The Best Podcast

I recently shaved my face and just left a mustache. I haven’t seen my chin in nearly eight years, so it was good to know it’s still there when I got rid of the beard that covered it for so long. In this episode, I reflect on this experience of significantly changing my external appearance, which then pulls me into some reflections on my identity, emotions, and thoughts. I think this is one of my best episodes in a while, and I hope you do, too. As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast revisits a topic I discussed very early on in the history of The Best Podcast, in Episode 148 to be exact. In that episode, I espoused a view about epigenetics that was fairly naive and uninformed from what I would have aspired to then and aspire to even more now. I did some more reading about the topic to go more in depth on it, only to discover that this view was quite unfounded. I share what I learned here and reflect a bit on this changing of opinion. I hope you find it to be useful to you in some way. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into an observation of us and of myself. It’s so easy to consume content, especially when it’s infinitely available. However, we need processing time to make sense of everything that we consume, which is much harder for us to make time for because of our current information environment. I share more about this here, which I hope you find useful and interesting. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest piece on Substack, which you can find at www.mbest.substack.com/p/evolving-happiness . I approach the topic of happiness through the lens of humanity’s evolutionary history and identify some suggestions for how to manage modernity in a way that integrates our past. I hope you find some value in this piece that you can apply to your life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts with a quick tip about how I’ve started reading more this year. Despite the title, I use this small change as a segue into what I’ve noticed has been the value of reading more for me as a person, both for myself and in my relationships. I hope you find some value in this idea. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, which you can find at www.mbest.substack.com/p/start-right . I dig into an approach to the new year that diverges from what we normally hear out in the world, but is nevertheless one I believe in because of the power it holds if we truly engage with it. I hope you think so too after listening and/or reading! Thanks for tuning in. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I just had the immense pleasure of sharing my home and my city with Jordan, one of my dearest friends, over the last couple of weeks. To round out his trip, we sat and talked about his experience here, his reactions to Rio, his takeaways from the trip, our friendship, and more. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find some insights of your own in it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a personal reflection on what I’ve learned about balancing the deeper and lighter parts of relationships. I used to be someone who highly and intensely prioritized the profound, but I’ve grown to see value in the lighter, less serious parts of relationships. I share how I’ve evolved and see this now in this episode, which I hope you find to be valuable. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a summary of my last few days. They’ve been full of new, fresh experiences that got me thinking and feeling a great deal. Hikes through favelas, iconic fireworks, and quality time with friends has made for an intriguing phase. I hope you like and resonate with what I’m learning. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest post on Substack, which you can see at www.mbest.substack.com. I reflect on how others experience me, and how that often leads them to not see all of me as I would wish. I hope you find value in it and that it may lead you to rethink some of your own relationships. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.