Mere Mortals

Mere Mortals



What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,). We go live every Sunday @ 11am AEST.

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692 Episodes

You Will Never Finish A 2nd Language | Text Vs Audio Communication Which Is More Useful?

How do you say in a foreign language 'sorry I ruined your birthday cake' eeeep.

In Episode #345 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I yeeted my friends cake all over myself and my car, how Juan changed up his reading style of Ryan Holiday's 'Stillness Is The Key' to finish his monthly goals, why…

How do you say in a foreign language 'sorry I ruined your birthday cake'…

06 November 2022 | 00:52:33


What Can We Learn From Past People | What Can We Expect From Future Generations?

Are past humans enough like us to learn from and if so, what do you try to apply to look forward in time?

In Episode #344 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how a 5am question brought this about, viewing 50 year old people as young, why the coming generations might have it easy, whether technology could mitigate the worse points…

Are past humans enough like us to learn from and if so, what do you try to apply to look forward…

04 November 2022 | 01:11:08


Distorting Time To Live Longer | Unexpected Surprises From Stereotypical People

Will any of us live to 150, and if so, are we essentially immortal?

In Episode #343 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the annoying fact that time goes fast when you're having fun, ways to slow time without it being unpleasant, the hubris of life extension scientists, people whose actions are markedly different from…

Will any of us live to 150, and if so, are we essentially immortal?

In Episode #343 of…

30 October 2022 | 00:46:15


How To Change Your Innate Characteristics | What Virtues Will You Seek Out?

How are you developing your character to become a better person?

In Episode #342 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the new change to releasing episodes at 7pm AEST, how leadership is important for a companies character, the difficulty of changing innate personality traits, the good characteristics we look for in people, an…

How are you developing your character to become a better person?

In Episode #342 of…

28 October 2022 | 01:04:35


A Museum Dispelling The Professional Aura | S#!tties & The Hidden Hosky Chat

Juan gives us a debrief of his freezing Tassie trip and I explain my recent NFT investigations.

In Episode #341 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why Juan absolutely loved the MONA in Hobart, having fun with randoms in an art exhibit, intentionally exposing yourself to cold, our appreciation of companies with…

Juan gives us a debrief of his freezing Tassie trip and I explain my recent NFT…

22 October 2022 | 00:42:07


Finding Stillness In A CRAZY World | Techniques To Let It All Go

It's a wild and crazy world out there. So we'll be going over our ideas on how to tune it out and find some tranquility.

In Episode #340 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Ryan Holiday's book called 'Stillness Is The Key', Juan's definition involving external influences, a lack of stillness whilst…

It's a wild and crazy world out there. So we'll be going over our ideas on how to tune…

20 October 2022 | 00:56:10


Which Crypto Theme Will Drive The Next Phase? | Taking Souls With Hybrid Training

What exactly is money to you?

In Episode #339 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why rich people can move mountains and alter reality, how BTC, ICO's and DEFI/NFT's where the last 3 crypto trends, why Juan thinks things will only get more centralised in the next 4 years, how a 9/5 job made me stupid and examples of…

What exactly is money to you?

In Episode #339 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I…

15 October 2022 | 00:58:56


Our Bad Habits | Why Do We Choose Self-Destruction?

It's a slightly uncomfortable topic this week as we're examining our worst habits and how we deal with them.

In Episode #338 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why my backsliding required I bring this up, examples from each of us in where we are failing, how our minds are quite different, why there is no one-stop…

It's a slightly uncomfortable topic this week as we're examining our worst habits and…

13 October 2022 | 00:56:32


Swooping Birds Are Completely Merciless | And We Are Ridiculously Selfish

What could be more selfish than defending our eyes from swooping birds, we must be so greedy :(

In Episode #337 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: all our recent altercations with birds in the QLD springtime, why I struggle to connect with animals and likely will never have a pet, a therapy session on whether I am leading my…

What could be more selfish than defending our eyes from swooping birds, we must be so greedy…

08 October 2022 | 00:51:32


Defining Your Life Principles | Rules Of Thumb To Live By

A solo episode this week because Juan's life principle is to go travelling Tasmania. Also just realised that the thumbnail is slightly clickbaity as I'm not going to fight for any of these. Apologies but I'm too lazy to change it, plus I like the pink and white colours.

In Episode #336 of 'Musings' I discuss:…

A solo episode this week because Juan's life principle is to go travelling Tasmania. Also…

06 October 2022 | 00:57:02