For many if not all podcast creators, this format serves a as regular reflective practice, which leaves a trackable record of the passage of time as well as the evolution of the author's weltanschauung (world view). It is a tool of self-monitoring and a dialogue with the larger trajectory of one's life. As all great podcasts - or the podcasts which I find helpful and not merely entertaining - TT offers to the listener the wisdom, guidance and inspiration to which the author has committed his own time and efforts. In supporting Tinkered Thinking, even if you are an occasional listener or simply send in a donation, you are supporting an intellectual resource committed to using the podcast form as a life-building tool.