I listen to Stefan Molyneux call-in shows on long drives. (There are few podcasts that are long enough so that I don’t have to switch in the middle. 😉 )

Many of these shows feature guests that I have absolutely nothing in common with. Maybe (usually) the caller is a dude, or there are mental health problems, or any number of other things that include the caller not being me.

What I’ve found, though, is that I learn something from each and every show.

Obviously, otherwise I wouldn’t keep listening.

Sometimes it’s something Stef says, sometimes it’s something I start thinking about in relation to my own life and experiences.

I find that the more specific that things get, the more that the caller lets down his or her guard and really works with Stef to get at the truth, the more useful the call is.

You’d think that keeping things general and vague would be more helpful, more applicable to a broad audience.

Maybe that’s true in marketing, I don’t know.

But in this show, in this format, minute details and specific situations are key to unlocking understanding. I don’t know why this is, but it holds true for me.

Common understanding through specific details.

Or perhaps it’s the other way around: bullshit language for bullshit understanding.