Episode Description: Arielle opens the episode with a quick update—she’s feeling under the weather, so Karissa is taking the reins this week. In this bite-sized round-up, Karissa highlights some of the most intriguing stories from Optimist Daily, including science-backed benefits of kimchi, fresh debates around cold plunges, and why ultra-processed foods may be on their way out of California school lunches. It’s a speedy, feel-good listen packed with health and sustainability wins. Want to be part of the Optimism Movement? Become an Emissary. Subscribe to our FREE Daily Newsletter and follow us on Instagram, X, and Blue Sky. The Optimist Daily is a project of the World Business Academy. Donate link: https://www.optimistdaily.com/donate-to-support-the-optimist-daily/?gift=Y%20http:// Transcript: Soft theme music  Arielle:  Hello, fellow Optimists! It’s Arielle. As you can probably hear, I am not in good podcast recording form. But don’t worry, Karissa is going to take you through this week’s solutions from the Optimist Daily solo today, and hopefully I’ll be back again next week. Take it away, Karissa!  Theme music  Karissa:  Hey everyone, and welcome to the Optimist Day’s Weekly Roundup. I’m Karissa and I’m solo podcasting today because Arielle, unfortunately, can’t be here to dive into some more solutions with me.  But I wanted to come on here and encourage you all to go to optimistdaily.com. Cold and flu season is upon us, so, it was pretty fitting that the Optimist Daily had a lot of health and wellness solutions this week.  Arielle’s solution was about what science says about gender, stress, and ice baths. So, if that intrigues you, maybe go check it out and see if ice baths are really for you.   My solution this week was Kimchi’s health secrets: how this ancient Korean staple supports heart and metabolic health. I chose this solution because I love kimchi. I don’t know if any of you guys out there love kimchi like I do, but it’s just such a great little snack and side to so many dishes. So I was excited to talk about this one, but you can go read all about it in the Optimist Daily and see why it’s just so good for our health.   And some other immunity and health solutions this week include What is fire cider: immune booster or overhyped health trend?   The answer might surprise you, so go check that one out.   We also have The surprising veggie trick to keep blood sugar steady (and your heart happy), and on a similar note, California takes a bold step to remove ultra-processed foods from school meals, great news, and you may have heard about the ozone layer on its way to healing. It was all over the news in the past week, but our solution this week is called Ozone layer recovery shows what global cooperation can achieve. We also have Sweden sets nationwide mobile phone ban in schools starting in 2026. World Trade Organization launches first global agreement to curb overfishing. Why green bus stops are blooming around the world, and it’s October now, so we have Spooky but safe: how to decorate for Halloween without harming wildlife.  Lots of great solutions on the Optimist Daily This week. And we, of course, will be back next week with more solutions. And in the meantime, you can sign up for our free daily newsletter to get all of these straight to your inbox each day.   If you don’t want another e-mail in your inbox, go ahead and follow us on social media. We are @OptimistDaily on all social media platforms except on X, where we are @OdeToOptimism.   And have to shout out our Emissaries, of course, for financially supporting us. If you want to learn more about how to become an Emissary, this is in the link in our show notes and on our website. We really appreciate any kind of support because we are a small team trying to put optimism out there into the world.  But of course we deeply appreciate any non -financial support as well.So, sharing our podcast when we have a proper podcast again next week or forwarding an e-mail if you subscribe to the newsletter or just sharing a social post will really help propel our mission of spreading optimism and solutions-thinking out into the world.   We want to say thank you again to everyone who submitted a Local Changemaker. We received all those; we’ve been going through them, and we can’t wait to start writing about all of these great people in the world making a difference, so keep an eye out for that in our feeds, and of course we’ll be talking about them once they are published, coming soon in the next couple weeks already.   Well, I speak for Arielle since she has no voice right now. We wish everyone a great weekend and a great week ahead, and we can’t wait to be back next week with more solutions as always. Bye!   The post Podcast Transcript October 3, 2025— Bite-Sized Roundup: Cold Plunges, Kimchi, and Global Wins for the Planet first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.