Find your side quest When's the last time you skipped? Not metaphorically—actually skipped, like a kid. At a rest stop, Sahara Monet, curator of a community play group called Let's Play NYC, found…
Kira Gaunt — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Kira Gaunt has appeared on 2 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including Life Kit, It's Been a Minute. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Kira said
“I think of side quests like play as practice for adults. They're about not knowing.”
— Kira Gaunt
“The next day my writing was easier. My writing was better. So I think side quests, just like in the gaming world, really makes the main quest stronger.”
— Kira Gaunt
“People say to me, 'Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane?' And I'm like, a lot of people are living in perfectly bad planes and won't jump out.”
— Kira Gaunt
“Side quest just like in the gaming world really makes the main quest stronger. It gives it more nuance, it gives it some new dimension or it actually brings out a facet of you that you convinced yourself you couldn't do.”
— Dr. Kira Gaunt
“People say to me, 'Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane?' And I'm like, 'A lot of people are living in perfectly bad planes and won't jump out.'”
— Dr. Kira Gaunt
Episode appearances
2 
Side quests as a cure for adult goal fatigue The term "side quest" comes from video games—those optional detours off the main storyline that exist purely for exploration and enjoyment, not for…
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