David Greene’s obsession with obsessives
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4.7 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
There’s a fine line between a voracious hobby and an out-and-out obsession. David Greene, journalist, author and former host of NPR's Morning Edition, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his dive into people’s personal obsessions, what drives us to latch on and grow certain fascinations and why so often these have nothing to do with the ways we make a living. His podcast is “David Greene is Obsessed” from Campside Media.
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| 1:01.9 | is guests who are not just knowledgeable about their subjects, but passionate. Maybe their friends |
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| 1:18.1 | conversation partner. |
| 1:20.0 | From KERA in Dallas, this is Think. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm Chris Boyd. |
| 1:24.1 | My guest has realized that many people have built their lives in part around obsessions that may have nothing to do with how they earn a living. |
| 1:31.7 | And just as interesting as what they've learned about their favorite subject are the stories they tell about why it became so meaningful to them. |
| 1:39.0 | David Green is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author, former host of NPR's Morning |
| 1:45.0 | Edition, and host of the new podcast, David Green is obsessed, in which he dives deep with other people |
| 1:51.3 | about their personal obsessions. David, welcome back to think. Thank you, Chris. I appreciate it. It's |
| 1:56.9 | great to see you. Thanks for having me. I really do love the organizing concept for this show, and I'm so curious about how hard |
| 2:04.8 | it was to find your way to a title that would let listeners know that you were going to be |
| 2:11.1 | talking about these things without implying that it was some kind of reality TV style spectacle |
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