{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ravel","title":"193. This One Is Half Full","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3099,"description":"We explore what optimism actually is and is not, moving beyond half full versus half empty toward peace, joy, acceptance, and responsible action. Drawing on psychology, Buddhism, and our own religious upbringings, we consider whether optimism is innate, learned, or a practice that shapes how we meet uncertainty and tragedy. We wrestle with how optimism can slide into apathy in politics and church culture, and close with small rituals and a Tao Te Ching passage that frames hope as spacious presence rather than certainty.\nHost Recommendations\nEmily: Do the thing you’ve been afraid to do. Stop hovering and just jump in.\nStephen: Be the person who gently puts bugs outside (or befriends them).\nJosh: Get on a simple “kick” — a small, playful obsession you look forward to.\nHost DE-Recommendations\nEmily: Smoking (take care of your lungs).\nStephen: Mindless social-media scrolling — unfollow ~20 clutter accounts.\nJosh: Fruit Loops (if it looks like a rainbow, it should taste like one).\nJoin us:\nJoin our free Discord community by emailing us at theravelpod@gmail.com for an invite link!\nTake a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!\nCredits:\nTheme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp\nArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws\nProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse\nEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning\nCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/H73neF7t6jXdeiq0rVUDkF1xqn9e2EsH8SY3QILnDGU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzMDI1LzE2NzI3/MTY0ODItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}