So here's a tiny treat for you, a podcast that's never more than seven minutes long, even with the credits.

It's produced by WNIC Studios, which also produces us, but we would never steer you towards something we didn't really, really like.

It's called 10 Things That Scare Me.

Each episode is just a person, maybe famous, maybe not, listing his or her fears.

Ten of them, some small, like rats, some weird, like big eyes.

Some apocalyptic.

Somewhere in the series is Brooke.

The producers asked her what scared her, and for some reason she told them.

So now you get to hear them.

So now you get to hear them.

The problem is most of what I've ever done in my life is motivated by fear.

It's like a big duststorm of fear.

And you're asking me to pick out ten little moats or something.

And then, of course, there's all the fears that you don't even realize that you have.

I once went to this anesthesiologist slash therapist who used the technique where he would put you under just to the point where you would have no memory of what you said and it would be unmediated by anything social.

I went in there for various complaints about work and the way I lived my life. And then when I went under, the first thing I said was, I can't sleep unless the kids are home.

And the kids are 33 years old. That is not something that I am aware of continually, but it was the first thing that came out of my mouth after the drug started to work. In our pre-drug discussion, he said, well, you know, there are certain things you can't

control. And I said, of course I know that. What do you think I'm nuts? And then under the drug,

he said, you know, there are things that you can't control.

And I said, not true. I can control it if I just focus hard enough.

One, fear that something bad will happen to my kids. Two, fear that something bad will happen to Fred.

Three, fear that I will be revealed as an imposter.

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