We've packed our calendars, over-scheduled our minds, and turned every ordinary Tuesday into a "national something day." In this episode, we peel back the layers of noise to ask: when did everything become so celebrated… that nothing feels worth celebrating?

From the death of anticipation to the loss of simple skills, we explore how overstimulation, endless scrolling, and hollow rituals have robbed us of meaning, and what it takes to reclaim it. This isn’t a call to return to the past, but a challenge to slow down, subtract, and live with intention again.

Because real peace doesn’t shout.
It waits in the quiet, right where we left it.

In a world oversaturated with opinions, headlines, and emotionally charged narratives, it’s harder than ever to know what’s real. We’ve got more information than any generation before us, yet somehow, less clarity. Even our elders, once the steady hands of reason, are beginning to second-guess their own lived experience.

In this episode, we ask the hard question: Have we become our own worst enemies?

From the addictive pull of compelling storylines to the quiet death of common sense, we explore how timeless truths have been buried beneath a mountain of noise. We talk about the dismissal of generational wisdom, the loss of respect for moderation, and how modern life has made the basics seem boring... or worse, irrelevant.

But maybe the way forward isn’t through more noise.
Maybe it’s through less.

This is a call to slow down, strip it all back, and reconnect with what’s always worked. Let’s dig up the common sense we’ve buried, and remember who we are underneath it all.

Not all Americans come from a legacy of slavery, but many of us still live bound. This episode explores a different kind of captivity: the self-imposed slavery of modern life. From addiction to comfort and convenience to craving validation and control, Nova examines how we often choose the very shackles that steal our freedom.

This is not a comparison to historical slavery, it’s a reflection on how desire, distraction, and indulgence quietly take the wheel in our daily lives. True freedom isn’t just the right to choose, it’s the ability to say no to what controls you.