The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson
Good manners aren’t just about being polite — they’re about making other people feel seen. William Hanson is one of the world’s leading etiquette coaches. He’s advised royalty, CEOs, and television pe...
15 Juli 202554min
Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur
You have two years left to live. What would you do? That's a real question Angela Trimbur had to answer. In 2018, a breast cancer diagnosis forced her to get honest with herself. If Angela had only 2 ...
8 Juli 202553min
The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt
When morale problems affect a team, some leaders choose to make a big, rousing speech. But quite often, it’s the quiet leader who leads with empathy that sees a better emotional solution. Gordon Schmi...
1 Juli 20251h 10min
Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat
Happiness is a choice. But it’s not always an easy choice to make. Mo Gawdat had to face an impossible choice. Before he was a bestselling author and podcast host, Mo worked a lucrative career as Chie...
24 Juni 20251h 32min
We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal
🚨 Chomp Alert! 🚨 We saw your comments — loud and crunchy. Turns out not everyone wants front-row seats to mouth sounds. Who knew? Skip to 29:29 to dodge most of the chewing. We promise, after that ...
17 Juni 20251h 8min
The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer
Magic moments do happen in real life. If you ask Brad Meltzer, magic happens when ordinary people choose to do the extraordinary. Brad is a prolific writer and bestselling author. He’s published over...
10 Juni 202552min
This Is... A Bit of Optimism
My career is an accident. It started when I set out to rediscover my passion and reignite a spark I’d lost — and that journey led me to the work I do now. If you know me from my books or my speaking, ...
3 Juni 20251min
Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi
What if this podcast turned into a baking show? For Christina Tosi’s third visit to A Bit of Optimism, we decided to find out. So we headed to Milk Bar to make compost cookies from things in my own pa...
3 Juni 202547min
