What People Do

By brendanhoward

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Episodes: 100

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A moment to savor intelligent conversation about ONE THING someone else is deeply invested in.

Episode Date
BONUS! Episode 102: Walter Stewart runs a tabletop gaming store
Jul 28, 2026
BONUS! Episode 101: Rikki Tahta makes games for groups
Jul 21, 2026
Episode 100: Brendan Howard makes a podcast
Jul 14, 2026
Episode 99: Rabbi Norman Solomon wrote about what we mean when we say ‘God’
Jun 09, 2026
Episode 98: Carole Blane on art and acting in every life stage
May 12, 2026
Episode 97: Rabbi Greg Marcus, PhD, teaches religiously centered self-improvement
Apr 14, 2026
Episode 96: Ari Levari made a fantasy-RPG-flavored journal for personal growth
Mar 10, 2026
Episode 95: Christina Neumeyer is a therapist
Feb 17, 2026
Episode 94: Rabbi Shefa Gold chants Jewishly
Jan 13, 2026
Episode 93: Dr. Kyra Bobinet studies why brains make change difficult
Aug 12, 2025
Episode 92: Walter Stewart co-owns a game shop
Jun 29, 2025
Episode 91: Ken Fleisher made productivity tool Cherry Task
May 14, 2025
Episode 90: Rabbi Simcha Raphael studies ideas on the Jewish afterlife
Apr 15, 2025
Episode 89: Rabbi Richard Agler writes books on tragedy and Jewish views on God
Mar 18, 2025
Episode 88: Dr. Samuel Brody wrote about religious Zionism
Feb 18, 2025
Episode 87: Rabbi Rifat Sonsino writes about God
Jan 21, 2025
86: Ilana podcasts about activism for kids
Dec 17, 2024
85: Larry Stigsell wrote an inspirational book
Dec 03, 2024
84: Richard Orodenker uses commonplace books
Aug 27, 2024
Bonus! KJ Davis helps creatives get started
Jun 18, 2024
Bonus! Noah Gibbs helps organize a charity gaming convention
Jun 11, 2024
83: Georgios has published a book on Aristotle's Categories
Apr 09, 2024
82: Elliot Kanshin Kallen plays the shakuhachi
Mar 12, 2024
81: James Gomes re-reads the spiritual classic Siddhartha
Feb 12, 2024
80: Kevin works on protecting kids from active shooters
Jan 09, 2024
79: M. D. Usher writes on ancient philosophy, animals and nature
Dec 12, 2023
78: Adam Toon philosophizes about the mind
Nov 14, 2023
77: David Doherty teaches sales
Oct 03, 2023
76: Mike Keller collects movies
Sep 26, 2023
75: James Gomes reads this one book again and again
Sep 19, 2023
74: Sam Chupp writes and creates role-playing games
Sep 12, 2023
BONUS! Dr. Jennifer Sperry writes on the high costs of veterinary care
Sep 06, 2023
73: Brendan is making a new podcast
Aug 22, 2023
BONUS! Joe Roetheli, PhD, talks about a honeycombed dental treat
Aug 15, 2023
72: Michael Strumsky conquered TV addiction
Aug 01, 2023
71: David Patterson translated Leo Tolstoy’s Confession
Jul 25, 2023
70: Ganesh loves cricket. Like, really loves it.
Jul 18, 2023
69: Who edits those internet videos? Nathan does
Jul 11, 2023
68: New to Neoclassical music? Dive in with Hipster Pug
Jul 04, 2023
67: Spiraling metal and wood: James Payne’s public sculptures
Jun 27, 2023
66: Escaping abuse and processing trauma: Pamela Topjian writes her personal story
Jun 20, 2023
65: One man’s military life: Anonymous talks about before and in the French military
Jun 13, 2023
BONUS! Gabi Dyck makes hand-made dice … and more
Jun 10, 2023
64: What do we do with this life? Georgios asks, with Socrates, Aristotle and me, but in a very roundabout way
Jun 06, 2023
63: Josh has done psychedelic drugs
May 30, 2023
62: Beth Mayorga on fan fiction
May 23, 2023
61: Noah Mussay talks about spina bifida
May 16, 2023
60: Jeffery D. Long on Indian philosophy
May 09, 2023
59: Adam Gray teaches English in Taiwan
May 02, 2023
58: John France illuminates the Crusades
Apr 25, 2023
57: Christine Horne studied COVID social norms
Apr 18, 2023
56: Jeremy Black writes about WWII maps
Apr 11, 2023
55: Aaron Gruben on Christian veterinarians
Apr 04, 2023
54: Ray Sydner does hypnotherapy
Mar 28, 2023
53: Allan Horwitz studies sadness, depression
Mar 21, 2023
52: Gene Maxwell chills out with his music
Mar 14, 2023
51: Gregory McBrayer studies Xenophon
Mar 07, 2023
50: Greg Kindred does commercial photography
Feb 28, 2023
49: Nick Grabbe knows David Grayson’s secret
Feb 21, 2023
48: Noah Aronson makes musical moments
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 47: Jeremy Black on Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and more
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 46: Deana Weibel, PhD, studies space and religion
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 45: Georgios on the novel-like stories of Thucydides
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 44: Joel Schlosser on how Herodotus can help us today (and other lessons from the ancient Greek historian)
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 43: Kit Smith is an early childhood educator
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 42: Tracy Sheffield will be on the TV show ‘Walker’
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 41: Heike Langdon is on her way to a Master of Science in Urban Studies
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 40: Louis Breinin builds robots (with kids)
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 39: Dan Plazak studies mining fraud
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 38: Hilal Dogan starts teaching yoga
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 37: John Krygier collects classic reprints
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 36: Hannah Emery was a bookstore manager
May 24, 2022
Episode 35: Jeffery D. Long on Hinduism, religious nonviolence
May 10, 2022
Episode 34: Portia Stewart is a creativity consultant
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 33: Tania Rodriguez, Leah Ferguson study how to improve learning in older adults
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 32: Kelly Main acts
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 31: Carol Branson makes whimsy-ponderable art
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 30: Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson studies adolescence
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 29: Jeremy Black studies war (and talks academia)
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 28: Jonathon Stalls draws on paper, draws in energy on walks, and is drawing people out of their cars, trucks and box homes to check out the outside world
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 27: Rachel Rilinger teaches Tai Chi Chih
Oct 13, 2021
Episode 26: Ronn Pawo McLane teaches meditation
Aug 24, 2021
Episode 25: Adam Clare makes games and teaches game design
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 24: Mike built a nice garden ... for everybody
Jul 21, 2021
Episode 23: Gabrielle Roman writes
Jul 07, 2021
Episode 22: Ryan Kramer has hermit crabs
Jan 05, 2021
Episode 21: Bash Halow writes plays
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 20: Dr. Shawn Finch chills out with coloring books
Sep 30, 2020
Episode 19: Dr. Robin Downing studies (and teaches) clinical bioethics
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 18: Dr. Jules Benson is an enthusiastic cyclist
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 17: Gina Spadafori is a micro-rancher
Aug 18, 2020
Episode 16: Tekurah McCullough goes to comedy shows
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 15: Jahmal runs role-playing games for money
Jul 07, 2020
Episode 14: Dr. Ernie Ward does paddle boarding 
Jun 22, 2020
Episode 13: Dr. Melissa Detweiler does podcasts
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 12: Dr. Ryane Englar does ballroom dancing
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 11: Portia is a high-performing, information-aholic worrier (aka a journalist)
May 22, 2020
Episode 10: Mindy watches ‘Star Trek’ and you should too
May 16, 2020
Episode 9: Cheryl does midwifery
May 07, 2020
Episode 8: Marnette dresses as a hobby
Apr 30, 2020