NOBODY’S PRODIGY
Fascinating thoughts from My Own Overfull Brain shared weekly for your consideration! Celebrating free thinking, the self-taught, and free-range ideas that spread beyond the box!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Leaves!
Autumn is here and the leaves are changing! The colors! The spectacle! The furious battle???
As I watch the majestic splendor of the season, my enjoyment is tempered by the fruitless,…
Season 2 Promises
Uncertain times in many ways, yet I wanted to reach out.
Time alone can tell.
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Episode 52-Teatime
The cup of tea. An unassuming choice it may seem, but the culture it engenders by its very nature creates a fascinating social vehicle.
What some may decry as a stuffy or rigid exercise…
Episode 51 - Illness
Not all damage can be seen. Not all struggles happen in public view. When we hide our true pain from others, not only do we rob them of the ability to sympathize, but we turn away hel…
Episode 50 - Oh, Inspiration
We beg for it, we plead for it, offer deals, and go to great lengths to achieve it, but the moments of inspiration fall sparingly upon those who hunger most for them.
Throughout histor…
Episode 49 - A Gift for Giving
Choosing gifts is possibly one of the most stressful parts of participation, when it comes to the holidays. The desire to conjure an idea both uniquely appropriate, and unexpectedly we…
Episode 48 - Ventilation
‘It’s the season, to bundle up! Not only ourselves, but our homes and buildings as well! As we transition from days spent running from the heat and humidity into days spent equally ch…
Episode 47 - How to Take Over the World
What do you get the man who has everything? Why, everything, of course!
Throughout history, attempts have been made to conquer vast swathes of the globe beneath a single banner and rule…
Episode 46 - It Takes a Village
How do you change the makeup of a whole community? Where do you begin if you have an idea for a whole new way to live? Who gets to decide how we structure our lives and relationships …
Episode 45 - HALLOWEEN, The Reason for the Season!
Halloween! The most contested, controversial, and confusing holiday on the western calendar. Half beloved, half derided, it seems to either engender disgust, or adoration. Its celebr…
Episode 44 - Naming Names
What is in a name? We are told that a rose smells the same no matter its title, yet we pin a great deal of our perceptions upon the smallest of things. Would there be an actual shift …
Episode 43 - The Tin Man's Heart
The idea of the mechanical beings we create inevitably dominating our species is a trope that goes back to before robotics were even possible. Even today, we seem to instinctively view…
Episode 42 - Crypto!
Cryptocurrency is ironically elegantly named. It seems, as the understanding of its function and meaning has become one of the most confusing new tasks in finance since the invention o…
Episode 41 - Artistic Discontent
The brooding artist pulling greatness from the very depths of their soul; the greatest art coming from those who suffered much for their art; the haunting tragedy of artistic genius los…
Episode 40 - I Choose the Cupboard
How strictly practical does a line of inquiry need to be to have merit? Is there value to be had in exploring purely fantastical possibilities? There was a time in our lives when this…
Episode 39 - To the Dungeon!
What does it take to create a unique world for yourself, become someone completely different, and dive inside to explore and create amazing adventures? Most people spend hundreds of do…
Episode 38 - House and Home
Homes are the most beloved and important buildings we interact with on a day to day basis. Their structures not only serve to protect us from the harsh elements and provide security fr…
Episode 37 - The Bias Bias
Bias and Prejudice! Dirty words to throw around among modern society. Indeed, at a time of avid “social justice activism” the very hint of such a feeling is tantamount to full blown b…
Episode 36 - On Poetry
Poetry, while perhaps one of the oldest and most fundamental forms of shared art, has become a medium looked upon with shades of disdain among the average population in our modern socie…
Episode 35 - Star Trek Beyond the Bridge
Boldly launched amid the turbulent 1960s, the fantastic world of Star Trek has become a cultural icon for generations. It has existed in our collective memories for so long that we can…