Stories of Emotional GranularitY

A podcast Exploring the diversity of human experience

Jonathan Cook 6/17/25 Jonathan Cook 6/17/25

Guilt and Shame

When what we do and even who we are feels wrong, we have entered the territory of guilt and shame. How are these emotions distinct from each other?

Jonathan Cook 8/5/23 Jonathan Cook 8/5/23

Arrived

The feeling that one has arrived is an emotion that’s situated within the narrative arc of a journey. First, there was a departure. Then, there was travel, a passage away from the point of departure. Arrival is the emotion that comes when it seems that this journey has come to its completion.

Jonathan Cook 6/29/23 Jonathan Cook 6/29/23

Pride

This episode explores the emotion of pride in the context of LGBTQ and disabled identities, with stories from authors Lee Wind, Savannah Hauk, and Karol Ruth Silverstein, along with a passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Jonathan Cook 4/17/23 Jonathan Cook 4/17/23

Unmasked

Not all the masks people wear can be tied on with a piece of string. People wear figurative masks as well, making deliberate choices to present themselves in a manner that seems authentic, but doesn’t match what they’re feeling on the inside.