Re-Listen: CAL NEWPORT on The Moral Weight of Working, Not Working, and Bragging About Both
Some people love to grind and work long days and on the weekends. Some people like never to work outside of traditional hours. Some people like to brag about how much they work. Other people like to...
8 Kesä 202257min
Truly Great Teams Versus “Super Teams”
With the NBA finals here, Brad and Steve use the championship series as a jumping off point to discuss the power of well-oiled teams, where there is both dependence and independence. They contrast thi...
1 Kesä 202220min
11 Concepts for Mental Health
It is mental health awareness month, and it is a topic near and dear to our hearts. Mental health and its opposite (mental illness) affects just about everyone at one point or another. On this episode...
25 Touko 202231min
The Connection Between Crazy Supplements, Crazy Conspiracies, and Crazy Candidates
The episode title says it all. Brad and Steve investigate the connection between the wild west of supplements and the wild west of ideas and politicians. They propose some big-swing theories that make...
18 Touko 202227min
Listener Mailbag: Books, Sleep, Practicing What You Preach, and More!
You asked. We answered. This week's episode is a listener AMA, including:1. What are some recent good books that you’ve read?2. I know you two are both concerned with social media, how do you manage y...
11 Touko 202258min
What the NFL Draft can Teach Us About Talent Identification
The NFL draft just went down last week. For football fans it is a very exciting time. For everyone else, it is a fascinating look at just how hard identifying talent can be. In this episode, Brad and ...
4 Touko 202230min
The Current State of Social Media and Attention Economics
In light of the news that Elon Musk might actually buy twitter, Brad and Steve explore how they use social media in their own lives and they offer some new and interesting ideas about owning your ener...
27 Huhti 202259min
Habits Aren’t the Only Path to Health Behavior Change
This week we are joined by Michelle Segar, who is a researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studying sustainable behavior change. The discussion revolves around when and why habits fail, ...
20 Huhti 202253min
