Mere Mortals Conversations

How good are you at spotting fakes and would it matter if you were consuming mostly AI generated content?

In Episode #331 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how Beats by Dre changed gym culture, the rise of deep fakes into your podcasts and media, how to tell what is true so you don't lose a grip on reality, how YouTube…

We've talked about the topic of 'regret' before but wanted to get more personal this time and share some insights from our own lives.

In Episode #330 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: my one-off jackass comment as a kid, why smashing out huge deadlifts maybe isn't a great idea, how regret can pile up later…

You hear that ....... it sounds 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…

From now on we shall be clickbaiting, unboxing Mukbangers; hope you like the new direction!

In Episode #329 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I've never bothered with transcripts before, the cool new things coming to Fountain, why we had to change the Live date, Juan's experience opening Veefriends card's…

I can give you a sneak peak, we're roughly about 80% good at completing our tasks.

In Episode #328 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: our overall impression on how we went last year, why I didn't want to find a partner and Juan didn't want to run, the importance of setting a manageable number of goals, my…

We set ourselves a lot of one or the other questions this week and yet the right answer is probably ..... both!?

In Episode #327 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: concepts from Ryan Holiday's book 'Ego Is The Enemy', a bunch of people who were secret gangstas, how our lives would have to change with a wife…

I've been disappointed with my reading of philosophy books over the last year, so here are the reasons why.

In Episode #326 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: my loose definition of philosophy and philosophers, why I came in with high expectations, whether you should be able to read a book as a stand alone, linking deep…

What if there was an app that could detect Karma and it influenced you to stop helping people?

In Episode #325 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's random nosebleeds and tips to grow old and die quickly, whether free can truly be free, trolls and their propensity to sell marketing courses, the funny idea of science…

What is Juan planning for this coming year and will he achieve his goals?

In Episode #324 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's explanation of 2022 and how he sets out his goals into 3 categories, my predictions of each category and why they are also a subtle analysis of his weaknesses, the 19 goals that Juan is going…

Pete Smissen is now a Three-Pete (get it) guest on the Mere Mortals and is the awesome host of the Aussie English podcast and the newly created Pete vs Plants YouTube channel.

In Conversation #77, Pete and I discuss: some crazy animal stories from his PhD days, shows like Prehistoric Planet and Altered Carbon which appeal to his love of…