Redemption with charity founder Scott Harriso...

Team Simon is revisiting some of the episodes you helped make our favorites of the year until A Bit of Optimism returns on January 27, 2026, with brand-new episodes.We’re rewinding back to August, when talented polymath Elle Cordova joined the show and unpacked how we’re all wire ...  Afficher plus

Team Simon here! As the year comes to a close, A Bit of Optimism is pressing pause for a short winter break. The show will return on January 27, 2026 and we can’t wait to be back with you.But before we go, we want to say thank you. Truly.This show exists because of you—the listen ...  Afficher plus

“Charity means love. It means to look after your neighbor in need and get nothing in return.”Scott Harrison From the outside looking in, he was living the dream.Killer SoHo loft. Private jets to exotic locales. Rolex, cover model girlfriend and cash. Lots of cash.But ten years li ...  Afficher plus

After 10 years of being a club promoter in New York, Scott Harrison declared moral bankruptcy, and bought a one way ticket to Liberia to serve others. While in Liberia Scott was faced with the startling reality of clean water access in the developing world. Seeing how big of a pr ...  Afficher plus

Scott Harrison was living a life that was as close to pure hedonism as you could come. He was on top of the world, getting paid to party and living utterly (and destructively) in the moment...in the worst way

Eventually, falling apart physically and emotionally, Harrison ...

Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of Charity: Water, one of the most innovative non-profit organisations in the world. Bringing the Netflix model to the charity sector, Scott has built a positive community around trying to bring drinking water to the 700 million people who do ...  Afficher plus