Tune into the new podcast, Stories from the Village of Nothing Much, like Easy Listening, but for fiction.

If you've overdosed on bad news, we invite you into a world where the glimmers of goodness in everyday life are all around you.

I'm Catherine Nikolai and I'm an architect of Cozy.

Come spend some time where everyone is welcome and the default is kindness.

Listen, relax, enjoy.

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to be open to hearing about other people's passions,

even if you don't share those passions yourself.

When there is something that other people are really excited about, try to find out why.

You'll get a window into these other people's lives and even if you don't become an expert,

you might have one more interesting thing to talk about.

At a dinner at a conference a few years ago, I found myself sitting near two linguistics experts who were

talking about the language Dothraki in the HBO series Game of Thrones. I hadn't

watched a single episode of the show and I'm not particularly into linguistics,

but their conversation was captivating.

They were

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