We were supposed to take a creative pause. Instead, I sent The Mayor to the biggest recruitment fair in the universe. We Had Already Lost Count. We began by trying to remember which Peeling Potatoes episode we were recording. I thought it was 56. Then I remembered that 56 might have been last week. Perhaps…
An audio request, a lost Sunday, and the discovery that the right solution was much smaller than the idea. Someone asked if The Pineapple articles could also be available as audio. It was a fair request. People are busy. Reading needs time and attention, while audio can travel with us as we walk, drive, cook…
Bruce and the Mayor on Maslow, artificial intelligence, bias, and the intellectual work that no machine can remove. This began as a conversation about Maslow and artificial intelligence. It became a conversation about abundance. For most of human history, knowledge was difficult to reach. You needed the right books, the right teacher, the right institution…
What began as a conversation about active rest became something quieter: a conversation about listening when your body decides it has had enough. Sometimes we plan a conversation, and life chooses a different subject. This week was meant to be about active rest. Instead, Babette arrived feeling unwell after several days of nausea, stomach pain,…
What began as a conversation about rest soon wandered through oceans, chocolates, cats, Amazon shopping, LEGO, football, and the surprising discovery that perhaps the best place to recharge isn’t something you can buy at all. Monica’s return to the Lunch table was greeted with exactly the kind of warmth you would expect from Brida: genuine…
What Counts as Rest? We have spent a month talking about rest. Naturally, we still do not completely agree on what it is. For some people, rest means stopping. For others, it means movement, routine, music, cooking, switching off a screen or escaping the usual routine altogether. Next week, Ralf, Babette and the Swimming Club…
This issue began with a simple idea: LESS IS MORE. Then the articles arrived. One became five. Five became ten. The sequence moved, the lead changed, new stories appeared, and somewhere between a radio experiment and two raccoons fighting over a bagel, the small issue became a very large Pineapple. That is how The Pineapple…
Some days, my brain is a powerful, well-oiled machine. Other days, it is just two raccoons fighting in a trash can over a half-eaten bagel. It started on a completely ordinary afternoon. I was sitting in my small car outside my son’s school. The sun was dipping just enough to throw that bright, squinty light…
Why do so many of us only notice the importance of rest when we are already exhausted? What began as a conversation about holidays slowly became something deeper: the quiet pressure of modern life, family responsibilities, and learning that rest is not a reward—it is part of staying human. The word holiday sounds relaxing, but…
Chapter One I jolted awake, my heart hammering against my ribs. Wait… what? Am I dreaming? I sat frozen under the covers, staring into the dark. It had sounded so loud, so incredibly real. I climbed out of bed, my feet hitting the cold floorboards, and pulled on my robe, tying the belt tight around…
