209 Desire Paths
An Eye for an Eye - would the animals we eat, eat us? Impossible Hats. Box Hill Picnic, from Jane Austen’s Emma. Dangerous Questions, where the danger is yours, not your opponent’s. This is what insomniacs get up to at 3am while you are sleeping.
Kent Berridge coined the term incentive salience. When dopamine runs hot, everything arrives pre-lit with significance. The creativity wasn’t a symptom - it was genuine creative product on the “this matters” signal.
A desire path is a trail worn into the landscape by human feet. Not planned. Just walked so many times it becomes permanent. Some of mine are still here.
Also: the duck question has a better answer than you think. And the horses are not going to like it.
Music: Tony Anderson, One Perfect Sunset; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental)
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Cast On 209 Desire Paths 8 1× 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -19:59 -19:59 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 209 Desire Paths Ridiculous word games for insomniacs. A question about hand-to-hand combat with ducks. And the neuroscience of why dopamine doesn’t make things feel good - it makes them feel necessary. Brenda Dayne Mar 28, 2026 8 Share Transcript An Eye for an Eye - would the animals we eat, eat us? Impossible Hats. Box Hill Picnic, from Jane Austen’s Emma . Dangerous Questions, where the danger is yours, not your opponent’s. This is what insomniacs get up to at 3am while you are sleeping. Kent Berridge coined the term incentive salience . When dopamine runs hot, everything arrives pre-lit with significance. The creativity wasn’t a symptom - it was genuine creative product on the “this matters” signal. A desire path is a trail worn into the landscape by human feet. Not planned. Just walked so many times it becomes permanent. Some of mine are still here. Also: the duck question has a better answer than you think. And the horses are not going to like it. Music: Tony Anderson, One Perfect Sunset ; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental) If you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon , or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. Subscribe Discussion about this episode Comments Restacks Cast On Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world. Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world. Subscribe Listen on Substack App Apple Podcasts RSS Feed Appears in episode Brenda Dayne Recent Episodes 211 Grace Notes Apr 9 • Brenda Dayne 210 Two Bowls Apr 2 • Brenda Dayne 208 Nighthawk Mar 20 • Brenda Dayne 207 Too Much World Mar 13 • Brenda Dayne 206 Quality Dec 10, 2025 • Brenda Dayne 205 Big love and secret pajamas Jul 5, 2025 • Brenda Dayne 204 Cart before the workhorse May 17, 2025 • Brenda Dayne