Podcast Episodes

#632: How the Internet Makes Our Minds Shallow

Have you found it harder and harder to sit with a good book for long periods of time without getting that itch to check your phone? Well, you're not …

5 years, 11 months ago

#631: How to Prevent and Survive a Home Invasion

You're lying in bed at night and hear a noise downstairs. Is there someone in your house, and if there is, do you know what to do?

While we'd like to…

5 years, 11 months ago

#630: The Strategy Paradox

To be a great success in business, you need to have a compelling vision, create a well-thought-out strategy to achieve that vision, and then fully co…

5 years, 11 months ago

#629: Why We Swim

If you've been swimming since you were a child, you probably don't think too much about it anymore. But when you take a step back, the human act of s…

5 years, 11 months ago

#628: The Rise of Secular Religion and the New Puritanism

There has been a lot of civil and political upheaval lately, and what makes the atmosphere particularly disorienting, is that beyond the more obvious…

5 years, 11 months ago

#627: How to Deal With Jerks, Bullies, Tyrants, and Trolls

There are some people in life who are more than unpleasant, more than annoying. They're real, genuine a**holes.

My guest today has written the preemi…

5 years, 11 months ago

#626: How to Declutter Every Aspect of Your Work Life

When you think about decluttering, you probably think about your home life, and cleaning out your junk drawer and closets. But there are also ways to…

5 years, 11 months ago

#625: The Code of the Warrior

War is a violent and bloody business, but it's rarely a no-holds barred free-for-all. Instead, codes of conduct that determine what is and isn't hono…

6 years ago

#624: The Crazy, Forgotten Story of America's First Fitness Influencer

The topic of health and fitness has long been a popular one for magazines, and in most recent times, for blogs and Instagram accounts. But what these…

6 years ago

#479: Becoming a Digital Minimalist [RE-BROADCAST]

This is a re-broadcast. The episode originally ran in February 2019.

Practicing minimalism with your possessions has been a trend for the past decad…

6 years ago