Mere Mortals Conversations

We're talking about some of our recent concerns, but as usual our reasoning might be a bit odd.

In Episode #229 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: an intro of just how wild we are (not very), a couple of boostagrams from my recent chat with Dave Jones, Juan's first dose and how it knocked him around, my intense dislike of politics could lead to my future downfall, Juan falling into the infinite feed pools, slavic Petar and why we played science with animals as kids, my disturbing love of sexy animals (apparently) and the even more disturbing scenes that occur in Roald Dahl books.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - We are the Wild Things
(1:20) - Dave Jones & a boostagram teaser
(4:51) - Getting vaccine hammered
(10:11) - Kyrin & politics
(15:00) - Time wasting Instagram
(19:49) - Boostagram slavs & spiders
(26:15) - Sexy gorillas this time
(29:29) - Disturbing Roald Dahl books
(33:56) - Sperm bank sayonara


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In Conversation #55 I had Erika de Pellegrin from The Balance Theory podcast join me again to talk about all things balance and podcasting. We start off by revisiting her core 3 values, diving into her podcasting process and what she has learnt from her guests and audience. We then chat more about her backstory, favourite books, what brings her joy and how she lives out her core values in the real world.

As always, I hope you are having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Repeat guest from Convo #013
(1:36) - 3 core values: health, relationships & fulfilment
(6:42) - Podcaster learnings
(12:20) - What is podcasting?
(18:03) - Connecting with her guests
(26:05) - Fav audience interaction
(29:29) - Visualising balance
(35:33) - Erika's backstory
(46:00) - Highschool stories
(49:59) - Seize The Yay & Think Like A Monk
(51:04) - Joy and meditation
(57:15) - Implementing her core values
(1:04:57) - Disarming fears
(1:16:25) - Connect with Erika


Connect with Erika:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebalancetheory/
Monday Muse link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xtnhoWFr68&ab_channel=TheBalanceTheory

Previous Chat With Erika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr7TSt8S8cc&list=PL3s-NHnCxOO4pXu3PhkDGug9k9VMl1aqb&index=32&ab_channel=MereMortalsBookReviews

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There's some changes coming to the Mere Mortals and podcasting as a whole. Here's the sum up.

In Episode #228 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: our commitment to being awesome & improving, new features such as chapters, links, transcripts, real examples using elephants, benefits that podcasters can now use for themselves, all of this is available to use right now (how very cool), new features like cross-platform commenting & going live, our new 95% schedule, a warning to be careful with your sats and new hosts and podcasts.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Mere Mortals 2.0, we're committed!!!
(2:44) - Features for the listener
(3:21) - Elephant example
(5:55) - Benefits for podcasters
(10:59) - This is usable RIGHT NOW
(15:21) - New features in the pipeline
(19:21) - A list of mini changes with Mere Mortals 2.0
(24:15) - A sum up of our philosophy
(25:15) - Be careful with your money (but also plz send 10 bitcoins by mistake)
(29:05) - New podcast apps
(29:44) - New podcast hosts


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Ahhhh shit. My audio is slightly scratchy on this one so I would actually recommend to listen at 1.25 or 1.5 speed as that seems to even it out.

In Episode #227 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: Epictetus and how to say his name, shoutouts for boostagrams, Gary Vee's book titled 'Twelve And A Half', the concept of smooth brain, frustrations while coding and tech related mishaps, a podcast I tuned into called Ablekraft, and a look into what we have learned from gaining gigantic shoulders using gigantic weights.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Epicteeeeeetus
(0:59) - Boostagram Time: Kevin, Dave & Chad
(5:16) - Why did Juan buy 72 copies of the same book?
(12:29) - Guilt by association
(15:55) - Smooth brain actions
(22:00) - Coding frustration
(24:30) - Ablekraft & music distribution
(25:49) - Gigantic shoulders and fitness vids
(31:38) - Share the gigantic weights!


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In Mere Mortals Conversation #54 I got to welcome on Dave Jones; a host of Podcasting 2.0 and integral part of the movement to improve podcasting. In this episode we go over some of the core aspects of how he and Adam Curry are making the podcasting experience better for listeners, developers and podcasters. This includes things like the value for value model, innovative new features and how cryptocurrency is becoming part of the process. Towards the end I get to ask Dave some more personal questions related to books, cars and why he and Adam work so well together.

As always, I hope you are having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Alliteration introduction
(1:03) - Podcasting 2.0 in a nutshell
(9:31) - What is the value for value model?
(16:01) - Adam Curry's creation of the v4v model
(24:06) - The difference between a value enabled app and other middlemen
(29:44) - Intersection of cryptocurrency and podcasting
(41:01) - Technical knowledge as a podcaster to utilise 2.0 features
(53:09) - The reason for the recent podcasting innovations
(1:01:57) - Decisions as a developer
(1:07:41) - Adoption of the innovative features
(1:19:08) - Self-hosting and lightning network nodes
(1:27:02) - Bitcoin wallets don't 'hold' bitcoin
(1:30:52) - Why Dave got involved with Podcasting 2.0
(1:35:34) - Why Juan burnt his underpants in the oven
(1:38:04) - Features that we are excited for
(1:45:26) - Learnings from being a first time host
(1:51:10) - Cancel culture emails
(1:59:19) - Dave's favourite books
(2:04:46) - The joy of truck repair
(2:09:59) - Join the 2.0 community!


Podcasting 2.0:
Website: https://podcastindex.org/
Try out a new app: https://podcastindex.org/apps

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We're coming to the end of some yearly goals and beginning to start afresh. 

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) - We're audio only!!
(1:07) - Kyrin's August recap
(2:05) - Juan's August recap
(3:45) - Kyrin's first 4 September goals
(5:03) - Juan's September goals
(6:21) - My gripes about Juan insulting my fitness goals
(7:35) - Kyrin's last 4 September goals
(9:17) - Continuation of Juan's September goals
(15:34) - Random finalising thoughts


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What are our general principles for investing and how does this mix with the new crypto rules?

In Episode #226 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how my brother is making money through the gambling websites, how your money mindset changes with time, how Wikipedia is the fun version of Newpedia, my general principles when it comes to investing, our relationship with money when we were young and how I am sacrificing car fines to bring you this beautiful Mere Mortality goodness.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - I screwed up
(1:13) - Hustle money/culture
(5:58) - Easy money just waiting there
(10:00) - Money mindset & inflation
(16:46) - Jimmy Wales and Newpedia
(19:24) - Mixing fun with business & money
(24:54) - Governments and crypto
(27:39) - General investing strategy
(33:51) - Money convos while young
(38:41) - Risking car fines just for you!

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So for our light chilled out discussion today ..... we decided to tackle the biggest questions of all!

In Episode #225 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: our return to the old stomping ground at South Bank, why I sometimes keep a dream journal, my wacky dream of monsters and aliens, whether dreams can be turned into movies, how suffering and meaning are intertwined, why love is the amelioration of life's shitiness, why it's not important to know the answer to these questions and our attempt to find out whether dictators might have had a hint of humanity underneath their brutality.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Back in South Bank
(1:06) - Dreaming and lucid dreaming
(6:25) - Dream recording device to make movies
(12:05) - The meaning of life
(17:59) - The meaning of love
(26:51) - Does it matter to know these 'meanings'
(28:40) - Asking 1 question to someone who can't lie
(33:05) - Love the Mere Mortals

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I was fortunate to have a conversation with Jack Jeffery, at a young 20 years old he is already knocking at the door in the world of crossfit, reaching the australian semi-finals in 2021 and with good outlook on his future.
A coach as well as a TrueAthlete, in this conversation I got the chance to talk all things fitness, why he began crossfit, the stories of the Torian Pro and what it takes to recover from 3 workouts a day!
As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(2:35) - The first workouts(5:00) - Competing(7:50) - The struggles between beginners and advanced lifters(12:50) - The structure to crossfit semi-finals(15:50) - Hard workouts(21:00) - Resilience(22:40) - Goal setting(26:30) - Recovery(30:00) - A day in the life and 5 years from now
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Combining the two things we actually know: how to set goals and how to workout!

In Episode #224 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's new focus on cooking, my recent points in the fitness challenge, reflections on mistakes we made for this years fitness goals, how we would start over give the chance, some advice for beginners starting to workout, the mechanics of swimming properly, why curiosity killed the cat and some shoutouts to people who deserve it.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Corporal Kyrin & Jr Juan
(1:24) - New cooking focus
(6:25) - 40 kg dips ppfpfftttppfttt
(9:57) - Starting yearly fitness goals again
(13:44) - Restarting as a beginner in fitness
(19:25) - Dunning Kruger effect & swimming with no legs
(22:08) - The downsides of curiosity
(25:41) - Shoutout for Chad Farrow, fountain.fm & Oscar Merry

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