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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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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...
Listen Again: Saving Lives Through Credible Messaging in Newark
In the next episode of our series about The Coalition to Advance Public Safety (CAPS) and its partner organizations spearheading community violence in...
Listen Again: Saving Lives Through Hospital-Based Care in Baltimore
In this special 4 part series, we’ll be highlighting The Coalition to Advance Public Safety (CAPS), a coalition of organizations working to intercept...
Good Things Presents: Making of an Activist (Part 3 of 3)
In episode three of Making of an Activist we discover that after stints in Baltimore and Harlem Children’s Zone, DeRay Mckesson heads to Minneapolis t...
Aldine: Creating a Seismic Shift
Aldine Independent School District in Texas began the journey of drastically changing how reading is taught in 2020 – not knowing that a global pandem...
Showing Up for Care in 2025
What does the upcoming Trump presidency mean for the care economy and the over 105 million family caregivers in our country? In this post-election bon...
Good Things Presents: Making of an Activist (Part 2 of 3)
In episode two of Making of an Activist we dive into DeRay Mckesson’s college years where he was the first and only class and student body president a...
Immigrant Justice: Taking Back the Narrative
At age 14, Luz Hernandez left her home country of Honduras to cross borders into the U.S. She was fleeing poverty, sexual abuse, and medical malpracti...
Tell Us About YOUR Good Things
We hope you have been enjoying the incredible guests and stories from this season of Good Things. Now, we want to hear from you. We’re conducting a su...
Indigenous Justice: Looking for a Future
How do stories help us challenge, shape, and navigate our democracy? In this two-part series created with Voice of Witness, we’ll explore oral histori...
Why Relationships are Crucial for Child Development
Nurturing relationships with safe and dependable adults, like early childhood educators, can make a profound difference for kids who’ve experienced ea...
A Mama's Agenda for Justice
Danielle Atkinson has been organizing mothers of color since 2012 to not only knock on doors, but to knock down the doors of power. Danielle is the fo...
Good Things Presents: Making of an Activist (Part 1 of 3)
In episode one of Making of an Activist we explore DeRay Mckesson’s early years in Baltimore, growing up with two parents struggling with addiction. H...
Baltimore: Empowering Diverse Readers
What does it take to build confident readers? Just ask educators at Baltimore City Public Schools, where students are outpacing the rest of the state...
Richmond: Changing Lives Through Literacy
Across the country, states and school districts have been changing their approach to early literacy, particularly how reading is taught. In this two-p...
Skipping State Races? Here's What You're Missing
With Election Day around the corner, host Maya Rupert continues her conversation with Gaby Goldstein, co-founder of Sister District, about the critica...