“Joel?”
“Yes! James? Good to meet you!”
The first time I ever laid eyes on James was when I opened the door of my home prior to recording this podcast with him. The experience was a new one for me, being the very first time that I knew no more than a person’s name before having them on the show. James is a friend of a friend, and someone I was told had an interesting life. He reached out to me on his own to express interest in being on the podcast, and I was happy to honour him by having him over to record some of his story with me.
James and I sat down not knowing anything about one another. Over the course of the conversation I would come realize that he and I differed from one another in a number of ways — and yet each of us had enough humility and perspective to sit down with the other and talk. I think that far too few of us are really willing to do this: to hear someone out even when we don’t totally agree with them. When was the last time that you shared in conversation with someone totally different than yourself? I know it isn’t something I make a habit of doing. Yet I can say with confidence that this experience was something I grew from, and I am happy to have had it.
I hope that this conversation inspires you — to listen to someone else, to hear them out, and to learn, even if only how to disagree with grace. The world is much bigger than you and I, friend.
For photos and more info visit my website: joeltimothy.co
Original URL: joeltimothy.co/uncommon/035
Music created and provided by Maarten Schellekens
Intro: Sunday Morning (Mallet Play with Violin and Piano)
Outro: Mallet Play
26 Sept 2022
No. 034 — Jon Schultz
Interestingly, Jon and I met through my work before I realized that he was the older brother of a dear friend of mine. Having learned that, he and I began enjoying one another’s conversation even more during the short interactions we had while I made his caramel latte, which I did on a pretty regular basis. It was suggested to me by another friend (Jon’s oldest friend in fact) that Jon would be a good guest for the podcast. So plans were made, and a recording was scheduled.
Recently I’ve been enjoying making this podcast simply as an excuse to talk with people whose company I enjoy. This episode was certainly one of those times. Knowing Jon already, and reveling in the chance to chat without an espresso machine between us, I didn’t enter into this recording with much planned. We had some whiskey, chatted about nothing of very great importance for a while, and gradually wound our way through topics to end in much the same place we had started: friendship. I hope you listen to this conversation with that in mind, that in listening you’re choosing to sit on the sidelines while two friends chat.
This is my encouragement to you, to simply talk with a friend, for fun. Enjoy each other’s company, ask random questions, share stories. It’s one of the greatest privileges we have as humans.
For photos and more info visit my website: joeltimothy.co
Original URL: joeltimothy.co/uncommon/034
Music created and provided by Maarten Schellekens
Intro: Sunday Morning (Mallet Play with Violin and Piano)
Outro: Mallet Play
12 Sept 2022
No. 033 — Bradley Riggs
With this episode of (un)COMMON I’ve been reminded once again of how much I enjoy conversation for conversation’s sake. To enjoy the privilege of simply sitting down with another human being and talking, deeply and intentionally, without ulterior motive, but merely to share thoughts and ideas, to exchange perspective, what a joy this is. I had interacted with Bradley a good bit before sitting down for this recording, and still had little to no idea what we would discuss. And I’m genuinely glad that it happened that way. Going into a recording without expectation allowed me to speak freely, off the cuff, and forget worries about covering specific topics or manufacturing conversation around things I’d already decided I wanted to address.
If you’re like me, you may have a habit of rehearsing conversations in your head before (or after) actually having them. I do this all the time, and have to put effort into pulling myself back to reality. Every time I talk with another person I am reminded how one-sided these inner monologues are, and am inspired to really listen to others, to ask questions, and pay attention to the responses I receive. This conversation with Bradley was a refreshing moment of reality.
I hope that you listen to this podcast. Not merely because it will benefit me in some way, but because I believe it’s important to learn to listen to others, and not only listen, but interact, to share time and experiences with people, to invite them into our lives, to let them get close enough that they might offend us. I hope that this podcast inspires you to get to know someone else, and that you realize how truly uncommon the people around you are.
For photos and more info visit my website: joeltimothy.co
Original URL: joeltimothy.co/uncommon/033
Music created and provided by Maarten Schellekens
Intro: Sunday Morning (Mallet Play with Violin and Piano)
Outro: Mallet Play
Inside a recent episode
No. 023 — Thomas Smith
Published 25 Apr 2022 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I ask them, what does friendship look like in your culture? What is connection look like amongst people you interact with? And that can then get you can go into other parts of like, oh, this is how you greet people, this is how you, this is how much of life that you communicate and share with people. This is how private we are, this is how public we are. These are the topics that are that are open to talk about here, the topics that are off the table based on the definition of friendship and where you're at with that. And it's interesting, even last night, there's a family that lives down the street from me. […]
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