The Static Gap

In this episode, I explore the stories we all tell ourselves to make sense of the world. From the way memory is reconstructed rather than replayed, to confirmation bias and our instinct to find patterns in uncertainty, I look at how our minds constantly create narratives about who we are and what our experiences mean. I also explore how writers deliberately draw on these deeply human tendencies to...

In this debut episode of The Static Gap , I introduce the ideas and questions that inspired the podcast. I am fascinated by the territory between reason and imagination, and what happens when memories feel unreliable, coincidences seem too meaningful to dismiss, and reality itself appears to fray at the edges. The episode sets the tone for the series to come, touching on themes including conscious...