The Brandon Beeyard Show

Brandon is six days into a Pensacola power outage, running on cold showers and borrowed electricity. He explains how his parents' morning coffee threatened the arrangement keeping the lights on.

Then come Florida Power and Lies, an escape to the neighbor's house, and a theory of happiness that comes down to air conditioning. Brandon has a few words for Europeans who insist they're used to the heat.

Topics

0:00 The hurricane found me in Pensacola
6:11 Life without power and the forbidden Keurig
11:56 Never another hurricane
13:57 Can't move on without power
16:08 Happiness is air conditioning

In this episode...I finally broke down and created an editing business so I don't have to edit this show anymore. Then I decide Labor Day is useless and fix the entire American holiday calendar.

Then we get into why everyone keeps moving to Florida even though Florida is terrible, how low taxes will motivate people to live anywhere—including Mars—and whether AI is actually smart enough to destroy civilization when it still can't follow basic instructions.

Topics

0:00 I created a business so I don't have to edit this show  
3:51 I fixed the American holiday calendar  
7:49 Florida's source code is white trash  
10:48 People will live on the moon as long as they don't have to pay taxes  
12:59 Threat to humanity? AI is actually pretty dumb  
14:20 Anthropic researcher raises the alarm on AI threat

We reach the end of Boomer Summer, so I look back at the highlights—and mostly lowlights—from my summer living with the parents.

Then we get into the Lindsay Clancy trial and a very dark (and absurd!) question: is child murder actually worse than adult murder, I'm not convinced. And somehow, after that, I have a much more sincere realization: maybe moving back home for a while was exactly what I needed.

0:00 Intro
 1:09 What Boomer Summer taught me
 2:25 Jellyfish, Jacksonville, Apple jail, and secret drinks
 6:27 Why are we obsessed with murder trials?
 9:27 Are child deaths really worse than adult deaths?
 11:51 What moving back home actually gave me
 14:45 The real problem was doubting my path
 16:51 What's next for this show

Boomer Summer rolls on from the Florida panhandle as Brandon goes from preventing a weed-gummy travel disaster to reacting to Louisiana as humanity’s next layover to Mars. Then he gets real about what it might look like to trade a permanent home base for a more flexible, semi-nomadic life.

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0:32 Boomer Summer, Santa Fe, and weed gummies
4:26 When One Whiskey Wrecks the Next Day
7:22 Starbase Louisiana Is Officially a Thing
10:21 The Realistic Starbase Louisiana Rendering
12:20 Why Louisiana Could Be the Galaxy’s ATL
14:40 Trading Rent for a Semi-Nomadic Life
16:06 The $2,400-a-Month Freedom Experiment
18:00 The Airbnb Math That Changes Everything
20:22 A Tesla, Autopilot, and a Starbase Road Trip

After a trip back to Austin and New Orleans,  I try to figure out whether Austin is still home, whether I need a home at all, and why Louisiana remains wildly underrated.

Then I get into something that’s been bothering me more and more: why so much news and podcast media seems built around fear, outrage, and cynicism. Maybe the answer isn’t to tune everything out—maybe somebody needs to build something better...

Topics:

0:00 Intro
1:52 Do I actually want to move back to Austin?
6:25 Why Louisiana is the best state
10:50 Living without pressure
12:21 Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, and why the media sucks right now
15:55 Why are Americans so attached to their houses?
17:54 Data centers
20:19 My idea for a better news network
20:54 A better way to reframe COVID
22:26 The Strait of Hormuz panic cycle

Boomer Summer continues with an attempted 4:30 p.m. dinner, an upcoming Austin/New Orleans trip, disappointing Hollywood movies, and a eulogy for the phone number Apple finally killed after 24 years.

Then I answer a question I’ve learned the hard way: should you quit your job to follow your dream? Maybe, I think you should do THIS first...

0:00 Intro
1:43 Austin and New Orleans Road Trip
5:51 Hollywood Keeps Making Mediocre Movies
10:43 RIP My 24-Year-Old Phone Number
13:05 Should You Quit Your Job to Follow Your Dream?
18:42 How to Protect the Dream From Income Pressure
22:05 Biggest Lesson from the Tough Times

In this episode of The Brandon Beeyard Show, Boomer Summer continues with a jellyfish wrapping its tentacles around me, the challenges of dating in Pensacola, and Apple finally destroying the phone number I’ve had my entire life.

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0:00 Intro
 1:53 Attacked by a Jellyfish
 6:24 Dating in Pensacola
 9:05 Apple Destroyed My Phone Number

In this episode of The Brandon Beeyard Show, Boomer Summer continues with brittle parents, radioactive Keurig water, Antiques Roadshow, and my third straight week trapped in Apple jail.

Then I get into the AI automation project that was supposed to save me time but instead burned through my OpenAI limits, wasted most of my week, and left me no closer to my business goals. That experience led me to Ray Dalio’s personality test, where I learned that I’m a “shaper”—someone who naturally focuses on vision but can get stuck trying to implement everything alone.

Finally, I talk about the quieter pressure that builds when you’re running out of time, falling behind on your goals, and unconsciously expecting every new effort to fix your life. The real challenge is learning to welcome small wins, fail quickly, and make the work playful again.

Topics:

0:00 Intro & Boomer Summer Continues...
6:21 Three Weeks in Apple Jail
9:10 My AI Automation Disaster
15:24 My Billionaire Personality Type
21:37 Sneaky Pressure
24:58 Making the Work Fun Again

In this episode, I talk honestly about moving back home at 43, running out of financial runway, and realizing I had been putting the thing I cared about most on the back burner. I also explain why I’m choosing freedom over stability, going all in on building a media business, and designing the life I actually want instead of continuing to delay it.

Topics:

0:00 Intro: Boomer Summer Continues
 6:37 Moving Back Home at 43
 10:50 Choosing Freedom Over Fear
 14:44 Going All In on a Media Business
 17:12 Reverse Maslow's Hierarchy
 20:14 Calculating Your Freedom Number
 27:47 Game: Spin the Globe
 31:31 Conclusion

In this episode of the Brandon Beeyard Show, Brandon discusses the absurdity of societal contradictions, particularly regarding crocodile attacks and lack of sympathy for extreme sport injuries. Brandon also questions the conventional wisdom of being "responsible." Would it actually be more responsible to do what you want? 

TOPICS

0:00 Dodging snowmageddon travel nightmare

4:50 Crocodiles and COVID in Australia

7:49 Why no sympathy for skydiver injuries?

13:22 The responsibility paradox