{"podcast":{"title":"Good Is In The Details","slug":"good-is-in-the-details-562493","podcast_index_feed_id":562493,"rss_url":"https://goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.goodisinthedetails.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/c/a/b/1cab7784f2124372e5bbc093207a2619/New_Cover_Art-20231213-ign2qfql1d.jpg","author":"Gwendolyn Dolske","episode_count":193,"summary":"Good Is In The Details is an engaging philosophy and education podcast hosted by Gwendolyn Dolske, Ph.D., and Rudy Salo, exploring the ideas that shape how we think, learn, and live. Blending philosophy, higher education, books, ethics, culture, and critical thinking, the show invites listeners into thoughtful conversations with scholars, authors, and experts from a wide range of disciplines. Each episode makes complex ideas accessible, connecting philosophy to everyday life, current events, human behavior, and the pursuit of meaning. From ethics and epistemology to history, sociology, and the philosophy of culture, Good Is In The Details helps listeners learn what they didn't know they didn't know while encouraging curiosity, intellectual growth, and deeper understanding. Ideal for lifelong learners, students, educators, and anyone seeking a fun, engaging, and thoughtful learning experience, this podcast combines academic insight, real-world relevance, and lively conversation. Whether you're interested in philosophy, books, higher education, or developing critical thinking skills, Good Is In The Details offers meaningful dialogue, fresh perspectives, and wisdom you can carry into…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-is-in-the-details-562493"},"episode":{"title":"The Good in Getting There: Thinking Critically About Your Career/Skills and The Meaning of Your Life's Work","slug":"the-good-in-getting-there-thinking-critically-about-your-career-skills-and-the-meaning-of-your-life-s-work","published_at":"2026-05-15T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-is-in-the-details-562493/the-good-in-getting-there-thinking-critically-about-your-career-skills-and-the-meaning-of-your-life-s-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-is-in-the-details-562493","url":"https://goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/the-good-in-getting-there-paul-comfort-on-finding-your-x-factor-and-the-philosophy-of-public-transportation","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/goodisinthedetails/PaulComfort.mp3?dest-id=1300679","summary":"Critical thinking, happiness, career goals, and...how we understand moving about our cities. What assumptions do we hold onto about our purpose? In this episode of Good Is In The Details , Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo sit down with Paul Comfort — Senior Vice President at Modaxo Americas, former CEO of the Maryland Transit Administration and Transloc, host of the award-winning Transit Unplugged podcast, and author of the forthcoming book Find Your X Factor — for a conversation that moves seamlessly from Socratic self-knowledge to the engineering of communities, and argues that both are expressions of the same fundamental question: what does it mean to live well, together? The episode begins where Paul's book begins, with the inward turn. Find Your X Factor is a guide to identifying your authentic skill set, your genuine talents, and the voice inside you that knows what kind of work would allow you to fully express who you are rather than chasing the career someone else told you to want. Gwendolyn hears in this an unmistakably Socratic echo: the ancient Greek philosopher who insisted that the examined life, the life turned inward toward honest self-knowledge, was the only foundation for genuine happiness. Paul Comfort, it turns out, has been teaching Socrates to transportation executives for years without using the word. And then the conversation does something unexpected. Because Paul's own story, the story of how he discovered his X Factor, leads directly to public transportation. To the buses, trains, metros, and ferries that move millions of people every day in ways that most of us take entirely for granted, or dismiss entirely, or never use at all. And once you understand public transit through a philosophical lens, you cannot see it the same way again. What we ex…","meta_description":"Critical thinking, happiness, career goals, and...how we understand moving about our cities. What assumptions do we hold onto about our purpose? 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