About this episode

The episode explores the metaphor of a junk drawer as a representation of the parts of ourselves that are often overlooked or unexplored.

Every home has one. The drawer where the things that don’t fit anywhere else go to live: the mystery key, the single battery, the cord to something. This week we’re talking about categories, a duck-billed animal that scientists thought was a prank, the 95% of the universe filed under ”we don’t know,” and the parts of you that never made it into your own story. What if the drawer isn’t a mess, but the most honest place in the house?

People in this episode

Host: Heath Hollensbe

Topics covered

• categories
• mystery
• universe
• self-discovery
• storytelling

Keywords

• junk drawer
• mystery key
• universe
• self
• story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Ole' Junk Drawer

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