The Man at the Red Light

Infinite Threads with Bob Barnett · Oct 19, 2026 · 13m · transcript

Welcome back to Infinite Threads. I’m your host Bob.

This week, we’re doing something different.

We’re going to tell one story over five episodes.

Actually, it’s five stories.

Five people moving through what seems like one completely ordinary day.

They don’t know one another.

Most of them will never know how their lives touched.

But by Friday, we will.

So let’s begin.

His name was Mark.

And by 8:17 that morning, Mark had already decided the day was lousy.

He had overslept.

The coffee maker had somehow produced something that tasted like heated brown water.

He couldn’t find the folder he…