This week’s Joy Beat is recognizing the important role the community plays in fostering joy. We begin with the Reverend. Dr. Terrlyn Curry-Avery, who embodies this spirit, even in circumstances that are decidedly not joyful. Then, we’ll go to the Cape, where a group of self-proclaimed “Old Ladies” banded together to spend their retirement years cleaning freshwater ponds of decades-old trash. And finally, to Mattapan, where a coalition of change-makers is solving community-specific problems with community-specific solutions.

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Credits:

Host: Arun Rath

Producers: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Editors: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Project Manager: Meiqian He

Editorial Advisor and Head of GBH Podcasts: Devin Maverick Robins

This week, it’s time to feel beautiful. Joy Beat is celebrating those helping others build confidence and show that when you look good, you feel good! First, we go to Milton, Massachusetts, to Sadiddy Lifestyle Beauty Studio, where owner Skye Warren emphasizes the importance of community in confidence; then, to Newbury St., where Wigs for Well-Being helps cancer patients who’ve lost their hair feel a bit more like themselves with luxury wigs; and finally, we’re going back to high school for prom night, where we’ll meet a real-life fairy godmother helping kids from underserved communities get dolled up and attend the prom.

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Credits:

Host: Arun Rath

Producers: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Editors: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Project Manager: Meiqian He

Editorial Advisor and Head of GBH Podcasts: Devin Maverick Robins

This week, it’s time to get active — Joy Beat is celebrating the joy found in exercising and moving your body. We start with Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to ever run the Boston Marathon, despite women not being allowed to participate yet; then, we go to Brockton to meet Dave and Judy Gorman, who, for 47 years, have hosted Kids Road Races, helping families get outdoors and inspiring a lasting love of running; plus, to the yoga mat, with Susan Lovett, who heads the Hands to Heart Center: Yoga for the People, bringing the grounding practice of yoga to low-income, underserved communities.

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Credits:

Host: Arun Rath

Producers: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Editors: Jacklyn Martin and Kana Ruhalter

Project Manager: Meiqian He

Editorial Advisor and Head of GBH Podcasts: Devin Maverick Robins