Hope Is A Verb

NewsFix - Empty Spain. Alphafold. Measles ⬇️

This week's headlines include – a medical breakthrough in Gaza; death rates plummet for one of our most contagious viruses; ‘Empty Spain’; Australia’s environmental reform;more bad news for fossil fuels and AI for good.  NewsFix is brought to you by ⁠Fix TheNews⁠ [https://fixthenews.com]. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That! ⁠ [https://www.hearthat.com.au] If you want to get in touch with the team, email amy@fixthenews.com [amy@fixthenews.com]

NewsFix - The Kiss. Child Poverty ⬇️. Rewilding Keeps Winning.

This week's headlines include - major victory against extreme child poverty; rewilding efforts paying off in Scotland, Vietnam, Bulgaria and Ukraine; more good news on the malaria vaccine; what went right at COP30 and science reveals some very flirty primates. NewsFix is brought to you by ⁠Fix TheNews⁠ [https://fixthenews.com]. Hosted by AnthonyBadolato, ⁠Hear That! ⁠ [https://www.hearthat.com.au] Ifyou want to get in touch with the team, email amy@fixthenews.com [amy@fixthenews.com]

Future Council - Change Is Loud

Meet Future Council, a global youth-led movement that’s empowering young people to help co-design the future. It’s inspired by the documentary ‘Future Council’ that followed eight young activists as they travelled across Europe in a yellow bus confronting big business leaders and showing how the next generation is reshaping climate leadership. In our final episode for thisseason, we chat with filmmaker Damon Gameu and two of the original councillors –Skye Neville, a 15 year old environmental campaigner from Wales and Clemence “CC” Currie,the 12 year old CEO of CCs Plastic Pick-up Crew in Scotland. From Billie Eilish to the surprising phrase that we need to stop telling our kids, this conversation is a reminder than when it comes to changing the world, none of us can sit on the sidelines.  Other topics: what adults can learn from young activists; early encounters with environmental risk; small steps that scale into meaningful impact; corporate accountability and sustainability culture; hope as a tool for young campaigners; generational views on climate crisis; emerging models of youth governance; power dynamics inside sustainability boardrooms; media narratives shaping climate perception; digital networks for youth organising; the role of families in early activism; values-driven climate decision-making; the tension between optimism and urgency; cross-cultural collaboration among young leaders; and the fine line between empowerment and overwhelm.   Find Out More: * If you want to support or join the Future Council Global Movement, click here [https://futurecouncil.global/]. * Want more details about the film? Click here [https://theregenerators.org/future-council/].   This podcast is hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fix The News [https://fixthenews.com/]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Audio Producer/Director Anthony Badolato, Hear That? [https://www.hearthat.com.au/] If you love this episode, please leave a comment or review. You can get in touch with the team via email amy@fixthenews.com [amy@fixthenews.com]

NewsFix - Aha! Mongolia. Crime Decline.

Hold onto your hats - it's a big week of news including: the science behind Aha moments; top marks for global primary school education; cancer breakthroughs; more good news for the Amazon; Mongolia's ambitious conservation plan; crime declines in London and new hope for Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Check out our full coverage in this week's newsletter here [https://fixthenews.com/p/320-aha-lost-worlds-mongolia-colombia]. NewsFix is brought to you by ⁠Fix TheNews⁠ [https://fixthenews.com]. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That! ⁠ [https://www.hearthat.com.au] If you want to get in touch with the team, email amy@fixthenews.com [amy@fixthenews.com]

Bryan Walsh - Solving the Narrative Deficit

Meet Bryan Walsh, an editorial director at Vox, where he leads Future Perfect – an ambitious solutions journalism project that focuses on the policies and technologies that will make the future a better place. As a former foreign correspondent and climate writer for Time and the author of End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World, Bryan has spent more than two decades tracking humanity’s gravest threats. Today he is focused on highlighting the under-reported progress that shows we still have room to bend the story in a better direction. Topics discussed: the good news hiding behind everyday conveniences; George Washington’s candles as perspective; why the report card for humanity is “incomplete”; negativity bias, doomscrolling, and the allure of bad headlines; local crime statistics versus national fear of rising violence; how American political psychodrama dominates the global news feed; what AI overviews and chatbots are doing to online media traffic; the economics of journalism after print advertising and social media; Future Perfect’s origin story and focusing on what matters most; philanthropy, foreign aid cuts, and momentum in development gains; why solutions journalism can feel like eating your vegetables; the narrative deficit and hero deficit in progress reporting; pandemic vaccines as an under-appreciated scientific and moral triumph; hope as a life preserver rather than a prediction and creating a media ecosystem that rewards depth, nuance, and solutions.  Find Out More: Future Perfect [https://www.vox.com/future-perfect] – Vox Media Are you interested in how ⁠80,000 Hours⁠ [https://80000hours.org/hope] can help you use your career to make a difference? Check out their podcast on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast/id1245002988],Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2WzJwXWBDnn4iZ7odKwDib?si=iMH6xJLHQ_aD4FNP-0MopA&nd=1&dlsi=65d9a496951344a0] or where ever you listen to your podcasts. This podcast is hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fix The News [https://fixthenews.com/]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Audio Producer/Director Anthony Badolato, Hear That? [https://www.hearthat.com.au/] If you love this episode, please share, leave a review. You can get in touch with the team via email amy@fixthenews.com [amy@fixthenews.com]