A podcast where friends Charlotte and Patti invite people to share all about their weird and wild obsessions, or perfectly normal hobbies that have been taken just a little too far.
We want to dabble in your curious interests!
Plus, a 2025 bonus—we hear indulging your interests is good for democracy!
This is why we should engage in activities that are of interest to us, our friends, our families. Insofar as we take pride in these activities, and come to know others who do so as well, we are creating civil society. – Vaclav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless”
45- Can We Interest You In...The Return of Uncle Jim (and The Wilhelmshaven Mystery)?
CONTENT WARNING: talk of dead bodies and war
Jim Hamilton returns to the podcast to tell us about his quest to solve The Wilhelmshaven Mystery. How did two women in Allied flight uniforms end up buried in a Wilhelmshaven military cemetery in the summer of 1943? Jim has spent the past 25 years trying to find out.
Jim Hamilton is a publisher (Green Harbor Publications), cartoonist, writer, and investigator of rabbit holes. He was CWIYI's first ever podcast guest (check out our Long Falls episode!) and, most importantly, he is the uncle of Charlotte and anyone who has ever listened to this podcast.
We start with what we've been interested in recently:
Charlotte is into cozy mystery writing.
Uncle Jim is now a big fan of Denver's new women's soccer team, The Summit.
Patti has Bus Traffic Fever and wishes she didn't.
Then we talk The Wilhelmshaven Mystery and learn about:
—the details of the mystery of these yet unidentified two female fliers, one British and one American
—what resonated with Jim about this story
—the comic he created about the mystery
—the questions The Wilhelmshaven Mystery brings up in our present day
—Jim's research process
Homework: Two options!
1. Identify an unsolved mystery (either personal or in the public sphere) and write about it.
2. Imagine and write the fictional account of what "really" happened with these two women (250-500 words).
Links/References:
The Sequential Artists Workshop: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/
The Wilhelmshaven Mystery, Green Harbor Publications: https://greenharbor.com/mystery.html
Operation Mincemeat musical: https://boston.broadway.com/shows/operation-mincemeat/
Logo design by Marielle Martin
Song: Upbeat Drums with Stomps and Claps by music_for_video
BlueSky: @canweinterestyouin.bsky.social
Instagram: @canweinterestyouin
Email us your interests! CanWeInterestYouIn@gmail.com
Website: canweinterestyouin.com [http://canweinterestyouin.com/]
17 Sept 2026
44- RERUN- Can Charlotte Interest You In...Basketball?
We need more time to make a box! So we're re-releasing the episode that started it all with a newly recorded intro.
Host Charlotte shares her newish interest in basketball with co-host Patti. Some items covered include approaching sports as a reality show, March Madness, NBA players being baby boys (maternally), Caitlin Clark and the assignment that Charlotte gives Patti. This episode was recorded during the 2023 NBA season, so some dated references.
Logo design by Marielle Martin
Song: Upbeat Drums with Stomps and Claps by music_for_video
BlueSky: @canweinterestyouin.bsky.social
Instagram: @canweinterestyouin
Email us your interests! CanWeInterestYouIn@gmail.com
Website: canweinterestyouin.com [http://canweinterestyouin.com/]
3 Sept 2026
43- Can Caleb Interest You In...Woodworking?
We talk with Caleb Avraham, social worker turned lawyer, about his passion—woodworking! How does a kid who grew up in the city of Chicago get into woodworking? It all started with…a toilet.
First, we start with check-ins:
Charlotte enters a pitch slam.
Patti goes to a Savannah Bananas game.
Caleb's other love is mountain climbing.
Then, Caleb shares the inciting incident that kicked off his love affair with woodworking over nine years ago.
We talk all about woodworking, including:
-How does one learn how to woodwork? (Hint: it's YouTube. It's always YouTube)
-Woodworking vs wood turning (see Episode 8 - Can Marielle Interest You in Wood Turning [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8-can-marielle-interest-you-in-wood-turning/id1786276784?i=1000700106250]?) vs carpentry
-The artistic side of woodworking; coming up with the design, symbolic meanings, the function of the piece
-Purple wood!
-How woodworking provides a creative and physical outlet for Caleb's career as a lawyer
-How woodworking cultivates mindfulness (especially if you don't want to cut a finger off) and can be a workout and sauna visit in one
-What's the best compliment a woodworker can get?
Homework: Make a box!
Bonus: How is making a box like making an omelette like trying a DUI case?
Check out our Instagram or Blue Sky for images of Caleb's pieces (links below).
Links/References:
Jonathan Katz-Moses YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBNF-A7QlYT3tT-B9N4ElA
Paul Sellers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Paul.Sellers/videos
Rockler: https://www.rockler.com/
Logo design by Marielle Martin
Song: Upbeat Drums with Stomps and Claps by music_for_video
BlueSky: @canweinterestyouin.bsky.social
Instagram: @canweinterestyouin
Email us your interests! CanWeInterestYouIn@gmail.com
Website: canweinterestyouin.com [http://canweinterestyouin.com/]
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