Crucial Career Advice from Zak Slayback | #ThisIsPiper
73
Googling Strangers and Kentucky Bluegrass
74
#1309 - Naval Ravikant
75
Matthew Ball on Amazon vs Apple vs Netflix vs Disney, and how he built a digital media career by writing for free
76
The Body Genius, Part 1
77
#1732 Marathon Series: What happens after a mission-driven company closes?
78
Live Episode: Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell
79
Seth Green, Carl Tart, Jon Daly, Gil Ozeri
80
355- Depave Paradise
81
Destination Marketing Podcast Episode 1: Intro
82
What Actually Happened to New York’s Taxi Drivers
83
#917: Quit Threat!
84
Thu. 05/30 - Google Tells Adblockers To Jump Off A Bridge
85
The (Quickly) Coming Death of the Podcast Paywall
86
ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro on how he’s reshaping the network
87
#512: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
88
Dating Analogies, Identity Change, and Saying "Yes"
89
Ep. 518 - John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
90
18 - Season One Finale
91
Approaching a Side Hustle and Making Mistakes at Work
92
Blake Boles on Quitting High School
93
612: A Professor's Fight Against Call-Out Culture - With Duke Pesta
94
#1302 - Ed Calderon
95
#371: Ramit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More
96
There Are No Objective Definitions
97
Ramit Sethi | I Will Teach You to Be Rich
98
Eugene Wei explains why we’re all ‘status monkeys’ on social media
99
Speaking Gigs, Pride, and Creating Value When You're New
100
S8E5: The Bells | Game of Thrones
101
#126 - Chris Best and Jonathan Gill
102
Jeff talks about James Charles allegations
103
Episode 1: A New Beginning
104
23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
105
#507: How to Increase Your Personal Agency
106
MAG 2 Do Not Open
107
MAG 1 Angler Fish
108
Has Google Just Changed Podcast SEO Forever?
109
Should Podcast Guests Pay? A discussion with Christopher Lochead and Super Joe Pardo
110
Sleepwalking
111
Exiled from the Industry He Helped Create
112
Scale #9 - The future of customer acquisition with HubSpot’s Meghan Keaney Anderson
113
America's Fastest Growing Digital Bank
114
Facebook Declining for Marketers: New Report
115
Esther Wojcicki on how she raised the CEOs of YouTube and 23andMe
116
Advice About Advice and What College Could Be
117
Quora, Scandals, and Employers
118
Side Projects, Politics, and the Permissionless Mindset
119
Game of Thrones is down to its last dragon + Hulu CEO Randy Freer
120
Game of Thrones Podcast Episode 25
121
Why Should We Care About Privacy?
122
Chocolate Chicken Chicken Cake
123
Tue. 05/07 - All The Headlines From Google I/O
124
Tristan Harris says tech is "downgrading" humanity — but we can fix it
125
Stephen King
126
Sam Harris on religion, politics, and making "enemies" online.
127
Jason Mantzoukas, Andy Daly
128
Digital media pioneer Jason Hirschhorn on the Netflix vs. Everyone Else
129
Doug Benson, Our Movies Friend
130
#1292 - Lex Fridman
131
#069 - George MacGIll - Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions
132
Ep. 40 - Race Relations | T.K. Coleman
133
Civil discourse, society rapidly changing, and conspiracy theories | Bearing the How #9 w/ Rob Sills
134
DON'T Fall Asleep With Your AirPods In
135
Mirror Mirror
136
#155 — Mental Models
137
Niche Down!
138
E926: Casey Neistat Vlogger & YouTube pioneer on social media, quest for authenticity, starting 368
139
Josh Wolfe – The Tech Imperative
140
0.1: 'Welcome To Breaker,' with guests Erik Berlin & Leah Culver
141
Wed. 04/24 - The Podcast Wars... Begun They Have?
142
What is the Passion Economy
143
608: Is It Time To Give Up On Millennials? With Aaron Clarey
144
Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to Coleman Hughes about an allegedly racist incident at Barnard College
145
Skye Pillsbury — Writer, Inside Podcasting
146
Podcasting vs Video with Carolina Milanesi
147
Disagreements
148
Mon. 04/22 - The Galaxy Fold Is Delayed
149
An Early Facebook Insider Reckons with What He Built
150
Uber, Lyft and Bird- The Economics of Sharing with QZ's Alison Griswold
151
Tig Notaro
152
Everything Changes with Zach Kahn
153
A Relationship of Trust with Stephen Hackett
154
140 w/ Ben Dreyfuss - "Muller Who, Jill Abramson's Privilege , True Hollywood Stories"
155
589: Tell Me I’m Fat
156
Zach Kahn — Senior Manager of Podcast Marketing, Vox Media
157
Overcoming the Fear of Being Pigeonholed
158
1282 - Adam Conover
159
In defense of white-backlash politics
160
Why Every Marketer Needs a Swipe File
161
The End of Empathy
162
Simulation #364 Zak Slayback - How To Get Ahead
163
John McWhorter: America Has Never Been Less Racist
164
Now with More Responsible Tinkering!
165
Baron Vaughn, Zac Oyama, Ify Nwadiwe
166
FB Live and Bots; It’s raining emails
167
Is Taxation Theft? w/ Ben Burgis
168
E917: Five9 CEO Rowan Trollope on how his cloud-based contact center is leading the future of customer success by fixing a globally hated experience that eats $500b/year, shares insights on qualities of a great acquisition, the power of AI to revitalize jobs, & the critical importance of setting company culture to avoid tribalism
169
How to Run Contests on Facebook with Messenger aka The Golden Ticket
170
AMP for Email, and Manure Management
171
Ten Ways to Get People Into Your Bot
172
Andrew Yang | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 45
173
Griffin Newman, Paul F. Tompkins, Alison Rich
174
#151: The Power Of Keeping A Beginner's Mindset (Bonus: Copywriting Lessons From DC & DG)
175
Push Notifications for Bloggers with Josh Wetzel
176
Did we solve our bandwidth cost crisis?
177
When should bootstrappers get paid?
178
Episode 167 — YouTube and the End of Friction
179
Your Degree Means Nothing Here
180
#97: The Evolutionary Angel, Naval Ravikant
181
A Podcast About Podcasting
182
E916: Office Hours with Jason, Part 2! Founders present their most pressing challenges: finding the best revenue model to hit escape velocity,
183
The Software & Tools I Use To Run podcastinsights.com
184
#120 - Austen Allred
185
#1738 Case Study: NatureBox and the viability of the subscription model
186
The Battle Over Free Speech: Are Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces & No-Platforming Harming Young Minds?
187
E915 Office Hours w/Jason! Fast revenue v. product dev, new verticals, marketing, results over pitch
188
11 - Hannah Frankman on Skipping College and Her Career Crash Story
189
Demi Adejuyigbe, Carl Tart, Alyssa Limperis
190
#1715 The mockup software that’s improving the chat bot experience for users
191
Ludacris on His Big 2020, Getting Into Acting, and the Worst Trash Talkers | Winging It
192
The Bots|ftw (Bots for the Win) Podcast
193
#1453 The future of chat (and interacting with your customers)
194
Chatbots: Marketing Automation via Messenger
195
A Special Interview With Jason Mantzoukas (Season 8 Preview, Part 3) | Game of Thrones
196
Messenger Chatbots: How to Get Started
197
Slow Boil
198
Dan Mangan, Will Hines, Jon Mackey
199
The Masked Guest
200
Ep. 95 - The Highest IQ in America | Christopher Langan
201
Natalie Morales, Jessica McKenna, Zeke Nicholson
202
Choose Wisely: You're The Average of the 5 People You Spend The Most Time Around
203
10 - Mailbag and Miscellany: Your Career Crash Stories
204
Dead Air (EP 2)
205
Pilot (EP 1)
206
Chatbots: Keeping Your Business Open 24/7
207
#Operations 2: How to Go from MBA to VP of Operations with Drift's Will Collins
208
How Capitalism Will Get Us to Mars and Beyond
209
Guillaume Cabane Reveals How 20% of Drift’s Traffic Will Turn into 80% of Their Revenue Down the Road
210
Isaac Morehouse on Skipping College
211
Steven Pinker: AI in the Age of Reason
212
LIVE FROM LA: Thomas Middleditch
213
The business of podcasting with Jacob Weisberg, Bethany McLean and Marshall Williams
214
Episode 459 Scott Adams: Talking With Writer, Boxer, Brilliant Guy @EdLatimore on Success
215
Mike Solana - Problems inventing the future
216
Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
217
3 Simple Tips to Help You Read More Books (Even If You Don't Like Reading) | Seeking Wisdom Podcast
218
Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society
219
#3: Here’s The Secret To Coming Up With The Best Content Ideas Of Your Career
220
For Your Eyes Only
221
Thaddeus Russell on Creating a Career as an Intellectual Entrepreneur
222
Dr. Phil McGraw | The Ben Shapiro Show Ep. 42
223
#151 — Will We Destroy the Future?
224
592 Langston Kerman, Ego Nwodim, Carl Tart
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057 - Alexander Cortes - Skills For The 21st Century
226
Tom Torkelson of IDEA public schools
227
603: COLLEGE SCAM! (Mainstream America Learns A New Phrase)
228
#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding
229
Quillette's Toby Young talks to stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle about Titania McGrath, his brilliant satirical creation on Twitter.
230
177: Cracking The Publicity Code with Selena Soo
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590 Andrea Savage, Matt Besser, Madeline Walter
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"Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban on investing, sports gambling and how he helped Elon Musk
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033 Startup Traction Gap w/ Bruce Cleveland
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The future of education with Lambda School's Austen Allred
235
134 w/ Andrew Yang “The Universal Basic Income (and a few other things besides)"
236
Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz
237
23-Year-Old Coleman Hughes Is Reframing the Discussion on Race
238
Marketing Reimagined: Why Marketers Must Change Now
239
Your Metadata is Showing
240
Twitter Marketing: Creative Ways to Connect With Your Audience
241
How to Become a Powerful Influencer: The Nathan Latka Story
242
Chris Paul on the Rondo Skirmish, Happiness in the NBA, and His Legacy
243
#045 Failure With Jean-Paul Sartre and Olivia Goldhill
244
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Marketing
245
Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better
246
The Other Fran
247
Austen Allred - Help solve the problems in education
248
Have the Confidence to Start an In Demand Career in Digital Marketing
249
Weird Al, Our Close Friend
250
#1258 - Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool
251
7 - College Jobs > College Degrees with Amanda Grimmett
252
#147: Invert, Always Invert: A Secret to Solving the Most Difficult Problems.
253
589 Patton Oswalt, Andy Daly
254
The Celtics' Collapse, LeBron's Next Move, and Adam Silver's Concerns, With Ryen Russillo
255
#CategoryCreation 11: Building The Conversational Marketing Category w/ Dave Gerhardt
256
020 Conversational Marketing, Category Design & More w/ David Cancel
257
#Growth 4: How to Spend 10X Less But Do 10X More. Drift’s Mad Scientist & VP of Growth Weighs In On Must-Have Tools.
258
#Growth 5: The Most Remarkable Product Onboarding I've Ever Seen
259
Build 18: How to Measure Product Market Fit with Superhuman Founder Rahul Vohra
260
Chartbreakers
261
Tobias Harris on Getting Traded, His Favorite Food Spots, and the Threat of the 3-Pointer
262
Episode 164 — Valuing Value Chains
263
029 Legendary Marketing Lightning Strike Dave Gerhardt Drift
264
19 - Tim Baltz + Celtics vs Bulls
265
A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
266
Chelsea Peretti
267
026 Fuck Hustle w/ Christopher Lochhead
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Jeff Goldblum
269
Episode 571 - Paul F. Tompkins
270
588 Jason Mantzoukas, Thomas Middleditch
271
Ep. 1348 Another Leftist Tries to Refute Us. WOMP WOMP
272
What is Third-Wave Antiracism? (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
273
Data vs. Hamburgers
274
006 - Madison Kanna - Fashion Model To Full Stack Dev
275
131 “Jussie Smollett Indicted, Hate Crimes, Hacks in the Newsroom, Bernie"
276
The Downfall
277
084 w/ John McWhorter “Linguistics, Race, Antiracism” (Special Dispatch)
278
599: Nathan Fraser - Anatomy of A Failed Passion Project
279
Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People
280
Episode 352: Skinwalker Ranch Part I - The Utah Flap
281
#52 Peaceful Parenting
282
587 Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Dan Lippert, Ronnie Adrian
283
When Words Collide
284
Glass
285
121 “On Anti-Racism w/ Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Coleman Hughes, Thomas Chatterton Williams”
286
Inaugural episode: Briahna Joy Gray and Coleman Hughes Discuss What We Get Wrong About Race In America
287
7 - Race, Education and Colour Blindness
288
The Whistleblower
289
The New-New Sixers Look Good-Good | Heat Check (Ep. 384)
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Ep. 1339 The Wrong Way to Argue for the Free Market
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Stephen Colbert
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586 Rhea Butcher, Colton Dunn, Ryan Gaul
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12/25/2019
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Personal Development
Neil Pasricha
Shane Parrish
- "happiness is the joy you feel while striving for your potential"
- It means when you're running a marathon and suffering you can still be happy. You're achieving something you previously couldn't
- people who say "i'll be happy when.." are somehow never happy. They are in a hedonistic treadmill.
- Living in the past is depression, living in the future is [[anxiety]]
- "I'm not good enough" vs "I've failed before"
- second one is a fact, first one is a story. Learn to see the story you are telling yourself. The truth is not as bad as the story you are telling yourself.
https://pca.st/xuvhy4qq
1:43:00
12/24/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Shaun Diston
Hayes Davenport
Sean Clements
Cant believe they actually went for 27 songs.
Brett is pretty damn good with the guitar.
Loved the weezer songs
https://pca.st/rzcrw4ud
50:00
12/24/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
Brian McCullough
Rivian adds $1.3 billion in funding for its electric utility and adventure vehicles (TechCrunch)
https://pca.st/ecfpepii
20:00
12/23/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Paul F Tompkins
15 = ep 606, Treasure Hunting with Silversun Pickups
comedybangbang.fandom.com/wiki/Treasure_Hunting_with_Silversun_Pickups
https://pca.st/j52vvhdl
2:50:00
12/23/2019
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
Michael Stevens
Lex Fridman
loved this idea: the purpose of humans is to be the autobiographers of the universe. We are better than anything at documenting what is happening in detail.
https://pca.st/qb7fvyi4
58:00
12/21/2019
16 Minutes News
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/9cbssh9l
23:00
12/3/2019
The Lead
Sports
n/a
He speaks four languages including spanish
I believe he can be the next lebron
Slovania is such a small and young country
https://pca.st/udfdhzb8
26:00
12/3/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Luke Saunders
Jason Calacanis
Interesting to learn why this type of business was not attractive to VC's. They don't like the hardware and the fact that they own everything, from making the food, transportation and making the machines. It's hard to scale if youre doing that. But you have to own everything, otherwise the business wont optimize for satisfied customers.
To build the machine he was quoted at 1 million dollars. So He went to a vendor convention and tried to buy parts and software build it out of that. It didn't work that well but it was good enough.
https://pca.st/2mufja35
1:07:00
12/3/2019
The Visual Developers Podcast
no code
Ben Parker
Matt Varughese
Gotta learn about web hooks. They help you integrate tools for when there isn't a zapier integration.
https://pca.st/xhdwt1iq
52:00
12/2/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Thomas Middleditch
Jon Gabrus
Scott Aukerman
Of course it's funny. What else do you expect?
Loved Joey Tortellini's return.
https://pca.st/7ehe4jup
1:32:00
11/29/2019
Acquired
Business
Ben Gilbert
David Rosenthal
They really sold Bob's book really well. May have to read it.
Lots of things I didn't know. Like the chronology.
Bob Iger had basically planned Disney Plus since the beginning.
https://pca.st/75ser2y3
2:12:00
11/22/2019
EconTalk
Economics
Russ Roberts
Keith Smith
Mind blowing episode.
I learned why healthcare costs are so artificially high: hospitals get government kickback for uncompensated care, insurance companies get to show off a negotiated discount to the employers. Even though they didn't negotiate anything.
Its all straight up a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apparently hospitals vote on whether a new hospital can be established. That is such bullshit. Of course they aren't going to allow more competitors.
Loved his answer of how this free market model could work for the poor: with current market prices, we are all already poor. We need competition to bring the prices down, and then helping those who cant afford it will be more manageable.
I love the transparency model. I need to go to one of these facilities if ever I need surgery.
https://pca.st/tmebf6yy
1:23:00
11/22/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
Alex Mather
The Athletic is so good at retaining subscribers.
His response to "but there is already so much content out there" is "have you read it?"
Looks like they are bringing back real sports journalism.
https://pca.st/9tydc7ub
1:33:00
10/21/2019
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Society/Culture
Andrew Marantz
Sam Harris
Sam gets into how the left might be helping Trump win re-election. Worth listening till the end.
I love how eloquent Sam is.
Turned into a debate of sorts. It's hard for me to say who is right. How do you deal with unfalsifiable accusations of racism? How charitable should we be?
I love that they are actually experimenting
Gave me the idea of creating a quick landing page for an affiliate product and doing facebook ads with it. I wonder if that could work. Wish I had money to try.
bought facebook likes. Saw that engagement was high on soap opera page so he made a website. hired a writer.
to look for website ideas look at what sites are being sold for lots of money
Newman wanted to be the first trillionaire
They threw a party after firing 11% of employees
https://pca.st/fzj53l9i
17:00
9/21/2019
Radio Ambulante
tv/film
n/a
I didn't know how much the voice actors struggled.
https://pca.st/9os5aqvx
31:00
9/20/2019
The Lead
Sports
n/a
Shaun Livingston had to reinvent his style of play after that injury.
https://pca.st/2wvpictc
24:00
9/20/2019
Off Camera
Comedy
Sam Jones
Scott Aukerman
https://pca.st/l27b6z3w
1:13:00
9/18/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
This episode gives you a glimpse at the future of shopping. I hope it comes true. Going in a store, grabbing what you want and just leaving sounds so amazing.
https://pca.st/84pxzr3j
56:00
9/18/2019
My First Million
Entrepreneurship
Phil Toronto
John Fiorentino
He raised a million dollars for "ads on uber" idea but decided to return it because it was too likely to fail. So he went back to couch surfing. Amazing.
A story is the most powerful thing.
https://pca.st/I62f
1:06:00
9/18/2019
My First Million
Entrepreneurship
John Fiorentino
Shaan Puri
He found out about weighted blankets and saw that it wasn't marketed for regular people, so he did that himself. This seems like a great way to find business opportunities
https://pca.st/r4irs517
50:00
9/17/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Valerie Lopez
Jason Calacanis
Might use this service if I ever go on a vacation. 280 for professional photos. Plus you dont have to worry about capturing good ones for the rest of the trip.
https://pca.st/6mwvqkhd
51:00
9/15/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
Learned the significance of what a b corp is. (b stands for benefit) Its a company that strives to be ethical and help the world in a bigger way. It is apparently very hard to get this certification. The pay ratio of ceo and employee is a lot closer.
He reveals that laundry detergents have unnecessarily large containers. Its like that for the display in stores. MOst of it is water which is already provided by the washer.
https://pca.st/fa7n4132
1:07
9/8/2019
The Portal
Society/Culture
Jocko Willink
Eric Weinstein
https://pca.st/QxpLBO
2:00:00
9/8/2019
My First Million
Startup Stuff
Shaan Puri
Sam Parr
I love how easy he believes making money is easy. He almost has me believing it too.
His superpower is that he's able to persuade people. He doesn't feel embarrassed by asking for help.
He bought a SaaS company and doubled the price and doubled the profit.
How you should start to make 1 million from scratch: start a blog/newsletter, collect 3k emails then sell them a course. Learn something every day and write about it.
https://pca.st/Kg60
50:00
9/7/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Amir Efrati
Jason Calacanis
https://pca.st/Exxdqj
1:42:00
8/30/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
John Hodgman
Paul F Tompkins
Will Hines
stitcher premium
1:17:00
8/17/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
It's crazy to think that the creators of shows have gotten their shows cancelled without ever knowing their numbers.
Now that disney and warner is coming, netflix doesn't have time to experiment with shows. They need hits year after year.
https://pca.st/M832
25:00
8/16/2019
Recode Decode with Kara Swisher
Startup Stuff
Scott Kupor
Kara Swisher
Teddy Schleifer
wrote Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital. It talks about how VCs think
LPs (people/institutions that invest in VC funds) don't only care about making money. They care about longevity and they dont want to get into controversies.
They talk about the problem of VCs pressuring founders to grow fast.
Founders can take too much money. If they take a lot of money, in the next round they will be asked how they utilized that money to grow. If they don't have a good answer they wont raise any more.
https://pca.st/0Sl8
1:06:00
8/16/2019
Upside
Startup Stuff
Kevin McArdle
Tyler Tringas
Kevin met Tyler after acquiring his company.
He focuses more on b2b saas companies.
Earnest is made so that it's incentives are aligned with the founders. They only make money from dividends. Invest around 75k to 150k
https://pca.st/277u
1:09:00
8/16/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/33S1
19:00
8/16/2019
Build Your SaaS
Startup Stuff
Justin Jackson
"The GP, Tyler Tringas, told us what types of companies he's looking to invest in:
Organic customer acquisition channels
Low levels of structural churn (ready to stay customers for a long period of time)
Founder is a good fit
Product launched and has revenue
In a space that Tyler feels comfortable with"
They wonder how Earnest will be able to have a good enough success rate.
https://pca.st/628A
40:00
8/16/2019
The Effective Founder
Startup Stuff
Tyler Tringas
He created Earnest because he believes founders should have more options. Founders used to be stuck with VC as their only investment. And VC's expect you to grow fast and then sell.
Earnest cares about healthy growth
https://pca.st/6Q48
44:00
8/15/2019
The Last Podcast On The Left
True Crime
n/a
https://pca.st/r39b
51:00
8/15/2019
/Film Daily
tv/film
n/a
Excited about Mindhunter
Interactive movie idea was created by Flanigan. I don't think it'll work. I don't want to follow a "most common denominator" story
https://pca.st/6080
26:00
8/15/2019
Today, Explained
Economics
n/a
Inverted yield curve is when 10 year bonds have lower yield than 2 year bonds.
https://pca.st/h439
14:00
8/15/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
Cool app. mIght be useful. Right now my three words are mower.inspecting.showdown
https://pca.st/1K42
20:00
8/14/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Elvina Beck
Jason Calacanis
Elvina seems so awesome. Very knowledgable about her business. I'd love to live in a pod. I mostly would do it for the community. The fact that it's located in a great place is just a bonus.
https://pca.st/L7M5
56:00
8/14/2019
The Daily
Society/Culture
n/a
Hong Kong is fighting for independence. Many chinese people don't understand why Hong Kong is fighting. China is using propaganda to make chinese people think this is the work of the US.
The protestors purposely chose to occupy the airport because it would break international news.
https://pca.st/0I9i
23:00
8/13/2019
The Full 48
Sports
n/a
It's cool to see the behind the scenes of how a schedule gets made. Did not realize they manipulated it so that the matchups that are televised are the most exciting. I always thought that the networks just chose the best matchups of that given day.
https://pca.st/2202
54:00
8/12/2019
The Journal
Business
n/a
Wow, Fedex stopped doing business with amazon.
Apparently amazon is only 3 percent of their business.
They did it because Amazon clogs things up, especially on holidays. It's just not worth it for fedex. And also because Amazon is planning to replace fedex. They are building their infrastructure as we speak.
Now that they cut off amazon, Fedex is more appealing to non-amazon sellers.
https://pca.st/20y1
16:00
8/12/2019
Mixergy
Business
Sefwan Shah
Andrew Warner
Such an awesome problem that he is solving. Love his enthusiasm.
Pay day loans are so predatory.
Employers' earnings are essentially being health hostage. It doesn't make sense that they have to wait for money they already earned.
https://pca.st/61X7
59:00
8/8/2019
Sugar High
Music
Tim Heidecker
Its weird to hear him talking seriously. Didn't know he was so passionate about music. It seems he loves music more than comedy.
I listened to his latest album (released way after this episode) and I love it!!!!!
https://pca.st/0126
34:00
7/5/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
David Rogier
Jason Calacanis
The way he gets big stars is to sell them on being a person who could inspire the next generation. Because every celebrity has someone who inspired them when they were young. By doing a masterclass they could be that person.
The production cost and quality is a big differentiator.
If you don't know what to do, pick something you'd be proud of even if it failed.
https://pca.st/466b
50:00
7/4/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Society/Culture
Joe Rogan
Eric Weinstein
Eric's new podcast is called The Portal. Name is a reference to the stories where characters go through a portal and find themselves in an other world. (alice in wonderland, matrix, etc.)
We learn to stop looking for the portal. Eric is always in search of it.
Says you're a hairs breath away from superpowers (~1:24)
He cares about culture war only because it is endangering super important work in science department. It is invading core reality and our ability to make sense of the world.
Its fun to see Eric be excited about these complex things. I believe him when he says they are really cool and important. Makes me want to try and understand them.
I was completely captivated once he started talking about the end of the world. (~2:45)
"We are now gods but for the wisdom"
He says we have a few hundred years tops. The clock started in 1953 with the discovery of nuclear bombs and the double helix.
https://pca.st/6qd8
3:35:00
7/3/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Zach Coelius
Antonio Garcia Martinez
Jason Calacanis
Zach predicts all labor jobs will be extinct and people will spend most of their time in VR in our lifetime.
Jason learns what Black Mirror means
Zach doesn't believe in Crypto because its based on no value. They all think Libra is going to work.
https://pca.st/A424
1:17:00
7/2/2019
An Arm and a Leg
Economics
n/a
Seems like a great podcast. Has stories that will help you navigate the health care system.
https://pca.st/8cdJ
20:00
7/2/2019
Masters of Scale
Startup Stuff
Reid Hoffman
"If you have a compelling story, strangers will go out of their way to help you"
"embrace the gaps in your knowledge and come up with strategies to fill them"
https://pca.st/8Y68
48:00
7/2/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Engineer Kevin
Sean Clements
Hayes Davenport
Tom Scharpling
Classic episode.
They try to come up with a new show for Scharpling.
Talking in airplane bit
Sean says funny things.
https://pca.st/13ap
1:09:00
7/1/2019
The Breakfast Club
Sports
Andre Iguodala
It's interesting to listen to this after the trades. He was confident that Durant was going to stay.
Says Mark Jackson is blacklisted because of his conservative views.
https://pca.st/h0v3
1:19:00
7/1/2019
The Full 48
Sports
Andre Iguodala
He likes adam silver
he's big in promoting mental health in the nba
https://pca.st/9Zz3
39:00
6/30/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Ben Rodgers
Will Hines
Tim Heidecker
Tim does a bit where he says a bunch of baseball stats. Very funny. I don't know who was the person on the "phone". Was it Rodgers?
Tim had to leave before the end.
https://pca.st/7ey2
1:39:00
6/29/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Peter Colis
Jason Calacanis
Never thought understanding how life insurance works could be so interesting.
Ethos makes it super easy to sign up and pay for life insurance
Apparently when it comes to life insurance they dont investigate if you lie about your health and it's been more than two years since you started paying for it.
https://pca.st/0w5g
46:00
6/29/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
Phil Libin
Phil explains why startups are stupid. If you are a great musician you dont have to start a music label to get your music out there, if you are a great filmmaker you don't have to start a new production company. So how come if you are great at product creation do you have to start a new company and wear so many hats and be a crappy ceo?
All Turtles is apparently his solution to this.
Starts with talk about health. He lost 80 pounds recently. Says he feels so much better because of it.
- thinking in calories is a flawed method he says.
https://pca.st/48hh
1:15:00
6/28/2019
Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
tv/film
Charlie Brooker
Charlie used to be a film and tv critic.
He created Dead Set -- such a great show, I need to rewatch it.
https://pca.st/u46z
56:00
6/27/2019
Improv4humans
Comedy
Vic Michaelis
Paul F Tompkins
Eugene Cordero
Matt Besser
great music
https://pca.st/47tP
1:16:00
6/27/2019
The Full 48
Sports
Landry Shamet
He feels like he's always been underrated. Has that chip on his shoulder.
Was devastated when he was traded but he soon found his niche again, so he's okay with it.
https://pca.st/0DC9
45:00
6/26/2019
Spectacular Failures
Business
n/a
Movie Pass used to be 50 dollars a month. It was for hardcore movie watchers.
Then they got aquired and the new owner made it 10 dollars a month. But they aquired customers too quickly (100k in two days when they onle expected to get that many within a year) and things got out of control.
https://pca.st/59FY
30:00
6/26/2019
Extremes
Society/Culture
n/a
crazy story
https://pca.st/m606
33:00
6/26/2019
Crazy/Genius
Society/Culture
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/G16c
27:00
6/25/2019
a16z
Tech
Naftali Harris
So interesting. This fraud is when fake people are created. They cultivate the credit and then they max out on loans. This takes a long time for them to do.
THere are some cases where they create fake families.
https://pca.st/Afb5
34:00
6/25/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Ron Funches
Classic episode where the guest doesn't know what's happening but it worked. It seems like Ron enjoyed himself.
https://pca.st/1E77
1:09:00
6/24/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Society/Culture
Kmele Foster
Coleman Hughes
Coleman explains how the hearing went. He expected it to be more organized.
https://pca.st/272x
1:31:00
6/24/2019
If I Were You
Comedy
Amir Blumenfeld
Jake Hurwitz
Ben Schwartz
Thomas Middleditch
https://pca.st/03f1
1:16:00
6/19/2019
Freakonomics Radio
Psychology
Society/Culture
Angela Duckworth
Daniel Kahneman
you need to exaggerate to get anything done
https://pca.st/a4Xp
45:00
6/16/2019
Going Deep
Career Development
Aaron Watson
Zak Slayback
Got me to purchase his new book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0poKIcpeY
34:09
6/12/2019
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Writing
Arts
John Green
Such great writing. I now plan to listen to this podcast for inspiration
Touching story in the middle of Googling Strangers
https://pca.st/ZKx7
18:00
6/6/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Personal Development
Joe Rogan
Naval Ravikant
I've been skeptical to the amount of praise Naval gets in the self-help/entrepreneurial world. But this podcast is filled with great insights and advice.
The way to freedom is by avoiding the trap of upgrading your lifestyle every time you make more money
The information revolution, by making it easier to communicate, connect, and cooperate, is allowing us to go back to working for ourselves
“You’re not going to get rich renting out your time” – You have to own equity as an owner, investor, or a shareholder
https://pca.st/l3ZF
2:19:00
6/6/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Tech
Peter Kafka
Matthew Ball
He got his start by writing articles about the media industry for his school.
https://pca.st/o6IM
58:00
6/5/2019
The Truth
Fiction
n/a
Great Quality and compelling story. Need to finish. It's a 5 parter
https://pca.st/JdX4
32:00
6/3/2019
Mixergy
Startup Stuff
Santiago Cepeda
Andrew Warner
Listened to this because it was about an entrepreneur in Mexico City
https://pca.st/34Y7
52:00
6/3/2019
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Podcasts
Malcom Gladwell
Michael Lewis
They talk about the benefits and drawbacks of podcasts as opposed to books.
with Podcasts it's easier to make characters more interesting.
https://pca.st/or23
57:00
6/3/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Seth Green
Jon Daly
Gil Ozeri
Scott Aukerman
Carl Tart
Trombone Shitty was funny
Jonathan and Stephen had some amazingly funny moments when they sang together. They sang old songs but with modern references.
https://pca.st/ep6C
1:39:00
6/3/2019
99% Invisible
Arts
Roman Mars
Mexico City is running out of water and is sinking!
Would love to see this place in person
https://pca.st/4502
39:00
6/1/2019
Destination Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Jordan Barker
Adam Stoker
He likes to leverage tools
He suggests having one cohesive message throughout all advertising venues. That’s where he sees the biggest gap when auditing his clients.
https://pca.st/8oxA
43:00
6/1/2019
The Daily
Business
n/a
They say the downfall of taxis is not mainly because of Uber and Lyft.
Apparently the unemployment rate is 3.6%. that's crazy
I did not realize there was a term called full employment. That there comes a point where unemployment rate cant get any lower without it being catastrophic because it would cause inflation.
Ames Iowa had the lowest unempl rate. The businesses there are begging for more employees.
https://pca.st/6t10
22:00
5/31/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/276O
19:00
5/31/2019
The Podcast Report
Podcasts
Paul Colligan
CBS and YouTube are pulling back from paid subscription to free with ads. He argues that this is the beginning.
https://pca.st/ig20
8:00
5/30/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Sports
Business
Tech
Jimmy Pitaro
Peter Kafka
He always wanted to be the president of ESPN since he worked with Disney. He had to have a vision in order to land it.
Fans want intimacy and authenticity. Like Kobe's show, Detail.
I didn't realize that espn could have a conflict of interest. They have to balance covering a league in a negative light while still win the rights to broadcast. This is most apparent with the NFL and its problems with abuse and concussions.
https://pca.st/3d66
53:00
5/29/2019
The Art of Manliness
Career Development
Personal Development
David Epstein
Might want to read his book. It explains why generalists are better suited for success.
Even though it may not look like they are in the beginning, generalists have a better ability to solve new problems.
[12m]
Kind learning environment: a task where patterns repeat. It is constrained by clear rules. Every time you do something that is both immediate and accurate.
- like in chess — people are constrained, people are not allowed to move at the same time. its controlled.
On the other side of the spectrum are most of the things that humans want to learn. Things where not all the information is available. You’re dealing with human behavior. Lots of things are moving at once. You may get feedback but not all the time, it also may be delayed or inaccurate.
In wicked learning environments what you want is breadth. "Breadth of training predicts breadth of transfer."
He explains how the US is teaching kids math the wrong way. It resonated with my experience. I felt that I wasn’t learning anything although I saw visible progress ei good scores.
https://pca.st/Uj1R
1:11:28
5/29/2019
Office Hours
Personal Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
One shovel at a time.
Don't think in absolutes.
https://pca.st/l4mX
36:00
5/28/2019
Filmcast
Pop Culture
Jeff Cannata
David Chen
Devindra Hardawar
https://pca.st/2f4s
1:03:00
5/27/2019
Career Crashers
Career Development
Isaac Morehouse
The college path has been so calcified in our brains that it has blinded us to all the opportunities there are to launch a career. It has killed our creativity.
https://pca.st/1lrJ
18:00
5/23/2019
Office Hours
Career Development
Personal Development
Isaac Morehouse
TK Coleman
You shouldn't expect to have a 1000 batting average.
https://pca.st/kt2E
51:00
5/22/2019
Off-Trail Learning
Education
Blake Boles
Perfect introduction to unschooling or alternative ed
https://pca.st/Z9Uy
54:00
5/22/2019
School Sucks
Society/Culture
Brett Veinotte
Duke Pesta
Professor insists on not looking at old literature through a modernist lens.
He got sued a few times but the accusations were ridiculous.
https://pca.st/29zm
1:09:00
5/22/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Society/Culture
Joe Rogan
Ed Calderon
This is about the drug wars in mexico. This was fascinating from start to finish.
Apparently Tijuana is the most dangerous place in the world.
The culture among the citizens is weird. They worship the cartel and hate the police.
There's a lot of corruption.
What they do to each other is unimaginable.
That story of them dressing up as officers and kidnapping some real police officers is crazy. It's like a movie. But it's real.
https://pca.st/HM92
1:51:00
5/21/2019
The Tim Ferriss Show
Personal Development
Ramit Sethi
https://pca.st/f468
2:25:00
5/19/2019
Patterson in Pursuit
Philosophy
Steve Patterson
This ep highlights one of the most important things to understand in order to function well with other people.
https://pca.st/G874
15:00
5/19/2019
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Personal Development
Jordan Harbinger
Ramit Sethi
Loved how Sethi has an automated way to save money.
I need to read Sethi's book for when I start making money.
book is called "I Will Teach You to Be Rich"
https://pca.st/63NY
1:30:00
5/18/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Tech
Peter Kafka
Eugene Wei
* thanks to the internet and mobile devises all entertainment competes with each other. Before, movies in the movie theater didn’t compete with television and video games. Now they do.
* An important factor of why certain social networks succeed is that they are a way to gain status.
* you can’t beat a company that has a scale advantage by doing the same thing. HBO can’t beat Netflix by making more shows.
* There are so many new shows that they decay a lot faster. For example Marco Polo has very little value for Netflix. Because of this, Apple can catch up.
https://pca.st/00iG
1:00:00
5/18/2019
Office Hours
Personal Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
You only earn what it takes to replace you. To become irreplaceable, be multi skilled.
https://pca.st/ZzsB
46:00
5/17/2019
Binge Mode
Pop Culture
Jason Concepcion
Mallory Rubin
https://pca.st/0zw6
2:28:00
5/16/2019
Y Combinator
Startup Stuff
Podcasts
Craig Cannon
Chris Best
Jonathan Gill
Learned about Substack. Seems like an easy to use newsletter. Might try it in the future.
https://pca.st/tUwt
49:00
5/16/2019
Skotcast
Comedy
Pop Culture
Todd Smith
Jason Nash
Jeff Wittek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UIgJ1cCt0I
55:36
5/15/2019
A Very Fatal Murder
Comedy
Fiction
n/a
very funny.
https://pca.st/CWAo
13:00
5/15/2019
Freakonomics Radio
Business
Anne Wojcicki
https://pca.st/IF8m
52:00
5/15/2019
The Art of Manliness
Personal Development
Dr. Paul Napper
Control stimuli (social media)
Change the people around you
Physical health
Always be learning
https://pca.st/0XBN
1:02:00
5/15/2019
The Magnus Archives
Horror
n/a
https://pca.st/LaPE
25:00
5/15/2019
The Magnus Archives
Horror
n/a
https://pca.st/G4Fg
17:00
5/14/2019
The Podcast Accelerator
Marketing
Podcasts
Mark Asquith
https://pca.st/x8T0
15:00
5/14/2019
Unstructured
Podcasts
Eric Hunley
Christopher Lochhead
Super Joe Pardo
Chris is correct.
https://pca.st/1Q8w
54:00
5/14/2019
Sleepwalkers
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/19c2
35:00
5/13/2019
Without Fail
Podcasts
Alex Blumberg
Jeff Ullrich
Was so interesting hearing about what happened behind the scenes of Earwolf, my favorite podcast media network.
How he started the company with Scott was crazy. He had to put in 27 thousand while Scott only put 3 thousand.
He used to be an alcoholic and somehow turned it around.
Sold the company for 50 mil. with a non competitive clause
https://pca.st/CI23
47:00
5/12/2019
Inside Intercom Podcast
Marketing
Meghan Keaney Anderson
HubSpot has 2 content marketing teams. One that creates content for google discovery, and one for creating shareable content. Those are two different types of articles.
Getting a snippet on google can be very beneficial. (by snippet I mean when google shows you info without you having to click) To do that, it's all about formatting and having clean code. But you have to do it on keywords that you are already ranking well.
https://pca.st/e4w4
30:00
5/11/2019
Rebank: Banking the Future
Tech
Ryan King
Will Beeson
Decided to try out Chime as my primary bank (was already looking for an alternative to wells fargo). We'll see how I like it.
Now I'm suddenly interested about this industry called digital banking!
https://pca.st/b5yB
38:00
5/11/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
https://pca.st/Tsf6
31:00
5/10/2019
Recode Decode with Kara Swisher
Parenting
Esther Wojcicki
Kara Swisher
This podcast is the best argument for unschooling.
Trust your children goddammit!
https://pca.st/D9j8
53:00
5/10/2019
Office Hours
Career Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
https://pca.st/54Hw
32:00
5/10/2019
Office Hours
Career Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
https://pca.st/20Um
42:00
5/10/2019
Office Hours
Career Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
https://pca.st/W03R
40:00
5/9/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Pop Culture
Tech
Randy Freer
Peter Kafka
Joanna Robinson
She said she has three articles on GoT done by Monday morning. That's crazy. Her job seems fun.
It's interesting to think what every person that made their career on GoT will do after the show is over. So many podcasts will end soon. RIP
https://pca.st/2tp5
1:09:00
5/9/2019
Game of Thrones Podcast w/Preston Jacobs
Pop Culture
RedTeamReview
Preston Jacobs
They hated the decisions made by the characters. I agree.
https://pca.st/r161
1:10:00
5/9/2019
Crazy/Genius
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/z49Q
34:00
5/9/2019
Sleepwalkers
AI
n/a
We're getting close to computers being able to write good music and scripts.
They can dial the bot to great very weird stuff or very monotonous stuff. Somewhere in the middle is where they get the usable stuff.
https://pca.st/R62C
32:00
5/8/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/1oe9
18:00
5/8/2019
Recode Decode with Kara Swisher
Society/Culture
Tech
Kara Swisher
Tristan Harris
Says twitting something with moral outrage gets you 17% more likes and retweets
The internet is not representative of reality. It amplifies grievances. It doesn't mean that the grievances aren't real but that they are overblown.
Youtube is one of the main causes that is steering people into white nationalism. A study says 50% of white nationalists say YT is what redpilled them [~28:30]
https://pca.st/S2xC
1:06:00
5/8/2019
Post Mortem with Mick Garris
Arts
Pop Culture
Mick Garris
Stephen King
https://pca.st/7K63
1:03:00
5/7/2019
Recode Decode with Kara Swisher
Society/Culture
Kara Swisher
Sam Harris
Such entertaining convo/debate
at 50:16 Sam explains how cults are different than religions. One requires crazy people to join and the other can adopt normal people.
https://pca.st/w33B
1:42:00
5/7/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Jason Mantzoukas
Andy Daly
Patrick Mcmahon complains about how his brother is better than him. Alludes to killing him. Funny stuff.
https://pca.st/0ns0
1:37:00
5/7/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Business
Pop Culture
Jason Hirschhorn
Peter Kafka
I always love it when people talk about the future of streaming services.
Disney is not trying to compete with Netflix. They will only make a few shows.
https://pca.st/25Pv
1:03:00
5/7/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Sean Clements
Hayes Davenport
Doug Benson
Doug has no idea whats going on lol
https://pca.st/juS2
53:00
5/7/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Tech
AI
Joe Rogan
Lex Fridman
stopped listening with 53 mins left
Learned more about where we are in the progress for self driving cars.
THe ai can't reason like we do. There are so many subtulties about the way we drive using common sense. AI can't di that.
NEVER GO OFF GUARD IN A SELF DRIVING CAR. There's a problem of people feeling too secure when in them. They think the car can do more than it actually can. The car doesn't have much capabilities yet.
https://pca.st/19SP
3:05:00
5/6/2019
Modern Wisdom
Philosophy
George MacGill
Chris Williamson
Mental Models started with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Shane Parrish popularized it. George MacGill is sort of an expert on mental models
Great introduction for mental models
Mental Models are recipes for all decision making. They can be analogies that helps you explain things
Inversion - Instead of seeking excellence, avoid stupidity. example: instead of figuring out how to be happy, think of how to make a depressed person and avoid that.
What mistakes George is avoiding in his 20s:
1. avoid discomfort
2. being around or working with ppl he doesnt admire
3. compounding his career
4. neglecting health
5. debt
6. toxic relationships
7. feedbackless environments
power of contrast - cold water to warm water experiment
he finds it fascinating that we live in the best time yet people are miserable. Attributes it to frog in gradual hot water metaphor. Being able to see the contrast is important!
When you look at IG you are looking at "10/10" lives so if you have an "8/10" life you will feel that -2. If you go to a hospital you will look at 2/10 lives and will feel grateful for what you have. You'll feel that +6.
Doublethink - you want black AND white thinking. Gray is where you go to die
Identity can be a superpower (identify as a non-smoker) or something that clouds your thinking (politics)
Signal vs noice - most info is noice. Always ask yourself “does this info help me make a better decision?”
Lindy effect - how much something lasts is proportional to how long it's already been around. Says 99% of ppl consume only things that were made in the past 24 hrs
Goal vs system - majority of goals aren’t met. It’s better to adopt a system than a goal. A system is something you do regularly. You’re more happy every time you follow through with the system.
High agency is the most important personality trait.
Asymmetrical risks - texting while driving
Asymmetrical opportunity - DMs
[57:35 - 1:00:43] Life is basically a videogame yet there are people
https://pca.st/7DZl
1:16:00
5/6/2019
Patterson in Pursuit
Society/Culture
Philosophy
Steve Patterson
TK Coleman
Just felt like relistening to this one. TK surprised me a couple of times with his perspective. He is realistic about what progress can be done and he doesnt necessarily want to snuff out prejudice.
https://pca.st/QKc2
1:21:00
5/5/2019
Bearing The How
Philosophy
Rob Sills
It was cool hearing from some normal guys talking about the IDW and stuff like that. I don't think I've ever heard of people talk about these things. I mean people that aren't famous for giving out their opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaAYzRuCnsI
1:50:14
5/5/2019
Lew Later
Tech
Lew Hilsenteger
Not that informative but I'm looking forward to listening to it later on when there are worthwhile news I want to hear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bc37dgyNU
51:31
5/5/2019
NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS
Horror
Story
Kristin Holland
Very meta. Loved the concept and execution. They play the actual recording from their Tall Tale episode which adds to the immersion.
The story didn't satisfy me at the end though.
https://pca.st/t66y
29:00
5/4/2019
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Society/Culture
Psychology
Philosophy
Shane Parrish
Sam Harris
Learned about the importance of mental models. They are just lenses with which to look at the world.
Loved the Map/Territory metaphor!!!! Such a great thing to think about every so often to keep yourself on track
People mostly rationalize their positions after the fact. Smart people are so good at it that they hide it from themselves.
Shane talks about needing a safe space to talk about things. Because doing mental exercises has become dangerous. Think of asking "why can't we eat a baby?"
Compounding interest is not just for finances, it also happens with your relationships and learning.
I love how great Sam is at articulating stuff!
!@
*
https://pca.st/0bq3
2:01:00
5/2/2019
Marketing Over Coffee
Marketing
Christopher Lochhead
Lochhead talks about how the government is crushing small e entrepreneurs.
https://pca.st/1w78
49:00
4/30/2019
This Week in Startups
Entrepreneurship
Jason Calacanis
Casey Neistat
I understand better what Casey went through as a teenager. He left his home at 16 and somehow sustained himself and a kid at a very young age. He worked as a dishwasher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB56NFnAz0Y
1:27:20
4/24/2019
Invest Like the Best
Tech
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Josh Wolfe
He's so knowledgable. Need to relisten
He has the same views as me when it comes to privacy. It's a losing cause so he chooses to opt for convenience over privacy. I barely experience any negatives (so far)
To make large scale changes in the country we need people like Elon Musk who create narratives and help us believe in a future. We can't do it like China does it (through force)
Large scale changes are more possible than before because our communication has never been better
CEOs are most effective when they:
1 - nail down their strategy
2 - deliver the capital to pursue the strat (though narrative)
3 - building a team. Galvinize people
4 - communicate the message the hell out of it
5 - hold people accountable. Set clear goals and hold the people you appoint accountable
being able to create effective memes is a superpower [~16:00]
!@
https://pca.st/1g2c
52:00
4/24/2019
Breaking Ground
Podcasts
n/a
I think they're on to something with their app. They already have a way to pay creators directly. Plus a partnership with patreon
https://pca.st/5W56
33:00
4/24/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
https://pca.st/etK9
19:00
4/24/2019
The Passion Economy
Economics
Adam Davidson
My first time trying Luminary.
It's an optimistic take on the opportunities that are out there today.
This seems like a show I want to listen to. Don't know if I'd pay 8 bucks for it. The other shows didn't grab me.
Aaron has such strong opinions about school. I like that.
He's such a good speaker.
I don't share the level of cynicism
https://pca.st/wQ6n
1:25:00
4/23/2019
Quillette Podcast
Society/Culture
Jonathan Kay
Coleman Hughes
Very clear and convincing explanation coming from Hughes as to why there was no evidence of racism. It's frustrating that the security guards are being blamed.
https://pca.st/5adi
22:00
4/23/2019
Chartable Radio
Podcasts
Skye Pillsbury
She has a cool story about how she broke into podcasting - by responding to a calling from Heavyweight. Now she writes a podcasting newsletter. I need to get that kind of job!
https://pca.st/5hlT
39:00
4/23/2019
UNCO
Podcasts
Carolina Milanesi
https://pca.st/4si4
39:00
4/23/2019
The Minimalists
Personal Development
TK Coleman
TK explains how the words we use affects our possibilities.
https://pca.st/6XUu
34:00
4/22/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
n/a
Facial recognition in airports is getting real.
https://pca.st/5ug9
18:00
4/22/2019
Without Fail
Startup Stuff
Documentary
Dave Morin
Such a great story. The internet can be a ruthless place.
Sad that Path shut down. It's the solution to facebook that everybody wants, yet it couldn't get done.
https://pca.st/533C
50:00
4/22/2019
Techmeme Ride Home
Tech
Startup Stuff
Alison Griswold
Dude, Uber and Lyft are losing so much money. The rides are heavily underpriced and they might need to raise the prices.
The median lifespan of a scooter is 28 days?
Bird is losing so much money too.
https://pca.st/wf4S
28:00
4/22/2019
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Comedy
Conan O'Brien
Tig Notaro
Such fun. Talked about her stool-dragging bit. Tig made her clown horn noises. Matt Gourley chimed in. Lots of laughs.
https://pca.st/Om3P
1:02:00
4/21/2019
UNCO
Podcasts
Zach Kahn
cool story of how he broke into podcasts.
He has a finger on the pulse of podcasting.
https://pca.st/f7nZ
57:00
4/21/2019
UNCO
Podcasts
Stephen Hackett
Owner of Relay.fm
cool hearing his and his cofounder's transition from making this a hobby to a full time thing.
https://pca.st/6y52
50:00
4/21/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Comedy
Society/Culture
Kmele Foster
Ben Dreyfuss
Got to hear a bit about Ben growing up with a famous dad.
Very funny. Again, this is my kind of humor. Even though I don't like politics I still like to listen to them.
Kmele had a great response at the end about why he doesn't want to engage with the people who bring up race and IQ.
https://pca.st/c95c
1:52:00
4/21/2019
This American Life
Documentary
n/a
The second story was the best. Her description about her surgery experience was excruciating. Warning.
This podcast made me think of the people who will never be thin. Should they really have this burden of insecurities for the rest of their lives? I don't think so.
https://pca.st/P8nD
1:09:00
4/19/2019
Chartable Radio
Podcasts
Zach Kahn
https://pca.st/C9ol
1:03:00
4/18/2019
Office Hours
Career Development
TK Coleman
Isaac Morehouse
https://pca.st/5kNm
45:00
4/17/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Society/Culture
Joe Rogan
Adam Conover
It was interesting to see why Adam has certain views. It seems like his overarching lens was that much of what we believe is a social construct. That almost nothing is biological.
https://pca.st/sn7f
2:48:00
4/16/2019
The Ezra Klein Show
Society/Culture
Eric Kaufmann
Ezra Klein
This is the point of view I’ve been looking for! Finally a reasonable person that cares about making progress while healing the ever-increasing divide. Listen to his answer at 1:23 to see what I mean. It’s kind of like what Destiny says.
I'm definitely creating a notebook called swipie file on my Evernote. Don't forget to tag each post!
https://pca.st/6Gy7
7:00
4/16/2019
Invisibilia
Psychology
HANNA ROSIN
Fascinating to hear the same story from to different perspectives.
I agree with Hanna's point that empathy is needed so that we don't further alienate people. I think that's what's needed more.
Jack could still receive empathy while we acknowledge that what he did was wrong. If anything, just to not discourage him from taking the right path. I guess what I'm saying is that we need to always leave room for redemption. I believe this is necessary if we want to cultivate a civilized society.
I don't think we have (or ever had) an excess of empathy. Certainly not for children, who we still treat with great disrespect.
https://pca.st/o9s6
52:44
4/14/2019
Simulation
Career Development
Allen Saakyan
Zak Slayback
he now works at 1517 fund. He identifies and brings on new talent.
The main thing he learned through his work at praxis is that young people are given the wrong idea of what it's like to get to the next step in their career.
I love how engaged the host is
emails should be clear, compelling and EASY TO REPLY TO. Not open ended!
Reaching out to people that are at a higher level than you is an asymmetric risk: the downside is essentially nothing and the upside can be huge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh0joYurZvM
50:55
4/14/2019
Reason Podcast
Society/Culture
John McWhorter
The victimhood mentality can make a person whole.The never ending struggle becomes part of their identity and they wouldn't know what they would be without it.
People pretend things are worse than they are to show they are virtuous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3POpubeoIc
45:51
4/14/2019
Marketing Over Coffee
Marketing
n/a
Marketo will now allow people to cooporate with eachother.
https://pca.st/8vu4
22:00
4/14/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Ify Nwadiwe
Zac Oyama
Baron Vaughn
Solid ep. Would listen again.
https://pca.st/99wq
1:37:00
4/13/2019
Bots For The Win
Marketing
Chatbots
Patrick Shanahan
ABC - Always Be Capturing (emails)
He shows a cool way to capture emails from your fb subscribers. You tell them you're going live. If they won't make it, ask if they want the recording sent to them. If they click on that, you ask for their email.
- you can have conditional logic, so if you already have their email, you say "looks like I already have your email, I'll send it to you later"
Always connect their FB Id with your ESP (email service provider). It can be done automatically with zapier.
He uses Drip which does suport this
https://pca.st/0y8i
21:00
4/11/2019
Part of The Problem
Society/Culture
Ben Burgis
Dave Smith
This brought me back to the early days when I was really interested in libertarianism. It was fun. Those days are far behind me though - I don't want to listen to too much libertarian arguments anymore. The same way I'm sick of hearing people argue against the existence of god even though I'm an atheist.
Burgis' arguments are ones that I've never heard before. They seemed to make sense but I found them to require a lot of mental gymnastics. That doesn't automatically invalidate them but the fact that you have to go that obscure to disprove something so simple leads me to be unconvinced. Dave's point are self evident to me. It seems as undeniable as positing that 2+2=4. I don't know if it's possible to convince me it's not true.
Burgis' tried to say that Dave's views were inconsistent in the same way that he accused him of being. I thought that was incorrect.
https://pca.st/c89K
1:31:00
4/10/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Rowan Trollope
Jason Calacanis
Learned what customer success is about.
It's a role that guides customers. It's more proactive than customer support. This is used mostly in SaaS companies to reduce churn. Salesforce was one of the first to do this.
He has so many good tips. Like a how to coordinate before you launch a campaign. Going to have to relisten and take good notes whenever I decide to do a campaign. Couldn't take notes cause I was driving.
Watch out about getting people through facebook comments. You have to explicitly say the'll get a messege on messenger (do you have to explicitly say it's from a bot?.)
It can't be a quid pro quo
Watch the video he tells you to watch from ManyChat which explains the rules.
Watch this video too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN62w7btn8U&feature=youtu.be
https://pca.st/ZAv0
38:00
4/9/2019
Marketing Over Coffee
Marketing
Christopher Penn
John Wall
Gmail is making it so that you can interact with an email. So you can book hotels right in gmail for example.
Google is rolling out podcast transcripts. Searching for podcasts is about to get better.
https://pca.st/j8yZ
22:00
4/9/2019
Bots For The Win
Chatbots
Marketing
Patrick Shanahan
Might need to relisten because I didn't get to take notes
Out of memory heres the ones I caught:
- Facebook Messenger link
- Custom facebook messenger link (for a specific experience)
- web stuff (like banners, buttons etc.)
- chat widget on your site
- facebook comments
- it's own landing page
- searching it on Messenger
- "QR" code
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https://pca.st/71t0
25:00
4/8/2019
The Daily Wire
Society/Culture
Andrew Yang
Ben Shapiro
I really think Yang has a chance to make a difference.
I like his answer for "what if poor people make bad decisions with the money?"
[36:30]
I had no idea he was liked by the alt right. Apparently mainstream media is smearing him for that. That's so vile. If he could make things better, why does it matter that certain bad people like him? We should only judge a candidate based on their policies. That is, if we really care about making things better and not about tribal warfare.
"Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Is a Hit With the Alt-Right"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/yang-gang-season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHuRTvzMFw
1:05:04
4/8/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Alison Rich
Griffin Newman
Paul F Tompkins
It got better and better after every guest.
Loved how Alison made Paul laugh so much.
Griffin was a perfect guest. Seems to know the show very well.
https://pca.st/96uv
1:36:30
4/8/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Marketing
David Cancel
Dave Gerhardt
Welp, apparently they are ending the podcast. That sucks. They'll still make content on Drift insider but I still like things in podcast form better.
Drift insider seems like a cool way to garner loyalty though. Maybe even better than podcasts.
They talk about that tweet that breaks down the marketing techniques that Cancel used
https://pca.st/fI1g
19:00
4/7/2019
The Food Blogger Pro Podcast
Marketing
Josh Wetzel
You should segment your audience from the ones that want to see everything you post and the ones that don’t want it so frequently. That way you won’t drive away the latter.
https://pca.st/5nGR
53:00
4/6/2019
Build Your SaaS
Startup Stuff
Jon Buda
Justin Jackson
https://pca.st/H3f7
44:00
4/6/2019
Build Your SaaS
Startup Stuff
Jon Buda
Justin Jackson
This is a cool podcast I found about two guys who document their journey of building a company in the podcasting space.
https://pca.st/90l7
45:00
4/5/2019
Exponent
Tech
Ben Thompson
James Allworth
https://pca.st/o7r2
56:57
4/5/2019
Startup Therapy
Startup Stuff
Career Development
Ryan Rutan
WIl Schroter
Such important points. They give advise to startup founders but they tell you what you actually need to survive in the startup world.
https://pca.st/4Bh2
49:00
4/5/2019
The Tim Ferriss Show
Startup Stuff
Personal Development
Tim Ferriss
Naval Ravikant
Too many great pieces of advice. Gonna have to relisten and take notes.
Treat book chapters like articles!
https://pca.st/yhW6
2:15:50
4/4/2019
a16z
Podcasts
Tech
Pop Culture
Nick Quah
Connie Chan
Sonal Chokshi
The host suggests we measure the insights per minute on a podcast (IPM). That’s a great way to help people know what to listen to.
There’s nothing that moves books like podcast interviews
https://pca.st/tp83
1:08:00
4/4/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
For a company that provides interns, Jason suggested that she raise the price and shake lose the ones that aren’t willing to pay so much. ("they're a pain in the ass anyways")To be more cutthroat and impress investors on how much customers are paying her.
https://pca.st/VU15
53:00
4/4/2019
Set Sail
Software Tools
n/a
He uses One Signal for push notifications.
I finally got the benefit of Pretty Link! It can be used for whenever you want to change the direction of where the links in your site are going, all in one change. Like when an affiliate link changes.
https://pca.st/e8KY
23:00
4/3/2019
Y Combinator
Education
Startup Stuff
Austen Allred
One of the main problems Lambda has is convincing capable people to apply. They don’t think they are good enough to get in but they are. Even when they graduate some have imposter syndrome so they procrastinate in getting the job.
Don’t be surprised if lambda starts a medical school and more
"Starting a company is by definition saying, I think what I can do is worth more than what other people will pay me for."
What keeps him up at night is whether they can handle the amount of students coming in. He doesn’t say how many but it’s huge.
https://pca.st/lake
1:00:00
4/3/2019
Mixergy
Startup Stuff
Andrew Warner
Nature Box was first a subscription company but now they sell the product directly with the option to subscribe.
Turns out, subscription is not how people want to buy their snacks. Snack buying is more impulsive.
They’re making tens of millions but they’re still not profitable
He tells the story of how he got started. There was a lot of luck involved. Went to a food conference and that's how he got private label manufacturers.
It's cool that Warner has a producer that talks to his guest beforehand. That way he is able to craft a much more interesting conversation. Because he knows what he wants to get to.
https://pca.st/LzKM
1:06:00
4/2/2019
Intelligence Squared
Society/Culture
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan had a great point about catastrophizing at about min 43. He is countered with "you are invalidating peoples feelings."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpGd5DZ_K5w
1:25:13
4/2/2019
This Week in Startups
Startup Stuff
Jason Calacanis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9NfwiEffcQ
58:11
4/1/2019
Career Crashers
Career Development
Isaac Morehouse
Hanna Frankman
She thought college was overpriced so she decided not to go
It seems stupid that your first major adult decision is to spend thousands of dollars of which you don't have.
She found the praxis blog, loved it, and decided to reach out.
When she saw that they were looking for an intern for application reviews, she jumped at the opportunity. She was adamant about it.
Lesson I got: It's okay to not know where you're going. Over time it will all fall into place.
https://pca.st/V7m3
22:00
4/1/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Alyssa Limperis
Carl Tart
Demi Adejuyigbe
Scott Aukerman
The characters weren't very funny. Demi was great. He's pretty good with music.
https://pca.st/t5m9
1:29:00
4/1/2019
Mixergy
Startup Stuff
Chatbots
Andrew Warner
Obaid Ahmed
Obaid is the creator of botmock.com which lets you make mockup chatbot experiences. It costs 30/mo
https://botmock.com/
He talks a bit about how he talked to his customers to improve his service. At one point he was losing subscribers but he was relentless about getting feedback to save his company
He joined Calacanis' incubator which really helped him.
https://pca.st/6D7D
55:00
4/1/2019
Winging It
Pop Culture
Sports
Vince Carter
Ludacris
They talk about what they did with all their money. Vince wants to own part of a team some day. Maybe coach.
He talks about how he got his start in music.
Now he struggles on whether he should pursue acting or music.
I really like Ludacris. He seems like a genuine and responsible guy.
https://pca.st/o6W7
56:00
3/31/2019
Bots For The Win
Marketing
Chatbots
Patrick Shanahan
Great introduction to chatbots.
This guy really knows how to sell!
This episode got me so hyped on chatbots.
He convinced me that this will be a huge industry.
He said it'll be bigger than the internet but I think that's going to far lol
The sooner you learn about them the better.
https://pca.st/2S18
38:42
3/31/2019
Mixergy
Marketing
Chatbots
Andrew Warner
Mikael Yang
Heard Warner on the Social Media Marketing podcast where he talked about chatbots, so decided to listen to his podcast. It's very good, he really knows how to sell. His commercials feel authentic.
Mikael is the creator of Many Chat
The click through rate of each interaction is amazing. In one occasion he says it's 95%. Once you start a conversation, they usually go all the way to the end.
One company got 20% CTR when sending a message every day! I think the company was one that was giving out health tips every day.
He says that parametric codes will be revolutionary. Parmatric codes, when scanned by your phone, start a chatbot conversation. It can take you to the same bot but it starts a different conversation depending on what you scanned. Think of them being in Starbucks cups or items in a store.
https://pca.st/p4w6
1:10:00
3/30/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Chatbots
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Andrew Warner
You should rely more on images and gifs more than text
Make them press buttons rather than text. For example if you ask them a yes or no question, have the buttons. This makes engagement easier and fun.
He says that you collect from potential clients should tag everything - have they opened multiple messages, how big is their business, how they found out about you, what they wanted when they arrived. This is so that when you talk to them, you know the person well.
Facebook doesnt let you sell to your subscribers when they havent engaged with you in the last 24 hours
To comply with this and still be able to sell you should ask a question that draws them to what you have to sell. (waitress method) ex: "can I tell you when this goes on sale?", "would you be interested in buying this?" - next day, tell them you have it on sale.
You can ask another question saying "do you like these sandals, or are they too weird for you?" - tag them so you know who to sell it to and who not to.
How to get people to your bot funnel:
have something to give them (lead magnet). Have them click the link to get it. The link will take them to messenger showing a picture of the thing and it can say "can I give you the thing, right in here and use this chat window to stay in touch with you?" [yes I do want it][no]
Have facebook post saying "if you want this guide, comment and it'll be sent to you via messenger" - the bot can watch the comments and respond immediately. - the post should say a bot will send it to them.
Another way to get people is through landing page - "can I remind you about the webinar through facebook messenger?"
Chatbot
https://pca.st/tV1Z
44:33
3/29/2019
Binge Mode
Pop Culture
Comedy
Mallory Rubin
Jason Concepcion
Jason Mantzoukas
I loved how much Jason enjoys being there. He's a very big fan of the podcast. I might want to listen to the Harry Potter episodes if I ever decide to read the books.
https://pca.st/Otq8
1:25:00
3/29/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Chatbots
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Ben Beck
He recomends you start with ManyChat (Facebook Messenger)
With Facebook Messenger chatbots, small- and medium-sized businesses can make quick connections.
60% of people who receive a message on Facebook Messenger through a chatbot are engaging with the message. Compare that rate to email
https://pca.st/9PsQ
43:26
3/28/2019
Blackout
Fiction
n/a
The good part hasn't started
https://pca.st/79jO
28:00
3/28/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Will Hines
Dan Mangan
Jon Mackey
I loved Will Hines as Randy Useless, who brags about being a musician but he is really an actuary.
I like Mangan's music.
https://pca.st/R36D
1:24:00
3/27/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Carl Tart
Demi Adejuyigbe
Tawny Newsome
Paul F Tompkins
Hayes Davenport
Sean Clements
https://pca.st/GHwV
1:00:00
3/26/2019
Patterson in Pursuit
Philosophy
Christopher Langan
Steve Patterson
He likens school with prison. You have a permanent record.
Schools cater to the lowest common denominator. They have to dumb things down.
Most of the time in college you are given reading assignments and then you’re on your own. If you’re on your own then what are you paying for?
There is a strong correlation between IQ and intelligence. High IQ can think stupid things but that’s because they pointed their horsepower to the wrong direction.
Cognitive Creative Model of the Universe. Starts talking about CTMU around 30min in
He says reality is not independent of observers and that it can be proven with ctmu
https://pca.st/J72G
1:11:00
3/26/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Zeke Nicholson
Jessica McKenna
Get in the way gremlin and Peter Griffin
https://pca.st/7g0y
1:17:00
3/25/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Personal Development
David Cancel
Dave Gerhardt
We are advised to purge the people we follow that are not adding value in our lives.
You will grow a lot faster if you are around better people. It makes you believe in what is possible. David knows people with billion dollar companies, so he knows he can get there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3OEcUkdtQ
17:31
3/25/2019
Career Crashers
Career Development
Isaac Morehouse
https://pca.st/11nF
24:00
3/24/2019
Blackout
Fiction
n/a
https://pca.st/Cr3q
26:00
3/24/2019
Blackout
Fiction
n/a
Very high quality sound design. Looking forward to the rest
https://pca.st/k2ex
26:00
3/23/2019
Renegade Thinkers Unite: #2 Podcast for CMOs & B2B Marketers
Chatbots
Marketing
Dave Gerhardt
Drew Neisser
He was the sixth employee at Drift. What attracted him were the founder, Cancel and Elias Torres. He bet on people.
Drift got rid of their forms and gated content early on. Replaced it with a conversation (chatbots). Sometimes the conversations go straight to sale/demo but they still capture leads.
Before, you could gate content because information was scarce. Not anymore. To gate something it has to be very valuable
Sites like amazon has reshaped our expectations. We expect to be able to order instantly and on our time. That;’s why you need chatbots - so you can be there to answer q’s 24/7
https://pca.st/5g8q
44:00
3/23/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Startup Stuff
Sean Lane
Will Collins
David Cancel doesn’t like to hire people with an MBA.
For Will, it didn’t matter what the job description was because he knew it will change over time. It was all about is he passionate about their mission, can he add value, does he align with the team.
Cool insight in how operations work. It's very unpredictable and you have to know all aspects of the company.
A difficulty is that sometimes theres a root problem and he's just fixing the symptoms.
tech sometimes isn't the answer to a problem
https://pca.st/30pV
24:00
3/23/2019
Reason Podcast
Tech
Startup Stuff
Mike Solana
Founder’s Fund invests in all stages of a company’s life and all sectors.T hey are looking to invest in frontiers
Peter Thiel is a weird guy. Loves dissenting opinions.
Even though he’s a libertarian he appreciates the fact that the gov took us to the moon
The problem building a social network is that only one type of person migrates to it and then it’s branded as a place for that type of person. The solution is to start with a variety of people with different views.
awesome rant about capitalism vs socialism at the end
https://pca.st/8lfU
1:10:00
3/22/2019
Growth Everywhere Daily Business Lessons
Chatbots
Marketing
Eric Siu
Guillaume Cabane
He worked at Apple in marketing. Was once a CMO before. Worked in two B2B SaaS companies before Drift.
Most of Drifts competitors are focused on customer service after the sign up. Drift’s chat focuses on getting leads — on providing what most people are on your site for which is learn about the product.
Drift catches leads before they get scared away. For example, a person that works at Delta might see the pricing and thing Drift is not for a big company like Delta since it it looks like a mid market solution. The chatbot can swoop in and start a conversation before he sees that, then he’ll realize Drift has an enterprise offering.
Since Drift is a saas product that requires installing, they need to treat the person from Delta differently, since he isn’t directly accessing the website. If you let them look at the product, you are failing since he can’t do anything with it. You have to stop them before and lead them to a good sales rep. This is why having a chat/chatbot is important.
To do these things their stack is:
Drift (obviously)
https://clearbit.com/ (tells you who is on your site)
https://www.madkudu.com/ (gets high quality leads. tells you whether you should sell to a certain company or not)
https://www.intellimize.com/ (personalizes the pages for each visitor )
They used Intellimize to hide the pricing page for large customers. That doubled their contact capture rate! (from 2% to 4%)
All of these tools do cost a lot but he has been able to get $20 for every dollar he spend.
He is not paying per customer like ads and there is no competition. The price is fixed and it’s up to him to make the most out of it.
Drift is working on an AI that measures likelihood that someone will buy and also how much they can spend to try to get that customer through letters gifts etc.
https://pca.st/iA6J
31:00
3/22/2019
Matt Lewis and the News
Education
Isaac Morehouse
Great introduction for anyone who isn't aware of alternatives to college.
https://pca.st/2OSj
39:00
3/22/2019
Artificial Intelligence
Tech
Philosophy
Lex Fridman
Steven Pinker
First time listening to Steven pinker. Has compelling arguments for why we shouldnt worry about AI.
If we're smart enough to build something as complicated as AI how could we not be smart enough to tell instruct it not to harm us? If the AI is so intelligent it surely will know how to interpret our wants and needs properly.
https://pca.st/uFie
38:00
3/22/2019
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Comedy
Dax Shepard
Thomas Middleditch
Got pretty gross but it was all funny. Thomas told story about working at a cruise ship with ucb?
He told his parents that he didn't want to go to college even though they saved for it. They were supportive of his choice.
https://pca.st/Ojd5
1:18:00
3/21/2019
Recode Media with Peter Kafka
Tech
n/a
Advertisers pay upfront depending on how many thousands of downloads a podcast has, then they pay more depending on conversions. (people who enter the coupon code)
The advantage of podcast ads is that they are more personal, people enjoy listening to the ads. The roi is very high.
They don’t see brand advertising coming to podcasts any time soon. (they forgot about branded podcasts)
Podcasts don’t go viral. (i”m guessing because people can’t stumble upon them so easily. People don’t just browse) You build audience over time.
You can make a good living from 50k downloads per ep.
https://pca.st/B3y8
1:07:00
3/21/2019
Coffee With Scott Adams
Personal Development
Ed Latimore
Scott Adams
Scott Adams loves his tweets.
Adams is incapable of being embarrassed. That’s his superpower
Success depends on your ability to handle your own addictions. Because we already have the means to succeed but it’s addiction that prevents us.
https://pca.st/GC20
1:00:00
3/20/2019
Problems Sighted
Startup Stuff
Tech
Mike Solana
He doesn’t think we can reiterate our way to success when it comes to solving big problems. We need planning. San Fran raised 700mil for homeless problem but they don’t have a plan.
Laments how Silicon Valley used to dream big (singularity) but now they are mostly focused on how to get people to look at ads.
Both political sides want to break up big tech companies. The left because they are too rich and the right because they don’t share the same values (free speech)
Tech people have not been good at explaining how tech is awesome
People who champion renewables as solution to global warming are wrong. The answer is nuclear fission
Media has changed. Journalism doesn’t look like a person in an office in a big building. It looks like a person Tweeting.
Twitter should give journalists the ability to send a dm to people when they want to correct their own misinformation.
We trust people more than brands
There are thousands of billionaires in the world, compared to just one not too long ago, and its not because the rest of us have less wealth. Wealth grows!
Capitalists are bad at promoting capitalism
Capitalism is not bad, it’s agnostic on everything. Socialism is a prescription for violence (this guy gets it)
Socialism is selling the story that you are not in control of your destiny. That’s tragic. There isn’t a successful person that believes they’re not in control of their own life.
https://pca.st/2t3M
43:00
3/20/2019
Conversations with Tyler
Psychology
Tyler Cowen
Daniel Kahneman
We don’t care about the duration of pain so much as the intensity of pain. Because intensity indicates the threat is more deadly.
Being with friends is what makes us most happy. He laments that we don’t strive to maximize for happiness. Instead we maximize for satisfaction with our lives. That’s because happiness exists only in the moment. You can’t take it with you like you can take satisfaction. Memories have more weight than experience.
Vacations are an investment in the formation of memories.
I stopped listening at the Q&A
https://pca.st/2L38
1:09:00
3/20/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Personal Development
Dave Gerhardt
1. Read with a purpose. Find the books that matter to you. Focus on your strengths. Do stuff that gets you from a B to an A rather than what gets you from a D to a C
2. Read for one thing. Don't try to get everything out of it because its paralyzing. One lesson per book is good enough!
3. You have the permission to not read them front to back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx9fVK4DnGg
9:26
3/20/2019
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
Tech
Eric Weinstein
Lex Fridman
Discovered this ep through Weinsteins twitter.
Your IQ must be above 150 to follow this conversation. I’m only half kidding — the phrases “14 dimensional observerse” and “4D spacetime continuum” were used.
This was an awesome conversation. Lex and Eric were so tuned in to each other for such a high level conversation.
Considers Tom Lehrer (mathematician, comedian, song writer) one of his biggest influences. Thinks a correlation between being a Lehrer fan and being intelligent is strong.
Will AI be a parasitic or symbiotic relationship? Sometimes it’s hard to differentiate the two. Like marriage — you lose some freedom but your kids will have a better life in a two parent household.
Eric worries that talking openly about AI will accelerate uncontrollable progress
Our generation is not aware of the existential threats that exist today. We’ve been living in such a safe time that we aren’t wise enough. Whether we should worry about AGI or nuclear weapons or something else, he does not know. What he knows is that our time is finite. It is not clear that we have a long term future.
Eric criticizes Pinker, who says things are getting better. Pinker doesn’t realize that the bad stuff is now stored as potential energy. [33:40]
When you eat something, you are having a six dimensional experience: heat, saltiness, sweetness, spiciness etc.
If you research in academics you are forced to show loyalty to the consensus, but you’re surrounded by brilliant people. Outside academics you are likely to meet crazy people — its hard to have discipline [44:00]
“academics is as mad as a hatter.” They don’t tolerate dissenting ideas. The stem fields are not immune to it.
Eric asks Lex why he's so interested in him.
Laments that workers who do repetitive things will be displaced by AI. Says we need to stop the idea that work is tied to self worth.
He is for saving capitalism though. Wants HYPER-capitalism. [1:17:00] Read his article on "anthropic capitalism" : https://w
https://pca.st/3s1r
1:22:00
3/19/2019
Marketing Swipe File
Marketing
Dave Gerhardt
* read more
* See what’s popular
* Put out a tweet and see if you get a lot of engagement.
The biggest mistake he sees in marketers is that they want to make something that’s brand new. Don’t invent— Innovative on top of popular things.
Google search everything before you write about it. You’ll get what’s popular and see related searches for more ideas.
Google keyword planner. Plug in a competitors pages. You’ll get a bunch of keyword ideas
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Buzzsumo. It shows you wats popular based on shares. Not traffic. It’s for validation. If you plug a post and see it’s been shared thousands of times, do it.
Producthunt search bar. You’ll see people’s real words. Use their words. Amazon is great for this too. Look at book reviews.
Quora. People are telling you what questions they have. Great ideas.
https://pca.st/1NA8
16:00
3/19/2019
Darknet Diaries
Tech
Documentary
Jack Rhysider
Hunter Moore is a very interesting person with an interesting story. Never heard of him before.
Learned that not too long ago a lot of things that I thought were illegal were not illegal. Like revenge porn.
https://pca.st/Q8Oz
54:00
3/18/2019
Career Crashers
Career Development
Isaac Morehouse
Thaddeus Russell
In college, students aren’t paying for the professors lectures. They’re paying for the credentials. Professors are protected. Their brand isn’t strong enough.
There’s a massive market of those who are not of college but are super curious and intellectuals.
Russel urges people to explore that market. People who know how to explain things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TLRLy4lD44
22:00
3/18/2019
The Ben Shapiro Show
Personal Development
Dr. Phil
Ben Shapiro
A lot of the problems of the people on his show are that they don’t take responsibility.
When you were a child you had no responsibility for what happened to you. When you’re an adult you have 100% responsibility for what you do about it.
His dad was an alcoholic. Dr. Phil had to work extra hard to ovoid being an alcoholic.
He says he doesn’t like the fact that we can’t say someone has redeeming qualities if they disagree with you politically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxeEsC0TRW4
1:04:00
3/18/2019
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Philosophy
Sam Harris
Nick Bostrom
Worth a relisten. Nick explains many of his theories. Why we might be living in a simulation. The Fermi paradox.
To see that there’s life on Mars independent from Earth would be a very bad thing! That’s because it would show life isn’t that rare which means life elsewhere has become extinct.
https://pca.st/xIM3
1:43:00
3/18/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Ego Nwodim
Langston Kernman
Carl Tart
Carl Tart killed it
Relisten to when the characters come in for a good laugh
https://pca.st/o37K
1:38:00
3/15/2019
Modern Wisdom
Personal Development
Chris Williamson
Alexander Cortez
His goal is to help people become immune to todays call out culture by becoming more independent.
Kids need to know how to write, persuade and speak.
College is doing it all wrong. They teach you a bunch of stuff and then when you get a job, you have to re-learn all of the stuff. Sometimes what was taught in school has no connection to the real world. Host says marketing courses don't even include social media. Students would be justified in wanting their money back.
Alex is reading 1 book a week this year.
They talk about social media giving us so much more stimulus than our ancestors.
https://pca.st/LZg2
1:01:00
3/15/2019
The Forward
Education
Lance Armstrong
Tom Torkelson
Watched it on video: https://youtu.be/NTsqgqbaIA4
Learned a new word: matriculation - attending college
Went to Georgetown. Came to mcallen as a teacher.Wrote a letter to Bush to ask for funding for a new school.
“parents know if you don’t get your kid into a great school, they’re basically screwed. You can’t access the American dream if you don’t go to a great school” [9:35]
The perpetuation of this myth onto young, impressionable kids is borderline immoral. It’s disempowering and lacking in imagination.
Lance says smart kids aren’t born smart, they are taught that way. [10:45]
estimates over 100k students will go to college in 2022
talk about David Robinson.
Was contacted by Bill Gates to help him fund IDEA
Tom argues that people who say college isn’t for everybody still want their own kids to go to college.
Tom and Lance are very pro-behaviorism.
Tom wants IDEA to be as free of technology as possible -- What about all the things you need for success now? Why don’t they teach us how to create a website? How to present ourselves online?
https://pca.st/VuM2
1:00:00
3/15/2019
School Sucks
Education
Scott Hambrick
Brett Veinotte
Re-listen to it. Great arguments. All of it resonates
https://pca.st/9LJF
1:05:00
3/13/2019
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Psychology
Sam Harris
Daniel Kahneman
This is such an awesome episode. So many surprising yet obvious things were said. First time hearing of Kahneman
Some of the most celebrated studies are not replicable. Especially in psychology. because when you do a study, you know what you want to find and that creates bias.
The surprising studies are the ones that get celebrated. The more surprising a result is the less likely it’s correct.
There are two ways that ideas come to mind. One is intuitive and the other one you have to work for — System 1 and system 2.
The correlation between confidence and accuracy is not high.
Our intuition betrays us when making moral decisions - showing a picture of a poor girl makes us give more than if we were shown a picture of the girl and her brother. We give significantly less if we were told there are thousands more where they came from. (this is crazy. explains disparity of outrage between police brutality and statistics). If you want people to care about a cause, personalize it.
People don’t look forward to future experiences, they look forward to the memories of future experiences. (this is definitely true with running lol)
Sam makes a solid argument for the need of authoritarianism, based on a Nick Bostrom essay. Has to do with balls in a jar.
with social media, transgressions of very different magnitudes are treated alike
https://pca.st/wZc1
2:02:00
3/13/2019
Quillette Podcast
Society/Culture
Toby Young
Andrew Doyle
Fascinating to hear someone talk about a fictional character they created on twitter.
https://pca.st/pd5i
30:00
3/13/2019
Marketing Speak
Marketing
n/a
She explains how to get published on respected publications. Essentially you have to create a genuine relationship with the people that manage them.
She charges 25k per client!
https://pca.st/u76B
53:00
3/12/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Scott Aukerman
Madeline Walter
Andrea Savage
Matt Besser
Might want to relisten cause I was absent minded for some parts.
https://pca.st/W4Ea
1:29:00
3/12/2019
WMUR-TV
Tech
Mark Cuban
Likes to meet with crazy people.
“The future of TV is not the internet, it’s TV”
There should be many feeds of a tv show or sports game. We’re not there yet.
shoots sharktank for 2-3 weeks a season
If YouTube had done it right there would be no Netflix and Hulu
Mark suggest learning how to script with Alexa and google home. Says it's really easy to learn but theres a disconnect for people. Huge opportunity.
AI will dwarf what computers have done. You need to get ahead.
He's reading Machine Learning for Dummies
Voice SEO is completely different than regular. This is the early days so get ahead on that.
https://pca.st/pnL6
45:00
3/12/2019
Follow Your Different
Marketing
Christopher Lochhead
Bruce Cleveland
A successful team has diversity of opinions. In order to have diversity of opinions, everyone needs to understand they are all working towards the same goal.
Lots of venture capitalists were never part of a startup that went on to be worth billions.
Hyper successful B2B startups tend to be run by people older than 45-65 by a wide margin. Why? Because you have to be a subject matter expert. B2C you don’t need that.
Market engineering encompasses category creation and validation. We need to become market engineers before mvp.
https://pca.st/GR0M
1:09:00
3/12/2019
Product Hunt Radio
Startup Stuff
Education
Austen Allred
he speaks Russian?
had the same experience of college as me.
https://pca.st/C2R4
43:00
3/11/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Economics
Society/Culture
Kmele Foster
Andrew Yang
It’s funny how a podcast I recently discovered just had a person Ive been following closely. It’s like this episode was made for me.
I like the points that Kmele made against Yang's ubi proposal. Near the end he outlines his concerns.
https://pca.st/Btk2
1:04:00
3/11/2019
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Comedy
Thomas Middleditch
Ben Schwartz
Lots of talk about improv. Very funny.
https://pca.st/sV2a
59:00
3/10/2019
Reason Podcast
Society/Culture
Nick Gillespie
Coleman Hughes
Started with talking about civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin. Apparently he influenced MLK into being non violent. Might want to research him.
Nick had so pretty smart questions which means I got to hear new things from Coleman.
https://pca.st/f0Wz
52:00
3/10/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Mark Schaefer
Trust and loyalty in brands is at an all time low. They trust friends and family more than marketing. It’s not just about the story. It’s about who is telling the story.
Marketing is too much about automating and measuring.
People are rebelling against marketers. They skip ads and find other ways to not see ads. Meaningful connections is the solution. You can’t buy your way into their loyalty anymore, you have to earn your way.
customers are in control. They’re also lonely what markers need to give them is the sense of community. a good example is yeti coolers.
https://pca.st/1TJE
47:00
3/10/2019
Note to Self
Tech
n/a
8
https://pca.st/1ywY
20:00
3/10/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Dan Knowlton
marketers who don’t take advantage of starting conversations from live events are missing an enormous opportunity.
Genuine engagement takes time, but if you focus on the right people, it’s worthwhile.
Him and his agency are cutting back on automated tweets. Theyre not as effective as they used to ever since Twitter changed the algorithm to not be chronological. Quantity is not rewarded anymore.
Instead of just tweeting an article or retweeting stuff, share things that mean something and reflect your voice.
The advantage of twitter is that it's the place to discuss live events and breaking news. (by using hashtags)Marketers can use Twitter to discuss breaking news in the industry.
High profile people are accessible on twitter.
Twitter can be used for customer service. People really like it when a brand responds to them, especially if its quickly.
Twitter should be used for starting conversations and relationships.
When using video, put captures in the video itself because twitter plays the video with no sound.
He uses leadfeeder.com to see how someone found his sites and what other websites they visited. Seems like a great way to create leads.
https://pca.st/Z7O6
47:00
3/9/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Nathan Latka
Just realized the show notes for this podcast are awesome. Its just a long article summarizing what was said. Maybe I could do this for certain podcast. Offer it as a service.
His podcast The Top Entrepreneurs is inspired by John Lee Dumas' and Tim Ferris'. It's short but detailed questions.
He had an awesome strategy for launching his podcast: banked 30 interviews, then he sent an email to the people he interviewed asking if they would notify their list about their appearance. Of 5 who said they would, he would publish on the first day. He essentially notified hundreds of thousands of people even though they weren't on his email list.
https://pca.st/8ug1
51:00
3/8/2019
The JJ Redick Podcast
Sports
Chris Paul
JJ Redick
Got to learn who Paul really is. He's very competetive and loves his family.
21 savage story
https://pca.st/31mB
43:00
3/7/2019
The Happier Hour
Philosophy
n/a
Jean-Paul Sartre (a philosopher) believes you create your personality. For example, you are in control of whether you are introverted or extroverted.
Truth and questions can puncture the facade of politeness. That’s why she wanted to be a journalist.
https://pca.st/e6sA
36:00
3/7/2019
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Marketing
Michael Stelzner
Mike Rhodes
Made me aware of the google app which gives you news tailored to you. I tried it and I kind of like it.
three stages of google ads. Bidding, targeting and messeging.
AI is the new electricity. It is being inserted everywhere.
For marketing on Google, AI is getting very good at suggesting articles and ads that you’ll click on. It’s getting better than a human, though sometimes it misses badly.
Google is now able to consider thousands (or millions?) of variables when it comes to considering whether a person is a good target to sell. A human doesnt come close.
Thinking of customers in demographics is so inefficient compared to intent.
Google has a new thing called smart campaigns where you just pay and theyll do the rest. Even some messeging. it isnt there yet
Phrasee is an ai that has 98% chance of writing a better email subject line than copywriters.
https://pca.st/N6GS
51:00
3/6/2019
Inspired
Music
n/a
Such a simple song but so great.
https://pca.st/43hf
13:00
3/6/2019
The Truth
Fiction
Audiodrama
n/a
High school reunion story. Girl gets mistaken for another person and is told a crazy story.
https://pca.st/TfA4
23:00
3/6/2019
Problems Sighted
Business
Education
Austen Allred
The goal of college is misaligned with the goal of the student — college is trying to expand the mind of the student but the student just wants to get a job.
The lecture is not as important as the projects the interaction with other students (accountability)
Allred says there’s a big opportunity in in a company that sets out to facilitate immigration.
https://pca.st/H0cQ
34:00
3/6/2019
Successful Dropout
Marketing
n/a
Maybe doing google ads is simething I could do for a living.
https://pca.st/9n5M
49:00
3/5/2019
Hollywood Handbook
Comedy
Weird Al
Hayes Davenport
Sean Clements
Funny songs. Al fit in perfectly with the boys. Knew exactly what was going on and played along.
https://pca.st/sJF9
1:06:00
3/5/2019
The Joe Rogan Experience
Tech
Society/Culture
Joe Rogan
Jack Dorsey
Vijaya Gadde
Tim Pool
This episode made me realize that Twitter is not as biased as I thought. They're still biased but trying not to be. Jack and Vijaya were very reasonable and empathetic. They had real reason to ban people like milo and jones. Reason based on their policy. I like that they admitted mistakes. I’m actually optimistic in the future of twitter.
https://pca.st/24jP
3:36:00
3/4/2019
Career Crashers
Career Development
Amanda Grimmett
Isaac Morehouse
In a job interviews it's not just about having experience. You need to be able to sell it and package it in a way that they understand how it translates.
https://pca.st/6E72
13:00
3/4/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Career Development
Marketing
Dave Gerhardt
David Cancel
When you have a big goal, flip it upside down and look at the essential parts you need to do. Also identify the pitfalls that you definitely want to avoid.
https://pca.st/x57V
17:00
3/4/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Andy Daly
Patton Oswalt
Scott Aukerman
Andy Daly as Dalton Wilcox was very funny.
Changed his name to Walton Dilcox
Worth re-listening to. Especially since I was busy and missed some stuff.
https://pca.st/8Ll6
1:24:00
3/4/2019
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Sports
Ryen Russillo
Bill Simmons
I’m now realizing how bad things are for the Celtics. It’s possible that they’re going to blow the team up and start over.
https://pca.st/2722
1:29:00
3/3/2019
B2B Growth
Marketing
Dave Gerhardt
The goal of Drift is to create a category just like Apple created the category of tablets with the IPad.
Read the book Think Bigger by Lochhead.
The future of sales and marketing is conversational marketing.
Live chat is inefficient because it doesn’t sift through the noice. Chatbots do that. Chatbot is like live chat but it scales and stays overnight.
The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing. Send emails in the natural way that you talk.
https://pca.st/6EN3
34:00
3/3/2019
Follow Your Different
Startup Stuff
Marketing
Christopher Lochhead
David Cancel
Lochhead's a huge fan of seeking wisdom. He loves all episodes with only Dave and David. Gonna have to give it a try.
Reputation > personal brand
Category design is like black magic.
Customers have more options which means they are in control.
David could have taken Drift in the direction of “marketing with chatbots” but instead he branded Drift as conversational marketing.
https://pca.st/r7m3
58:00
3/3/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Marketing
Matt Bilotti
Guillaume Cabane
Guillaume is the VP of Growth for Drift. He researches tools to grow the company. That's such a cool job. Didn't know it existed.
Ways to get a discount on B2B tools: let the vendor see your value is not just monetary. be known for talking about the tools you use when you find success. Give great feedback--tell them what could be added or improved. Learn to use the tools in ways even the vendors haven't thought about so that they develop and sell your use cases.
https://pca.st/Ey4O
17:00
3/3/2019
Seeking Wisdom
Marketing
Matt Bilotti
This was such an awesome approach at catering to the customer. Lot of take-aways.
On boarding and activation is critical. It's about getting the customer set up and show them how your tool/service can create value for them.
Superhuman is an email client. Their onboarding requires you to answer questions about how you use email before you get access. They are narrowing the market to people they know it will work for.
Then they schedule a 30 min screenshare call to get you set up.
https://pca.st/hbb8
17:00
3/3/2019
Build
Marketing
Rahul Vohra
[Update March, 13] just heard Allred praise it on Product Hunt Radio. I bet that just drove a lot of sales. Cool to see his plan in action!
Worked at LinkedIn
Superhuman is the fastest email client out there. No plugins required.
At first, Rahul was doing calls with a few customers a week to get to know what people wanted out of an email client.
They worked a lot on the product before making it available to users. He thinks this is important when your product is directed at influential people like CEOs because their word of mouth is what will make your sales.
Great advice on how to start a startup
https://pca.st/Fy9h
24:00
3/2/2019
Darknet Diaries
Documentary
Tech
Jack Rhysider
Guy investigates how some podcasters are gaming the iTunes charts.
Answer: some people in Bangladesh click on "subscribe" from many itunes accounts.
The way to get ranked well seems to be all about the number of new subs a day and week.
Says ratings and reviews only work for "what's hot" chart. Not for being in the top overall, so telling people to rate and review is not that helpful, since "what's hot" is for newer podcasts.
https://pca.st/f5nj
48:00
3/1/2019
The JJ Redick Podcast
Sports
JJ Redick
Tobias Harris
Tobias seems like a very smart person. He reads a lot.
Christian
Boban is a really nice person.
His best friend is Boban, who came with him from Detroit to LA and to Philly
https://pca.st/6uB7
48:00
3/1/2019
Exponent
Business
Tech
James Allworth
Ben Thompson
Amazon acquiring Whole Foods is not a for sure win. There's the problem of foods being so unique and perishable.
Walmart had trouble getting into e-commerce because even though they have the fast delivery potential, they don't have a large selection. The strength of e-commerce is a large selection. Tying the stores and ecommerce together was a mess. They since created an ecommerce from scratch.
Going from one value chain to another can be bad because you’ll think you’ll have an advantage and go the wrong way. Your customers won’t register it also. Walmart has a hard time getting repeat customers because people dont think of them to buy online. There’s no loyalty.
https://pca.st/J9vp
1:06:00
3/1/2019
Follow Your Different
Chatbots
Marketing
Dave Gerhardt
Christopher Lochhead
Read the book Conversational Marketing. It's about chatbots.
Dave works at marketing at Drift. His strategy to promote his business is the book--to invite more demand and competition, putting Drift in the forefront.
Dave says there's a big shift towards conversational marketing.
For marketing, Drift is basically building a media company.
Things like analytics and SEO are very optimized. To get ahead in marketing you need the creative people.
Analytics focuses on people that search your company. Creative marketing is what gets them to search you in the first place.
https://pca.st/V85F
53:00
2/28/2019
Dunktown
Sports
Comedy
Tim Baltz
Tim Baltz tells some funny stories about his past. He's amazingly knowledgable about bball.
https://pca.st/9VYu
1:31:00
2/28/2019
Freakonomics Radio
Arts
Documentary
n/a
"Real artists ship."
There are two types of creators. The experimental and the conceptual. “Experimental innovators,” Galenson has written, “work by trial and error, and arrive at their major contributions gradually, late in life. In contrast, conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas, usually at an early age.” (I'm the experimental)
Jennifer Egan who wrote A Visit From the Goon Squad and won awards for it had been writing for decades and had only written 4 books. Took her 7 years to write Manhattan Beach. She does 40 to 50 drafts per chapter. That's where the real writing happens. "It’s the big moves that I’m trying to get a hold of in that first draft. And then once I have those, then I can work with it and try to bring it all up many, many notches to be something that’s actually readable and entertaining. My first drafts are full of clichés. I loathe clichés. It’s not that you can’t write them in the first place. They have to be replaced."
Gaudi was a very unorthodox architect. Started a masterpiece that wouldn't be finished in his lifetime.
Directing documentaries is like solving a jigsaw puzzle without the picture. That's how I feel about writing.
https://pca.st/592O
56:00
2/27/2019
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Pop Culture
Comedy
Dax Shepard
Chelsea Peretti
Chelsea has a cynical personality.
Her brother is a co-founder of Buzzfeed
https://pca.st/3eWM
1:48:00
2/26/2019
Follow Your Different
Career Development
Christopher Lochhead
Hustle culture is stupid because its obvious that you need to work hard. It's also stupid because it encourages behavior which causes mental health problems.
https://pca.st/722L
16:00
2/26/2019
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Comedy
Conan O'Brien
Jeff Goldblum
Last time I heard this show I said I didn't want to listen to it again because the conversation is too insider-ish.
I couldn't resist listening to Jeff. I don't regret it. Very funny episode. Jeff is a delight as always.
https://pca.st/sO2r
1:07:00
2/26/2019
Stop Podcasting Yourself
Comedy
Paul F Tompkins
Funny as always. I love the two hosts humor. Their quick jokes and puns always make me laugh out loud.
https://pca.st/Vgf4
1:48:00
2/25/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Thomas Middleditch
Jason Mantzoukas
Scott Aukerman
With Jason and Thomas, there's no way this isn't a best-of contender.
https://pca.st/7ZoY
1:41:00
2/25/2019
The Tom Woods Show
Economics
Tom Woods
Spontaneous order creates things that seem ordered like a pencil and language. Things that couldn't have been made by a central direction, even if they tried.
Libertarians are okay with unions as long as they are voluntary.
https://pca.st/Cg26
24:00
2/24/2019
The Glenn Show
Society/Culture
Glenn Loury
John McWhorter
Some of the conversation is about the n word which I thought was interesting.
https://pca.st/fXvh
50:00
2/23/2019
FTFY: Fixed That For You
Documentary
n/a
This made me realize how complicated it is the problem of making something taste, smell, look, and feel like hamburger meat. Being able to do all those things at the same time is a daunting task. But somehow they did it.
This impossible burger is likely to improve and taste a lot better than cow meat because they are able to experiment a lot faster.
The creator is planning to replace cows for hamburgers all together.
https://pca.st/Om25
20:00
2/23/2019
Second Career Devs
Tech
Madison Kanna
Talks about how she got into coding. Her sister was a developer so she wanted to try it out.
It can be useful to have a chip on your shoulder because it will make you work twice as hard.
https://pca.st/1847
42:00
2/22/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Society/Culture
n/a
Kmele Foster
I'm getting a feel for what type of show this is. It's just conversations about politics between friends, which makes it fun. I like the way the hosts think.
Kmele brings up the problem that we can't express skepticism over a victim's story because you'd be thought to be a horrible person. "The left is lowering the standards of evidence" [38:50]
**Read John McWhorters piece about Smollett**
https://pca.st/iZf8
1:20:00
2/21/2019
The Dropout
Tech
Documentary
n/a
Got to hear more of Elizabeth's and Sunny's explanation. It's interesting that they still plead not guilty.
https://pca.st/OL6R
43:00
2/21/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Arts
Society/Culture
Kmele Foster
John McWhorter
Got to learn a lot of John's background. He is more popular because of the race stuff but he enjoys linguistics a lot more. Talking about race is work to him.
There's no right or correct way to talk. Linguists are not about proper grammar. Talking black should be accepted as a legitimate language but most people wont. Even black people wont.
Some people label people who think talking black is incorrect as racist. John thinks this is the wrong approach to getting them to accept it.
He started talking about race because there were a lot of people that thought the same thing but were too afraid to say it.
black kids are afraid of doing good school because they'll be accused of acting white. [45]
there's a problem with black people defining themselves by their grievances. [~ 56]
https://pca.st/zMu5
1:37:00
2/20/2019
School Sucks
Business
Nathan Fraser
Brett Veinotte
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https://pca.st/9bL1
1:17:00
2/20/2019
Conversations with Tyler
Philosophy
Society/Culture
Tyler Cowen
Jordan Peterson
Don't recall anything too special out of this interview. I guess I was too busy while listening.
Try to notice your feelings. Label them. Doing that will give you the control to feel but not act.
Don’t tell the child “you are getting angry.” They will only feel inspected and will drive you further away.
Our thoughts create our feelings. If you have the thought “children should not talk back at their parents” you’ll get anxious when they do.
There’s no emergency. Stop reacting so angry when there’s no emergency.
Kids need more than love to have a good self-esteem. They need to be competent -- to be able to get their own needs met.
Don't try to deny or distract a child's feelings -- "that's just a dog, there's no reason to be afraid" "you don't mean that" "oh look at the birdie"
say stuff like "I wonder what will happen then". This gives the child the capacity to reflect without telling them what to do.
Parent's shouldn't repress their emotions but they shouldn't express conflict either. They need to take responsibility of their emotions. They need to do it in front of their child -- not in private-- so that the child learns how to take responsibility too.
https://pca.st/JW05
54:00
2/18/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Maya Erskine
Anna Konkle
Ronnie Adrian
Dan Lippert
Scott Aukerman
Maya and Anna are pretty funny.
Dan was a publicist for Movie Pass. Funny as always. "Back and better than ever"
Ronnie was a person who owned a record label?
I can see myself going back to this one because it was so fun. For some reason whenever I go back to an episode I think it's even funnier.
https://pca.st/2qpD
1:38:00
2/18/2019
Lexicon Valley
Arts
John McWhorter
First time listening to this podcast. It didn't get me too interested in words and their origins but I really liked the fact that John splices in songs to give examples. I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of McWhorter so I'm definitely going to keep giving this podcast a few more tries. I plan to understand how words can be so interesting.
https://pca.st/d3GS
44:00
2/17/2019
Blank Check with Griffin & David
Comedy
David Sims
Griffin Newman
This is the only positive Glass review I've found. That's good cause I loved Glass. They were actually funny. Might listen to them more. Especially their ep with Paul F Tompkins.
https://pca.st/zQ1a
2:18:00
2/15/2019
The Fifth Column - Analysis
Society/Culture
Kmele Foster
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Coleman Hughes
John McWhorter
Glenn Loury
I found this podcast after looking up all the podcasts that Coleman Hughes was on. I didn't really know these people except for Coleman, but I feel like this episode is one of the all time greats. Awesome back and forth. It's got a lot of good points about race.
https://pca.st/a0UF
1:41:00
2/15/2019
Extremely Offline
Society/Culture
Coleman Hughes
Fun little debate between Coleman Hughes and another person. Don't recall something too valuable.
https://pca.st/dnO2
1:02:00
2/15/2019
The Road Home with Jamil Jivani
Society/Culture
Coleman Hughes
Interview with Coleman Hughes. Nothing particularly special about the questions.
https://pca.st/25qJ
52:00
2/13/2019
The Dropout
Tech
Documentary
n/a
idk Elizabeth is crazy lol. I can't wait till next episode where she is confronted.
https://pca.st/L7hE
43:00
2/11/2019
The Ringer NBA Show
Sports
n/a
I need to stop listening to this podcast. It provides nothing of value. They just talk about opinions and speculations that I don't even trust. Nothing of substance.
https://pca.st/VT3A
46:00
2/11/2019
The Tom Woods Show
Society/Culture
Antony Sammeroff
Tom Woods
I learned that capitalism is not about competition. At least not anymore than any other system. There's no escaping competition. Capitalism is the only system where the only way to profit is to serve your fellow man.
https://pca.st/3P7x
35:00
2/11/2019
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Comedy
Stephen Colbert
Conan O'Brien
It was a little boring. They talked about things that they could only be interested in. Especially when they got to the conversation about magic. Maybe I should take this as a reason to stop listening to Conan's podcast.
https://pca.st/7cHS
1:07:00
2/11/2019
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy
Colton Dunn
Ryan Gaul
Scott Aukerman
Rhea Butcher
Was an alright episode. Characters were a member of NASA who has no business being there. Gaul was a detective interrogating Scott. He was great. I liked the way he talked - rambling and mumbling.
https://pca.st/wZ48
1:28:00
2/10/2019
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Other
Dax Shepard
Dr. Phil
I thought it was a little boring. I did get to know Phil a lot better. The thing that stuck to me the most was his assertion that anyone can get a job. That if you say you haven't been able to get a job for the last 2 years, it is bullshit. I think that's true. But then Dax and his assistant said it's not true during the fact check. They brought up racism as a rebuttal. That was not very good. I think they are overblowing the problem of racism as a deterrent. She said "in this day and age that is not the case" as if things have gotten worse since the 1950s. Any black person can get a job. Though they could be rejected more often, they certainly could. It's possible that it could be harder, but they still could. Plus, they can just offer to work for other black people if they wanted to bypass potential discrimination. I found those assertions from them to be dangerous. They are perpetuating a victim mentality. If I or my brothers can get a job despite the government overtly preventing me from getting one, then black people who are citizens certainly can.
What good does them saying some people can't get a job because of racism do???? Who is listening that would benefit from that? My guess is that they are the only ones who benefit because they are showing that they are "woke".