LearnOutLoud.com Audio - A Bit of Optimism Podcast

Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur (Tue, Jul 8, 2025)
The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt (Tue, Jul 1, 2025)
Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat (Tue, Jun 24, 2025)
We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal (Tue, Jun 17, 2025)
The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer (Tue, Jun 10, 2025)
This Is... A Bit of Optimism (Tue, Jun 3, 2025)
Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi (Tue, Jun 3, 2025)
Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride (Tue, May 27, 2025)
Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger (Tue, May 20, 2025)
Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman (Tue, May 13, 2025)
The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch (Tue, May 6, 2025)
(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards (Tue, Apr 29, 2025)
(PART 1) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards (Tue, Apr 22, 2025)
Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates (Tue, Apr 15, 2025)
Who Are You, Really? with journalist Maria Shriver (Tue, Apr 8, 2025)
The Search for Self-Love with podcaster Lewis Howes (Tue, Apr 1, 2025)
Revisited: Why Awkward Is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro (Tue, Mar 25, 2025)
Does Gender Change How We Lead? with Retired Colonel DeDe Halfhill (Tue, Mar 18, 2025)
The Myth of the Perfect Meditator with podcaster Jay Shetty (Tue, Mar 11, 2025)
When Your 'Flaw' Becomes Your Edge with Comedian Hasan Minhaj (Tue, Mar 4, 2025)
Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink (Tue, Feb 25, 2025)
A Sweet Conversation About Dying with Death Doula Alua Arthur (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)
The Secret Art of Micromanagement with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Tue, Feb 11, 2025)
You Are More Like Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier Than You Think (Tue, Feb 4, 2025)
Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy (Tue, Jan 28, 2025)
Spite Is The Greatest Motivator with Watch Duty founder John Mills (Tue, Jan 21, 2025)
The First Steps to Reducing Your Anxiety with author Mel Robbins (Tue, Jan 14, 2025)
The Cure for Loneliness with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (Tue, Jan 7, 2025)
Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt (Tue, Dec 17, 2024)
Should You Work With Your Friends? with my friend Will Guidara (Tue, Dec 10, 2024)
The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger (Tue, Dec 3, 2024)
The First Steps to Find Love with Matthew Hussey (Tue, Nov 26, 2024)
Dr. Mark Hyman: To Live Longer You Need... (Tue, Nov 19, 2024)
Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good (Tue, Nov 12, 2024)
What can we learn from a rural school in Kenya? with principal Carol Moraa (Tue, Nov 5, 2024)
Peace Is A Process with negotiation expert William Ury (Tue, Oct 29, 2024)
Creating Astonishment with Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren (Tue, Oct 22, 2024)
A Lifetime of Leadership with President Joe Biden (Tue, Oct 15, 2024)
Revisited: How To Be A Friend with chef and entrepreneur Christina Tosi (Tue, Oct 8, 2024)
Revisited: Molly's Game with Molly Bloom (Tue, Oct 1, 2024)
Revisited: We Cannot Heal Alone In The Loneliness Epidemic with Rabbi Sharon Brous (Tue, Sep 17, 2024)
Confident Ignorance with rapper, novelist, and filmmaker Logic (Tue, Sep 17, 2024)
Wealth Is Togetherness with community organizer Kennedy Odede (Tue, Sep 10, 2024)
Landing Moonshots with Google's Innovation Chief Dr. Astro Teller (Tue, Sep 3, 2024)
Creativity Is Connection with poet IN-Q (Tue, Aug 6, 2024)
The Smell of Memory with scent designer Dawn Goldworm (Tue, Jul 30, 2024)
Mastery is an Infinite Game with performance psychologist Mike Gervais (Tue, Jul 23, 2024)
Breaking Tradition with cellist Anastasia Kobekina (Tue, Jul 16, 2024)
How to Breathe Out Fear with freediver Li Karlsen (Tue, Jul 9, 2024)
More Thinking About Thinking with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part Two (Tue, Jul 2, 2024)
Thinking About Thinking with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part One (Tue, Jun 25, 2024)
The War On The Young with Professor Scott Galloway (Tue, Jun 18, 2024)
Moral Courage with Diane Foley, mother of executed journalist James Foley (Tue, Jun 11, 2024)
Humble Confidence with veteran and entrepreneur Blake Hall (Tue, Jun 4, 2024)
The Ultimate Infinite-Minded CEO with Trek Bicycle CEO John Burke (Tue, May 28, 2024)
Be Necessary with war journalist Sebastian Junger (Tue, May 21, 2024)
Invention is Reinvention with entrepreneur Eric Ryan (Tue, May 14, 2024)
The Definition of Success with author Neil Strauss (Tue, May 7, 2024)
Happily Friended with author Rhaina Cohen (Tue, Apr 30, 2024)
How To Eat with Glucose Goddess Jessie Inchauspé (Tue, Apr 23, 2024)
Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride (Tue, Apr 16, 2024)
We Cannot Heal Alone with Rabbi Sharon Brous (Tue, Apr 9, 2024)
Ideas That Stick with advertising legend Lee Clow (Tue, Apr 2, 2024)
The Anxious Generation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (Tue, Mar 26, 2024)
How to Live to 100 with Blue Zones explorer Dan Buettner (Tue, Mar 19, 2024)
Going To Mars with NASA director Laurie Leshin (Tue, Mar 12, 2024)
Four Years in Solitary Confinement with political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez (Tue, Mar 5, 2024)
Redemption with charity founder Scott Harrison (Tue, Feb 27, 2024)
Supercommunicators with journalist Charles Duhigg (Tue, Feb 20, 2024)
Community Starts at Home with author Alexandra Hudson (Tue, Feb 13, 2024)
How To Be A Friend with chef Christina Tosi (Tue, Feb 6, 2024)
Why Awkward is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro (Tue, Jan 30, 2024)
A Theory of Everyone with behavioral researcher Dr. Michael Muthukrishna (Tue, Jan 23, 2024)
Atomic Habits with author James Clear (Tue, Jan 16, 2024)
Excellence with Silicon Valley Legend Jackie Reses (Tue, Jan 9, 2024)
Imperfections, Nuance, and Humanity with comedian Alex Edelman (Tue, Dec 19, 2023)
Drive with professional racer Danica Patrick (Tue, Dec 12, 2023)
The Value of Values with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon (Tue, Dec 5, 2023)
A Curious Mind with movie producer Brian Grazer (Tue, Nov 28, 2023)
Talking to Animals with A.I. ethicist Aza Raskin (Tue, Nov 21, 2023)
A New Paradigm for Trust with entrepreneur Yat Siu (Tue, Nov 14, 2023)
Humanize with designer Thomas Heatherwick (Tue, Nov 7, 2023)
Teammateship with NBA champion Shane Battier (Tue, Oct 31, 2023)
The Future of Leadership with educator Elizabeth English (Tue, Oct 24, 2023)
Remember Love with the poet Cleo Wade (Tue, Oct 17, 2023)
Purpose over Profit with Thrive Causemetics CEO Karissa Bodnar (Tue, Oct 10, 2023)
Beautiful Conflict with the poet Yung Pueblo (Tue, Oct 3, 2023)
Power with author Robert Greene (Tue, Sep 26, 2023)
Failing Well with professor of leadership Dr. Amy Edmondson (Tue, Sep 19, 2023)
Happier-ness with author Arthur Brooks (Tue, Sep 12, 2023)
Intuition vs. Reason with poker champion Liv Boeree (Tue, Sep 5, 2023)
When to Quit with Steven Bartlett (Part 2) (Tue, Aug 29, 2023)
Sweating the Small Stuff with Steven Bartlett (Part 1) (Tue, Aug 22, 2023)
Community and Empowerment with Sharmadean Reid (Tue, Aug 15, 2023)
The Book of Charlie with David Von Drehle (Tue, Aug 8, 2023)
Leadership with General CQ Brown, Jr. (Tue, Jul 4, 2023)
Preparing for Change with Cassandra Worthy (Tue, Jun 27, 2023)
Trust with Jimmy Wales (Tue, 20, )(Jun 07:00:00 2023, +0000)
Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf (Tue, Jun 13, 2023)
Determination with Steven Pressfield (Tue, Jun 6, 2023)
Rewarding Kindness with Jimmy Darts (Tue, May 30, 2023)
Love Without Judgment with Ana Kirova (Tue, May 23, 2023)
The Soul of an Idea with David Copperfield (Tue, May 16, 2023)
Molly's Game with Molly Bloom (Tue, May 9, 2023)
The Courage of Compassion with Robin Steinberg (Tue, Apr 4, 2023)
A Goofy Episode with Bill Farmer (Tue, Mar 28, 2023)
Insane Vacations with Mike Reiss (Tue, Mar 21, 2023)
Down A Rabbit Hole with Seth Godin (Tue, Mar 14, 2023)
How To Be An Entrepreneur with Jeff Rosenthal (Tue, Mar 7, 2023)
The Wisdom of Anxiety with Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary (Tue, Feb 28, 2023)
Guaranteed Joy with Richard Curtis (Tue, Feb 21, 2023)
Exploration with Leland Melvin (Tue, Feb 14, 2023)
Taking Comfortable Risks with Scott Galloway (Tue, Feb 7, 2023)
Digging Up the Past with Sarah Parcak (Tue, Jan 31, 2023)
High Performance with Divesh Makan (Tue, Jan 24, 2023)
Embracing The Fall with Carla Hall (Tue, Jan 17, 2023)
Gen Z in the Workplace with Jonah and David Stillman (Tue, Jan 10, 2023)
Ask Simon Anything: Part Two (Tue, Jan 3, 2023)
Ask Simon Anything: Part One (Tue, Dec 27, 2022)
Two Bits of Optimism with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part Two (Tue, Dec 20, 2022)
Two Bits of Optimism with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part One (Tue, Dec 13, 2022)
Being Yourself with Kathryn Finney (Tue, Dec 6, 2022)
Live A Long, Happy Life with physician Mark Hyman (Tue, Nov 29, 2022)
The Value of Interruptions with Janis Burl (Tue, Nov 22, 2022)
The Sweet Bitter with Susan Cain (Tue, Nov 15, 2022)
Kindness with James Rhee (Tue, Nov 8, 2022)
How To Be An Optimist with Pat Berges (Tue, Nov 1, 2022)
The Labor of Love with Francesca Hogi (Tue, Oct 25, 2022)
Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara (Tue, Oct 18, 2022)
Partnering with Jean Oelwang (Tue, Mar 8, 2022)
Vulnerability and Redemption with Adrian Grenier (Tue, Mar 1, 2022)
Obscure Presidential History with Jeremy Deutsch (Tue, Feb 22, 2022)
Happiness with Arthur Brooks (Tue, Feb 15, 2022)
Giving What You Have with Mark Bustos (Tue, Feb 8, 2022)
Giving A Sh*t with Phoebe Robinson (Tue, Feb 1, 2022)
My True Crime Episode with David Mittelman (Tue, Jan 25, 2022)
Rebuilding Community with Luma Mufleh (Tue, Jan 18, 2022)
No More Lonely Friends with Marissa Meizz (Tue, Jan 11, 2022)
Resolving Conflict with William Ury (Tue, Jan 4, 2022)
Gratitude with Omar Brownson (Tue, Dec 28, 2021)
Setting Boundaries with Sara Kuburic (Tue, Dec 21, 2021)
Being Rich with Ron Finley (Tue, Dec 14, 2021)
Hope with Shamma Al Mazrui (Tue, Dec 7, 2021)
The Asymmetry of Power with Tristan Harris (Tue, Nov 30, 2021)
Family with Ari Emanuel (Tue, Nov 23, 2021)
Enchantment with Chloe Valdary (Tue, Jun 29, 2021)
The Value of Failing with Suneel Gupta (Tue, Jun 22, 2021)
Awesome Responsibility with Kyle Carpenter (Tue, Jun 15, 2021)
Raising Resilient Kids with Angela Duckworth (Tue, Jun 8, 2021)
Learning to Love with Tim Shriver (Tue, Jun 1, 2021)
Thinking Differently with Matthew Barzun (Tue, May 25, 2021)
Having a Laugh with Michael McIntyre (Tue, May 18, 2021)
Respect with Nicole Avant (Tue, May 11, 2021)
Designing the Future with Brian Collins (Tue, May 4, 2021)
Confidence with Sara Blakely (Tue, Apr 27, 2021)
Vulnerability with Brigadier General Michael “Johnny Bravo” Drowley (Tue, Apr 20, 2021)
The One With Brené Brown (Tue, Apr 13, 2021)
Faith with Quilen Blackwell (Tue, Jan 12, 2021)
A Tension Deficit with James Harding (Tue, Jan 5, 2021)
The Infinite Game with Dr. James Carse (Tue, Dec 29, 2020)
Happying with Derren Brown (Tue, Dec 22, 2020)
Conversion with Ric Elias (Tue, Dec 15, 2020)
Generosity with Ann Marie Scichili (Tue, Dec 8, 2020)
Joy with Marco Bizzarri (Tue, Dec 1, 2020)
Fight with Love, Fight for Love with Aloe Blacc (Tue, Nov 24, 2020)
Finding your Tribe with Amy Cuddy (Tue, Nov 17, 2020)
A Bit of Everything with Adam Grant (Tue, Nov 10, 2020)
Moving Forward with my sister Sara (Mon, Sep 14, 2020)
A Lot of Optimism (Or The One Where I Met Andy Grammer) (Mon, Sep 7, 2020)
Ethical Fading with Lenny Wong (Mon, Aug 31, 2020)
Second Chances with Bruce Deel (Mon, Aug 24, 2020)
Challenging Authority with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Mon, Aug 17, 2020)
Extreme Listening with Deeyah Khan (Mon, Aug 10, 2020)
Quiet Service with General Stan McChrystal (Mon, Aug 3, 2020)
Courage with Guy Raz (Mon, Jul 27, 2020)
Gratitude with Carolyn Adams (Mon, Jul 20, 2020)
Shades of Grey with Jenna Arnold (Mon, Jul 13, 2020)
Entrepreneurship with Helene and Seth Godin (Mon, Jul 6, 2020)
Leadership with Bob Chapman (Mon, Jun 29, 2020)
Service with Maria Shriver (Mon, Jun 22, 2020)
How To Have Difficult Conversations with David Harris (Mon, Jun 15, 2020)
Hope with Curtis Martin (Mon, Jun 8, 2020)
Relationships with Christina Tosi and Will Guidara (Mon, Jun 1, 2020)
This is... A Bit of Optimism (Tue, May 26, 2020)