Making the lemonade: Recent Episodes
Abbie Brown and Lottie Trick
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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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
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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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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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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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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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
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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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
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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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.
Malaria breakthrough
3D home inhabitants
Train travel is back
Edible plastic
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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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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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
Give a bra
Peeing in the shower
Tyres for swings
Be more Susan
Recycling hotel soap
Coffee powering up rain forests
Netflix net zero
Produced by Charlotte Trick
Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno
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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 💪🏼🌏🇳🇿
Other stories we discuss include:
Peak meat date set for Europe and North America
Peyo the horse doctor
Spain trailing a four-day working week
Nordic countries dominate the happiness index
Prime minister, Jacinda Ardern approves parental bereavement leave
Women's football score landmark TV deal
Sea power keeping Shetland renewable cars afloat
89-year-old New Yorker dances his way out of lockdown
Produced by Charlotte Trick
Music Birds of Paradise by Ennio Máno
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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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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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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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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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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:
- COVID 19 vaccinations
- The eradication of wild polio
- Living Memories website
- HIV drug PrEP
- Arctic reindeer
- Abortion law in Argentina
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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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.