The Real Reason You Feel Empty (Even When Life Looks Good) with Musician Mike Posner
If at some point, you've looked at your life—your job, your relationships, your achievements—and thought: “is this it?” This episode is for...
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Listen to A Bit of Optimism, a Society & Culture podcast by The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek. Stream 221 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 221 episodesThe Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby
Admit it, you've complained about at least one other generation. Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z—somehow, they all end up with reputation...
The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leadership Expert Don Yaeger
The most successful leaders, coaches, and teams in history share one counterintuitive secret: their main focus wasn’t winning. And yet… they...
Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Bananas Founder Jesse Cole
We talk a lot about building successful things. But what does it actually take to build something people love? Jesse Cole has built an entir...
Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story
We live in a world that pushes us to simplify everything: right or wrong, good or bad, this or that. It makes things and our place in the wo...
What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky
Naiveté is one of the most powerful assets an entrepreneur can have. In fact, I think some of the most meaningful things in the world only e...
AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur Will Guidara
As businesses race toward faster systems, smarter tools, and total automation, something critical is getting lost: human connection. And iro...
Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur
Team Simon here! While A Bit of Optimism is on a short break, we’re revisiting a few episodes you helped make some of our favorites. We’ll b...
Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver
Hello from Team Simon! We’re taking a short hiatus, but A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes March 24th. In the meantime, w...
Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier
Team Simon here! As we take a short hiatus, A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes on March 24, 2026. Until then, we’re revis...
The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway
Scott Galloway and I don’t always see the world the same way, but our friendly debates almost always lead us back to common ground. It’s pro...
28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture
It’s often true that the most challenging conversations are often the ones most worth having. Conversations that bring up strong feelings, d...
When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met
Fanbases are some of the most powerful forces on the planet. They show up. They buy the tickets. They travel across countries and time zones...
What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth
We’re often told that the secret to success is grit - more discipline, more perseverance, more individual effort. And grit does matter. But...
Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life
In a world defined by constant change, reinvention isn’t optional - it’s essential. We often assume reinvention comes from bold leaps or luc...
Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt
Hello from Team Simon! We’ll be back next week—January 27, 2026—with brand-new episodes of A Bit of Optimism. We’re excited to bring you new...
Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy
Team Simon here! We’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes from 2025. But we'll be back in just two weeks with brand-new episodes of A...
Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins
Happy New Year from Team Simon! We’re so excited to bring you more new episodes of A Bit of Optimism when we return on January 27, 2026. Wit...
Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova
Team Simon is revisiting some of the episodes you helped make our favorites of the year until A Bit of Optimism returns on January 27, 2026,...
Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert Mo Gawdat
Team Simon here! Thank you for being part of such an incredible year—and for helping us grow the podcast through your support, sharing it wi...
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