Blue Sky
A podcast by The Optimism Institute - Wednesdays
106 Episodes
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KM DiColandrea Describes His Passion for Education and How Speech and Debate Can Transform Young People’s Lives
Published: 1/10/2024 -
IGNITE CEO Sara Guillermo Describes How Her Organization Trains and Empowers Young Women to Engage With Their Communities, Campaign, and Run for Office
Published: 1/3/2024 -
Anh Vu Sawyer Describes Her Family’s Remarkable Flight From Saigon in 1975, and the Inspiring, High Impact Work She’s Done Since Coming to America
Published: 12/20/2023 -
Former Microsoft Executive John Wood on Bringing a Growth Mindset to Helping Children and Young Women in the World’s Poorest Countries
Published: 12/13/2023 -
Solutions Journalism Network Founder and CEO David Bornstein on Why Reporting on Solutions – Not Just Problems – Will Do Us All a Lot of Good, Including the News Outlets Themselves
Published: 12/6/2023 -
New York Times Bestselling Author Matt Ridley on His Motivation to Write 'The Rational Optimist' and Why He Believes That Human Prosperity Will Inevitably Continue to Increase
Published: 11/29/2023 -
Author and Health and Wellness Coach Tracey Gates Explains the Positive Power of Expressing Appreciation
Published: 11/22/2023 -
Ritah Kabanyoro on the Remarkable Work Being Done to Support Uganda’s Refugee Population
Published: 11/15/2023 -
Kevin Adler Discusses His New Book, When We Walk By, and Explains Why He’s Optimistic About Our Ability to End Homelessness in America
Published: 11/8/2023 -
Dr. Howard Koh Describes How Gratitude and Optimism Have Led to a Rewarding Life of Healing and Helping
Published: 10/25/2023 -
Dr. Adam Mastroianni Explains How Your Brain Has Tricked You Into Thinking That Everything Is Worse
Published: 10/18/2023 -
LaTosha Brown on the Roots of Her Optimism and How She Applies a Hopeful Approach to Her Challenging Work
Published: 10/11/2023 -
Professor and Author Anita Nowak on the Remarkable Power of Empathy
Published: 10/4/2023 -
Margo Walsh Describes Her Drive to Create Innovative Approaches to Help Marginalized People Get Back into the Workplace
Published: 9/27/2023 -
Private Equity Professional Sean Legister Describes How His Optimistic Outlook, Thirst for Knowledge, and Appetite for Risk Have Led to Remarkable Opportunities and Achievement
Published: 9/20/2023 -
Atlantic Sea Farms CEO Briana Warner Describes Her Company’s Leadership Role in Kelp Farming and How This Environmentally-Friendly and Nutritious Food Is the Shaping the Future of Aquaculture
Published: 9/13/2023 -
Author Jonathan Conyers on His Memoir, “I Wasn’t Supposed to Be Here,” About the Supportive Village That Filled His Life With Hope and Optimism
Published: 9/6/2023 -
Dr. Robert Soiffer on His Career at the Leading Edge of Cancer Care at Dana-Farber and Reasons to Be Optimistic the Future of Oncology
Published: 8/30/2023 -
Kathryn Goetzke on the Power of Hope
Published: 8/23/2023 -
UN Foundation CEO Elizabeth Cousens on the UNF’s Remarkable Work Around the Globe, and Why She’s Optimistic About Our Collective Future
Published: 8/16/2023
Hosted by Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute, this weekly podcast will feature inspiring leaders, authors, researchers, and big thinkers who are taking on some of our world’s toughest challenges with an infectious sense of optimism. Blue Sky takes its name from the meditation reminder that there’s always blue sky above, sometimes you just have to get your head above the clouds to see it.