Dr Radha Modgil and journalist Seyi Rhodes describe themselves as big Positive News fans, having followed the magazine long before they were invited to host its new podcast.
“It was a delight to say yes to [this project],” explains Modgil, a busy NHS GP, author and broadcaster, over the phone on her lunch break. “Finding practical ways to solve problems is something you do day to day as a doctor, so the problem-solving approach to news really resonates with me.”
The six-part series, Developing Mental Wealth, explores a range of solutions to improving mental wellbeing, focusing on communities in economically developing countries including Guatemala, Peru, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast.