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Mar 18, 2024

Is early January—the deepest, bleakest, darkest moment of winter—really the best time to make New Year's Resolutions? Isn't early spring a more fortuitous time for new beginnings? (And did you know that March used to be the first month of the year?)

We mull this and other season-related questions on this...


Mar 11, 2024

Today we explore a story of one woman whose family legacy—in particular her close relationship with her mother whom she lost suddenly to cancer—brought about a life pivot that she was never expecting.

Kaila Merrill joins us today to tell her moving story, from growing up in tiny island town in northern Vermont to a...


Mar 4, 2024

What if travel doesn't actually change you?

A few weeks ago, we discussed this controversial idea, a conversation inspired by an essay in The New Yorker. (Make sure you listen to that episode first, because we had a lot to say on the topic!)

It turns out, our listeners did too, as we got a lot of feedback on the...


Feb 26, 2024

What makes a song a good road trip song? This is something Katy has been musing over for several years now.

 

What better person to ask than a musician who has crossed the country on tour numerous times?

 

This week, Katy sits down with musician and podcaster John Roderick to talk about the allure of the...


Feb 19, 2024

Tell me about that trip that changed your life... and I'll tell you how you're lying to yourself.

So claims a recent essay in The New Yorker titled The Case Against Travel. In it, author Agnes Callard makes some pretty bold and sweeping assertions, including that travel "turns us into the worst version of ourselves...