# Growth Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/choose-optimism-1385530/growth Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/choose-optimism-1385530/growth.md Podcast: [Choose Optimism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/choose-optimism-1385530) Published: 2026-02-02T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.optimist.org/ Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/90d35542-b352-455b-b34d-c6977d967680.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/choose-optimism-1385530/episodes/growth Duration seconds: 1517 ## Resource Our guest today is Rick Gillespie who is on the Optimist International Growth Committee. He is also a member of the London-Fanshaw Optimist Club of Canada. He will be talking to us about plans for "Growth" in the 2025-2026 Optimist Year. View content on YouTube . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/choose-optimism-1385530/episodes/growth/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/choose-optimism-1385530/growth.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.