Lynn Borton

"There's a difference between just being curious and choosing curiosity," says Sam Furness.

🧐 Where do you think the difference lies?

Listen to our delightful conversation about curiosity and creative quests: lynnborton.com/2025/10/02/a...

"You get to that moment, saying 'Should I do that, should I not do that?' and you're like, 'Well, I'm on a quest. Surely the answer is just do it!'" ~ Sam Furness

A lovely conversation about #curiosity's place in our creative journeys. I hope you will listen: lynnborton.com/2025/10/02/a...

wearejustlooking on Instagram: "What happens to our city if we stop paying attention to it? Recently, we heard Lynn Borton talking on her podcast @choosetobecuriou…" What happens to our city if we stop paying attention to it? Recently, we heard Lynn Borton talking on her podcast @choosetobecurious about her favourite book as a child: the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.In it, there is a vivid and detailed city, but the people who lived there were always in too much of a hurry to look at it. And over time, the city literally disappeared...Challenge accepted. We asked members of our community to send us details about their city architectural quirks, hidden features, the things they would miss if they disappeared.Here’s what we got.Thank you to everyone who sent in contributions to this reel:@palmyremanivet@laurenandrews@menkasanghvi@serova_photographer@lataoak@shootthestreet@grimwayfarer@_mindcinema_@thackshila_art@pete.p.butler & Natasha (please message us so we can tag you!)#wearejustlooking #artofnoticing

www.instagram.com/reel/DPWNXLZ... I honored (thrilled, really) to have inspired this collect. Always look up!

‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’

Salute to a curious, compassionate pioneer. Rest in power, Jane Goodall.

“She kept her own curiosity and energy and enthusiasm that we all have as children and sometimes lose. I never saw her lose that.”

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A Creative Quester's Guide to Curiosity, with Sam Furness Sam Furness says nothing gives him greater joy than being an architect of spaces and moments where people really feel they can express themselves creatively. In that spirit, he founded Creative Quests...

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"That's what curiosity is to me," says Sam Furness, "It's an invitation to step through a lens into seeing the world differently. And on the other side of that door is creativity."

Link to our wonderful conversation: The Creative Quester's Guide to Curiosity, with Sam Furness in comments.

A Creative Quester's Guide to Curiosity, with Sam Furness Sam Furness says nothing gives him greater joy than being an architect of spaces and moments where people really feel they can express themselves creatively. In that spirit, he founded Creative Quests...

Sam Furness is a breath of delightful fresh air. Don't be fooled by the playful big heart; this is a mind at work.

We talk about his new Questers’ Guide, intentional #curiosity, inviting in the world’s generosity & rendering ourselves "brave, tender and malleable."

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Black and white photograph. In the upper left corner a hand holds a white envelope and splits it open with a letter opener. The background appears to be floor boards. On the right side is written, "Curiosity unlocks, reveals, and makes the unseen accessible, just just a letter opener transforms a closed envelop into a message waiting to be read." Attributed to Julie Newell, #analogy

"Curiosity unlocks, reveals, and makes the unseen accessible, just like a letter opener transforms a closed envelope into a message waiting to be read." ~ Julie Newell

💥 It's an audience #curiosity #analogy!

We can make connections, if only we try.

Two cartoon penguins hold hands. On a bright yellow background above their heads is write', "I see curiosity as a mate-for-life situation that will ebb and flow but will always pay off in the long run because you stuck it out." ~ Tyler Chisholm #analogy

"I see curiosity as a mate-for-life situation that will ebb and flow but will always pay off in the long run because you stuck it out." ~ Tyler Chisholm #analogy

Analogous thinking is an insight superpower: see the parallels & lessons in one context & leverage them to your advantage in another.

Curiosity Builds Rapport, with Tyler Chisholm We all have a curiosity origin story. What's yours? CEO, author and marketing exec Tyler Chisholm's happens to involve a pool cue. Enriched by his experience in strategic growth-oriented marketing and...

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A blurry photograph of deep blue microphone in the background on the left, with a quote on the right, "Why would you think you have all the answers? The guest is the expert. Just be curious." attributed to Tyler Chisholm.

"Why would you think you have all the answers? The guest is the expect. Just be curious." ~ Tyler Chisholm

Tyler Chisholm is focused on leadership in his new book Curious as Hell, but it was radio host rapport that jumped out at me....

Link to episode in comments.

Curiosity Builds Rapport, with Tyler Chisholm We all have a curiosity origin story. What's yours? CEO, author and marketing exec Tyler Chisholm's happens to involve a pool cue. Enriched by his experience in strategic growth-oriented marketing and...

We all have a curiosity origin story. What’s yours? CEO, author and marketing exec Tyler Chisholm’s happens to involve a pool cue.

lynnborton.com/2025/09/25/c... #curiosity #leadership #rapport #curiousashell #choosetobecurious

Curiosity Lessons from Solutions Journalism, with Mónica Quesada Cordero Mónica Quesada Cordero and her colleagues at el Colectivo 506 have learned a lot in their five years of bringing solutions journalism to Costa Rica. These are curiosity lessons for journalism, and for...

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Rushing water surrounds what looks like a car's side mirror. The words "This is one of the things with the fast world that we're in: how do we get people to stop and to question?" is scribbled on the left side of the picture.

"This is one of the things with the fast world that we're in: how do we get people to stop -- and to question?" ~ Mónica Quesada Cordero

Link to Ep. 297 in comments: Curiosity Lessons from Solutions Journalism, with Mónica Quesada Cordero

@elcolectivo506 @solutionsjournalism

A gray scale photograph. In the foreground a woman rows the boat with a passenger seated at the other end of the boat. Ripples spread out from the boat on an otherwise very still lake. In the background mist rises from the lake and obscures the distant shore. On the right of the picture are the words, "Sometimes we just love the simplicity of black and white. And we forget the beauty of all the different grades of gray that you can have." attributed to Mónica Quesada Cordero

"Sometimes we just love the simplicity of black and white. And we forget the beauty of all the different grades of gray that you can have." ~ Mónica Quesada Cordero

Listen here: lynnborton.com/2025/09/18/c...

Curiosity Lessons from Solutions Journalism, with Mónica Quesada Cordero Mónica Quesada Cordero and her colleagues at el Colectivo 506 have learned a lot in their five years of bringing solutions journalism to Costa Rica. These are curiosity lessons for journalism, and for...

“This is one of the things with the fast world that we’re in," says journalist and co-founder of @elcolectivo506.bsky.social Mónica Quesada Cordero, "How do we get people to stop — and to question?”

Solutions Journalism will restore your faith in the news.

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A simple conical, pleated lampshade glows on a dark background. Written across the shade are the words “Curiosity is like a lampshade because it focuses our attention. #analogy”

Curiosity is like a lampshade because it focuses our attention. #analogy

Happy Pythagorean Day!
9/16/25

A laptop with screen showing three people who are engaged in an interview. Pillows and towels surround the Leo top to dampen sound. A window in the background show the business and industrial neighborhood outside. Bedside lamps create atmospheric light in this hotel room where the remote recording of the interview is taking place.

Radio production on the road! Such a great conversation with PechaKucha Night Knoxville about how curiosity shows up. So. Many. Ways.

Can’t wait to share episode October 23rd!

“Capitulation breeds capitulation — and courage breeds courage,” FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez reminds us at Grassroots Radio Conference. It was a strong note on which to close a dark portrait of where we are today.

Overlooking Spokane River, I am reminded: rocks yield if you keep at it.

Curiosity is like a whisk... #analogy

Love it when listeners play along! "Curiosity is like a whisk in that it helps us integrate disparate facts, ideas, thoughts & emotions (& stirs them into a batter that can be baked into a cake much more delicious than the raw separate parts)."
~ Miranda

Curiosity & Successful Aging, with Mary Whatley No surprise: curiosity changes over the lifespan. Yes surprise: not in the way you might imagine. There are some advantages to aging... Mary Whatley, PhD, studies motivated memory, aging and curiosity...

"We do have this human tendency to follow our #motivation and not always be sure why," says neuroscientist Mary Whatley, " — and I think that is a lot of what we experience as #curiosity."

Curiosity changes over lifespan &not as you imagine.
Aging has advantages.

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Three cheers for artist Liesa Lietzke's curiosity #analogy. I LOVE it when listener get in on the game!

How do YOU think curiosity is like an archery bow?

Check out the convo that prompted Liesa's reply: Curiosity: Move. Think. Rest. with Natalie Nixon: lynnborton.com/2025/09/04/c...

Photograph of summer sky with mix of clouds. A green leafy crop field, distant barn and tree line are at bottom of picture. The words "What might I cultivate today?" are written in large blocky black letters across the sky.

"What might I cultivate today?"

Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon makes the case for leaning into joyful movement, deep thinking and the pause of a “strategic speed bump” to tap into — and cultivate — our creativity and curiosity.

Listen in: lynnborton.com/2025/09/04/c...

Cultivating Curiosity: Move, Think, Rest, with Natalie Nixon Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon has a fresh take on productivity and our ideas about time. She makes the case for leaning into joyful movement, deep thinking and the pause of a "strategic speed bu...

Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon has a fresh take on productivity and our ideas about time.

She makes the case for leaning into joyful movement, deep thinking and the pause of a “strategic speed bump” to tap into — and cultivate — our creativity and curiosity.

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Curiosity & Dating, with Tim Molnar Dating coach Tim Molnar blends social science and statistical scholarship with both personal experience and practical suggestions in hopes of transforming how people approach modern dating. How can cu...

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Good advice, dating or otherwise, from Tim Molnar -- "Better than being interesting, be interested."

Link to full conversation about curiosity & dating in comments.

Curiosity & Dating, with Tim Molnar Dating coach Tim Molnar blends social science and statistical scholarship with both personal experience and practical suggestions in hopes of transforming how people approach modern dating. How can cu...

“Curiosity really is the foundation of everything I do," says dating coach Tim Molnar. "In coaching, I’m constantly asking clients to notice their patterns — not to judge them, but to get curious about them.”

Can curiosity help in our dating lives? Tim has thoughts!

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"What the teachers realized was that curiosity became the engine for learning." ~ Matthias Gruber

What a delight to finally get to talk with neuroscientist Matthias Gruber @mjgruber.bsky.social about curiosity, education & memory!

Curiosity Becomes the Engine for Learning, with Matthias Gruber This was a wide-ranging and exciting conversation about neuroscientist Matthias Gruber's ongoing efforts to understand curiosity's role in learning and memory. There's a lot here. You may have to list...

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