{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Wandering Weirdly","title":"Season 1, Episode 2: Permission to Wander Weirdly","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1855,"description":"\nIn this episode of Wandering Weirdly, Annie Slade turns the spotlight on co-host Thomas Beutel, inviting listeners to get to know him more deeply through stories of creativity, curiosity, and lifelong wandering.\nThomas shares what it was like growing up in an immigrant family, always feeling slightly outside the cultural mainstream, and how that early experience shaped his interests, identity, and way of moving through the world. From catching frogs and collecting butterflies to building model trains and programming blinking lights, this conversation explores how curiosity shows up over a lifetime.\n\nThe story moves through Thomas’s creative process, including a long-term passion project inspired by the Exploratorium’s “Enchanted Tree,” his relationship with starting (and returning to) many projects, and how creativity, spirituality, and self-understanding are deeply intertwined for him.\n\nThis episode is a reminder that there’s no single “right” way to be curious, creative, or multi-passionate, and that wandering in fits and starts can be a feature, not a flaw.\n\nIn this episode, we explore:\nGrowing up feeling outside the mainstream and how that shapes identity\nHow early curiosity can turn into lifelong creative threads\nEmbracing cyclical interests and unfinished projects without self-judgment\nThe connection between creativity, making, and inner exploration\nWhy listening is a skill worth practicing\nFollowing obsessions for the joy of learning, not just the outcome\nWhat this episode might spark for you:\nPermission to return to a project you set aside\nA new way of thinking about curiosity and creativity\nRelief around not finishing everything all at once\nWhat’s coming up on Wandering Weirdly:\n In the next episode, Annie takes the hot seat as the roles reverse, with Thomas asking the questions.\n\nConnect with your hosts:\nAnnie:t explorerannie.com\nThomas: thomasbeutel.art\nDiscover more podcasts about authentic and unconventional living at\n bolddeparturenetwork.com\n...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1v3m-N7imlDXmEHL9--0ziYLLV63i-wPwxSCG0PUeZ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNTg1/YTUxZTlkMDUxY2I3/N2RiZDA4YjI4YjIz/YmFmZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}