The most embarrassing thing happened to me recently. It was twilight, and I was walking my dog around the quiet Brooklyn neighborhood where I’ve been living for about a year. Then I heard a sound that I couldn’t place at first. I stopped in my tracks and then realized: Crickets were chirping.  It was my first time hearing crickets in my new neighborhood because it was one of the first times I’d walked through it without AirPods jammed into my ears. This happened for a reason. Earlier this year, I had the sudden realization that I was listening to too many podcasts and had been for y...

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