Hosted by Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute, this weekly podcast will feature inspiring
The family of Anh Vu Sawyer were among the small number of South Vietnamese who successfully fled Sa
In the late 1990’s, John Wood was living a great life. As a senior executive at Microsoft, his job
David Bornstein has a long history in journalism and founded the Solutions Journalism Network out o
Matt Ridley’s seminal book, The Rational Optimist, has inspired many since its publication in 2010 a
In her new book, The Power of a Few Kind Words, author Tracey Gates tells the story of how she decid
Ritah Kabanyoro knows what it’s like to go to bed hungry. Growing up in a household of 20 people, s
Kevin Adler grew up with a beloved uncle, Mark, who never forgot to send him a Hallmark card on his
Dr. Howard Koh’s story is inspiring. His immigrant parents raised him to be grateful for and contrib
Adam Mastroianni says he likes to “study how people perceive and misperceive their social worlds, fr
LaTosha Brown has been described by many as a “force of nature,” and from the first seconds of this
Dr. Anita Nowak has made the study of empathy her life’s work and in this Blue Sky conversation she
Margo Walsh is an entrepreneur who created MaineWorks, a certified B-Corp that helps people with sub
Sean Legister was raised by a strong single mom who put a premium on his education and set him up fo
Today’s Blue Sky guest tells her story from the coast of Maine, but the work she’s doing was inspire
The life of Jonathan Conyers is full of junctures where it appears he’s not going to make it. Both
Dr. Robert Soiffer took an interest in medicine at an early age when he played a physician in his fi
Following a challenging childhood and the tragic death of her father, Kathryn Goetzke decided that t
Elizabeth Cousens grew up with an insatiable curiosity about world events. This early interest has
