Nobody Special
Somewhere along the way, "ordinary" turned into an insult. Nobody Special pushes back. Each week, host Chris makes the case for a good, ordinary life — the kind most of us are actually living, out in the wide middle of the bell curve. Not famous. Not falling apart. Just here, and doing pretty okay. It's a calm, funny antidote to hustle culture, for anyone who's ever hit an ordinary Tuesday and quietly wondered, "is this it?" — and wants the answer to be: yeah, and that's plenty. No gurus. No morning routines. No "crush your goals." Just short, honest episodes — about five minutes each — that take the pressure to be exceptional and let a little air out of it. One thing to be clear about: ordinary isn't lazy. This isn't a case for doing less. It's a case for pointing everything you've got at what actually matters — the people, the craft, the quiet Tuesday — instead of at a scoreboard that never stops moving. If you're tired of being told your life is a fixer-upper, you're in the right place. New episodes regularly. Follow along — and go have an ordinary week. We mean that as a compliment. Connect on Instagram @thenobodyspecialshow
Episodes
It poured, the tent gave out, and we slept in the car — and it's one of my favorite memories on earth. Here's why.
I took my kids camping on a property my own dad used to take me to — planning the perfect weekend, the perfect fire, the perfect memory. Then it rained. N...
I shoot photos I'll never sell, at 4 a.m., for no money and no reason — and it might be the most valuable thing I do all week.
I make my living behind a camera — and then, on my own time, I drive out before sunrise to make photographs I'll never sell. No clients, no pr...
That popular line about being the average of your five closest people? It's wrong — and a little cruel. Here's a better test.
"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." It's everywhere, it sounds wise, and it's quietly telling you to treat the peo...
A cheerful, honest inventory of everything I'm deliberately terrible at — and why that might be the smartest thing I do.
Golf. A clean house. Singing. I'm genuinely, measurably bad at all of them — and I've stopped trying to fix it, on purpose. This is the case for bei...
My dad reached everything the world calls exceptional — then spent months of weekends building a go-kart with me.
My dad played football at NC State, then in the NFL — by every measure the world cares about, he was exceptional. But the most important thing we ever did ...
The case for being nobody special — and why that might be the best news you get all week.
Somewhere along the way, "average" stopped being a description and became a verdict. In this first episode, I'm making the case for the opposite — that a good, ordinary, well-live...
Is this it? The job, the house, the ordinary week that looks a lot like last week.
You're supposed to hear that question and panic. This show is the opposite.
Nobody Special is the case for a good, ordina...
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