Hello Unknown
by Jonathan Wright
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Special Announcement: Live Show October 29!
Special Announcement: Live Show October 29!
About this podcast
Stories exploring the hidden parts of the human experience. Host Jonathan Wright re-examines moments from culture and history that tell us about the feelings we avoid and the big questions we don't know how to answer.
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Episodes
- Special Announcement: Live Show October 29! · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 7Reflector Project is hosting a special live event for Hello Unknown podcast listeners on Wednesday October 29, 2025. Tickets are here…
- The Cost · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 6In our season finale, a railroad in Bermuda and a law firm in Vancouver. It's success, failure, and the cost to continue when everything is breaking down.
- The Universe · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode Jonathan has a stargazing panic attack. Today, we bring you the Dead Frog Theory and a puzzle from the beginning of time.
- Coffee · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 4Coffee, a pope, and the spiritual being of the secondary universe. In this episode we bring you the history of coffee and get really high on God.
- Thief-taker · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 3Is Jonathan literally the WORST HUMAN IMAGINABLE? We answer this question with the stories of an 18th century proto-Sherlock and a 21st century English major.
- For Keeps · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 2In March '94, with POGs fever gripping his school, 11‑year‑old Chad spots the problem no one else can solve: the slammer. In this episode, the rise and fall of two POGs empires…
- Wrong Colours · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 1In our first episode of season two: a Glasgow rivalry and god fans in Vancouver. Welcome back to Hello Unknown!
- Hawaiian Mall · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 6In the final episode of season 1, Jonathan Wright confronts the unknown, telling the stories of two Hawaiian malls: one in a pineapple cannery in Lahaina and the other in…
- The 6th Dalai Lama · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 5A monk sees footprints in the snow. He follows the footprints, belonging to his teenaged religious leader, to the home of his forbidden lover. Buddhist Tibet explodes. In this…
- Good Lost/Bad Lost · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 4What do the TV Show Lost and Jonathan's dating history have in common? In this episode Jonathan Wright watches the first 10 episodes and last 10 episodes of Lost (why??) and also…
- Sleep to Dream Her · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 3You probably hate Dave Matthews Band. We don't blame you. But Dave knows what it takes to create. In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the story of one particularly terrible DMB…
- Windows · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode Jonathan Wright confronts OCD and his fear of death, telling the stories of a lawyer who bounced against windows and a near-death experience for Jonathan's son.
- Cheater · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 1In episode 1 Jonathan Wright tells the story of Enron and takes a trip to Vietnam to ask what Enron's disgraced CFO, and Jonathan, can learn from the spirit of the cheater…
