TQ59: What's your irrational fear?

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Every other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners. The question for this episode: What's your irrational fear? Links for this episode: Ear Hustle podcast: https://www.earhustlesq.com/ Inside True Crime Podcast with Matt Cox: https://insidetruecrime.com/ Dan prepares people for prison: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/51 Meredith’s episode with RDAP Dan: https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/780fdeea/ep-220-or-prison-consultant-a-pill-mill-walkie-talkies-and-youtube Meredith’s episode with Eric about drunk driving: https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/48be1403/ep-37-or-from-eagle-scout-to-inmate Scott’s dumbbell workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZyBg5cjUk&t=24s Netflix show, Animal Control: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21376524/ Meredith’s podcast is Meredith For Real – the Curious Introvert: https://MeredithForReal.com To check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook. Sponsor deals: Visit www.functionhealth.com/WHATWAS or use gift code WHATWAS25 for a $25 credit toward your membership. Visit AuraFrames.com and use promo code WHATWAS at checkout to get $45 off. If you’re 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free shipping @IndaCloud with code [WHATWAS] at https://inda.shop/[WHATWAS]! #indacloudpod Go to ThriveMarket.com/WHATWAS to get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift just for signing up. Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Try Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month - MintMobile.com/WHAT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Scott, and you're listening to What Was That Like?
0:04.3	New episodes with guests telling their amazing stories are every other Friday, but today
0:09.2	we have the Every Other Tuesday Tuesday question.
0:13.1	In the podcast Facebook group, we have a new thought-provoking question every Tuesday,
0:17.4	and it generates some really interesting and sometimes deep discussions.
0:21.5	We'd love to have you join us. Just go to what was that like.com slash Facebook.
0:26.2	But if you're not in that group, we bring it to you here in a short episode every other Tuesday.
0:31.8	We dig into the group archives and find one of the past Tuesday questions that we've discussed.
0:36.8	Then Meredith and I answered that question, and we talk about some of the answers Tuesday questions that we've discussed, then Meredith and I answered that
0:38.4	question and we talk about some of the answers that came in from other listeners. And in a few
0:43.2	days, I'm talking this coming Friday, a brand new what was that like episode. Let's do it.
0:51.5	You know, as I was thinking about this topic today, we're talking about irrational fears. And I'm not sure how you define that. Because, so I guess we'll just jump right into it here.
1:07.7	So much for a surprise opening. I love how you never really know what I'm going to start with.
1:12.5	It's true.
1:13.4	It's true.
1:14.0	I try to read your face, you know, as soon as it pops up on my screen.
1:18.0	What level of Henri is Scott hearing today?
1:21.8	No, I was thinking about irrational fear.
1:25.4	But, you know, irrational just means something that you're afraid of that
1:30.0	it really doesn't make sense to be afraid of, I guess. That's sort of how I think about it.
1:35.1	But fear that is irrational feels just as uncomfortable as a legitimate fear, right?
1:43.6	Yes, but let's think about the evolutionary purpose of fear to protect us from dying.
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