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30 Degree Shift episodes
- It’s All Coffee
In This Episode
A coffee enthusiast's unfortunate attempt to explain a French press
How a Moka pot disrupted years of carefully cultivated coffee expertise
Finding satisfaction in the process, even when the coffee isn't particularly good
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Read It's All Coffee and find more from 30 Degree Shift at:
https://30degreeshift.substack.com/its-all-coffee
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Missing the Garden for the Peas — On the details we obsess over and the larger experiences we sometimes fail to appreciate.
About 30 Degree Shift
30 Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human, released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe7 min - Sunrise
In This Episode
Why sunrise is more difficult to define than it first appears
What happens when we stop measuring the morning and simply experience it
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Read Sunrise and find more from 30 Degree Shift at:
https://www.30degreeshift.substack.com/sunrise
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Life Isn't Short — On memory, attention, and how our experience of time changes depending on how we live.
About 30 Degree Shift
30 Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human, released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe6 min - Short Story: Ad-Free Porn, the Dream
In This Episode
A world where advertisements have become a way of life
Originality as currency
A treasure hunt through the East Texas woods
The beauty of private time
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https://www.williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-shift/ad-free-porn-the-dream
About The Crossroads
Welcome to The Crossroads, a place for stories of all kinds, written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Credits
Written, narrated, and produced by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe24 min - Morning Sky
In This Episode
The strange intersection of ancient constellations and modern satellites
Curious dogs, uncomfortable grass, and the pleasures of a life I chose
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Read Morning Sky and explore more essays from 30 Degree Shift at:
https://www..30degreeshift.substack.com/morning-sky
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Ode to a Water Oak — A reflection on the natural world and the things we might learn by paying attention.
About 30 Degree Shift
30 Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human. New essays every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe6 min - Demons, A Personal Study
In This Episode
The demons that wake up at 3am and make themselves comfortable in my head
What happens when fighting your own mind becomes part of the problem
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Read “Demons, A Personal Study” and find more from 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com.
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Understanding Doesn't Solve Anything — Perspective isn’t just an opinion; it’s the gravity that forms our reality. From special relativity to a horse named Side-Salad, I’m exploring why “everyone having their reasons” is the most painful truth in the world, and how leveraging the mass of a character's baggage allows us to see the light.
About 30 Degree Shift
30 Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human, released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe7 min - On Finishing
In This Episode
Why finishing a first novel didn't make finishing the next one any easier
Critique groups, deadlines, dopamine, and the strange ways motivation can work against the work
Experimenting as part of the creative process
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Read “On Finishing” and find more from 30 Degree Shift at WilliamTorgerson.com.
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Burn Your Art — On finishing work, letting bad art be bad, and recognizing when it's time to stop trying to save something you've made.
About 30-Degree Shift
30-Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human, released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe7 min - Sharpening Senses
In This Episode
Stone, steel, water, sound, and the physical rhythm of sharpening a knife
The point where usefulness ends and craftsmanship becomes something else
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Read “Sharpening Senses” and find more from 30 Degree Shift at WilliamTorgerson.com.
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Missing the Garden for the Peas — On what we stop seeing when we're too focused on the result.
About 30-Degree Shift
30-Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the quiet mechanics of being human, released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe8 min - Some Notes on Walking
In This Episode
Why walking deserves considerably more attention than we give it
The important distinctions between walking, ambling, and moseying
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Read “Notes on Walking” and find more from 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com.
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Missing the Garden for the Peas Sometimes, walking can be accomplished while doing the morning chores.
About 30-Degree Shift
30-Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the subtle mechanics of being human released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe8 min - Love Bugs
In This Episode
The annual Gulf Coast invasion of insects too busy having sex to notice they're invading
The escalating logistical problem of trying to coexist with something completely harmless
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https://30degreeshift.substack.com/love-bugs
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If I’d written this essay a couple years ago, it would have been from a much different vantage. A baby squirel and a water oak are to thank for that.
About 30-Degree Shift
30-Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the subtle mechanics of being human released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe7 min - What makes a Dungeon?
In This Episode
Why sex dungeons may have a surprisingly strong historical claim to the name
The disappointing truth about castle prisons, oubliettes, cisterns, and the latrines fantasy adventurers may have been looting all along
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https://30degreeshift.substack.com/what-makes-a-dungeon
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A Convenient Theory of History — What if humanity's mysterious ancient structures were built for considerably more mundane reasons than we've imagined?
About 30-Degree Shift
30-Degree Shift is a weekly exploration of absurdity, perception, and the subtle mechanics of being human released every Wednesday at 11:11am.
Credits
Written and narrated by William T. Torgerson.
Get full access to 30 Degree Shift at 30degreeshift.substack.com/subscribe6 min
About 30 Degree Shift
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Weekly essays from beyond The Rift with audio from the author, Enjoy 5-10 minute reads/listens every Wednesday at 11:11am.
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