ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Quote Mining is the podcast where Leslie and Ryan take a familiar saying and dig beneath the surface. In bite-sized conversations, they explore where quotes come from, what they really mean, and how they quietly shape the way we think, lead, and connect.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
15 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
22 episodes
since Feb. 15, 2025
episodic
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Has anyone ever tried to comfort you at exactly the wrong moment? And when someone is hurting, why do we rush to explain it instead of just showing up?
In this episode of Quote Mining, Ryan and Leslie dig into another listener submission from Greta S., and it might be the most-said sentence they’v…
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Have you ever caught yourself complaining about something you should actually be grateful for? And can gratitude ever become a way to dismiss real problems?
In this episode of Quote Mining, Ryan and Leslie dig into a listener submission from Ashley B., who hears this saying now that she lives in F…
Have you ever been the only person in the room saying, “Wait, this doesn’t make sense”? And when everyone calls you crazy, does that mean you’re onto something, or just wrong?
In this episode of Quote Mining, Ryan and Leslie dig into a listener submission from Alia O.: “In an insane world, it is t…
In this episode of Quote Mining, Ryan and Leslie dig into a listener favorite from Greta S.: "All good things must come to an end." They talk about missing a study abroad in London before it was even over, a fifth-grade year with a favorite teacher, that was so great it was hard to watch it end, an…
“The job of a drummer is to be the heartbeat. You can't fake that.” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s quote sounds like it’s about music, but it quickly becomes a question about character. Most people notice the singer or the lead guitarist, yet the whole song depends on the person keeping time in the b…
Quotes are everywhere: in movies, songs, family sayings, social media posts, sympathy cards, wedding dance floors, workplace slogans, and the little phrases we repeat when we are trying to become brave.
For the season one finale of Quote Mining, Ryan and Leslie step back from one quote and ask a b…
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Ludwig Wittgenstein’s quote sounds philosophical at first, but it gets personal fast. If we do not have the words for what we feel, notice, or experience, does that make our world smaller? And when language gives shape to reality, what happen…
“Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.” Salvador Dalí’s quote sounds freeing at first, but the longer you sit with it, the more complicated it becomes. If perfection is impossible, why do so many of us still feel pressured to chase it? And if we stop trying to get everything exactly ri…
“Break a leg” is one of those phrases that sounds strange the longer you sit with it. It is meant as encouragement, but on the surface, it sounds like a curse. People say it before performances, presentations, big moments, and risky entrances into the spotlight, but what are we really saying when w…
The customer is always right” is one of those phrases that sounds simple until you have to live it from the other side of the counter. It has been repeated in restaurants, stores, call centers, classrooms, and offices as a rule of service, but what does it actually mean?
In this episode, Leslie an…
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