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All Episodes

Optimistic Tales — 60 episodes

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S9 | E3 | "Do you believe in miracles? YES!"

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S9 | E2 | "I want my MTV...but, what's luck got to do with it?"

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S9 | E1 | "I am because we are" (Prologue)

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S8 | E8 | Unwrapping Empathy: How Dumas-Wesley Brings Joy to the Season

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S8 | E7 | SIBlings Forging Community

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S8 | E6 | The Social Conscience of MTV

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S8 | E5 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 2)

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S8 | E4 | Legacy of a Grubmaster (Part 1)

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S8 | E3 | Sparkle In and Sludge Out

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S8 | E2 | Good People Are Doing Good Things At Dumas-Wesley

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S8 | E1 | Returning From Hiatus (Prologue)

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S7 | E3 | Community Engagement and the Continuing Search for an Airplane to Pull

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S7 | E2 | The Coolest Classroom in the Country

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S7 | E1 | When Stars Align, Songs are Forged: Hope and Optimism Emerge

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S6 | E12 | Balancing Education & the Value of Empathy

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S6 | E11 | Let's Jump to the Sad Song

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S6 | E10 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Coda)

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S6 | E9 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Part 2)

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S6 | E8 | "Five Albums" on an Island (Part 1)

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S6 | E7 | A Week's Worth of Hungry (Part 2)

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S6 | E6 | A Week's Worth of Hungry (Part 1)

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S6 | E5 | "Choose absolute peace at all costs," said the empathetic Old Soul

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S6 | E4 | Clinical Improvisation and the Rhythm of Empathy

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S6 | E3 | Mirror Neurons and the Mapping of Empathy

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S6 | E2 | Walking in the Shoes of a Jazz Man

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S6 | E1 | Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Practice of Empathy

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S5 | E5 | Shouts into the Void (Part 2)

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S5 | E4 | Shouts into the Void (Part 1)

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S5 | E3 | Story-telling, Trick Shots, and a Bridge Too Far

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S5 | E2 | And Now, If She Could Just Find An Airplane To Pull

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S5 | E1 | Three-oh? We Go!

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BONUS Episode 5 | Perfect Silhouette (Don't Run Away So Soon)

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S4 | E5 | Make Mistakes, Make Improvements...Never Make Excuses (Part 2)

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S4 | E4 | Make Mistakes, Make Improvements...Never Make Excuses (Part 1)

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S4 | E3 | Dear Prudence, won't you show us the way?

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S4 | E2 | Is That a Witch Doctor in the Drive-thru?

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S4 | E1 | Because He Loves The World!

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S3 | E8 | Friends of Isaac's

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BONUS Episode 4 | The John B. Sails

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S3 | E7 | HoundDogs, Hitchhikers, and Helping the Homeless

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S3 | E6 | From Tragedy To Blessing

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BONUS Episode 3 | When The Saints Go Marching In

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S3 | E5 | And They Sang For Scholarships

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S3 | E4 | It Really Does Take a Village

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S3 | E3 | Serving Those Who Serve Us

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BONUS Episode 2 | Sad, Sad Situation

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S3 | E2 | Coming Full Arc with the Professor of Pop (Part 2)

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S3 | E1 | Coming Full Arc with the Professor of Pop (Part 1)

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Season 2 | Episode 6 | An Entrepreneurial Savior and Her Secret Notebook

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Season 2 | Episode 5 | A Peripheral Spotlight on a Heavy Metal Prodigy

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BONUS Episode 1 | Forthlin Road

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Season 2 | Episode 4 | A Matchmaker's Story: The Consequence of Community Collaboration

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Season 2 | Episode 3 | A Woman in Operations: Changing Minds with Valves, Gauges, and Knobs

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Season 2 | Episode 2 | A Queen's Global Quest of Hope (And she doesn't want the credit)

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Season 2 | Episode 1 | A Story About Life, Unity and Harmony

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Season 1 | Episode 4 | Strength, Companionship, and the Mural Guy

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Season 1 | Episode 3 | Empathy Saved the Radio Star

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Season 1 | Episode 2 | Preludes & Chaos

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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Flamacues & Social Empathy

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Episode 0 | What's it all about?