Every so often I share a few podcast episodes that have stuck with me, and this round brings three very different perspectives. One looks at the gap between intention and action, another reexamines familiar films through the lens of relationship science, and a third offers a thoughtful account of life inside a Christian commune. Each raises questions worth sitting with, whether about motivation, connection, or what counts as meaningful conversation.

You Are Not So Smart 318: How to cross the gap between what you intend to do and what you tend to do instead

Love Factually 32: Top Gun

NPR Sunday Story 9/14/205: Life in a Christian Commune

LMC 55: Three Episode #1