Truest

Truest episodes

January 24, 2020 Episode 5: Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer
The truest thing Anna knows is she can reach and search and search for God, but rest in knowing it's not her job to find it.
35 min
June 27, 2019 Episode 4: Elizabeth Peter
The truest thing Elizabeth knows is that you have to tell the people you love, you love them, every chance you get.
20 min
April 25, 2019 Episode 3: Alex Pratt
For Alex, the truest thing he knows is that people are terrible at appreciating what they have.

Alex believes this tendency had to be advantageous at some point in the evolutionary history of humanity, but is terribly misplaced in our modern society.

It's not that we never feel content, but Alex sees the huge push in society to combat this feeling of unease points to our need to constantly work against the gravity of ingratitude.

37 min
March 21, 2019 Episode 2: Emery Wager
Emery says, the truest thing he knows is: "I can control my actions, and that's the only thing I can control." Emery finds great liberation in knowing that his control only extends to his actions. That allows him to let go of worry about his thoughts, the actions of others, anything that isn't a direct action.
33 min
February 24, 2019 Episode 1: Stefan Bennett
Stefan says the truest thing he knows is: "I'm a pessimist." That belief is best summed up in the phrase: "Life sucks and then you die."

23 min
February 17, 2019 Episode 1 Tease
30 seconds of our first interview with Stefan Bennett.
1 min

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What's the truest thing you know? This question is the basis for our podcast. Each episode, Jacob Smith asks his guest this question.