Small Potatoes | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: An ode to the small, the banal, the overlooked things that make up the fabric of our lives.
Most of our stories are about the big stuff: Important or dramatic events, big ideas that transform the world around us or inspire conflict and struggle and change. But most of our lives, day by day or hour by hour, are made up of not that stuff. Most of our lives are what we sometimes dismissively call “small potatoes.”
In this episode of Radiolab, Heather Radke challenges to focus on the small, the overlook, the everyday, and find out what happens when you take a good hard look at the things we all usually overlook.
Special thanks to Moeko Fujii, Kelley Conway, Robin Kelley, Jason Isaacs and Andrew Semans.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This episode contains a couple of curse words.
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Video by W. Harry Fortuna

[@danielludlow8960]

I just cut the toothpaste tube wirh a pair of scissors. Problem solved for the moment. I do this on day one. Why work harder? Work smarter!

[@gudmunduragustsson5872]

what happened to this show

[@stevebausch72]

Jad has moved on, it seems.

[@chuckcantillon4764]

I wonder how many sheep ran out and embraced potatoes? And trampled right over the neglected person place or thing that was supposed to be symbolized by the potato. Its sweet that she received so many potatoes, but on some level the eye roll had to be palpable as the mindless glitteratti overlooked what the symbolic meaning was behind the potato. Challenge the status quo , look at the world without ego gain confidence by knowing theres something youre missing quit acting like sheep.

[@chuckcantillon4764]

Find your own ethos!