Convergence

By Mark Steadman & Brendan Hutchins

What is the work of a middle-aged man? To improve himself and help those around him contribute to a fairer, more tolerant society.

Mark is a digital producer with a coaching mindset. Brendan is a hom... more

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How many episodes does Convergence have?

The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.

Convergence episodes:

June 06, 2025 Things are not done or not done
Brendan returns to Darkenshrub, and Mark gets grumpy in London.
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54min
May 30, 2025 You're just being bolic
Mark is almost at a podcast conference. Brendan is juggling men's retreat options. And together they plot to save the world.
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1h 2min
May 23, 2025Don't worry, be happy? I worry
Mark has an idea for an app, Brendan had a revolution while dancing, and the boys have some advice on mopping.

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Simple Marketing For Smart People, by Billy Broas, Tiago Forte & Ali Abdaal
Moral Ambition, by Rutger Bregman
Pulp – Common People
Quotes by Alan Watts
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47min
May 16, 2025 Pump-fakin’
Brendan be dodging balls, Mark be watching The Pitt, they both be watching Sinners, and Michael B Jordan.
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49min
May 09, 2025 I'll send you my love in details
Brendan moved his mum into a new care facility, Mark reconnected with his therapist, and the pair reflect on creating intentional routines, reducing digital distractions, and their dreams.
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1h 3min
May 02, 2025Stumbling into failure
Brendan and Mark have questions and thoughts around moderation, and Brendan has questions for Mark on his sleep.
(00:00) - Stumbling into failure
(00:07) - Mark is weirdly on his shit
(00:52) - Brendan is on his shit
(04:25) - Brendan has thoughts on moderation
(14:28) - Mark has a pending relevation
(25:12) - Brendan doesn't trust the messages his body gives him
(28:09) - Mark tries to grapple with the Three Principles again
(32:08) - Brendan successfully avoided Creme Eggs
(38:27) - Mark remembers when the dopamine comes
(44:04) - Brendan is not going to coach Mark
(01:00:45) - Mark remembers something useful from a book
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How Minds Change: The New Science of Belief, Opinion and Persuasion, by David McRaney
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
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1h 5min
April 25, 2025The most thing is sugar
The boys mostly talk about sugar, both in chocolate form a la Easter, and in pill form via placebo.
(00:00) - The most thing is sugar
(01:17) - Brendan describes needing a hug
(03:18) - Mark describes his norming
(06:10) - Mark mourns a friend
(10:30) - Brendan and Mark spoil an episode of Black Mirror
(16:57) - Mark describes a book
(18:51) - Mark and Brendan appreciate Paul Giamati
(22:00) - Brendan has gone 40 days without YouTube
(27:53) - Mark does his easter bit
(30:24) - Brendan and Mark describe their different easters
(38:13) - Mark describes his confusion about sales tax
(40:05) - Mark recounts his encounter with a crackpot
(01:04:13) - Brendan claps back
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The Holdovers (2023)
Black Mirror – Eulogy
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, by Clay McLeod Chapman
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1h 8min
April 18, 2025Is this what normal people do?
Mark and Brendan figure out how to talk to people in real life.
(00:00) - Is this what normal people do?
(00:19) - Brendan got a visit from his mom
(03:00) - Mark dreamt of Brendan
(06:03) - Brendan went to a trade show
(27:07) - Mark recounts his public speaking journey
(45:07) - Mark reckons with his unlikeability as a child
(56:46) - Mark makes a metaphor
(59:21) - The pair talk about assertiveness
(01:00:57) - Brendan overthinks a Reddit conversation
(01:03:27) - Brendan and Mark talk therapy modes
(01:06:07) - Mark takes an ADHD tangent
(01:11:20) - Brendan talks in church
(01:17:39) - Mark remembers how to talk to strangers
(01:20:38) - Brendan introduces some new listeners
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1h 22min
April 11, 2025Get in the comments!
Mark encourages Brendan to make short-form video... not at all because he has started making his own.
(00:00) - Y'all are welomed to the show
(03:42) - Mark wouldn't call a dude "love"
(05:19) - Mark says "y'all" ironically
(08:28) - Undo is now monetised
(17:17) - Brendan's killing it running a meditation group
(22:25) - David chimes in
(23:16) - Brendan questions his medium
(32:55) - Brendan's got moves in the kitchen you haven't even heard of
(43:18) - Mark reminisces about You Suck at Cooking
(45:56) - Mark reminisces about The War of the Worlds
(49:50) - Your One Thing is beckoning
(52:02) - Brendan remembers why his teachings are his to give
(54:46) - We have to shift the Peeps
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Get in the comments!
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
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56min
April 04, 2025Now I have a bag of pegs
Mark opens a can of worms full of aspartame, and Brendan has both joined a dodgeball league and started a meditation circle. Now who's being a productive dynamo!?
(00:00) - Now I have a bag of pegs
(00:42) - Dopamine Nation
(07:52) - Does Mark trust Brendan?
(19:09) - Mark pokes the bear on aspartame
(38:47) - Brendan brings up the Potato Famine
(40:08) - Mark was write about community
(44:09) - Mark ruins Brendan's apology
(52:04) - Does food carry a message?
(01:00:11) - Brendan takes another run at the apology
(01:04:02) - Brendan unveils his meditation group
(01:06:06) - Brendan goes back to dodgeball
(01:09:36) - Brendan tells his joke
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Ultra-Processed People, by Chris van Tulleken
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1h 11min

FAQs about Convergence:

How many episodes does Convergence have?

The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.