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# Episode 14 – The Light Still Comes Back
- URL: https://www.mikebakerhq.com/podcast/the-light-still-comes-back/
- Published: 2025-09-19T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T09:56:53.000Z
- Description: 🎙️ Episode 14 – The Light Still Comes Back Podcast: Still Here, Still Trying Host: Mike Baker Closing song: “Apologies to the Future” From the book: The Optimist’s Way™ This episode lands a little late. And maybe that’s exactly right.
- Author: Mike Baker
- Tags: Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 14 · September 19, 2025 · 21 min

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## Show notes

🎙️ Episode 14 – The Light Still Comes Back

Podcast: Still Here, Still Trying

Host: Mike Baker

Closing song: [“Apologies to the Future”](https://open.spotify.com/track/0cXgXbb3f9TBiFa1vCQgx1?si=7258738c39f84693)

From the book: [The Optimist’s Way™](https://a.co/d/8DU2pRX)

This episode lands a little late. And maybe that’s exactly right.

Mike returns from a heavy trip to D.C. with a full heart, a tired mind, and a deep ache for something we’re all losing: our connection to each other.

In a time when tension is rising, conversations are hard, and violence seems closer than we want to admit — this isn’t a reaction.

It’s a reminder.

A reminder that we still belong to each other.

That disagreement doesn’t have to become destruction.

That light still comes back — even here.

Mike reads a full page from his book The Optimist’s Way™, reflects on the quiet fractures happening all around us, and introduces his latest song “Apologies to the Future” — a raw, honest prayer for the world we’re handing off.

💬 Real talk. No scripts. Just presence.

🎧 Tune in, take a breath, and stay human.

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