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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 | E8 | Unwrapping Empathy: How Dumas-Wesley Brings Joy to the Season
    Oct 16 2025

    In this special holiday episode, Dr. Moody welcomes back Ms. Joni Hendee, Director of Marketing & Public Relations at the Dumas-Wesley Community Center (DWCC). Together, they unwrap the quiet power of empathy that fuels DWCC’s mission to Educate, Empower, and Enrich the community—highlighting the Annual Toy Store, where families experience the dignity of giving, and the Senior Activities Independent Living program, which nurtures community, purpose, and connection for older adults. Through heartfelt stories and shared reflections, this conversation reminds us that empathy is the thread that ties every act of kindness together. The joy of the season isn’t found in what we give or receive—but in how we understand, uplift, and walk alongside one another. For more information about DWCC’s programs, visit dumaswesley.org.

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    39 mins
  • S8 | E7 | SIBlings Forging Community
    Aug 5 2025

    Dr. Moody talks with Lisa Geertsen, Co-Founder, Treasurer, and Governance Committee Member of the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths. Lisa, an artist blacksmith and blacksmithing instructor with over two decades of experience, is also the owner of Firelight Forge in Seattle, WA.

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    49 mins
  • 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
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