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Something Interesting is an audio essay
anthology that explores the philosophical,
the political, and the personal.
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I’m Steve, your host. My background is
eclectic. I headed to university to study
Applied Physics but wound up doing a PhD
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on Holocaust memoirs. I've been
programming computers since I was a kid,
and when I escaped the academic world, I
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worked for years as a web developer. More
recently I’ve been a digital writer and
producer working in climate change, human
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rights, and public history.
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So I’ve always appreciated and used both
sides of my brain. I love statistics,
science and code but also words, ideas,
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and interpretation.
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I'm fascinated by how we construct our
selves and our stories to make meaning out
of the unlikely enigma that is our shared
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existence.
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In each episode I address a topic that
intrigues me and matters to me in some
more or less intimate way. In the first
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season I explore things including body
image and masculinity, confidence and
uncertainty, aphantasia - or thinking
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without images-, and birds.
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I'm not presenting academic research here
but these aren't just hot takes. I play
with ideas, make connections, and
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generally explore the complexities
involved in the perplexing, brief, and
beautiful experience of being a person.
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I’d be honoured if you’d join me. Find
Something Interesting in all the usual
places.
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Thanks for listening.
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And may your days be full of interesting
somethings.