{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Millian: Unmuted","title":"Always Flying Solo","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1568,"description":"They say loneliness is as dangerous as smoking. So naturally, I asked my doctor if I could bum a cigarette.  I've spent most of my life perfectly happy being alone. The problem isn't solitude. It's living in a world designed for extroverts, attention seekers, and people who apparently enjoy talking on the phone.\nIn this episode of Millian: Unmuted, I wander through the strange contradictions of being a lifelong introvert trying to build a media company that requires networking, fundraising, collaboration, and all the other things I'd rather avoid. Along the way, we'll visit my sarcastic doctor, explore the Fermi Paradox and the Dead Internet Theory, question the intelligence of modern comedy, and contemplate why everyone promises to help until you actually need something.\n\nIt's a story about independence, misunderstood humor, creative frustration, the relentless passage of time, and the difference between being lonely and simply wanting everyone to leave you the hell alone.  And somewhere in all of this, there's a question worth asking: What if the life you're trying to build requires you to become someone you're not?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1nPiYKGXcru0ur0R7SAJS2TSIKCNtCVfE1W8xtNzh0I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDM4/MDZmNGE3NmFiZDlm/N2U0MTM0M2UzNzI4/ZTNjMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}