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Optimistic Tales

Optimistic Tales

By: Dr Eric M. Moody
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Join your host, Dr. Eric M. Moody, in his continuing search for a more humbled and empathetic world. It's been said the key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. "Optimistic Tales" presents a medley of noteworthy and influential plebeian elite from around the world--from local and international community leaders to celebrity philanthropists. Dr. Moody's wide range of interdisciplinary insights, experience and expertise provides the background for his always rhapsodic and enthusiastic interviews.Dr Eric M. Moody Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S8 | E6 | The Social Conscience of MTV
    Jul 13 2025

    Dr. Moody collaborates on his inaugural cross-over episode with Mr. Todd Shriver, to mark the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, the global concert event that brought together the biggest names in music to fight famine in Ethiopia—and changed the way we think about music and activism forever. Their very special guest, who had a front-row seat to history, is Mr. Alan Hunter, original MTV VJ and pop culture icon. In this exclusive episode, Alan not only shares his personal reflections on Live Aid’s seismic impact and his experience covering the event, he also reminisces about what it was like at the heart of MTV during the golden era of music television. Whether you were there in person, glued to your set watching MTV, or are only now uncovering the magic of the moment, this crossover episode is your backstage pass to one of the most unforgettable eras in music history—revealed by someone who experienced every beat of it…as it happened.

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    33 mins
  • S8 | E5 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 2)
    Jul 1 2025

    Dr. Moody continues his talk with Jeremy Fogg, the Executive Pastry Chef for the French Truck Coffee Company in New Orleans, LA. Jeremy shares more of the humble beginnings that led him to his unique and storied career in the Food Service industry. [Introduction provided by Amanda Donaldson].

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    56 mins
  • S8 | E4 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 1)
    Jun 24 2025

    Dr. Moody talks with Jeremy Fogg, the Executive Pastry Chef for the French Truck Coffee Company in New Orleans, LA. Jeremy shares the humble beginnings that led him to his unique and storied career in the Food Service industry. [Introduction provided by Dr. Ahmet Hacikara].

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    56 mins

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