Podcast Episodes

A Book That Made Me Rethink What We Should Stop Doing

This episode reflects on a book about small business strategy — and what it means to deliberately subtract, not just add.

The book in question was fou…

13 hours ago

Watching Yoshida Katsunori on YouTube — as a cave explorer

This episode looks at a video from cave explorer Yoshida Katsunori, and two ideas from it that refuse to stay underground.

The first is his definition…

1 day, 22 hours ago

What Attempting a Backflip Taught Me About Which Parts of Me Are Still Young

This episode looks at what a failed backflip attempt revealed about how the body maintains only what it's asked to maintain — and how quietly everyth…

2 days, 23 hours ago

What I've Noticed Since Starting to Wear the Oura Ring 5

This episode looks at what a wearable ring reveals that a wrist-based tracker doesn't — specifically, how wearing the Oura Ring 5 brought sleep data …

3 days, 23 hours ago

Korea, Day One. Keep Going, Quietly.

This episode looks at what comes up during a sourcing trip to Seoul — specifically an unannounced visit to a brand's head office that turned into an …

4 days, 19 hours ago

Curiosity, Slightly Stronger Than Fear

This episode reflects on an idea encountered while reading: that the goal isn't to eliminate anxiety, but to be able to move forward while carrying i…

5 days, 20 hours ago

Surrounded by Rain, Yet Running Dry

This episode looks at the gap between how a place appears and what it quietly depends on — prompted by a visit to Singapore's Changi Airport, with it…

1 week ago

From Drug Lord's Kingdom to Tea Country. And Now, a Hub for Scams.

This episode follows a thread of curiosity that began with spare time in Bangkok — a casual look into the Golden Triangle that kept unraveling long a…

1 week, 1 day ago

Will AI Become the New Oil?

This episode looks at a recent news story — OpenAI apparently proposing to transfer five percent of its equity to the U.S. government — and follows t…

1 week, 1 day ago

Syncing with the Earth's OS

This episode reflects on a single idea from musician Takeshi Kishiro: that a morning routine isn't about doing the same things every day, but about h…

1 week, 4 days ago