Growing Hope: What Depression-Era Gardens and Rainn Wilson Teach Us About Hard Times
The Preamble
Sharon McMahon
4.9 • 15.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
During the Great Depression, Detroit officials carved up vacant lots and handed exhausted families seeds and tools. It wasn't a hobby — it was survival. And a lesson for today: hope isn't just a feeling, it's a habit you practice.
Then Rainn Wilson — yes, Dwight Schrute — joins Sharon to talk about the loneliness epidemic, the rise of cynicism, and why posting about something isn't the same as changing it.
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Credits:
Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
Audio Producer: Craig Thompson
(00:00:00) A story on how to practice hope
(00:07:50) The loneliness epidemic
(00:22:41) Rainn Wilson’s on his faith
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Now, are all the traitors present? |
| 0:02.0 | Let's get started, shall we? |
| 0:04.0 | From rags to riches. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm so sick of this. |
| 0:07.0 | Working like a dog and being treated worse. |
| 0:09.0 | Yorkshire to New York. |
| 0:10.0 | Poor climbers, you and me. |
| 0:12.0 | A life dedicated to revenge. |
| 0:14.0 | Let's make this an occasion to remember. |
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| 0:54.9 | Welcome to the preamble podcast. |
| 1:00.4 | Today's episode will feature one of my favorite guests of all time as a huge fan of the office. |
| 1:06.5 | Talking at Rain Wilson, Dwight, Shrewt, if you didn't know, was so much fun. |
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