UTTERLY RANDOM PODCAST: EPISODE #2: FROM YELLOW FEVER TO THE TITANIC: HOW FEAR GROWS UP WITH US

In Episode 2, I break down how fear evolves as we grow — from childhood panic over roller coasters and yellow-fever documentaries, to teenage embarrassment, to adult worries like job insecurity, losing loved ones, political instability, and even irrational fears like cruise ships, woolly mammoths, and running into the mugshot guy I joked about online. Inspired by a conversation with a friend facing layoffs at the battery plant, this episode looks at how fear grows, mutates, and sometimes gets ridiculous — but also how fear should remind us to show empathy, not division.