Archive - Open Secrets Magazine

Object-ives #36: TV Guide Ruled My Childhood

The magazine was a comfort and a liferaft for my autistic mind

11 hrs ago • Jessica Gentile

This, That, and The Third

Athena Dixon on yearning for and missing third spaces and hobbies that aren't about career advancement but simply pure enjoyment.

May 20 • Athena Dixon

Why Fly Fishing Is the Ultimate Sport for Hoarders with Angling Educator Nick Parish

Finders and Keepers Episode 6 - The only gear you really need to take part in fly fishing

May 20 • Open Secrets Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Nick Parish

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Podcasting for a Job Title

When I couldn’t find a full-time job, teaching about my hobby boosted my professional dignity

May 18 • Deborah Copperud-Read MN Books

The Hobby I Swore I Wouldn’t Start

How a practical gift quietly changed my priorities

May 16 • Nancy Jorgensen

Object-ives #35: Slippery Soap and the Wrinkle People

A bath-time ritual, an imaginary family, and the small plastic soap figure that helped us through

May 15 • Nettie Reynolds

How to Make Miniatures with Sara Schaefer

Finders and Keepers Episode 5 - Bringing humor, creativity, and curiosity to mini comedy club sets, murder boards, and more

May 13 • Open Secrets Magazine and Rachel Kramer Bussel

38:08

May 2026 Open Secrets Book Club Pick: ‘Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die’ by Arianna Rebolini

Join us May 28 at 8 p.m. ET for a live interview about the reality of mental health struggles and writing with author Arianna Rebolini

May 11 • Open Secrets Magazine

Why I Went to Ice Cream School

How I turned a sweet interest into a side hustle and learned that I’m good at more than just the idea phase

May 11 • Ally Kirkpatrick

Functional Threshold Power

On being a cyclist riding to honor Alex Pretti

May 9 • Brian McNely

Object-ives #34: My Mother’s Photographs

Why I’ve held on to photos of a woman who was cruel to me as a child

May 8 • Dianne Moritz

Dumpsters and Other Dark Places

What you’ll consider when your children don’t have enough

May 7 • Hope Elizabeth Kidd

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