How You Level Up

By Kyle Nielson

This is a public investigation of life's fundamental questions. It's all about how you level up.

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How many episodes does How You Level Up have?

The podcast currently has 175 episodes available.

How You Level Up episodes:

July 21, 2026#190 – How can we problem-solve? (two books reviewed: 2 of 2)
This episode is a dual book review for the two books:
The Beginning of Infinity, by David Deutsch
Map and Territory, by Eliezer Yudkowsky (or
read it on Less Wrong)
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#189 - What are good and bad explanations?
#182 - What is optimism?
#171 - What are memetics?
#90 - What is negotiation?
#68 - What is shame?
#62 - What is a worldview?
#59 - What is culture?
#35 - What good is a distinction?
#19 - How do we debilitate ourselves?
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More about Kyle? Read this brief bio
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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12min
July 07, 2026#189 – What are good and bad explanations? (two books reviewed: 1 of 2)
This episode is a dual book review for the two books:
The Beginning of Infinity, by David Deutsch
Map and Territory, by Eliezer Yudkowsky (or
read it on Less Wrong)
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#151 - What is a belief?
#62 - What is a worldview?
#19 - How do we debilitate ourselves?
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More about Kyle? Read this brief bio
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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13min
June 16, 2026#188 - What is interesting about envy? (Dissatisfaction: 2 of 4)
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#99 - What are emotions?
#96 - What is love?
#84 - What are complaints?
#70 - What is self-awareness?
#55 - What is anger?
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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13min
June 02, 2026#187 - What does complaining reveal? (Dissatisfaction: 1 of 4)
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#84 - What are complaints?
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More about Kyle? Read this brief bio
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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12min
May 16, 2026 #186 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (book club review)
This is a book club episode where Kyle, Doug, and Scott review Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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47min
January 29, 2026#185 - What does it mean to quit?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#182 - What is optimism?
#151 - What is a belief?
#70 - What is self-awareness?
#68 - What is Shame?
#64 - What is reframing?
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More about Kyle? Read this brief bio
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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10min
January 06, 2026 #184 - What is The Technological Republic? (book club review)
This is a book club episode where Kyle, Doug, and Scott review The Technological Republic by Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska.
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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56min
December 30, 2025 #183 - What is life but a game? (poetry game)
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3min
December 23, 2025#182 - What is optimism?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#151 - What is a belief?
#70 - What is self-awareness?
#64 - What is reframing?
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More about Kyle? Read this brief bio
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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14min
December 16, 2025 #181 - What is Breakneck? (book club review)
This is a book club episode where Kyle, Doug, and Scott review Breakneck by Dan Wang. If you're interested in subscribing to Dan's newsletter, here is Dan Wang’s website.
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
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1h 5min

FAQs about How You Level Up:

How many episodes does How You Level Up have?

The podcast currently has 175 episodes available.