Wandering Weirdly

In this episode of Wandering Weirdly, Annie Slade turns the spotlight on co-host Thomas Beutel, inviting listeners to get to know him more deeply through stories of creativity, curiosity, and lifelong wandering.

Thomas shares what it was like growing up in an immigrant family, always feeling slightly outside the cultural mainstream, and how that early experience shaped his interests, identity, and way of moving through the world. From catching frogs and collecting butterflies to building model trains and programming blinking lights, this conversation explores how curiosity shows up over a lifetime.

The story moves through Thomas’s creative process, including a long-term passion project inspired by the Exploratorium’s “Enchanted Tree,” his relationship with starting (and returning to) many projects, and how creativity, spirituality, and self-understanding are deeply intertwined for him.

This episode is a reminder that there’s no single “right” way to be curious, creative, or multi-passionate, and that wandering in fits and starts can be a feature, not a flaw.

What’s coming up on Wandering Weirdly:
 In the next episode, Annie takes the hot seat as the roles reverse, with Thomas asking the questions.

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Thanks for wandering with us!