Michelle Figueroa, A GOOD THING HAPPENED TODAY
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
"It's a reference book for kids to get ideas as to how they can make the world a kinder place." Journalist Michelle Figueroa joins Zibby to discuss Good News Movement and its corresponding book, A Good Thing Happened Today. Michelle explains why she decided to start a news organization focused on sharing exclusively good news and the importance of packaging these stories for young kids. Send in your own good news to @GoodNews_Movement on Instagram!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
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| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.3 | and that is what we're going to do. |
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| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.1 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Michelle Figueroa is the author of A Good Thing Happened Today. |
| 1:02.3 | Michelle has 15 plus years of experience as a bilingual journalist, producer, and filmmaker, |
| 1:07.0 | mostly for CNN on Espaniel. |
| 1:09.3 | Now Michelle runs the Good News Movement social media platform where she |
| 1:14.0 | curates good news only because you are the good news. A good thing happened today is her first book |
| 1:19.7 | published by Harper Collins. Welcome, Michelle. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time |
| 1:24.0 | to read books to discuss a good thing happened. Thank you so much for having me on. |
| 1:29.0 | It's a total pleasure and I hope to keep spreading my message that good things are happening |
| 1:34.0 | anywhere and everywhere in the world. I know. I love this mission of yours. Can you talk a little bit |
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