Good Things from Lemonada
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Good Things from Lemonada
Good Things from Lemonada Media is a podcast about the good people in the world who are rolling up their sleeves and working hard to make things better. Each week, we'll be talking about this country's most complex and confounding issues in an effort to affect systemic change, with a rotating cast o...
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Helping Youth in Foster Care Build Permanent Connections
Every young person needs lasting relationships with caring adults as they navigate their way to adulthood. Too often,young people in the foster care s...
Thrive: Taking Youth Leadership Seriously
Young people aren’t just future leaders. They’re already leading in their communities today, as caregivers, workers, and activists. In the third episo...
Thrive: Learning to Save and Budget Helps Youth Thrive Into Adulthood
For young people, financial basics like opening a bank account, building credit and saving for the future can be challenging. It’s even harder if you...
Thrive: What Adolescents Need to Successfully Cross the Bridge to Adulthood
What does it take for young people to thrive? In this first episode of a six-part series, host Gloria Riviera sits down with Lisa Lawson, President an...
Thrive: Learning to Save and Budget Helps Youth Thrive Into Adulthood
For young people, financial basics like opening a bank account, building credit and saving for the future can be challenging. It’s even harder if you...
Thrive: What Adolescents Need to Successfully Cross the Bridge to Adulthood
What does it take for young people to thrive? In this first episode of a six-part series, host Gloria Riviera sits down with Lisa Lawson, President an...
What Philanthropy Could (And Should) Look Like
The Marguerite Casey Foundation recently hit an impressive milestone: 100 percent alignment of their billion-dollar endowment with their mission of bu...
Ohio Citizens Are Standing up for Wind and Solar
Richland County, Ohio used to be a major manufacturing hub. Now, as the plants have closed, residents are looking to renewable energy to revive jobs a...
In Georgia, Energy Affordability Is on the Ballot
What if you could lower your utility bill at the polls? In Georgia, that’s exactly what voters have had the opportunity to do. By flipping two Public...
How California Is Proving Climate Solutions Are Possible
Climate solutions aren’t out of reach. They’re already here, and California is leading the way. In 2025, the state hit a historic milestone: for more...
Bright Spots: How Incarcerated Organizers Are Leading Policy Change
What if the people best suited to transform the justice system are the ones who know what it's like to live inside of it? In prisons across the countr...
Bright Spots: Eliminating Fines and Fees for Kids in the Justice System
Across the country, kids in the juvenile justice system face a hidden burden: fines and fees that can follow them well into adulthood, affecting their...
Bright Spots: The Power of Coaching Teachers
Great teaching changes lives, but even the best teachers need support. In this episode, we highlight a bright spot in New York City Public Schools whe...
Listen Now: Julia Gets Wise with Jane Curtin
Today on the premiere episode of Wiser Than Me’s new season, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 78-year-old comedy icon and Saturday Night Live origin...
Taking Action on Wildfires in Hawaii
In 2023, multiple wildfires broke out in Hawaii, devastating the island of Maui. The town of Lahaina was destroyed, with more than 2000 buildings burn...
North Carolina Rebuilds Stronger
A year ago, North Carolina experienced one of the worst storms in history when Hurricane Helene hit. As a result of the historic rainfall, several riv...
Painting Her In Her Honor
America is experiencing a maternal health crisis. We are witnessing the worst maternal death rate for Black mothers amongst developed nations. Shawnee...
Bright Spots: Hope During the LA Wildfires
After wildfires razed Los Angeles neighborhoods at the start of this year, the city was reeling. Repair the World, a Jewish service organization, mobi...
Gates Foundation CEO on Funding Urgent Needs, from Giving Done Right
Today we're sharing an episode of Giving Done Right, a podcast from the Center for Effective Philanthropy about how to make an impact with your charit...
Will Religion Make a Comeback in America?
For decades, the story of religion in America has been the story of decline. A steadily growing share of Americans have been identifying as “nones” –...
Bright Spots: Keeping Families Together in Oklahoma
Welcome to Bright Spots - a new series from Lemonada that offers bite-sized stories of community impact that will leave you feeling inspired and hopef...
Building Working Class Power
North Carolina has one of the biggest rural populations in the country, but for a long time, the needs of rural North Carolinians were largely ignored...
How to Fight Back Through Giving
As the federal government has been making unprecedented funding cuts, many communities are facing more uncertainty and less support. In response, the...
Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis
Gun violence in America is at a crisis point. It’s now the number one killer of kids and teens – a stat that should make us all pause. But instead of...
Rent Too High? Join a Tenant Union.
The rent is too damn high, housing quality standards are far too low, and Tara Raghuveer is doing something about it. Tara is director of Kansas City...
Dropping in After Dropping Out: Giving Students Another Chance
Is it time to rethink how we do school? In 2022, over 2 million students between the ages of 16 and 24 left school without earning a high school diplo...
Community Safety: Innovations Transforming Neighborhoods
Does the key to preventing gun violence lie within our own communities? In this episode, guests DeVone Boggan (Executive Director, Advance Peace) and...
Good Things Presents: When It Clicked - Kerry Washington Rewriting Justice Through Storytelling
What happens when an award-winning actress, producer, director, author, and activist uses her platform to shine a light on the criminal justice system...
Youth Entrepreneurship: Building Baltimore’s Future
In Baltimore, young people are finding ways to create their own economic opportunities through entrepreneurship. Dr. Ron Williams (Coppin State Univer...
Good Things Presents: When It Clicked - Reforming San Quentin From the Inside
What does it mean to be smart on crime? Jeanne Woodford, former warden at San Quentin State prison, has been a longtime advocate for rehabilitation. I...
Guaranteed Income: Funding the Future
In Illinois, like in other places affected by the War on Drugs, many people are feeling the impacts of incarceration and its negative, prohibitive eff...
Good Things Presents: When It Clicked - How a Second Chance Led to Killer Bread
What happens when we give someone a second chance? For Glenn Dahl, it led to Dave's Killer Bread, a family business success story that not only revolu...
Juvenile Justice: Accountability Through Community & Relationships
The juvenile court system in Pierce County, Washington recognizes that most youth who get in trouble with the law can get back on track without incarc...
Good Things Presents: When It Clicked - From the Streets to the Boardroom
What happens when the criminal justice system invests in education instead of punishment? Larry Miller is the Chairman of the Jordan Brand Advisory Bo...
Juvenile Justice: Transforming Probation
Steve Bishop used to be a youth probation officer. He wanted to help young people navigate out of a juvenile justice system he knew was flawed. Now, a...
Good Things Present: When It Clicked- From Sing Sing to the Silver Screen
How can art transform a life? For Clarence Maclin, the answer unfolded during his incarceration at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Through a program...
Juvenile Justice: Rethinking Youth Crime
A lot of us did some questionable things as teenagers, like drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and shoplifting. We’re likely not proud of these moments, b...
Introducing: When It Clicked
What’s it like to spend years in a state penitentiary and then make it big in Hollywood? What makes a death row warden become a leading voice in priso...
Listen Again: Saving Lives Through Criminal Justice Reform in Indianapolis
In the final episode of our CAPS series about community violence intervention work we talk about how improving the criminal justice system is a huge p...
Listen Again: Saving Lives Through Violence Prevention in Baton Rouge
In the third episode of our series about The Coalition to Advance Public Safety (CAPS) and its partner organizations making a difference in communitie...