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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 6 MIN

Which Way?

from The Everyday Human · host Eastin DeVerna

June: On Conflict and CourageJune 4Can you go back the way you came? You could . . . I guess. But you might wind up in a worse spot. And also, remember, you don’t even remember how you got here in the first place. So that probably won’t work. Oh, and look—a massive boulder broke off the wall of the cavern and blocked your path anyway. Impossible to go back to the past. Sorry, you’ll have to think of something else.Look around. What about sideways? What’s off the edge of the narrow bridge you’re standing on? (Yes, now you’re on a thin and narrow bridge.) Nothing but blackness. Might be water far down below, but more than likely, it’s a pit of spikes, skeletons and skulls of past adventurers (or even past versions of you) impaled upon them. Don’t want to end up like that, do you?Well, what does this leave you? Forward.But forward is where the dragon is. Yes.Go anyway?You’ve no other choice!Reflection title: Which Way?Creative inspiration: J.R.R. Tolkien, The HobbitReflection Question: What dragon am I currently avoiding? Do I have the courage to go the only direction available to me—forward?

June: On Conflict and Courage June 4 Can you go back the way you came? You could . . . I guess. But you might wind up in a worse spot. And also, remember, you don’t even remember how you got here in the first place. So that probably won’t work. Oh, and look—a massive boulder broke off the wall of the cavern and blocked your path anyway. Impossible to go back to the past. Sorry, you’ll have to think of something else. Look around. What about sideways? What’s off the edge of the narrow br...

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June: On Conflict and CourageJune 4Can you go back the way you came? You could . . . I guess. But you might wind up in a worse spot. And also, remember, you don’t even remember how you got here in the first place. So that probably won’t work. Oh,...

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