four

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:00:47 GMT

Between our thrilling takes on the recent sunshine and an inability to say palpitations, it's a surprise we are still going- but nevertheless here we are with episode four.

If you need a few stories to keep you going until June 21st or is it April 12th (I mean who the hell knows anymore) we've got you covered. If you think someone else needs little injection of something positive then please do spread the word, to if nothing else, break up hearing that anxiety inducing BBC news app jingle.

This week we cover stories on:

Free period products rollout in New Zealand

Turning leftover oranges into electricity

Apparently coffee could be good for our hearts

Free toy swapping App

Teens design award winning app

Blind fox befriends dog and deer

Saving Texan turtles during winter storm

Jim 'Mattress mack' McIngvale provides shelter once again

The 'Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful' doing exactly what it says on the tin

'Born in Lockdown' an ebook capturing mothers experiences

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno

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Episode three

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:19:40 GMT

We have made little ground on the pizza investigation, but we have plenty of other positive stories to keep you going. In episode three we covered:

Sri Lanka period products rollout

Ikea group buys over 10,000 acres in USA for conversation

Schwam leaves nest egg to lifesaving village

Turning plastic waste into bricks

Renewable energy overtakes in EU

Another wild cat mistake

Bernie Sanders getting meta

Muslim council elects first female leader

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno

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Episode two

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:30:16 GMT

On day 5578 of lockdown we bring you episode two of Making the Lemonade. If you can keep up with the sea shanty history lesson you deserve a prize, or at the very least, a pat on the back. During this episode we cover:

Wild cats in the Cairngorms

Widowed penguins

A thousand years of music

Breast cancer screening invention

Criminalising child marriage

Anonymous pizza surprise

A walkers tube map

Sea shanty craze

We live in hope that one day Abbie will be able to pronounce Tibetan or Cairngorms, in the mean time, maybe offer to tie a stranger's shoe or order pizzas for front line staff- but we'd like to make it very clear we are not responsible for any reactions to the above suggestions.

Happy listening pals!

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Episode one

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:15:40 GMT

It's stilllllllll January. But hey, we found some positive news stories from the last two weeks for you to enjoy. During our first episode we highlight the following topics:

Our bi weekly podcast aims to bring a little bit of light in a dark time. We look forward to bringing you more positive news soon.

Produced by Charlotte Trick

Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno

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An introduction

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:43:53 GMT

Need a break from overwhelming headlines? Making the lemonade will do just that. Every two weeks Abbie and Lottie highlight the positive stories from around the world and hear directly from the individuals doing good.

After ten months of uncertainty, it is so easy to become engulfed by what can feel like constant negative headlines. We hope this podcast will bring some light relief; proving that when life gives you lemons there's always an opportunity to make lemonade.

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