I thought that it would be a good idea to make a podcast out of interviewing my friends. Turns out, they aren't as anxious to share their innermost thoughts and life-changing personal experiences as I thought they might be.

This got me thinking. In this world of 24-hour surveillance and lives lived increasingly on-line (and thus captured in server logs somewhere for all eternity), why would be people be afraid of talking about themselves quasi-publicly in an intensely ignored podcast?

On the other hand, why are some people so quick to unburden themselves of their sins, their crimes, or simply their nasty habits to others, friends and strangers alike? Why do they want to expose themselves thusly? Moreover, why the adolescent demand that people "accept you as you are"?

So many questions, some of which are explored in this latest installment of "Matthew T. Grant's Smallish Circle Podcast." Enjoy.