For the first time ever, Chris and Isaiah are podcasting simultaneously from the very same room!? To mark this momentous occasion, and the arrival of Episode Number Lucky 37, we're talking about Good Things! Positivity! Optimism! For one thing: why is it so much easier to focus on the negative? Perhaps we learn more from bad experiences - but is life appreciation a skill we can actually acquire? And is there some universal truth behind "The Secret" or is optimism naïve? We also bid goodbye — for now — to our omnivorous Disclaimer (with a duet recitation!). Episode 38 will herald somewhat of a new dawn in our format, but don't worry - if circuitous navel-gazing is what you've come for, circuitous navel-gazing you shall have. -=- Show notes -=- Website - Schmopera http://www.schmopera.com/ YouTube - Lemur Requires To Scratch His Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh2WNem8I YouTube - Viral Video UK: Monkey loves to be groomed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y21LdIwXk4c Website - Instagram - Mabel The Dog https://www.instagram.com/maximummabel/ Website - Classical Classroom, with host Dacia Clay | Houston Public Radio https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/shows/classical-classroom/ YouTube - 'Travelling Companion', by David Wilcox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jecs8ZUgw7U YouTube - 'Louis CK - about airplane Wi-Fi' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsOUbZ0Lr0 Featured Image - 'Cocoa Avocado Brownies' by Janet Hudson https://www.flickr.com/photos/veganfeast/4677146181 Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0); modified to include episode title and 'Overthought' 'O-style' logo/ © Copyright 2016, Isaiah Bell & Chris Mayell All Rights Reserved