How You Level Up

By Kyle Nielson

Face challenges. Do work. Gain experience. This podcast is a public investigation of life's fundamental questions. This is all about how you level up.

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The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.

How You Level Up episodes:

September 19, 2025#175 - What is sacred?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#88 - What is Awe?
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September 02, 2025#174 - Who is Jillian Reilly and what are The Ten Permissions? (book review)
Jillian Reilly's forthcoming book, The Ten Permissions, is available for preorder now!
A few links to find Jill on the web:
The Ten Permissions website
LinkedIn
Jill's memoir, Shame: Confessions of an Aid Worker in Africa
TEDxCapeTown talk: Vain Aid
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August 26, 2025#173 - Who is Hussein Hallak and what is The Dark Art of Life Mastery? (book review)
Hussein Hallak’s new book, The Dark Art of Life Mastery, is available for purchase now!
A few links to find Hussein on the web:
Website
The Streetlight = name of his Substack
LinkedIn
Other things mentioned in this episode:
The book, The Three Laws of Performance
#156 - How do you change other people?
#13 - What is a metaphor?
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1h 9min
July 29, 2025#172 - What is the Antimemetics Division? (book review)
There is no Antimemetics Division was first published on the SCP Foundation website, and there is a new hardcover version of the book coming out November 2025!
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#171 - What are memetics?
Links referenced in this episode are:
Hurricanes across 150 years
Retraction Watch Database
Retraction Watch
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24min
July 15, 2025#171 - What are memetics?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#87 - What is judgment?
#17 - What are heuristics?
Books referenced in this episode are:
The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
The Parasitic Mind, by Gad Saad
Contagious, by Jonah Berger
Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
I am Code, by code-davinci-002
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13min
July 01, 2025#170 - What are boundaries?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#169 - What is non-violent communication?
#84 - What are complaints?
#77 - What is curiosity?
#72 - What is the drama triangle?
#70 - What is self-awareness?
#66 - What are the four horsemen of conflict?
#61 - What are the five love languages?
#55 - What is anger?
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12min
June 17, 2025#169 - What is non-violent communication? (revisited)
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#99 - What are emotions?
#90 - What is negotiation?
#87 - What is judgment?
#70 - What is self-awareness?
#66 - What are the four horsemen of conflict?
#65 - What are defense mechanisms?
#25 - What makes conflict uncomfortable?
#23 - What is fear?
#22 - What is conflict?
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13min
June 03, 2025#168 - What is The Anglo-American Establishment? (book review)
This is a book review episode of The Anglo-American Establishment by Carroll Quigley.
Further episodes to explore topics touched on in this episode are:
#127 - What is propaganda?
#123 - What is authority? (5 of 7)
#121 - What is social proof? (3 of 7)
#115 - What is persuasion? (0 of 7)
#62 - What is a worldview?
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Timestamps:
[00:21] Book review primer
[02:01] Chapter organization
[06:21] First insight: complexity of influence networks
[08:49] Second insight: public opinion manipulation
[11:18] Are there benign conspiracies?
[13:01] Outro
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14min
May 06, 2025#166 - What are the three disciplines?
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#86 - What is perception?
#71 - What is discipline?
#64 - What is reframing?
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11min
April 29, 2025#165 - What is Dopamine Nation? (book club review)
This is a book club episode where Kyle, Doug, and Scott review Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke.
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
#164 - Why do we struggle?
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Timestamps:
[00:17] Conversation primer
[05:45] The bodega ritual
[08:23] Book introduction
[10:53] Addiction, pain, and pleasure
[16:23] Access to porn and dopamine
[19:33] Phone addiction and social media
[26:10] Reading as an antidote
[30:49] Smut, violence, arousal, and struggling
[39:08] General takeaways
[46:25] Our next book?
[49:19] Outro
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50min

FAQs about How You Level Up:

How many episodes does How You Level Up have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.