Mere Mortals Conversations

Well, we know we're full of Mere Mortals mistakes, now the whole world gets to know!

In Episode #258 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: some potential reasons why mistakes are hard to admit to, ways in which we've stuffed up our lives (apart from the whole things of course), why one might want to fail to make more…

Juan has been super busy this week and he's been compensating by eating more of his bland food than normal.

In Episode #257 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: whether it's good to be super busy, the selection of buffet food at my old work, why I stopped the V4V podcast, our interactions with Podcasting 2.0, the…

Why did Pete forgo a career in science to focus upon Aussie English?

In Conversation #67 Pete and I discuss: preparing for podcast interviews, some of the problems with scientific studies, people behaving in a false/lying manner, how cryptocurrencies are gaining steam, if the future is all about electric cars and other innovation, what…

This convo was sparked due to Juan reading Josh Waitzkin's 'The Art Of Learning'.

In Episode #256 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the tai chi championship Josh Waitzkin competed in, examples of how we chose to learn different depending on the context, the difference between acquiring fast knowledge vs mastering…

Apparently my family's McDonald's Christmas tradition is a bit strange.

In Episode #255 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why we won't be making NFT's anytime soon, the difference between Christmas traditions across cultures, how Juan won a cookie through fooling someone solving a Rubik's cube, my…

How did Adam come up with the Value for Value model and why does this work perfectly with the advances of Podcasting 2.0?

In Conversation #66 Adam and I discuss: buying a Belgian castle with a helipad, the core principles of V4V, the different stages of No Agenda and refining the model, how he crashed a motorbike whilst dressed as…

Do you view the world as transactional and think that everyone has a motive behind every action?

In Episode #254 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why I came up with this topic, how 'free isn't free' aligns with the value for value philosophy, how altruism disappears if everyone has a selfish motive, the wisdom…

Value for value has jumped forward with the ability to stream micropayments of Bitcoin whilst listening to your favourite podcaster (hopefully it's us)!

In Conversation #65 Oscar and I discuss: unique names and finding twitter handles, the fountain podcasting app and how it started, why Oscar was quick to combine his crypto and…

This episode was supported by the generosity of Vegas Pool & Petar The Slav. Let their names be immortalised!!!!

In Episode #253 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how we would hypothetically steal a crypto seed phrase, my poor social skills yet strangely tantalising bubble butt, the latest HOSKY news, Vegas Pool's…

Do you want to know more about the Cardano Blockchain and the process of staking with a stakepool operator (SPO)?

In Conversation #64 Pete and I discuss: the purpose of the Cardano cryptocurrency, the idea behind staking/delegation, how to run a stakepool, Australia's position with regard to crypto, his old Joomla Beat and new…