Mood-Boosting Stories

Mood-Boosting Stories🤗: Podcast Recommendations

March 25, 2022

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Curator

Naomi Shah

Why did you choose this theme?

At Meet Cute, our mission is to inspire the full spectrum of love through our original romantic comedies. People leave our stories feeling optimistic and hopeful. In a world full of heavy news and dark themes, sometimes you just need a pick-me-up.

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen 👂

InvisibiliaLove and Lapses

Invisibilia looks at the invisible forces that shape our lives. This particular episode is a sweet story of one daughter’s journey to hold on to her father and grandmother. It'll leave you happily misty-eyed.

Belle Makes TwelveBelle Makes Twelve: Part 1Belle Makes Twelve is a modern take on Cheaper By The Dozen that introduces you to Belle and her journey to find love. Will she be able to balance romance and her massive family responsibility? The series features six tracks from Ellie Goulding’s album, Brightest Blue.

WomanicaStorytellers: Amrita Pritam

The five-minute briefs on game-changing women that make up this show will remind you that you can defy the odds because all of these amazing women did. The "Storytellers" series has a particularly special place in EarBuds curator Naomi Shah's heart. This episode is about Amrita Pritam, the preeminent female Punjabi writer, equally beloved on both sides of the Pakistan-India border.

Radio HeadspaceThe Secret to a Long and Healthy LifeEarBuds curator Naomi is a sucker for short-form shows — especially when they’re uplifting. Radio Headspace delivers with its  five-minute episodes that will clear your mind through uplifting reflection. This episode introduces listeners to the Japanese concept "ikigai," which speaks to living a life filled with purpose.

Call Your GirlfriendThe Science of Friendship

Without fail, Call Your Girlfriend takes listeners vicariously into an enviable yet relatable friendship, always reminding of the importance of besties. This episode scientifically proves the need for platonic friendship through the research of Lydia Denworth. Midway through the episode, you’ll be group texting to plan the next girls night.

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FEEDBACK WITH EARBUDS:

This week on Feedback...Hear from this week's EarBuds curator, Naomi Shah, about her mood-boosting podcast picks and her work at Meet Cute, a rom-com audio production company.PLUS: Hear about this week's Spotlight pick, Climate Cuisine.Feedback with EarBuds drops on Tuesdays!

COMMUNITY:

📰Lauren Passell's 'Podcast The Newsletter': "I was absent the day everyone listened to S-Town, and it has been a missing piece of my podcast knowledge for years. I finally listened over the weekend and it was the biggest treat...The hype is real."

📚Hosted by 2021 KCRW Radio Race winner Jude Brewer, Storybound presents the voices of today’s best writers reading accomplished works of fiction and non-fiction. Each episode also features original music specially composed for the respective text. Season 5 is out now!🍿Spoilerpiece Theatre just aired its 400th episode! To mark the occasion, they invited their original co-host Kris Jenson back, putting all four hosts together on the mic for the first time in their 7+ years as a show. Also hear announcements about the launch of Spoilerpiece merch and the show's new focus on integrating guest critics into the show.

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PODCAST SPOTLIGHT:

Climate Cuisine

In the hands of different cultures, a single ingredient can take on many wondrous forms. Climate Cuisine profiles how sustainable, soil-building crops that share the same biome are grown, prepared, and eaten around the world. As the world faces alarming upward shifts in base temperature, climate-centric conversations about crops become increasingly important to the resiliency and survival of our food systems.

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