What do your weekend rituals, first concert, and secret talents reveal about you? We swap questions and pull back the curtain on our lives, sushi Saturdays, VIP movie nights, and that post-gym coffee that sets the tone. We talk about why a crowded city walk can reset a week, how sports now serve as a light backdrop rather than the main event, and why a good series can still surprise us.

Books become a map of how we think: Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy for careful, formational reading; big-idea and history titles like Atlas Shrugged and A People’s History of the United States for the other brain in the room. From there we drift into hidden talents: a calm, rhythmic love for fly fishing, a running past stacked with All-American honors, and a hyperactive sense of smell that turns scent into a daily instrument for focus and mood. We even trade OR peppermint hacks and laugh about how candles and colognes can change a day.

Music threads the memories together. First shows were humble; favorites grew cinematic, Sting accompanied by an orchestra, Coldplay’s color storms, Sigur Rós’ slow-bloom soundscapes. Then it’s hometown roots: Rochester, NY, with Kodak, Wegmans, lake-effect grit, and pickup games; North Platte, NE, with big skies, rail-yard history, park-side childhoods, and a great-grandmother whose balcony nights and police scanner made her a local legend. We round it out with wish-list hobbies, skydiving, guitar, and piano, and a breakdown of the infamous beer mile where carbonation, not alcohol, is the true villain.

If you love story-driven conversations about everyday life, personal growth, books, music, running, and the small details that make people who they are, you’ll feel right at home. Press play, then tell us: what hobby are you finally starting, and what was your first concert? Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review to help more curious listeners find the show.

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