1KHO 561: Questions the Internet Can’t Answer | Anna Mitchael, They Will Tell You the World is Yours

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We live in a world where every fact is at our fingertips, but what about the questions no search engine can resolve—What makes a good mother? What does the person next to me fear the most? Author Anna Mitchael joins Ginny to share insights from her book They Will Tell You The World Is Yours, a collection of short, powerful vignettes that push back on the cultural noise of “they say.” Together they explore why curiosity flourishes outdoors, how simple road trips can reshape a family, and what happens when you pause before accepting the scripts the world hands you. This episode invites you to resist the pressure to constantly perform, produce, and conform—and instead make small rebellions that open up bigger life. Through stories of aging, comparison, cubicles, canyons, and creativity, Anna and Ginny show how the questions that matter most can’t be Googled but must be lived. Explore more of Anna’s work here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below: Select Quote: Head to www.selectquote.com/1000hours to learn more. BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns NIV Application Bible - visit www.NIVapplicationbible.com if you’re looking to grow in your understanding of Scripture and make it real in your daily life. Capstone Wellness - For over 24 years, Capstone has helped thousands of families on their path to healing. Learn more at capstonewellness.com/1000hours NurtureLife - Head to NurtureLife.com/1000HOURS55 and use code 1000HOURS55 for 55% off your first order PLUS free shipping. Wayfair - Get organized, refreshed, and back to routine for way less. Head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. Earthley - Use the code 1000hours to get 10% off your next purchase at www.earthley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Arch. I'm the founder of 1000
0:04.2	Hours Outside. And I have a wonderful guest today who wrote this really thought-provoking book
0:08.3	about what the world tells you. The world tells you this. The world tells you that. It's called
0:13.9	They Will Tell You The World is Yours on Little Rebellions and Finding Your Way. The author, Anna Mitchell,
0:19.0	is here. Welcome, Anna. Hi. Thank you for having me.
0:22.6	This is a really interesting type of book. I haven't read many books like it. It almost feels like
0:26.7	poetry, but I probably wouldn't call it poetry. It's like these little vignettes. And I really was
0:33.5	drawn to it, Anna, because I am pretty interested in the things that people, that culturally
0:39.4	you hear are true, but maybe are not going to give you your best life, or maybe they're not true
0:45.0	at all. And this every single, and there's so many of them, every single, I guess you would call them
0:51.0	chapters, but every single one starts off with they tell you this. They tell you that.
0:55.2	You know, they tell you to enjoy the moment because time moves fast.
0:58.5	They tell you that, you know, nothing like today is when they were young.
1:02.1	They tell you to believe in your feelings.
1:04.2	And so I was really impressed that you were able to capture so many of these sort of cultural
1:10.8	messages that we get, and then you would
1:13.1	give your own take on them. Where did that idea come from? The idea for the vignettes, like that
1:18.2	style, the sort of short bits that give you kind of what I hope is a really powerful reading
1:23.3	experience is just what I've always been drawn to writing. Like I love the little, because I think
1:29.4	of them almost like slices of life. Like a friend of mine talked about how they're sort of like
1:33.5	little Polaroids of moments that take you kind of through life, you know, and I think you can
1:39.1	tell a really powerful story using them. And then I also feel like that fits the way that we live right now,
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