Doomer Optimism

Booking Overview

This interview podcast focuses on regenerative living, local communities, alternative education, agriculture, and practical paths toward a better future, typically featuring founders, educators, farmers, authors, and other mission-driven practitioners. Suitable pitches include credible leaders of place-based initiatives, regenerative businesses, educational models, community projects, and authors with relevant expertise; booking difficulty is likely low because the show favors accessible professionals over mainstream celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 312

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 2.7k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

doomeroptimism@gmail.com

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Host

Patrick Lemmon - Named in the episode description for “DO 305 - Orthodox Masonry” as a discussion participant. The show focuses on discovering regenerative paths forward and connecting seekers to doers.

Seth Harris - Named in the episode description for “DO 305 - Orthodox Masonry” as a discussion participant. The show focuses on discovering regenerative paths forward and connecting seekers to doers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Founders, educators, farmers, authors, and practitioners with direct experience building regenerative businesses, alternative schools, community initiatives, or place-based projects.

Required Achievements:

Founded or leads a mission-driven business, school, publishing project, or community initiative, Published relevant books or developed established educational, agricultural, or civic programs, Demonstrated practical experience in regenerative, localist, or community-centered work

Recent Guest Discussions

Mike Healy - Manufacturing, Political And Professional Career Transitions, Urban Revitalization, And Community-building

Hannah Centers - Homeschooling, Classic Children's Books, Dyslexia, Charlotte Mason Education, And Whole-person Learning

Josh Centers - Classical Literature, Homeschooling, Liberal Arts Education, Character Formation, And Education In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

Bill Kauffman - Face-to-face Living, Community, Human-scale Relationships, And Constructive Approaches To Social Problems

Lenny Wells - Pecan Cultivation, Agricultural Ecology, Farming Culture, And Connections Between Agriculture And Place

Recent Topics

Environment, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Alternative Education, Localism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Doomer Optimism

DO 313 - Stephen Adubato from Cracks in Postmodernity

October 06, 2026

I met Stephen this summer at the Woodcrest Bruderhof + DO + Savage Collective event in NY. Alan from Plough suggested Stephen for a panel and he instantly agreed! He gave a fantastic talk about the wonderful characters in his neighborhood, and the very real sense of place that happens when you invite the colorful characters into your life.He had to run off to a family event after but he and I instantly hit it off and are slowly but surely planning a DO + Cracks in Pomo event in Manhattan, onc...

DO 312 - Wendell Berry Retrospective with Jason, Ashley, Nate and Donald

September 25, 2026

Jason initiated this get together of some of the original DO crew to discuss the life, work and legacy of Wendell Berry. It is no secret that Berry’s work has been an animating force for nearly everyone orbiting DO, especially those of us interested in food and ag systems. We discuss not only the legacy of Berry’s nonfiction work — how he suggested the agricultural system would collapse and so far it largely hasn’t, but also his fiction and poetry which actually has a great contribution on lo...

DO 311 - Mike Healy Manufacturing Community

September 17, 2026

Every once in a while someone comes into the DO world and it is so clear how well they fit in it’s amazing you hadn’t found them yet! This is true of Mike, Chicagoan, Northsider (boo!), who has a vision for how to make good things in the world and is working to do so. Right now that looks like a manufacturing business he started, but Mike talks through his whole trajectory from fancy universities, working in politics, Chicago river ship boat captain, to trying to revitalize middle side Americ...

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