Junior is a cousin of Tobi who was on ep 15 of Moon Tea!

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Chapters:

- 00:25 Jon says “Junior” wrong. Hugh says “Junior” right. Win.

- 00:50 Hugh: “At least we have some civilized people on this podcast”

- 1:15 Jon: “Jon and Junior met last evening at Karaoke and now Junior is here.”

- 2:30 Intro for Junior. Junior is a cousin of Tobi (ep 15)

    - From Ibadan which is north of Lagos, Nigeria

    - 5:30 People pay fees to go to parks in Ibadan

- 6:40 Hugh: “What are some cultural differences from Nigeria?”

- 7:20 “Nigeria is split into 3 ethnic groups. 220 million people in Nigeria. Yoruba (South West), Igbo (South East), Hausa (entirety of the North).”

    - “Very hard for presidents to do a double term”

    - Over 200 languages spoken in Nigeria

    - Current Nigeria president won through a successful coup in 1983

- 10:50 When the British left Nigeria, they left it in 3 semi-autonomous zones. Have since broken into more regions which is a strategy to get stronger voting rights → 3, to 6, 12, 21, 36 regions now. More regions you control, more chance of getting voted in.

    - Diff of Premiere and President. Nigeria is a Federal Republic.

    - What is a Federal Republic?

    - 13:30 Hugh reads what title is for Xi Jin Ping of China? Short answer: Secretary and President

    - 14:00 Hugh reads definition of difference between President and Premiere of China

- 15:40 Why did you move to London?

- 16:10 Insight into Nigerian boarding school. Can’t bring in tuna in a can, biscuits, and no fresh milk due to lack of refrigeration and electricity. Was given stipend weekly

- 18:25 Transition to Brixton, England.

    - Curious idea: Struggling with Black identity due to English Black people teaching Junior “to be black”

- 21:25 Black on black racism and peeling back the layers

- 23:50 Jon parallels to asian stereotypes

- 25:40 Junior: “What are teh standards and stereotypes asians have to uphold?”

    - Jon: “I do what’s best for me and my community and try not to think of a stereotype to follow”

    - 26:40 Jon asks Hugh for his thoughts on the topic too

    - Cultural classism. Book to read: 28:30 White Trash book

- 30:30 Junior shares incredible travel stories!

    - 32:00 Junior would get free hostel room and board by being the hostels “entertainment”

- 38:30 Hugh: What are some conversation topics that were a repeating pattern / others would ask you?

    - 40:00 Junior: “There’s a lack of meaningful conversation and healthy conversation”

- 40:50 Juniors ambition in life is to start his own charity in Nigeria to build houses for the homeless. He’s already 40% there! Stay tuned!

- 41:15 Projected, in 100 years, Nigeria will break 1 billion due to the following reasons; Nigeria is family centric where the young take care of the old - is this a good thing? - Junior proceeds to analyze this socioeconomic philosophy in Nigeria

- 42:50 Book on altruism that talks about maximizing effective altruism. Forgot name - book cover is dropping quarter in a cup

- 44:10 Junior: “My dream is to help people, build flats,

Previous guest on episode 9 and now this one, 37!

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Chapters: 

- 00:15 Welcome back for round 2 Señor Eugene Kim!

- 1:55 “We’re now starting to see the fruits of decentralized finance. The future is going to involve crypto”

- 4:10 “2017, we didn’t have communities, now from 2020 on, we’re starting to see legitimate groups”

    1. Decentralized finance

    2. NFTs (lottery ticket of crypto)

    3. Metaverse gaming application

    4. Defi 2.0 (new type of staking w lots of yields)

    5. Layers of cryptocurrencies such as Launchpad which allow you to buy other cryptocurrencies. Artists are finally able to monetize in the crypto space

    6. Layer 1’s (ie. Ethereum, Bitcoin)

- 6:45 What would you tell my sister who is a painter that would be helpful for her in the crypto space?

    - Build up a social media presence

    - Tezos is an interesting one off selling for hardcore artists (layer 1 blockchain)

- 9:50 What does an NFT mean for a physical world painter?

    - On Tezos, you can sell the same art piece, say, 12 times. Can split into many pieces for fractaled ownership

- 11:35 Hugh wrapping his head around NFTs: “So one can create a fractaled version of a piece of art that you can create original duplicates of, to a maximum set limit, and then sell those and take commission on those in perpetuity?”

    - 12:04 Jon: “Depends on the platform / how that NFT contract is written. NFTs enable this”

    - “Every time an NFT gets sold, can pay a percentage to that artist. Also a thing called degenerative artwork as a concept.”

    - “NFTs unlock a number of different ways to be creative and is a different way to support Artists and Creative people”

    - 14:55 NFTs are digital property

- 17:50 Taproot upgrade will allow Bitcoin to have smart contracts. ie. Portal, ICP etc.

- 18:50 Liquidity Pool basics

- 20:40 Synthetics. Huge concept

- 21:55 What are Oracles? Way to provide data to the blockchain

- 23:10 Concept: Ampleforth has a rebasing token supply → allows to expand synthetics to leveraged form

- 25:45 DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) → Allows for decentralized voting rights

- 26:45 Concept: Lithium Finance allows for trading of private assets like Tesla

- 28:50 Jon: Alright Eugene, what are you excited about? A: Decentralized finance and Metaverse gaming

    - 30:00 Digital land and fashion. Luxo (creator of first ERC20 token → grand vision)

- 31:00 Concept: Decentralized databases / servers = future competitors to AWS, Azure, etc.

- 32:25 Hugh: “What are your thoughts on peoples ability to exchange goods etc anonymously on the blockchain?”

- 35:00 Centralized exchanges keep tabs on fiat onboarding / offboarding ramps

- 36:00 Hugh: Weighing the pros and cons between centralized finance, giving access to the unbanked, what about drug trafficking etc? I don’t know about full anonymity to be honest

- 39:00 Hugh: “Are centralized governments good? Or are they corrupt and bad?”

- 43:00 Hugh: Is Moon Tea Podcast propagating the dark market right now by having this conversation?

- 43:50 Jon: “The offramp to fiat is going to be

“The world rewards you for value provided, not time spent.” – James Clear

Previous episodes: 12, 13, 28, now 37

Chapters:

- 0:43 Dr. Mike, what do you think about goals?

- 1:20 How do you create something that helps people pursue goals, achieve them, and possibly find community from that?

- 2:05 How have you grown to create and set goals, Dr. Mike?

- 3:10 Dr. Mike begins to show his tool / process he’s created!! Titled, “King Mikes win the day sheet”

    - Read Think and Grow Rich!

- 8:00 Page 2 → The Monumental Crap Sandwich Processor

- 12:30 Has stress ever debilitated you?

- 14:40 Who do you send your Crap Sandwich to?

- 16:55 Manage energy, not time

- 18:25 Focusing on gratitude first thing in the morning and share it with others

- 19:40 Track your wins → 36,000 pages, 110 pages currently

    - Wins are accomplishments, and or lunch w wife, sometimes things are wins. A success diary, in a way

- 23:00 Thinking about thinking and what might be stressful

- 24:00 What’s exciting you today?

- 25:10 “My job as a CEO is to ask the right questions”

- 30:20 “The only way to make money in life is to create value for people”

- 37:20 SWOT Analysis → Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

- 39:00 Project Quadrants: Growth, Trajectory, Intention, Results visualization visual

- 42:35 Working | Not Working visual

- 50:55 How did you decide to work on the projects that you work(ed) on?

    - Statement of desire

- 53:46 Lit $24,000 bucks on fire when purchasing radio ads lesson

    - [https://buildmyteam.com/](https://buildmyteam.com/)

- 57:55 Dr. Mike puts Jon and Hugh on the spot: “Do you two have formal processes for how you manage your time and energy?”

    - Hugh: “How does one create motivation? How does one frame their daily life to get out of bed and not feel lethargic? How does one feel the ability to feel connected, have community, and not have goals for goals sake (belonging)? What is a mission statement? What is a value statement?”

    - Jon: “I have a todo list in my notes app + a roam research account + 5 year goals + gratitude journal”

- 1:04:25 “You’re the first people to ever see this → no ones ever asked”

Dr. Mike's company, Build My Team: https://buildmyteam.com/

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Ep 36 - Ben Chen, The Canadian Anesthesiologist

- 0:44 Jon puts a plant behind his head

- 0:54 Ben knows his plants

- 1:05 Jon introduces Ben! What a cool Anesthesiologist!

- 1:58 Ben is a winner and won a prize at a friendsgiving!

- 3:10 Ben introduces himself! He’s from Canada!

- 3:30 Ben talks about the Canadian Medial Progression from Residency MD, and on.

- 6:05 Ben’s thoughts on NYC

- 7:50 Any cultural differences between NYC and Canada?

- 9:30 Ben’s origin story

- 11:30 Insights into Surrey, Canada

- 14:10 Applying to medical schools in Canada insights from Ben

- 16:50 Sorry everyone, Ben’s a taken man. T.T

- 19:10 Julie (ep 30) is now ENGAGED with Thomas!!!! (ep 24)

- 21:10 How did Ben decide to get into Medicine?

- 23:55 Ben loves feeling challenged, working with people, and learning. What an amazing gentleman

- 24:45 Why Ben chose Anesthesia as his focus

- 29:00 Will anesthesia robots take your job?

- 32:30 We should not use AI to make final decisions but to support in making decisions

- 35:20 Jon doesn’t think Teslas should end up in harmful scenarios if proactive enough

- 36:20 Pull lever or don’t pull lever on train track thought experiment that gets asked to lots of Med applicants. Ben relates it to Covid - super interesting!

- 40:15 What’s the Canadian health care system like? Similar to European system?

- 41:25 Are private practices in Canada? Ben knows the deets!

- 43:12 Is there a shortage of doctors in Canada?

- 47:00 How is transportation system in Canada in rural areas?

- 49:50 Canada doesn’t have full Tesla Self Driving due to Canadian regulations

- 52:00 Ben’s hobbies!

- 59:00 Ben thinks Jon would be the perfect Vancouver-ite! Hugh might join too!!

- 1:01:30 Ben’s parting thoughts → lots of room for improvement in Hospitals

- 1:04:00 unlocked topic for next ep: Right to choose ones death

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:42 - What is Julia doing in AZ?

2:25 - Pickleball!

6:30 - Hugh introduces Julia

8:05 - Art / Creativity coach

10:15 - Julia continues the intro and talks about her art and pursuit of creative work

15:33 - Julia's creative journey and how she got started on her journey and her time in Malaysia

23:10 - How she discovered life coaching

26:30 - How she ended up as a furniture design industry

29:50 - How she expanded her coaching practice and went to a sex cult retreat

33:00 - Intuitive art shows (soul essence portraits) and how she painted dreams for people + commission work

41:00 - Malaysia and coming home after two years

52:00 - When did it make sense to step down from her furniture job? 

59:00 - On finding community and connecting with people

1:02:00 - How to work with Julia!

1:07:00 - Parting thoughts + words of wisdom

Julia related links:

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I'm sorry I forgot my rode mic on this one :( won't happen again!

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

2:00 - Rostam's magnificent beard 

3:00 - Rostam's trip to France! And on dating a nice French lady

5:00 - Does Rostam speak French?

5:30 - How does Rostam feel about this girl? And the qualities that he looks for

9:30 - Rostam is a good communicator and good with boundaries + other emotional intelligence qualities

10:50 - Travel/Culture discussion + 5 year goals and extreme sports

16:00 - Dev discussion and Rostam's background

20:00 - Jon's career discussion

21:00 - Rostam learned very quickly! + Discussion of progression

25:00 - Imposter syndrome discussion

25:50 - Career goals and Rostam's hustle

29:45 - How do Hugh and Rostam know each other?

33:00 - Does Rostam have a why? + software mentorship + impact discussion

37:20 - Effective altruism and charity discussion

41:00 - Investments / trading discussion. Tech/crypto investments

47:00 - Inflation discussion

Links:

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:57 - How did Jon and Alvaro meet in rural France?

2:30 - Where is Jon? Who is Hugh?

3:40 - Alvaro listened to every episode! "Hearing a conversation with friends is really cool"

5:00 - Alvaro's background and interests

7:50 - Do Alvaro and Jon listen to Taize hymns? + Taize explanation

10:50 - When were they in France?

11:20 - How did Alvaro end up there?

12:30 - Jon and Alvaro met the most interesting people there

13:20 - The miniature pony farm story

14:30 - How did Jon end up there?

16:20 - What were Alvaro's jobs?

17:45 - Jon spent a week in silence

20:00 - Maybe we are not doing a good job explaining Taize

23:50 - Alvaro loves silence

26:20 - Jon ate in silence with friends at a restaurant

28:30 - Hugh asks Alvaro's how he met his wife

34:40 - Is Jon dating?

39:25 - Alvaro's hot take on crypto

43:20 - Alvaro's crypto interests?

44:40 - What is important about crypto?

48:00 - What are some medium to long term goals? Family and music

53:15 - Some parting thoughts?

57:40 - Closing

Links:

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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Sam has listened to some podcast episodes!! 2:25 - Sam talks about his plants in his room. Discussion about fungus gnat 4:40 - Sam is the resident plant expert + discussion about plant care 6:20 - Sam brought topics + some TSLA discussion 8:05 - Sam lives in Brooklyn, previously worked at Zocdoc and is working at Spotify now 10:25 - We are all liberal arts graduates  12:00 - Should we go the hard way ??  + Discussion about college major and early career discussion 14:00 - Do we want our "offspring" to go to liberal arts schools? + Discussion about liberal arts education 18:30 - Penn vs. Penn State 21:30 - Sam talks about teenagers at a prestigious NYC high school 23:45 - Is community college or a trade school a great route? + his experience taking an art class at a community college 26:45 - Hugh met a young teenager lady at a coffee shop and she was so driven and focused and emotionally intelligent 28:40 - Experience working with Gen Z  + probably some seletion bias + Jon's sister 31:20 - Young people hang out in discord + appreciation of young people using the latest technology 33:00 - Appreciation of libraries! 33:40 - Would you send your kids to private high school? 45:20 - Tech people look at numbers 46:30 - Jon's story about how he and his friends ate in silence at a restaurant 47:30 - Sam doesn't like silence 50:10 - A day of OKCupid with no photos + experiences should change our perception but they generally don't + Facebook discussion 55:20 - Sam was experienced with young people getting interviewed for Oxy 56:00 - What are some good wedding songs? Sam is planning some songs for a wedding 58:20 - Conclusion!   

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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 1:45 - Jon's intro of Daniel 3:20 - Daniel talks about leaving his job a decade ago 4:15 - Had a traditional education and job and had a great experience transitioning into music. Also how he resigned from his finance job 8:30 - Discussing the process of publicity for the band.  10:30 - Relationship with parents and the need for communication. What did Daniel want? 14:00 - How and when did Daniel realize what wanted? Why music? 17:00 - Flow state for music. Also helps to work with music for over a decade 18:30 - How does music production work? 21:15 - How would Daniel describe Run River North?  24:50 - How does music production equity work? 28:10 - Is it possible to make it in the industry as an artist without a label? No, says Daniel 32:00 - Crypto/blockchain world + creator platforms 34:50 - How did Hugh get into crypto? 36:45 - How did Jon get into crypto? 38:10 - How did Daniel get into crypto? 41:30 - Hugh talks about his sister and her creative work 43:20 - Daniel's thoughts on creative work enabled by NFTs 46:30 - What value does Daniel's music bring? Discussion about impact 51:50 - Jon thinks Daniel is underselling himself and his fame + discussion of impact 57:00 - Discussion about content and impact and NFTs 1:00:00 - Discussion about record labels 1:01:00 - Listen to Spiders!! 1:02:00 - Parting thoughts. "Don't rush to the finish line" - Daniel's note on his deathbed 1:04:45 - Closing    

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Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 2:18 - The fiddle leaf fig is fake! + Plant discussion 5:15 - Julie's intro, Hugh's coolest friend 6:15 - Julie was the world's best golfer at one point 7:50 - Jon asks about Julie's sunglasses line 9:10 - The story of how Julie became pro and life as a pro golfer 11:40 - Why did Julie retire? 14:40 - Julie is almost done with college at Penn State! 15:30 - How Julie met her longtime boyfriend, Thomas 18:30 - Hugh loves Julie and Thomas's relationship 19:35 - Hugh's mom and dad love Julie + the evening Hugh, Thomas, and Julie sang and played music for Hugh's parents 22:20 - Wine tasting night! + Wine discussion 25:00 - Does Jon love wine? 27:20 - Balmer's peak discussion 28:50 - What is everyone's drink of choice? 32:20 - Julie's drink of choice 33:50 - Jon quit drinking for 6 months and his vice became ice cream 36:30 - How Jon and Hugh met in SF on BART, geeked out about tech and Elon Musk, and then spent a day in song 40:00 - Podcast discussion and we don't want to be famous  42:15 - What's next for Julie ?? What are her dreams and ambitions?   45:00 - Julie is studying UI/UX on her own + tech industry talk 50:30 - Julie has a good attitude towards career. Jon also recommends being a techie 52:30 - Ed and Hugh discussion + design thinking ses 53:45 - How did Julie get so good at golf? Dedication + focus discussion 57:10 - Does Julie want to talk about buttons for hours ???? 59:45 - Julie's parting thoughts! Encouragement, Mukbang, and watching people clean 1:03:13 - Weird Youtube videos of people grocery shopping  1:05:00 - Closing!   

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