Convergence

By Mark Steadman & Brendan HutchinsSociety & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health

Convergence episodes

February 28, 2025They're just trying to have a Tuesday
Brendan's going to church and Mark's starting a choir. No, like, really.
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The Problem with Time & Timezones
(00:00) - They're just trying to have a Tuesday
(00:12) - Mark's other podcast
(11:44) - C90 Community Chorus
(32:52) - Life starts now
(35:06) - Brendan's going to a church
(46:56) - God is a woman
(56:14) - A means of control
(01:05:52) - 7 days
(01:08:14) - Timezones
1 hr 13 min
February 21, 2025The sweetest fruit with the bitterest finish
How do you like them apples?
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The paradoxical theory of change
1 hr 6 min
February 14, 2025No powders
Brendan has an app idea and a new tattoo, and the boys both watched The Menu. And have things to say. (Spoiler: they liked it.)
(00:00) - No powders
(00:14) - The Godmode app
(20:49) - Mark has discovered Substack
(27:55) - Content as an act of service
(29:47) - Brendan got a tattoo
(39:42) - The wolf that wins is the one you feed
(52:16) - The Menu
Links
The Menu (2022)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
1 hr 13 min
February 07, 2025I am more bit than man
Brendan and Mark talk about pain, shame, and programming; Mark does a recce of Brendan's website;
(00:00) - I am more bit than man
(00:49) - A nice little shop
(04:23) - Being essential
(07:30) - What doing business looks like in 2025
(16:33) - Raising rates
(20:37) - Positioning
(30:42) - From me to you
(32:17) - Mark's regular "how do I make a reliable income" wobble
(38:04) - Brendan's website
(41:38) - We buy stuff to make problems go away
(46:10) - Struggling to engage with Godmode
(01:04:57) - Outro
(01:05:19) - Do what in your shop?
1 hr 6 min
January 31, 2025Let Others Voluntarily Evolve
Mark's chair is broken, Brendan is still obsessed with The Cable Guy, and AI always has to have the last word.
Links
Shell Game
Guns Akimbo (2019)
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
We Can Do Hard Things
1 hr 7 min
January 24, 2025Our pink halves of the drainpipe
Brendan and Mark are back in their respective homes, coming down to earth and discussing music, dancing, numbing, and more.
Links
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe, by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Open Arms, by Elbow
Anjunabeats
SMART goals are not so smart: make a PACT instead
Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, by Connor Beaton
How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters, by Michael Bungay Stanier
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, by Bell Hooks
When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy, by Geneen Roth
Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach, by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
Sorry if the volume's all over the place... Descript (the software we use to edit) is being incredibly fussy today. 🍼
(00:00) - Our pink halves of the drainpipe
(00:16) - Mark's purpose statement
(06:04) - The Maestro
(07:57) - My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
(11:02) - Open Arms
(12:25) - The week after the fortnight before
(14:58) - Anjuna and Chill
(23:19) - Numbing agents
(29:27) - Wacky backy serving sizes
(31:10) - Getting on protocol
(40:42) - Dr Bronner and his opinions
(43:37) - Weekly reviews
(45:55) - Godmode journaling
(47:41) - Daily tracking (or "Oh no, my stats!")
(49:31) - On the book "Men's Work"
(55:46) - Making the Godmode book an interactive experienec
1 hr 6 min
January 17, 2025We're just going to be here until I can drive again
Brendan and Mark celebrated Brendan's 40th by being in the same city together yet again. This time it was Brendan's turn to host Mark, and so the pair recount their adventure.
Links
Watch the boys smash stuff up
Brendan's 40th birthday dance party
(00:00) - We're just going to be here until I can drive again
(00:12) - Mark's been up mountains
(03:10) - Brendan turned 40
(08:06) - Get Better
(15:26) - December 26-29
(17:31) - December 30th - January 2nd
(31:35) - January 3rd - 4th
(33:28) - January 5th
(37:59) - January 6th
(59:17) - January 7th - 9th
(01:08:51) - Gratitude content
1 hr 19 min
December 27, 2024It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you
Mark is packing to see Brendan who's building a bathroom. Also there's talk of vaccinations, what to do when your friends won't join you on your journey to understand yourself and the world better, and why there is a mathematically correct politics.
Links
Break the Mold: 5 Tools to Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health, by Jill Crista
(00:00) - It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you
(00:10) - Updates from the Cottage
(01:51) - Mark's stress levels
(08:33) - Fasting content
(16:39) - Drinking baking soda for pH balance
(17:25) - Wbere you're going, your friends can't always follow
(31:37) - Vaccines
(41:46) - And other conspiracy theories
(48:22) - Why "small government" politics is provably, not just morally wrong
(55:41) - Plans for episode 57
(01:00:04) - Roscoe
1 hr 1 min
December 20, 2024Silent heart shapes
Friend of the show Billie Proffitt joins Brendan and Mark to discuss fasting, the stars, and how our choices affect the outside world (Mark's jury is still out). And there is a Tune Tumult to adjudicate.
(00:00) - Silent heart shapes
(01:23) - Fasting content
(10:05) - What we teach our kids about food
(15:51) - Your strange addiction is valid
(21:11) - Brendan's fasting update
(23:37) - You;'re outta gass
(32:44) - Extending your comfort zone
(34:41) - Spiritual ties to physical ailments
(41:22) - Astrology and the fourth turning
(50:12) - Yeah, but why though?
(54:54) - Audacity
(58:41) - We're looking through the telescope the wrong way
(01:03:23) - Brendan's song
(01:09:25) - Mark's song
(01:17:16) - Driving
Links
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, by Michael Pollan
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, by Katherine Morgan Schafler
Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert
1 hr 19 min
December 13, 2024Stop doing everything
Mark snet Brendan a photo of himself in the bath... and also had to go to hospital. Meanwhile, Brendan is becoming more comfortable as the face of Godmode – and there's a v1 document draft!
(00:00) - Episode 54
(00:36) - Mark's hypertensive crisis
(18:23) - Godmode v0.1
(41:07) - The face of Godmode
(46:14) - Capitalism and medicine
(50:43) - Stop doing everything
(55:30) - Kassablanca
(01:04:25) - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
(01:05:48) - Destroy me, ChatGPT
1 hr 10 min

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