13: Soul of the trail

Today’s episode is about the outdoors and space: how we seek out the outdoors as a reset for our troubles; and how we negotiate physical space with our fellow humans, harmoniously or otherwise. Features:

• Pride, fancy boots and mangoes – when a forest walk, far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife, goes awry
• Neutrinos, a haunting road trip and getting frazzled – a foray into the science (my version) of getting overwhelmed
• Murmurations, swimming pools and etiquette – a look at the social science of personal space, including why we get so annoyed when people don’t follow the rules
• A poetic bookend from a chronic memoriser 

Chapters

• 0:19 Intro
• 1:47 Soul of Asolo
• 18:02 Ticket to Frazzleville
• 35:10 Spaced out
• 44:12 Elegy written in a country churchyard