The succinct version: Listen to this podcast episode of 99 Percent Invisible! I heard it while driving today and it kept me riveted the whole time, and went in a direction I did not expect but did very much resonate with. Everyone is fighting something, and expression through art is therapeutic.
The long version: I am a podcast superfan. They’re pretty much all I listen to when I’m driving, taking a walk, doing housework, etc., and that’s been true for years and years. I think 99PI might be the first podcast I ever heard, and I still vividly remember my first episode: The Sound of Sport. (Take a listen! So interesting.)
This one is not an original 99PI episode. It’s one host Roman Mars shared from another series. It’s 42 minutes long, so it is an investment of time. But even though graffiti is not a topic I relate to, and the lives of the people in the story are very different from mine, I felt a genuine commonality with them by the end.
Now I’m looking forward to listening to the rest of the episodes in the California Love series.
Humanity! That’s why I recommend it.