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Hosted by Bill Burke · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 172 episodes
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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.
Bill Burke hosts Blue Sky, a society show with 172 episodes published.
Ted Johnson's life reads like several careers stitched into one: raised in a mostly white Raleigh suburb while attending a Black church several times a week, a Hampton University graduate, a 20-year Navy officer who beca
Lee Woodruff's life reads like fiction — a college meet-not-quite-cute with her future husband Bob, a front-row seat to the Tiananmen Square crackdown that redirected Bob's entire career, his meteoric rise to co-anchor o
More than t wenty-five years ago, John Wood was a rising Microsoft executive with a demanding job and a packed passport. A trek through Nepal changed everything. After encountering a rural school with empty library shelv
Alan Murray has spent four decades studying American business — as editor-in-chief and CEO of Fortune, Washington bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, president of Pew Research Center, and now founding president of t
Maria Eldon's son, Dan Eldon, was a young photojournalist working for Reuters in Somalia when he was killed at just 22 years old while documenting a famine and its aftermath. Rather than let that loss define her, Kathy a
What if optimism about climate change isn't naive — but necessary? In this episode of Blue Sky , Anne Therese Gennari, TEDx speaker and author of The Climate Optimist Handbook , shares the breakdown that led to her break
If even the letters "A-I" are enough to spike your anxiety, this episode is for you. In this conversation, host Bill Burke sits down with Dr. Mar k Bloomfield — a Cambridge Judge Business School fellow who has spent over
Margo Walsh is an entrepreneur on a mission to prove that second chances are good for business. As founder of MaineWorks — a certified B-Corp — she has built a model that connects people with substance use disorder and/o
What if one of the most powerful tools for restoring your mental health, sharpening your focus, and cultivating optimism has been outside your door all along? In this episode of Blue Sky , neuroscientist Marc Berman — pi
What if the relentlessly negative news cycle is giving us a distorted picture of reality? In this episode of Blue Sky , Charles Kenny from the Center for Global Development makes a compelling, data-driven case that the w
Kathryn Anne Edwards, a labor economist and co-host of Optimist Economy , discusses economic optimism, career paths, and the impact of policy on the American economy. She shares her insights on the job market and AI, and
Adam Mastroianni says he likes to " study how people perceive and misperceive their social worlds, from the person sitting across the table to the whole country buzzing around them." In this Blue Sky conversation, Dr. Ma
Once an ironman athlete and perfectionist, Risa August faced a devastating diagnosis that stripped away her former life. This is the story of how she found new purpose and adventure, transforming her approach to life, fr
Dr. Robert Soiffer took an interest in medicine at an early age when he played a physician in his first-grade play . Today, he is a leading physician, researcher, and teacher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world lead
While many of us wish we had more resources, more options, and more time, David Epstein suggests that it's scarcity and constraints that lead us to better outcomes . This notion might feel counterintuitive, but David exp
Sam Fankuchen shares his personal journey, beginning with a dramatic close call on 9/11 that profoundly influenced his career path. This pivotal moment led him to recognize the complexities and barriers within volunteeri
Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Harris is an experienced practitioner of holistic medicine and author of the book, Synchronicity . In this Blue Sky conversation, Ken describes the subtle but important difference he sees between coinci
Dr. Kate Lund has spent much of her career as a psychologist studying children and parenting . She's distilled much of what she's learned in her most recent book, Step Away: The Keys to Resilient Parenting . In this epis
When Eddie Ndopu was two years old, his mother was told he wouldn't likely live past five . Now in his early thirties, Eddie is an internationally-known and Oxford-educated advocate for the rights of the disabled . In th
We all know that our jobs are a huge part of our lives, and the way we feel about our workplace, our supervisors, and coworkers has a lot to do with our ability to stay positive and mentally healthy a nd be optimistic ab
Jennifer Wong
interim director, geriatric specialist
1 appearance on this show
Lynda Ulrich
Founder of The Goodness Exchange · The Goodness Exchange
1 appearance on this show
Stanley Andrisse
scientist, author, professor · From Prison Cells to PhD
1 appearance on this show
Matt Ridley
author, journalist, businessman, member of The House of Lords · UKW
1 appearance on this show
Marcy Syms
businesswoman and advocate for respect in leadership · Syms Corporation
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Groff
Black-ish
1 appearance on this show
Daniel Pink
Behavioral science guru and bestselling author · Bonsall High School
1 appearance on this show
Ted Johnson
professor of pediatric oncology and co-director of the Pediatric Immunotherapy Program at Augusta University · Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Angus Hervey
economist, journalist and TED icon
1 appearance on this show
Chris Anderson
Director of Technical Program Management · Independence Pet Holdings
1 appearance on this show
David Gardner
solicitor and former AHPRA investigator · Royal Borough of Greenwich
1 appearance on this show
David Novak
A Masterclass in "How Leaders Lead"
1 appearance on this show
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