{"id":45,"date":"2019-07-11T09:21:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/txmosponsored.wpengine.com\/2020\/02\/11\/headline-for-article-page-goes-right-here-17\/"},"modified":"2020-02-25T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:55:51","slug":"amy-brown-optimism-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/amy-brown-optimism-video\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Amy Brown &#038; The Moment When Optimism Is a Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>The Texas Optimism Project interviews Amy Brown, host of the \u201cBobby Bones\u201d radio show, on grief and \u201cPimpin\u2019 Joy.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>Austin native Amy Brown is a radio personality on the popular syndicated \u201cBobby Bones\u201d radio show. Broadcasting live from Nashville, Amy often shares stories from her life with listeners. When her mother, Judy, was diagnosed in 2012 with cancer for the third time, Amy shared how she chose joy through grief.\u00a0 Watch the video below to see the full story.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jwplayer_emz3GGiL_79GNDrdS_div\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-idle jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-breakpoint-3 jw-floating-dismissible jw-flag-user-inactive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\" aria-describedby=\"jw-shortcuts-tooltip-explanation\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>During Judy\u2019s treatment, Amy gave updates on her mom\u2019s condition. Listeners became invested in Judy\u2019s struggle and how she she was able to spread joy in her daily life. One day, Amy got the idea to start a Twitter account for her mom, and jokingly called it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judybepimpinjoy?lang=en\">@JudyBePimpinJoy<\/a>. Amy and Bobby decided to sell hats with the hashtag #PIMPINJOY, donating all proceeds to various charities via\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshopforward.com\/collections\/pimpinjoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Shop Forward<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As #PIMPINJOY grew, more and more people became interested in Judy\u2019s story. With the news of Judy\u2019s passing, the iconic Austin restaurant, El Arroyo, changed their sign in support for the cause. Listen here to see what it meant to Amy.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/SkLg4kRI-79GNDrdS.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Optimism Project interviews Amy Brown, host of the \u201cBobby Bones\u201d radio show, on grief and \u201cPimpin\u2019 Joy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-optimist-case-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paid.texasmonthly.com\/texas-optimism-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}