Async

By Joshua & Saadia

Joshua and Saadia helped pioneer asynchronous and distributed work. So it's only natural that our podcast bucks synchronous conventions. On Async, we take turns to unfold the conversation, one epis

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How many episodes does Async have?

The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.

Async episodes:

June 11, 2025 [Joshua] Diamorphic design
Welcome to Async! In this episode Joshua follows up on ways to monetize an audience, diamorphic design, and writing fiction.
New topics include thoughts on WWDC, Freeform in the latest betas, and debating what opportunities to pursue.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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8min
June 03, 2025 [Saadia] Time to think
On writing, design, and writing.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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14min
May 28, 2025[Joshua] Finding Your Writing Muse and Embracing Diamorphic Design
Followup
AI rubber ducking
Line editing with ChatGPT
Topics
The art of discouragement - finding my writing muse
Writing to one person first
Finding 100 subscribers
Diamorphic design
Having a take
Links
Embracing AI with skepticism and curiosity
Writing to one person
First 100 subscribers
Diamorphic design

An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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8min
May 28, 2025 [Saadia] AI Ascetic
Will AI polarise cognition?
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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9min
May 22, 2025 [Joshua] Trusting the process
In this episode I followup on Saadia's Japan trip, having kids come of age, forced holidays, being overcommitted to work, and using AI to augment our brains.
My topics were cutting sugar followup, trusting the process, and looking for answers on an app idea.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
...more
10min
May 21, 2025 [Saadia] Amputation
Discussing Marshall McLuhan's idea that "every augmentation is also an amputation", in the context of LLMs.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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10min
May 07, 2025[Joshua] Travel and Sugar and Wrestling with UX and AI
Followup
Designing apps for design awards instead of money
Finding a writing angle with technology and education
Travel and stress
Mental health checkins
Topics
Sugar and my voice
AI and UI
Auto layout learnings
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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9min
April 28, 2025 [Saadia] Winging it
Lofty goals, travel tactics, mental health workouts, and more angles.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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11min
April 25, 2025[Joshua] Finding an angle
Followup topics:
Road trips in Australia vs. America
Why Joshua wants the Boox palma
Apps - Do they need to make money?
Playing games slowly

New topics:
Writing without a niche—pick an angle instead
Blogging for fun, and finding a Venn diagram with money
Trips an anxiety
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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15min
April 24, 2025 [Saadia] Writing for me
On camping, ebooks, apps that don't make money, and blog that don't have readerships.
An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

A Pretty Good podcast.
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18min

FAQs about Async:

How many episodes does Async have?

The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.