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I Started Copying Araki Hirohiko's Smoothie Habit, and Something Shifted
This episode looks at a small experiment that started with Araki Hirohiko — the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, famous for appearing decades you…
1 month, 1 week ago
Today's Mission: "Just One Minute"
This episode looks at the specific friction that appears before beginning — not a lack of ability, not a lack of motivation, but something closer to …
1 month, 1 week ago
Daily habits are genuinely fascinating
This episode looks at the daily habits of remarkable people — and what those routines might reveal about how an interesting life actually gets built.…
1 month, 1 week ago
Nightmares as a Flight Simulator for the Brain?
This episode looks at a theory that reframes nightmares not as disturbances to escape, but as something closer to training runs — a neuroscientific i…
1 month, 1 week ago
Relationships and Work Are Compound Interest, in the End.
This episode looks at trust as a form of compound interest — built through seventeen years of running an eyeglass shop, one careful fitting at a time…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
"You Can Do It If You Try" Is Risky. Think About Your Career in Terms of Energy Efficiency, Not Willpower.
This episode looks at a book encountered by chance at a bookstore — *To Everyone Who Couldn't Become a Genius* by Kappy, creator of Left-Handed Ellen…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Does Legalized Doping Really Push Human Limits? Why the Enhanced Games Fell Short of Expectations.
In this episode, we talk about the 2026 Enhanced Games in Las Vegas — the controversial sports event where performance-enhancing drugs were openly al…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Are We Supposed to Live on That?
This episode takes a single scene from the TV series *Billions* — a wife snapping "How are we supposed to live on that?" despite sitting on tens of b…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
"I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore" — Isaac Newton
This episode turns over a quote from Isaac Newton — one that surfaced again almost by chance — about the nature of knowledge and how much remains unk…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
On Story Addiction, and the Escape It Offers
This episode looks at the experience of losing track of time inside a book — that sudden awareness that two hours have passed — and what that feeling…
1 month, 2 weeks ago