All Episodes
The Art of Noticing — 120 episodes
156 - That This is the End
154 - How Clear Things Get When You Stop for a While
153 - That Stuff I Write Always Turns Out Better Than I Thought
152 - That Mowing Embankments Defies Physics
151 - How It's Sometimes Okay to be a Complete Slacker
150 - That Coughing is Just Scratching an Itch in Your Throat
148 - That Water Isn't Needed to Flush, Apparently
147 - How Talented People Downplay Their Talents
146 - That I've Been Telling the Wrong Groups the Wrong Things
145 - That Even Enemies Have Their Own Point of View
144 - How My Plant Never Gets Bigger
142 - That Loose Chalk is OK Again
141 - That the Only Difference Between Copyright Infringement and Brilliant Derivative Work is TIME
140 - That They Still Use Nitrous
139 - That Maybe Bluebonnets Are Being Conquered. Maybe.
138 - That It's All About Totality
136 - That I Speak Very Differently Than I Write
135 - How I Keep My Endurance No Matter How Long a Break I Take From Running
134 - How Much Everyone Honks in Chicago
133 - That I've Been Misspelling People's Names
132 - That Hutch Died
130 - That Everything Is Automated Now
129 - That Amazon Can Wait Its Turn
128 - That Jaws Still Holds Up
127 - That Kids Are Like Planes
126 - That I'm Not Going To Write Those Posts Anymore
124 - It Turns Out I'm Good Under Pressure
123 - That Fog Makes Everything Creepy
122 - How Easily Communication Could Resolve This
121 - That It's Actually Spelled "Doughnut"
120 - All Those Post-Apocalyptic Windmills
118 - Wait, that was David Tennant?
117 - How Big a Difference Personality Made
116 - How Weird Feet Are
115 - That "Being You" is the Best USP
114 - That My New Podcast was Better with Boundaries
112 - How Good “Last Dance With Mary Jane” Sounds on a 12-String
111 - How Surprising the Skill Gaps Are
110 - That Chick-Fil-A Changed Its Drive-Thru
109 - That Sensory Distinctions Are (Literally) In Our Heads
107 - How Useful It Is to Fool Myself
106 - That I Don’t Get to Go To Six Flags
105 - How Predictable Traffic Is
104 - That Sticks and Vines Are Good Enough
102 - How Annoyingly Specific My Tools Are
101 - That I Don’t Have a Whodunit Brain
100 - That If I’m a Novelist, I’M A NOVELIST
099 - Why Novels and the Movies Based on Them Should Probably Be Different
097 - That I’m Apparently Always High
096 - How Much Curt Fooled Me
095 - That Yes, This Song Really is About Diazepam
094 - That Horror Movies Are Least Scary in Act 3
092 - That I Want to Make Beautiful Books, Too
091 - That the Kid Will Be OK
090 - That I Should Buy Keyboards in Bulk
089 - That I Can Also Turn Left
087 - That Another Thing Just Ended
086 - That Halloween Is Slowly Recovering
085 - How Much We Stood Out
084 - That There’s No Cellular in West Texas
082 - I Don’t Like Superhero Movies, Except …
081 - That I Have Old School Cred
080 - The Patterns in Hotel Rugs
079 - That There's a Huge Yellow Face Staring at Me in the Bathroom
077 - That All the Slots are Video Now
076 - How Weird Las Vegas Is
075 - That Being Around Other Writers is Endlessly Inspiring
074 - That Only Uber is Advertised in the Vegas Airport
072 - That The Babadook is Thematic
071 - That Mr. Ripley Wasn't Who I Thought He Was
070 - That American Ninja is Terrible/Wonderful
068 - That The Universe Still Doesn't Give a Flying F
067 - That Celebrities on the Simpsons Used to Not Play Themselves
066 - That I Don't Actually Need Those Poker Chips
064 - That I Don't Like My Endocrinologist
063 - How Pineapples Grow
062 - That I Don't Need (or Want) To Be Famous With Everyone
060 - That There Are Already Self-Driving Cars in Austin
059 - That My Family is Bored of the Same Old Stories
058 - That The Dictionary is a Record, Not a Rulebook
056 - That When I'm Down, I Should Exercise
055 - That Bob Schneider Performs With His Family
054 - The Arrow Showing Where a Car’s Gas Tank Is
052 - That MSG Isn’t Actually All That Unhealthy
051 - David Komie's Awesome Lawyer Branding
050 - How Cold I Am at 65 Degrees Now
048 - How Good I Am With Names and Faces
047 - Some Profound and Wise Street Writing
046 - Stephen King's Unique Writer's Fingerprint
044 - That Even if Someone's Sad Story is Inspiring, it Still Really Sucks
043 - How Hard it is to Truly Find "Now"
042 - That It Was Way Too Quiet
040 - That My Kids Are Their Own People (Really)
038 - That the Horse Was Never Walking Forward
037 - Bruce Hughes, Playing in a Different Band
035 - That We Take Our History On Faith
034 - How Hard Handstands Are
032 - That a Water Pitcher Won't Fit Inside a Mini-Fridge
031 - That Big Ideas Are Too Big
029 - How Much I Really Wanted to Use One Specific Image
028 - The Way I Never Wonder How My iPhone Works
026 - That the Different Ages of a Person are Like Different People
025 - That I Like Paperback Books More
023 - That An Accent is Just Pronouncing Words Differently
022 - That You Need a Different Capo for a 12-String Guitar
020 - That Little Big Isn't Always Funny
019 - That LeBron James Teaches Meditation
017 - How Mike Was Totally Creeping
016 - That Some Colleges Like Shorter Middle Blockers
014 - That Noticing is a Learnable Habit
013 - Why the New Whataburger is a "Digital Kitchen"
011 - How Weird it is that We Have Animals in Our Homes
010 - That I Always Wake Up at 3am on the Dot
008 - That TV Acting is a Feat of Multitasking
007 - The Laugh Track in a Sitcom That Was There All Along
006 - That Only a Tiny Area of Our Visual Field is Actually In Focus
005 - That Exercise Might Be as Effective as Antidepressants
004 - That Emotional Limbo is a Thing
002 - That Stephen King Doesn't Remember Writing Cujo
001 - That I Should Start a Podcast