
"Positive Spin" is a news and public affairs television program that promotes positive, innovative and solution oriented news from around the world, During the year Positive Spin creates exclusive unique content from interviews with United Nations group administrators, peace building partners, and exceptional individuals which they make available for editing in to the annual Peace Day Global Broadcast. Last year, 2009, Positive Spin released a 1 Hour TV special based on the 2009 Peace Day Global Broadcast, it is shown below.
This year's interviews and special segments for inclusion in the 2010 Peace Day Global Broadcast include:
- Jane Goodall: United Nations Messenger of Peace, and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. We will shocawse a celebration of the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall on her 75th birthday, looking back at fifty years of dedication to animal welfare and primatology
- Mary Robinson: former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former president of Ireland
- Sergio Duarte: UN Undersecratary-General for Disarmament
- "We Unite": a report on how Indian women are using micro-loans to better their lives, from the United Religions Initiative, an interfaith movement
- Ron Kovic, disabled Vietnam veteran, peace activist and author
- "Dance for Life": story on the United Nations Population Fund's "Dance for Life" program
- Olga Speranskaya: recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2008
- Maria Gunnoe: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009 for her efforts to stop mountaintop removal coal mining
- Marc Ona: recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize for the continent of Africa in 2009
- "Brother to the Dreamer: Behold the Dream": a documentary detailing the life and controversial death of the Rev. Dr. Alfred Daniel Williams King -- younger brother and strategist to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Wanze Eduards and Hugo Jabini: environmental activists and Goldman Environmental Prize recipients for organizing efforts led to a landmark ruling giving indigenous and tribal peoples control of their natural resources. (see: Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Rights)
- Marina Rikhvanova, recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize
- report on Brazil's innovative techniques and strategies to save the rainforest
Additional Segments from the show included in the Peace Day Global Broadcast focus on:
- Solutions to local, national, and international problems;
- Programs and projects that build sustainable communities;
- Youth and children's perspectives on creating a better world;
- Innovators in the performing and visual arts;
- Positive uses of new communications technology.
"Positive Spin" has been airing for the past 10 years. The program airs nationally on FreespeechTV on the DISH Satellite Network (up to ten times each month.) The DISH Satellite Network has 30 million homes as subscribers. In addition, FreeSpeechTV is carried on 183 cable access stations throughout the United States.
The show's format features Bill McCarthy, as the Host, introducing segments on national and local issues. The program also features UN and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Kim Weichel, introducing segments on the United Nations and international concerns. The show's Youth Correspondent, Tracey Quesada highlights issues of concern to youth and children.
The program is a media project of Unity Foundation, a non-profit organization with a 33-year history of promoting world peace, cooperation and unity through the production of special educational and cultural events, media campaigns, television programming and local community events.



