Mere Mortals Conversations

As Juan prepares for his VeeCon trip to the US, we analyse the pros and cons of travelling on your own.

In Episode #298 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the new t-shirts that we're giving out to supporters of the podcast, why I'm being a fence sitter on this topic, the decision making processes one needs to think about, my first meal of Chorrillana in Chile, places we would absolutely not go whilst travelling solo and the details of Juan's upcoming very first solo travel plus my learnings from 14 months alone across Latin America.

A big thanks to Brando (from the SLIEK podcast), Anthony (from S.O.N.G podcast) and Dave Jones (from Podcasting 2.0)!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - We got cool shirts
(1:59) - In general: travel with someone
(5:51) - Motivations for travelling alone
(9:09) - You can have semi-solo travel as well
(12:47) - Eating on your own
(14:58) - Becoming comfortable doing EVERYTHING on your own
(17:57) - Don't solo travel if you can't make decisions
(19:12) - Boostragram Lounge
(23:49) - Planned vs unplanned trips
(27:43) - Spontaneity
(30:31) - Where would you not travel solo?
(36:42) - Final sum up
(39:51) - Covid travel in general is tedious
(41:57) - Travel on your own so you can listen to us more!


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Juan has just lived through my worse nightmare. He is a brave (and foolish) man!

In Episode #297 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I didn't become a video podcast sensation back in 2006, Juan's failed adventure to go to the zoo, my intimate Colombian dinner with a new friend, why a flat tire caused me to slow down and get a new perspective of a familiar place, the over-the-top assertiveness of Andrew Tate and a plug for our V4V themed episode.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Light hearted with MAGA hats
(0:52) - Video podcasts
(3:30) - Darling Downs Zoo
(5:43) - Oh no, road closed!
(7:41) - Cold Toowoomba in shorts
(10:52) - Kyrin has a new friend
(11:58) - Colombia food: Bandeja Paisa
(15:23) - A map of Juan's adventure
(18:22) - Slowing down for perspective
(22:34) - Andrew Tate
(27:44) - Value for value themed episode


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Mini Convo #4 is a quick burst of questions I got to pose to Todd Shannon. This session focuses in on the results of the recent crossfit open workouts and the next steps.

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An amazing thank you to the ~30 supporters who have directly supported us over the last year!

In Episode #296 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: what led us to Podcasting 2.0 and V4V, our personal thoughts on why we care about transparency, where we would draw the limit, our total amount of satoshis accumulated and a break down of the big baller boosters, a comparison of our two main shows and how you (yes you!) can help support us in the future!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Don't agonise upon us!
(1:15) - A quick recap of our podcast journey
(6:04) - What is value for value?
(8:24) - Why v4v needs transparency
(10:33) - How much have we made in 2.5 years of podcasting
(15:55) - Our top boosters!
(19:29) - What would have happened if we accepted advertising
(23:48) - What would we not be transparent about?
(28:07) - Boostagram Lounge
(33:04) - What if people sent us stuff?
(38:21) - Book Reviews vs MM
(42:56) - How transparent are others?
(43:35) - Chat comments
(45:08) - Why we will be as transparent as possible
(48:46) - Cure your OCD by sending sats!
(50:02) - Fountain and sharing clips


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What new behaviours have we noticed amongst crypto people in the last year?

In Episode #295 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: forming a line vs a booking system, why I've been losing track of my money, Juan's struggle to answer my question, why Paypal's micropayments just don't cut it, Juan trying to argue against an Ethics Professor, the real reason our marketing is suboptimal and how to send some micropayment value our way!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Beautiful Brissie
(1:10) - The Social Leap story
(4:58) - Social change driven by technology
(10:43) - Blockchain example of the other way around
(14:05) - Web 3 behaviour
(18:41) - Chad Farrow's support increase
(22:08) - Aping behaviour .... ooooh ooh aaah oooooooo
(23:32) - Paypal and micropayments
(25:27) - The Lightning Network
(31:37) - The Big Issue magazine
(34:21) - The Most Good You Can Do book by Peter Singer
(41:20) - Under promising and over delivering
(47:30) - Micropayment us plz


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Woof woof woof, bowowowow ruff rufff ruff ........ arf. Yap yap!

In Conversation #74, HOSKY Token, Carl (Vegas Pool) and I discuss: the origins of the hosky project, how the code and policy work on the Cardano blockchain, the different elements that encourage better behaviour of hosky idiots, the paradox between being (the) shit memecoin yet arguably most impactful use of Cardano, the ever growing intimate relationship between the two big dogs and a selection of highly curated meme questions from the community.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Señor Josqui & Vegas
(1:30) - What is Cardano & what are tokens?
(4:50) - The birth of HOSKY
(10:55) - Promises in code
(15:56) - Hosky Policy
(22:39) - The Doggie Bowl madness
(26:18) - Stakepools & NFT's
(30:33) - Testing the chain
(34:36) - Real world actions
(38:20) - Calling out bad behaviour
(42:38) - Propaganda quote
(44:17) - The importance of Carl
(51:10) - Open source code
(1:00:33) - The paradox of Hosky
(1:11:02) - Eloping to Vegas
(1:12:17) - Vegas rapid fire questions
(1:32:32) - Hosky rapid fire questions
(1:51:31) - Join Vegas .... or go with other small pools
(2:03:12) - Be careful of scams


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Consensus reached. If you want to get the girls, you've got to sleep with their gay guy friends first (apparently).

In Episode #294 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: more on the sexy new intro music, why I haven't been thinking about status, can you escape playing the status games at all?, the different types of status one can attain, utilising handstands/the MM podcast/books/languages to show off and why I might just be a tosser for bringing this topic up.

A big thanks to Petar the Slav, Signs of New Growth and new booster killyourfm for supporting the show. You all have the status of gentlemen, kings and learned scholars in my book.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Signs Of New Growth Intro
(1:01) - Why this topic came up: The Social Leap
(2:10) - Definition
(4:13) - Is the desire for status a fundamental human motive?
(10:47) - Choosing your games
(18:01) - What type of status are you not impressed by?
(22:43) - Objective, subjective and reputational
(29:15) - Responding to comments
(32:20) - Boostagram Lounge
(36:36) - Material status and positions
(39:54) - How I might show more status?
(49:21) - Tai Lopez and book quotes
(54:47) - Kyrin: What a tosser!
(58:13) - More comments
(59:38) - Value for value: Show your status!


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You smell that ....... it smells like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Juan's April Recap
(1:50) - My April Recap
(4:10) - My May Goals: 1st Half
(8:47) - Juan's May Goals
(12:07) - My May Goals: 2nd Half
(15:12) - Fitness Challenge
(17:58) - V4V


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Would the negatives of teacher dependency and substandard knowledge be countered by the increased motivation of having awesome teachers who know how to teach you more directly?

In Episode #293 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: a nice quote from Marcel Proust, the hypothetical of only having 1 teacher throughout your schooling career, what we would consider useful knowledge, Juan's obsession with certain online games and why I might need to think about presenting my status in life.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Meander me all night long
(0:39) - Marcel Proust: In Search Of Lost Time
(2:54) - One teacher for life
(7:27) - Teaching multiple subjects
(13;54) - 5 pieces of fundamental knowledge
(17:44) - The structure of languages
(23:49) - Teaching your kids another language
(26:43) - Agar.io, Dapper Dinos & Smash Karts
(30:19) - Evolutionary knowledge is useful
(35:36) - The Red Queen
(40:23) - Juan has status boi!
(44:41) - V4V


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Mini Convo #3 is a quick burst of questions I got to pose to Lisa Campbell. This session focuses in on the results of the recent crossfit open workouts and the next steps.

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