Timelines are long-form narrative listening projects that walk through a whole life of one person. The purpose is to both demonstrate narrative listening as a conversational technique, while also celebrating the lives of extraordinary people.

This series features the life of Rich Feller, a beloved and influential professor, speaker, and leader in the career development field. From 1980 until 2013, Rich was a faculty member of the Department of Education at Colorado State University. In 2007, the Colorado Career Development Association honored Rich by naming a leadership award after him.

After retiring, he has continued his work with partners such as YouScience and NASA as well as speaking and consulting around the world.

In this first episode, Rich talks about his childhood in a working class area of Cold Spring, New York, where he learned to love sports. He carefully observed the lives of his mother and father, and other adults in his life, who all would cultivate many of his interests, including his passion for understanding the meaning of work. He speaks with Michael Humphrey.