Blue Sky

Blue Sky

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.

Episodes

January 7, 2026 49 mins

Matt Ridley's seminal book, The Rational Optimist, has inspired many since its publication i...

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Amy King watched the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and seeing people sheltered in a leaking football stadium inspired her to work with her husband on shelter solutions

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Mimi Nicklin left a successful career as a marketing executive to take on the task of educating the world on the value and power of empathy.  Read more

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Paul Leonardi is an expert in technology management and has developed a deep understanding for why today's digital tools—even those that are helpful—can contribute to our growing sense of exhaustion

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Guy Kawasaki has had an amazing life and career After growing up in Hawaii, he went to Cal...

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Blue Sky host Bill Burke first met Scott Nash nearly 30 years ago, when both were working in...

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Phil Green has had a successful career in music and sports For what he describes as his "third a...

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Stacy Palmer leads The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the leading journal in the world of nonprofits

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Shirzad Chamine experienced a traumatic childhood, raised in Iran by a father...

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October 22, 2025 43 mins

Losing her mom to cancer reminded Bree that life is fleeting Working as a consultant, she also s...

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Erin Cain didn't grow up around horses but eventually was exposed to them and the remarkable...

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Meghan Riordan Jarvis was a practicing psychotherapist when she found herself devastated by the loss of her two parents Read more

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Tricia Rose Burt had done everything right, according to the way she was raised She went to a "g...

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As a personal trainer and wellness coach, Stacey Garcia was doing everything right.  She ate well, exercised, and took great care of herself.  That's why her cancer diagnosis came as an extra shock, and in this episode, she explains how she dealt with this news and found strength and resilience as...

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Nicole Stott had a remarkable career with NASA, logging more than 100 days in outer space

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September 3, 2025 10 mins

Host Bill Burke thinks back to his own back to school days and offers thoughts on what he might study were he an incoming student this fall He also discusses what he might teach if h...

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Marcy Syms has led a remarkable life, full of triumphs and tragedies Through a discussion ...

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Mike Goodwin grew up with a difficult and volatile father.  As a child, he decided that one way he could help his mom would be to help make her laugh.  He soon realized he had a talent for humor, but it was...

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In this Blue Sky conversation, Kristine Michie describes her path to a career marked by sparking joy in people and organizations to facilitate positive and impactful change.  Earlier this year, she host...

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