Stories of Emotional GranularitY

A podcast Exploring the diversity of human experience

Jonathan Cook 7/27/23 Jonathan Cook 7/27/23

Arbejdsglaede

There’s no formula for arbejdsglaede that’s going to work for everyone, because different people have different kinds of work that requires different skills and different forms of dedication.

Jonathan Cook 7/22/23 Jonathan Cook 7/22/23

FLux

To be in flux is to be flexible. When we’re flexible, we can bend to meet the moment. On the other hand, we might get bent out of shape, or even broken.

Jonathan Cook 6/22/23 Jonathan Cook 6/22/23

An Emotion Without A Name

Sometimes we feel emotions that don’t yet have a name. This trailer for the second season of the podcast considers the combination of rage and joy experienced in reaction to an episode of the innovative TV series The Last Of Us

Jonathan Cook 4/9/23 Jonathan Cook 4/9/23

Bonus EpIsode - On Curiosity And Generative AI

Generative AI models such as ChatGPT are celebrated as superior sentient beings when they produce bad imitations of basic human work. At the same time, complex human consciousness is dismissed as flat. What are the consequences of this lopsided cultural interpretation of technology, and what are the implications for the emotion of curiosity?