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Common Sense Optional Podcast

Common Sense Optional Podcast

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Welcome to Common Sense Optional with Diana and Scott, we believe the best conversations happen when people are free to ask questions, change their minds, laugh at themselves, and appreciate different perspectives.

Common Sense Optional brings people together through honest, humorous conversations about current events, pop culture, and the beautifully confusing experience of midlife. Through the perspectives of two friends from different backgrounds, we encourage curiosity over certainty, laughter over outrage, and meaningful conversation over division. Our goal is simple: to create a space to hang out where listeners can take a break from the noise, think out loud, and leave feeling a little lighter, a little wiser, and a little less alone.

Our hope is that every episode feels like time spent with friends who make you laugh, make you think, and remind you that it’s okay to have questions. Around here common sense isn’t a requirement. Kindness, curiosity, and a good sense of humor are required and they always have a seat at our table.

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Episodes
  • Episode 6 - Vulnerable
    Sep 18 2026

    Ed Sheeran’s controversy, free lunch hypocrisy, and Thomas Jefferson’s most ridiculous secrets all collide in a conversation that starts with burnout and ends with a takedown of bad politics, broken systems, and worse behavior. Scott and Diana talk honestly about chronic illness, disability, social anxiety, healthcare obstacles, low-wage work, and the pressure to perform while overwhelmed. They also debate artistic accountability, free school lunches, technology overload, and why powerful people are so often allowed to fail upward.

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • Episode 5 - Ramblings
    Sep 11 2026

    Diana and Scott dive into the darker side of movies, from the IMDb Top 10 and Disney classics to films that may secretly be horror stories in disguise. Along the way, they discuss streaming algorithms, celebrity behavior, nostalgia, grocery prices, and plenty of unexpected tangents. Funny, candid, and delightfully off-topic, this episode is perfect for movie lovers who enjoy sharp opinions and unfiltered banter.

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    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • Episode 4 - Labor Day
    Sep 7 2026

    Diana and Scott return for a bonus Labor Day episode that mixes a holiday game with real talk about labor rights, work culture, and the weirdly uneven way different countries treat employees. They also veer into writing tools, TikTok shop headaches, Jeopardy rabbit holes, and a few pop culture detours, including Harry Potter, Kevin Smith, and a very unfortunate Space Force uniform concept.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
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