Breathe Deep and Listen John Stegall

The song says we are going one way, and the story goes another. Also, it sounds really cool when writers get their point across with as few words as possible.

John reflects on an art film by Wes Anderson, the evolution of our relationship with our best friends, and the implicit trust we carry in people we don't know or sometimes even understand.

John contemplates the meaning and purpose of art in the world while listening to lo-fi beats.

Marathon is a band that excels at a dreamlike sound. John takes a closer look at one of his favorite "driving at night" songs.

A song sung by a choir reminds John of his days as a church goer. He describes what the church taught him and, more importantly, what leaving the church taught him.

Tool wrote a song about people being horrible, and Rutger Bregman wrote a book called Humankind: A Hopeful History, and it's all about people not being horrible.