What were the odds? The beauty (and sometimes peril) of chance encounters.

May 23, 2025
8 mins

Episode Description

What chance encounters have shaped your life? Don't you look back on them with a sense of wonder — what were the odds?! I'll talk about this phenomenon and also put in a good word for its social cousin, small talk with strangers, even if you're an introvert like me.

 

Chance encounters (CNN)

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Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0

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