Mere Mortals Conversations

What are the big and small decisions that have led the Mere Mortals Podcast to it's current point?

In Episode #358 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the actual size of the studios we have used, the OG notes Juan created for our first planning session, the Alpha Baller Club name choice, the decision to split the book review…

I got a chance to have a second sit down with Nic, who originally came on the podcast 2 years ago. We caught up about his latest venture: Midnight Health (https://midnight.health/), the scaling of this new company, what it means to scale a digital healthcare company, the daily discipline and we finish off with some car chats.

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Juan has found a new obsession so we're exploring the progression of stories!

In Episode #357 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: sticking to our strengths, how an idea can transform over time, Juan's plans to contribute to the Cockpunch community, the first mainstream cartoon band, how our lives would look without…

Is it worth trying to develop 'Character' or is this just a good way to get taken advantage of?

In Episode #356 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how my book review influenced this episode, almost going on a date while sick, why great character might just be NOT doing bad things, why behaving virtuously might not pay…

Consumer facing Artificial Intelligence playthings seems to be getting more and more frequent.

In Episode #355 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: his crappy sleep as determined by an Apple and Garmin watch, why I can see a future where I would stop doing handstands, some random interactions I had out and about, why it would…

What are your considerations to find useful info on a new topic?

In Episode #354 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: techniques for rapidly finding quality information, my method of using Wikipedia and it's sources, how Open AI might be a useful search tool in the future, why it's important to seek out a variety of…

You sense that ....... it seems like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous…

Best be a go-getter who doesn't whine otherwise you might not notice Juan around as much!

In Episode #353 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the irony of Juan complaining about complainers, the forgotten intricacies of duelling in the 1800's, public knowledge that gets lost over time, why I like to go to Bitcoin…

How do you determine what level of truth is behind a conspiracy theory?

In Episode #352 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: a looooong article Juan found from Twitter, how we decide if a conspiracy theory has some validity, personality traits that influence our views of them, why I think you really only need to believe one for…

I've been dealing with a bit of internal criticism recently so it was nice to get this off my chest (or out of my head to be more accurate).

In Episode #351 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: feedback from some fellow Brisbanites, why we are so committed to value for value, some changes to our release schedule, YOUI…