The Kirk Fox Effect
In the past couple of months (let's call them Quarantine), I've averaged daily walks of about seven and a half miles. Often that's broken up into two sessions: a mid-morning and an evening stroll. They're not high impact -- there's a lot of literal stopping to smell the flowers and stare at a cool cloud formation or wonder at the expanding wildlife I'm discovering in this inner-ring Cleveland pseudo-suburb. While I walk and contemplate the beauty of the world around me, I listen to podcasts. God knows how many I've blazed through during this bountiful alone-time. It probably helps me feel more connected, honestly, because many of the podcasts I enjoy are conversational: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend and WTF with Marc Maron -- even the more political automatic downloads, like Love It or Leave It (hands down the best podcast in the current rotation) or Pod Save A...