Full Episode Notes Here:
http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-10-wes/

In this episode we discuss:

• Small talk: the differences and nuances of the small talk between travelers, the North and South of the US, how Northern Europeans don’t do small talk, and how this podcast is making Jen warm to the overall notion of small talk. 
• Wes is one of 9! The joys of Family and having built in soulmates
• Coming home after being away for a long period of time and how even if the surroundings haven’t changed, you have 
• In 5th Grade, Trevor knew who Jen would be to him as adults, so that is why they were drawn to each other
• How we met Wes - he created the melody for our theme song!
• Putting the shades of gray back into black and white issues
• The incredible organization that Wes works for is called Conserve Natural Forests 
• Individual action for environmental change
• Carbon footprints - the intense footprint left by flying, how surprisingly easy it is to offset your footprint by planting trees or making a donation for others to plant trees
• The story of how Wes met his partner and how bioluminescent plankton did all the work for him 
• Value systems and their importance, and how they’re gonna be making a come back
• Jen and Trevor are renegades of love
• What it means to be an asshole, and is there an appropriate time and place for it
• Labels / Identity politics and how humans are a multitude of conflicting values and beliefs
• Wes’s story about drunkenly forcing a hedgehog to be his pet for a night and the consequences of that
• The most important tool you can arm yourself with in the mission to save the planet and the human race is knowledge. Do research! Learn as much as you can!