What happens when a child’s curiosity runs headlong into silence, science, and myth?

In this episode, a boy’s volcanic obsession becomes a meditation on childhood awe, forbidden questions, and the slow erosion of wonder in an incurious world. From mythic gods to marriage beds, from Mt. Etna to Pompeii, this story asks what we hand down — and what we bury.

🎧 Waypoint 1.2: Trees of Forbidden Knowledge

A tale of bedtime eruptions, redemptive fire, and the small prophet in the backyard park.

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