Toxic Productivity, Competition & Framing Work
After a week away, we’re back with a typically wide-ranging episode. Our discussion ranges from toxic productivity to mindsets around competition and competitiveness to how we should frame the abstrac...
12 Apr 202149min
Brandon Sanderson (Best-Selling Author) on Writing, Careers and Finding Your Passion
Hey everyone - another bit of an 'in-between'-isode this week. In this episode, Ali talks to Brandon Sanderson - his favourite author of all time. Brandon is a best-selling author who has written book...
5 Apr 20211h 34min
Reflections on 100 Episodes
In this episode, we look back over the past two years of recording this podcast. We discuss why we think it’s lasted so long, reflect on how the podcast has changed over the two years since we began r...
29 Mar 20211h 8min
Should we optimise our relationships?
In this episode, we're joined by Joey Savoie, co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship. Joey's an expert at 'spreadsheetising' all aspects of his life, including health, relationships and careers to hav...
22 Mar 20212h 15min
Introverts, Extroverts and Identity Signals
In this episode, we begin by talking about Ali’s theory for what makes for a good blog post or YouTube video before a tweet from none other than Agnes Callard about introverts sends us down a path deb...
15 Mar 202158min
Social Media and Sincerity
In this episode, we talk about earnestness and sincerity when posting on social media. We discuss Ali’s decision to start writing online, why it feels different posting a blog post as opposed to publi...
8 Mar 20211h 4min
Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) on Entrepreneurship and Living a Meaningful Life
Hey everyone - a bit of an 'in-between'-isode this week. In this episode, Ali talks to Justin Kan a renowned internet entrepreneur, investor and founder and the co-founder of Twitch, the video game st...
1 Mar 20211h 26min
Pity vs Sympathy
In this episode, we break down our feelings over the outpouring of nice comments that viewers kindly left on YouTube on our last episode. We touch on the difference between pity, sympathy and ‘feeling...
22 Feb 20211h 7min
