I'm No Expert

Everyone has a super power, some just don't know it. Jason and Ben reveal theirs, and also tackle these life-changing questions:

1) Who's your favorite super hero?

2) What super power do you wish you had?

3) Would you rather have the ability to fly or turn invisible?

Remember: With great podcasts comes great responsibility.

(Super) Maker Minute: Ridley Pearson

Extra: Superman (Bollywood Style)

World Cup fever has hit INE. Jason and Ben reflect on youth league upbringings, hard-ass coaches, helicopter parents, and late night pick-up games in college. Plus a hard look at this year's tournament in Russia including the new VAR system and what it means to take away subjectivity from the world's most popular sport.

Maker Minute: Ronaldinho Guacho

Tell us your deepest, darkest fears. We tell you ours in this episode of I'm No Expert. Failure, public speaking, skydiving, hornets – come in, lay down on the couch. Let's get started, shall we?

Maker Minute: Michael Muller and "Into the Now."

Jason's back from his FIRST Blade Show and he can't wait to tell you all about it. Wolverine Claws, Alpha auctions, kitchen knife Kickstarters. It all happened, and Jason tells all.

Maker Minute: Lucas Burnley

Nita Chef Knife

What's going on with Foursevens? When are the new lights coming?

Jason hears your questions, and he answers them all in turn. Getting prototypes to market is no easy (or fast) business, but when you hear all the updates, upgrades, and plans for the near and far future, the wait will be worth it.

Shop Foursevens

Inspired by a video on a Japanese minimalist, Jason and Ben dive in (lightly, so as to not disturb the peace) to this topic with (reserved and delicate) gusto, exploring the magic of soft close drawers, the vanishing night sky, and fascinations with the ninja.

Maker Minute: "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"

Jason's first Kickstarter campaign of 2018! It's also his first in over a year, so Ben flew all they way from Vermont to California to record the podcast in person and get a first-hand look at the Alpha Bamboo Fountain Pen.

Why a fountain pen? Why the bamboo design? Why write by hand when we have computers?

Enter the mind of a maker in this tell-all-meets-launch-announcement episode of Elon Musk's favorite podcast.

Back the Alpha Bamboo campaign: http://www.prometheuswrites.com/

Get the Foursevens T-shirt: http://bit.ly/47s_GloShirt

It's easy to criticize customer service, but how often do we hold up the mirror? What if it's not them, it's *GASP* us?

Jason and Ben dive into the customer-company relationship and outline THREE ways YOU can be a better customer. You do want a positive outcome, right?

Also hear tales of bad customers past and learn the "Three P's" of good customer behavior.

Maker Minute: The Four Agreements

What gets you out of bed in the morning? Jason and Ben answer this question, but also shed some light on techniques for YOU to use when exploring your purpose in life. Jason also reveals why taking on Foursevens was both a terrible business decision and exactly the right move, while Ben shares strategic renewal strategies he learned from Benjamin Franklin.

Maker Minute: Elon Musk

In which Jason and Ben discuss what is behind the somewhat recent exploding flashlight incidences, which in at least one case resulted in a fatality.

What is likely causing it and how to prevent it.

Incident One (fatality)

Incident Two

Incident Three