Commonplace.Pod

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An audio commonplace book. Quotations from novels, articles, email newsletters, films, Scripture (and more!), with a dash of reflection.

Matt Timms

  • Oct 12, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 11m AVG DURATION
  • 3 EPISODES


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3: Conscious Deliberation and Instinctive Judgment

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2019 11:46


In this episode, Matt talks about the tightrope of balancing between conscious deliberation and instinctive judgment, inspired by a quote from Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink. This episode's favorite: A particular kind of blue. Yup, you read that right.

2: Expectations are resentments waiting to happen...

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 12:20


In this episode, Matt talks about expectations, reflecting on a quote from Ian Mogran Cron and Susan Stabile's book The Road Back to You. This episode's favorite: San Antonio Spurs Basketball #GoSpursGo Other notes: Sadly, I couldn't find the blog post about the Kanarf rating system, but here's a link to Bryan's website and the LifeStocks Podcast.

1: Discombobulated by the flood of information...

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2018 9:23


In this episode, Matt introduces the idea behind Commonplace.Pod by quoting from Alan Jacobs article "'Commonplace Books': The Tumblrs of an Earlier Era" on the Atlantic's website. This episode's favorite: The Anchor App/Platform

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