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<description>Podcast Salad: The Good News Edition - week of Nov 08, 2026

The best positive stories from this week&#x27;s podcasts, the ones the headlines skip, explained in our own words. Hear each full conversation:

- The Positive News Podcast: Global nature restoration at Kazakhstan scale (at 0:57)
  Nature&#x27;s remarkable recovery is bigger than you think
  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pauline0/episodes/Natures-remarkable-recovery-is-bigger-than-you-think-e3ru100
- The Positive News Podcast: HIV progress and a twice-yearly prevention jab (at 10:57)
  Nature&#x27;s remarkable recovery is bigger than you think
  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pauline0/episodes/Natures-remarkable-recovery-is-bigger-than-you-think-e3ru100
- Science Friday: Backyard Restoration and Nature&#x27;s Resilience (at 14:15)
  The SciFri Book Club reads ‘The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year’
  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday
- Science Friday: Practical Steps to Rewild Your Yard (at 19:17)
  The SciFri Book Club reads ‘The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year’
  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday
- TED Radio Hour: The quiet medicine of a phone-free pause (at 8:49)
  Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind
  https://www.npr.org/2026/11/06/nx-s1-6030663/escaping-the-modern-world-and-your-noisy-mind
- TED Radio Hour: Saying yes to play and love (at 49:07)
  Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind
  https://www.npr.org/2026/11/06/nx-s1-6030663/escaping-the-modern-world-and-your-noisy-mind
- Science Vs: How Music Engages the Whole Brain (at 6:15)
  How Music Can Be Medicine, with Dr. Dan Levitin
  https://chrt.fm/track/15E3G4/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7785136744.mp3
- Science Vs: Music, Memory, and Reconnecting with Self (at 16:20)
  How Music Can Be Medicine, with Dr. Dan Levitin
  https://chrt.fm/track/15E3G4/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7785136744.mp3
- Science Vs: Walking to the Beat with Parkinson&#x27;s (at 25:39)
  How Music Can Be Medicine, with Dr. Dan Levitin
  https://chrt.fm/track/15E3G4/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7785136744.mp3
- Ologies with Alie Ward: Baby Chicks by Mail and Fancy First Flocks (at 9:58)
  Chickenology (HENS &amp; ROOSTERS) Part 1 Encore with Tove Danovich
  https://www.siriusxm.com
- Ologies with Alie Ward: Chicken Math and Precocial Chicks (at 32:32)
  Chickenology (HENS &amp; ROOSTERS) Part 1 Encore with Tove Danovich
  https://www.siriusxm.com
- Hidden Brain: Compatibility Is Built, Not Found (at 40:38)
  How Love Really Works
  https://hiddenbrain.org/

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<description>Podcast Salad: Good News - week of Nov 02, 2026

The best positive stories from this week&#x27;s podcasts, the ones the headlines skip, explained in our own words. Hear each full conversation:

- Short Wave: VR movement and amygdala memory (at 4:36)
  Could virtual reality speed up learning?
  https://www.npr.org/2026/11/02/nx-s1-6023397/body-learning-virtual-reality-vr
- Science Friday: Armadillos as Northern Signal Species (at 1:27)
  Why are armadillos moving up north?
  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday
- Science Friday: Armadillo Adaptations and Range Expansion (at 4:42)
  Why are armadillos moving up north?
  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday
- The Positive News Podcast: Personalized mRNA vaccine cuts skin cancer recurrence (at 7:12)
  What Went Right: How Brazil’s election could change the future of the Amazon
  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pauline0/episodes/What-Went-Right-How-Brazils-election-could-change-the-future-of-the-Amazon-e3re14n
- The Positive News Podcast: Sardinia restaurants encourage phone-free conversation (at 23:39)
  What Went Right: How Brazil’s election could change the future of the Amazon
  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pauline0/episodes/What-Went-Right-How-Brazils-election-could-change-the-future-of-the-Amazon-e3re14n
- TED Radio Hour: Bean the Hawk Goes Viral (at 5:06)
  Can curiosity save the wild?
  https://www.npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6020932/can-curiosity-save-the-wild
- TED Radio Hour: Listening to Yellowstone&#x27;s Wolves (at 27:38)
  Can curiosity save the wild?
  https://www.npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6020932/can-curiosity-save-the-wild
- Ologies with Alie Ward: The Mothman Statue’s Playful Local Fame (at 1:00:16)
  Mothman Mythology (YES, MOTHMAN) with Jeff Wamsley
  https://www.siriusxm.com
- Science Vs: Tiny Movement Breaks Cut Blood Sugar (at 27:47)
  Sitting: As Bad As Smoking?!
  https://chrt.fm/track/15E3G4/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9254393831.mp3

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