The Things We All Carry

Infinite Threads with Bob Barnett · Oct 13, 2026 · 15m · transcript

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

Yesterday, we started The Human Things with the idea that before anybody became our opponent, they were a baby.

Before the labels.

Before the arguments.

Before life had time to shape them.

Today, I want to stay with that same idea of unseen history, but bring it closer to the present.

Because every person we meet is carrying something.

Usually more than we know.

That person in front of us at the store may look completely ordinary.

The coworker who seems distracted may look completely ordinary.

The person sitting across from us at dinner may…