Why A Steely Dan Documentary Made Me Cry

In this episode, Mindi talks about the unexpected emotional gut-punch of sitting down to watch a documentary about Steely Dan… and suddenly finding herself crying over childhood, family, music, memory, and the version of life that only exists now in the rearview mirror. This episode is not really about Steely Dan. Well… it is.But it is also about home. The feeling of being tucked into a time when Mom and Dad were there, family life felt whole, summers felt endless, and someone else was carrying the weight of the world.