Hello Unknown
A podcast exploring the hidden parts of the human experience. Host Jonathan Wright re-examines stories from culture and history that tell us about the feelings we avoid and the big questions we don’t know how to answer. Contact at hellounknownpod@gmail.com.
Episodes
In episode 1 Jonathan Wright tells the story of Enron and takes a trip to Vietnam to ask what Enron's disgraced CFO, and Jonathan, can learn from the spirit of the cheater.
Sources
Lauren Muskett, "First Person: Andy Fastow and Me", CFO Magazine, https://www.cfo.com/corporate-finance/2019/04/first-person-andy-fastow-and-me/
Sharron Watkins, "The corporate conscience", The Guardian, https://www.the...
In this episode Jonathan Wright confronts OCD and his fear of death, telling the stories of a lawyer who bounced against windows and a near-death experience for Jonathan’s son.
You probably hate Dave Matthews Band. We don’t blame you. But Dave knows what it takes to create.
In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the story of one particularly terrible DMB song and also bares his soul about what it took to write his novel.
Sources
David Fricke, "Everyday", Rolling Stone, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/everyday-251759/
Sal Cinquemani, "Review: Dave Matthews Band, Everyday", Slant, ...
What do the TV Show Lost and Jonathan’s dating history have in common?
In this episode Jonathan Wright watches the first 10 episodes and last 10 episodes of Lost (why??) and also delves into his extremely anxious dating history to answer the question of whether it might, sometimes, be good to get a little lost.
Sources
Chris DeVille, "Lost Was The Best Before It Was The Worst", Deadspin, ht...
A monk sees footprints in the snow. He follows the footprints, belonging to his teenaged religious leader, to the home of his forbidden lover. Buddhist Tibet explodes.
In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the history of his favourite Dalai Lama and reads his old notebooks to try and answer the question of how we tell our life stories.
Sources
Mark Tatz, "Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama", The Tibet Journal, https://www.jstor.org/st...
In the final episode of season 1, Jonathan Wright confronts the unknown, telling the stories of two Hawaiian malls: one in a pineapple cannery in Lahaina and the other in Jonathan’s mind.
Sources
Sarah Ruppenthal, "The Sweet and Sour History of the Pineapple in Hawai'i", Flux Hawai'i, https://fluxhawaii.com/hawaii-pineapple-the-sweet-and-sour-history-of-the-island-fruit/
Duane P. Bartholomew, Richard A. Hawkins, Johnny A. Lopez, ...
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