Noise Cancelling Pod

On this week’s pod Frank and Axel tell travel stories and offer travel tips beginning with Axel’s favorite overall trip (2:40), driving in Turkey (8:40), travel philosophies (18:07), Frank’s spontaneous trip to Montreal (21:15), festivals and community calendars (24:00), Axel’s gameplan for finding random adventures (26:48), hitchhiking to Bulgaria (31:00), “You can’t put a price on fun” (34:37), The World’s Worst Bar (36:05), most surprising place Axel’s visited (41:41), Frank’s nerdy travel tips (50:00), Bulgarian hostel disaster (53:40), journal your experiences (1:01:40), integrating into the culture (1:02:50), rapid fire tips (1:12), and wrap up (1:13:24).

The Early Reset (Intro Song)

http://noisetrade.com/theearlyreset/full-potential-ep

India Someday (planning your travel in India)

http://indiasomeday.com/

Trevor (https://twitter.com/Trailey7) joins Axel and Frank to discuss news and politics: intro, Twitter & discussing the news (1:00), Trump & Republican primary (7:00), Middle East policies (22:05), and Trevor flips the interview & offers closing thoughts (35:15). In part 2, Axel and Frank discuss Frank's personal story about failure (37:39), Turkish no-train half-marathon fail (41:08), Stoicism and Thomas Edison (46:25), retrospection through journaling (49:15), what still puzzles you? (55:50), creativity & study habits (58:30), and closing thoughts (1:02:50).

Obstacle is the Way, http://www.amazon.com/The-Obstacle-Is-Way-Timeless/dp/1591846358

Frank and Axel discuss learning and following through, including book club announcement(1:25), learning techniques (2:40), learning as a child vs an adult (20:15), Urban Scout training (21:20) , whiskey (26:30) accountability & motivation (35:30), Frank’s personal training experience (36:15), note taking, news, & Twitter (54;03), nerdiest things we did as kids (58:50), yoga, gymnastics, or martial arts for Frank’s son Ivan (1:02:00).

Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

http://www.amazon.com/Triumphs-Experience-Harvard-Grant-Study/dp/0674059824

The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!

http://www.amazon.com/The-First-20-Hours-Anything/dp/1591846943

4 Hour Chef

http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Chef-Learning-Anything/dp/0547884591

Mastery

http://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

http://www.amazon.com/The-5-Elements-Effective-Thinking/dp/0691156662

Nudge

http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/014311526X

OnPoint Tactical (Urban Escape and Evasion)

http://www.onpointtactical.com/scout-2/

Frank and Axel join up on their first official podcast (Episode 1) to discuss Twitter(1:30), availability heuristic (8:50), the Syrian refugee issue (9:30), how to engage in conversation (22:50), Flotation Therapy (24:55), Axel’s background (37:25), Ankara Overnight Train in Turkey (40:43), enthusiastic British soap vendor (46:34), India ear cleaning (47:56), learning to DJ (50:00), tea and ayran in Turkey (53:26), Rock Bar in Adana (59:03), nerding out about Frank’s son and coffee (1:01:20), and a preview of next week’s episode (1:12:45).

Hope Floats Flotation Therapy: http://www.hopefloatsusa.com/

This was a development session for the Noise Cancelling Pod

Frank and Axel join up on their first podcast (Episode 0) to discuss Twitter & other sources for news (6:50), Mono-Culture (15:30), American Idol of Journalism (22:39), Podcast Title/Logo/Intro (26:30), Podcasts vs Late Night Shows (34:00), Cable vs Mobile for Internet (38:30), Meditation (41:15), Evaluating News/Studies (46:00), TV Shows (51:45), Bulletproof Diet/Whole30/CSA (58:17), and Final Thoughts (1:10:25).