All Episodes
Optimistic Tales — 67 episodes
S9 | E10 | Kindness Comes Down from the Ceiling at Strawberry Field..."John added the S" [Part 1]
S9 | E9 | Finding Beauty in the Struggle (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E8 | Superstars...on and off the Field (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E7 | Partnering to Heal the Land with the Luxury of Time (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E6 | Meeting People Where They Are (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E5 | Changing the Community thru Tough Love (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E4 | Ripples in the Pond (the Student Discovery series)
S9 | E3 | "Do you believe in miracles? YES!"
S9 | E2 | "I want my MTV...but, what's luck got to do with it?"
S9 | E1 | "I am because we are" (Prologue)
S8 | E8 | Unwrapping Empathy: How Dumas-Wesley Brings Joy to the Season
S8 | E7 | SIBlings Forging Community
S8 | E6 | The Social Conscience of MTV
S8 | E5 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 2)
S8 | E4 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 1)
S8 | E3 | Sparkle In and Sludge Out
S8 | E2 | Good People Are Doing Good Things At Dumas-Wesley
S8 | E1 | Returning From Hiatus (Prologue)
S7 | E3 | Community Engagement and the Continuing Search for an Airplane to Pull
S7 | E2 | The Coolest Classroom in the Country
S7 | E1 | When Stars Align, Songs are Forged: Hope and Optimism Emerge
S6 | E12 | Balancing Education & the Value of Empathy
S6 | E11 | Let's Jump to the Sad Song
S6 | E10 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Coda)
S6 | E9 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Part 2)
S6 | E8 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Part 1)
S6 | E7 | A Week's Worth of Hungry (Part 2)
S6 | E6 | A Week's Worth of Hungry (Part 1)
S6 | E5 | "Choose absolute peace at all costs," said the empathetic Old Soul
S6 | E4 | Clinical Improvisation and the Rhythm of Empathy
S6 | E3 | Mirror Neurons and the Mapping of Empathy
S6 | E2 | Walking in the Shoes of a Jazz Man
S6 | E1 | Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Practice of Empathy
S5 | E5 | Shouts into the Void (Part 2)
S5 | E4 | Shouts into the Void (Part 1)
S5 | E3 | Story-telling, Trick Shots, and a Bridge Too Far
S5 | E2 | And Now, If She Could Just Find An Airplane To Pull
S5 | E1 | Three-oh? We Go!
BONUS Episode 5 | Perfect Silhouette (Don't Run Away So Soon)
S4 | E5 | Make Mistakes, Make Improvements...Never Make Excuses (Part 2)
S4 | E4 | Make Mistakes, Make Improvements...Never Make Excuses (Part 1)
S4 | E3 | Dear Prudence, won't you show us the way?
S4 | E2 | Is That a Witch Doctor in the Drive-thru?
S4 | E1 | Because He Loves The World!
S3 | E8 | Friends of Isaac's
BONUS Episode 4 | The John B. Sails
S3 | E7 | HoundDogs, Hitchhikers, and Helping the Homeless
S3 | E6 | From Tragedy To Blessing
BONUS Episode 3 | When The Saints Go Marching In
S3 | E5 | And They Sang For Scholarships
S3 | E4 | It Really Does Take a Village
S3 | E3 | Serving Those Who Serve Us
BONUS Episode 2 | Sad, Sad Situation
S3 | E2 | Coming Full Arc with the Professor of Pop (Part 2)
S3 | E1 | Coming Full Arc with the Professor of Pop (Part 1)
Season 2 | Episode 6 | An Entrepreneurial Savior and Her Secret Notebook
Season 2 | Episode 5 | A Peripheral Spotlight on a Heavy Metal Prodigy
BONUS Episode 1 | Forthlin Road
Season 2 | Episode 4 | A Matchmaker's Story: The Consequence of Community Collaboration
Season 2 | Episode 3 | A Woman in Operations: Changing Minds with Valves, Gauges, and Knobs
Season 2 | Episode 2 | A Queen's Global Quest of Hope (And she doesn't want the credit)
Season 2 | Episode 1 | A Story About Life, Unity and Harmony
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Strength, Companionship, and the Mural Guy
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Empathy Saved the Radio Star
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Preludes & Chaos
Season 1 | Episode 1 | Flamacues & Social Empathy
Episode 0 | What's it all about?