What Good Happened in 2021?

Almost exactly a year ago, I launched my podcast by asking what good happened in 2020. A year later, I ask the same about 2021. Needless to say, it was a turbulent year with a lot of suffering inflicted in countries like Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and others, just to name a few. The uncertainty and deaths of COVID continued and we saw that, hey, a pandemic CAN last more than a year! Yet if I was able to see the good in 2020, I thought surely there were things worth celebrating in 2021, too. In my episode, I chose to talk about three things: Barbados becoming an independent republic (I dive a little bit into political science and explain that a Head of State and a Head of Government is) multiple elections in Latin America - and no military coups! Elliot Page coming out as a trans man (you can listen to my episode on Why We Need Pride here). Join me in this celebratory episode --- and we could use some positivity right now.