UNLEARNING

What if the planet was never the point?

What if the climate crisis isn’t a crisis — it’s a cover?

In this electrifying episode of UNLEARNING, climate activist and OneUpAction founder Kevin Patel, who began climate activism at the age of 11, joins Morgan to expose the systems of environmental inequality most conversations avoid. From corporate collusion to greenwashed narratives, they dive into the hard truths behind activism, climate change initiatives v.s. what actually needs to be done, and why surface-level climate conversations won’t move the needle.

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In this episode:

• Why climate change is a human rights issue

• The truth about who really controls policy

• How to stay in the fight without burning out

• Where we often hide behind performative activism, instead of making systems-level change

• The power of owning your voice, no matter your age

This is for the conscious consumers, and those that dream of a world our children and families can live in.

Climate change is real — but the way we talk 'around' it might be hiding deeper fundamental issues.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:12 Climate Crisis or Climate Cover-Up?

5:05 The Real Barrier to Change — Corporate Collusion

9:18 Burnout in Activism — Fighting Without Breaking

13:46 Tokenization in the Climate Movement

19:22 What They Don’t Teach You About Environmental Justice

26:39 Being a Young Brown Activist in White Climate Spaces

32:55 From Passion to Power — Building OneUpAction

39:03 Hope is Not a Strategy — What Real Impact Requires

43:18 UNLEARNING What Climate Work Should Look Like

49:41 Final Reflections — It’s Time to Reclaim the Narrative

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Episode Resources:

Learn More about Kevin Patel:

www.instagram.com/imkevinjpatel

www.instagram.com/oneupaction

oneupaction.org

Explore UNLEARNING:

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/@UnlearningOfficial

www.unlearning.world

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What if the real reason you’re stuck isn’t fear — but obedience?

In this episode of UNLEARNING, Morgan sits down with Tommy Duncan, a Detroit-born serial entrepreneur who turned high-risk decisions into back-to-back massive wins. Together, they unpack the invisible forces that keep people stuck inside systems they didn’t choose — and the bold moves it takes to escape them. This is for the rule-breakers, the quiet rebels, and the ones who feel that deep itch for more.

From growing up in Detroit to selling his companies for $100s of millions, Tommy reveals why most people stay stuck, how to shift from survival to strategy, how the system keeps you small—and why bold action, not just big ideas, is the real key to transformation.

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What You’ll UNLEARN:

• That working hard means you’ll get ahead

• Why rules exist — and how to see through them

• How to turn fear into fuel

• That safety is the ultimate goal (hint: it’s not)

• Why most people never truly own their time or income

This isn’t hustle culture. It’s soul strategy. And yes — you’ll want to take notes.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:38 Who Is Tommy Duncan?

3:50 The Trap of Survival Mode

7:12 Escaping the System

10:48 When Confidence Crosses the Line

13:05 High Risk = High Reward

16:30 The Real Reason People Stay Stuck

19:40 Fear, Family & False Boundaries

24:11 The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

27:53 Creating Your Own System

32:19 What They Don’t Tell You About Wealth

36:42 Why “Rules” Are Optional

40:25 What’s Actually Scarce (It’s Not Money)

44:07 How to Know You’re Playing Too Small

48:22 The Power of Doing

52:03 Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs

55:46 Redefining Success

59:10 Closing Thoughts

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Episode Resources:

Learn More about Tommy Duncan:

www.instagram.com/tommy2duncan

www.ponoscare.com

Explore UNLEARNING:

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/@UnlearningOfficial

www.unlearning.world

www.morganmercerofficial.com

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Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotify

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Your calling is calling. Are you ready to pick up?

In this episode of UNLEARNING, world-renowned speaker and legendary life strategist Tim Storey joins Morgan for a soul-shifting conversation on how to realign with your purpose—even amidst setbacks, distractions, or detours.

They unpack the cost of living on autopilot, the lies we inherit about success, what happens when you ignore what you’re here to do, how to return to the quiet wisdom you’ve been tuning out — and how to realign with your purpose before it’s too late.

“Stop ignoring what you’re here to do. Your dream has a voice—can you hear it?”

Whether you’re at a crossroads or just feeling off, this conversation will put you back on course.

In this episode:

• Why most people never unlearn what’s holding them back

• The hidden cost of almost living your purpose

• How to know when your timeline is out of sync

• Trust vs. control — and the bugs on the windshield

• What happens when you finally pick up the call

• The danger of settling in a setback

• What divine timing actually looks like

• How to move from confusion to calling

• Why alignment feels like coming home

This one is for the seekers, the driven, the ones who know they’re meant for more—but haven’t fully answered yet.

You’re not behind.

You’re not broken.

You’re just being called.

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Loved this episode? Me too.

As a thank-you for tuning in, I’ve created two exclusive PDF guides:

🧠 The UNLEARNING Guide: Tim Storey – The Lies We Inherit About Success

✨ The UNLEARNING Guide: Truths from Tim Storey

Just email a screenshot of your Spotify or Apple review to [email protected] and we’ll send both straight to your inbox.

You’ll also be entered to win a copy of Tim Storey’s e-book. Winner announced June 9th.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:10 Are You Living... or Just Getting By?

2:45 What Childhood Tried to Erase in You

4:35 Be Careful? Or Be Alive?

6:00 The Real Reason You Still Think Small

7:40 One Sentence That Changed His Whole Life

9:10 The Secret That Made Tim Rich (It’s Not Money)

11:00 Don’t Trust Yourself? Here’s When You Shouldn’t.

12:50 Why You Need Better People Around You

14:35 Exposure Isn’t Always Alignment

16:00 3 Ways We Grow (Most Ignore #3)

17:30 Afraid of the Future? This Will Ground You

19:20 Divine Protection vs. Fear-Based Living

21:00 The Difference Between Wandering and Walking in Purpose

22:45 Not Everyone Deserves Access to Your Dream

24:00 Denzel, Destiny, and Knowing Since Childhood

26:00 Life Partners Are Placed, Not Picked

27:30 Think You're Late? You're Not.

29:00 Stop Letting Everyone Have a Say in Your Life

30:10 Oprah’s Lesson on Boundaries and Trust

32:00 You’re the Brinks Truck. Guard Your Purpose.

33:30 Character Over Clout: The Montana Story

35:10 Are You Sitting in Your Setback?

37:00 The Comeback Begins Here

38:45 Life’s Bugs on the Windshield—And What To Do Next

41:00 The Truth About Control, Chaos, and Clarity

42:30 Want Real Answers? Go Quiet.

44:00 Innocence Isn’t Naïve. It’s Power.

46:00 You’re Not Who You Used to Be (Thank God)

47:00 From the Lab to the Light: This Is Your Moment

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Episode Resources:

www.instagram.com/timstoreyofficial

www.timstorey.com

www.morganmercerofficial.com

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/ ⁨@UNLEARNINGOfficial⁩

www.unlearning.world

Listen to the show:

Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotify

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UNLEARNING, where stories are re-born.

This prologue is a tribute—to the legacy, the stories we’ve carried, the truths we’ve buried, and the voices we’re reclaiming.

Step into the beginning of a cultural reset.

This is where UNLEARNING begins.

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Dedicated to Esmond Harmsworth, whose vision and belief in the power of UNLEARNING continues to echo through every word.

UNLEARNING: The Origin Story

We’ve been told since childhood who we should be, how we should act, and what success should look like. But what if those stories aren’t yours? What if the path you’re walking was written for you—and you’ve just been following the script?

In this episode of UNLEARNING, I take you behind the curtain—into the raw and real story of how UNLEARNING came to be. It’s about breaking the mold, rewriting the narrative, and questioning everything we’ve been told to believe about success, happiness, and who we’re allowed to become.

I share the pivotal moments:

• Moving across the world on a whim to study in Italy.

• Turning down a prestigious internship to bet on the unknown.

• Running a global VR startup at 24, speaking on world stages, and scaling through 185 press outlets.

• Working with my late literary agent, who mirrored back the truth of what I could build.

• The realization that the stories we accept without question are often the ones that keep us small.

I also share a spoken word poem about the Genesis of UNLEARNING, dedicated to my late literary agent and co-creator, Esmond Harmsworth.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:01 The Origin of National Unlearning Day

2:29 Why Society Conditions Us to Follow a Script

7:50 The Turning Point: Italy, Diplomacy, and the Breakaway Moment

10:00 Building My First Startup and the Birth of an Idea

11:40 The Genesis of UNLEARNING

12:38 Why Most People Never Step Into Their Own Story

13:25 The Concept of Mental Spaciousness—Thinking Without Limits

14:37 What It Really Takes to Unlearn Everything You’ve Been Told

15:28 How UNLEARNING is Becoming a Cultural Movement

17:45 The Vision for National UNLEARNING Day

18:38 Closing Reflections: This is Just the Beginning

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Bonus Chapter

21:46 UNLEARNING, The Prologue— a spoken word poem

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Unlearning isn’t about forgetting. It’s about seeing the stories that were handed to you and deciding, for the first time, if they’re yours to carry.

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Explore UNLEARNING:

www.morganmercerofficial.com

⁠www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

⁠⁠www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial⁠⁠

www.youtube.com/@UnlearningOfficial⁠⁠

www.unlearning.world⁠

Listen to the show:

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In this Bonus Session of UNLEARNING, Morgan Mercer shares the story behind the hardest call she’s ever received. From a hotel room in Morocco, she found out her mother was dying. Overnight, Morgan was running her company from a hospital room, managing life and death across time zones, and learning that some things are too heavy to carry alone.

This is the unfiltered reality of navigating loss, managing pressure, and realizing that sometimes asking for help is the strongest move you can make.

In this Bonus Session:

• The Morocco Call: Balancing life, death, and business across borders.

• On Trauma and Lightness: How processing grief changed everything.

• It’s Not Your Fault: Why some burdens don’t belong to you.

• Asking for Help: How letting people in became a turning point.

Chapters:

0:00 — Intro

0:45 — The Morocco Call: Strength is Born in Chaos

1:10 — Asking for Help

1:30 — On Trauma and Lightness

1:55 — It’s Not Your Fault

2:56 — Navigating Drama with Clarity

3:37 — Drive Clarity, Drive Alignment

Explore UNLEARNING:
www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer
www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial
www.youtube.com/@UnlearningOfficial
www.unlearning.world

Listen to the show:
Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotifyApple: https://dub.sh/applepodcast

We’ve been conditioned to believe that healing means fixing what’s broken. But what if you were never broken? What if the anxiety, the chaos, the struggle—they aren’t proof of your flaws, but signals that you’ve been disconnected from who you truly are?

In this episode of UNLEARNING, we dismantle the conventional narrative of mental health. We’ll uncover why most healing methods only scratch the surface—and why true transformation isn’t about patching up pieces, but about reconnecting with the parts of you that were never meant to be silenced.

In this episode:

• Why “fixing” isn’t healing—it’s just hiding the symptoms.

• How disconnection, not dysfunction, is at the root of anxiety and depression.

• Why traditional therapy often falls short of real transformation.

• The myth of being broken—and the power of reclaiming your wholeness.

• A path back to yourself that doesn’t require you to be “fixed.”

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:12 Why You Feel Disconnected (And What to Do About It)

4:58 7 Signs You’re Disconnected from Your Life

9:35 Symptoms Are Messengers, Not Problems

13:42 Why Trying to “Fix” Yourself is Survival Mode

18:27 Anxiety, Depression, and the Lie of Dysfunction

23:15 Why Traditional Therapy Keeps You Stuck

28:44 Unlearning the Belief That You’re Broken

33:18 Reclaiming Your Wholeness Without Needing to Be Fixed

37:49 How Psychedelics Fast-Track Healing

41:33 Ketamine Therapy: The Breakthrough No One Talks About

47:56 The Power of Perspective Shifts in Healing

52:10 Near-Death Experiences That Reframe Your Life

56:27 Why Healing Isn’t Linear (and Never Was)

1:01:18 How Gratitude Rewires Your Brain

1:05:44 Building Mental Resilience (Without Burnout)

1:12:38 Moving from Surviving to Thriving

1:16:22 The Path Back to Yourself: A Roadmap

1:20:10 Final Reflections: You Were Never Broken

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Episode Resources:

www.instagram.com/derek.duchesne

www.instagram.com/betterucare

www.betterucare.com

www.betterucare.com/services

www.morganmercerofficial.com

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/@UNLEARNINGOfficial

www.unlearning.world

Listen to the show:

Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotify

Apple: https://dub.sh/applepodcast

What if everything you dismissed as reckless, everything you did just to get by, was the very thing that would one day build global movements?

In this episode of UNLEARNING, Jack Liang unravels the journey from Brooklyn's underground party scene to leading the Stop Asian Hate Movement and organizing initiatives for the King of Bhutan. Jack shares how the chaotic world of nightlife taught him the unspoken art of energy, connection, and influence — the kind that scales from club doors to organizing spiritual events in royal halls.

They explore the unlearning required to see survival skills as superpowers, the unexpected alchemy of rage into change, and why sometimes the very things you want to leave behind are the things that push you forward.

In this episode:

• How running Brooklyn’s nightlight scene built the blueprint for global change

• Your darkest moments are secret superpowers

• The power of reading energy — from Brooklyn buses, to club floors, to country borders

• Why rage is just un-transmuted power

• Turning survival skills into superpowers that shape the globe

• Forgiveness as radical strength

This is for the ones who’ve lived a thousand lives before the world ever knew their name.

You don’t need permission to lead.

You just need the courage to begin.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro — From Brooklyn Hustler to Global Leader

1:00 How a Club Promoter Launched Global Movements

3:20 The Secret Behind the First Stop Asian Hate Rally

5:10 Party Promoter Skills Built World-Changing Movements

8:45 Turning Rage Into Revolution — His Defining Moment

12:00 The Meditation That Sparked a Global Awakening

15:25 Working with the King of Bhutan — A Mindful Revolution

18:50 Mastering Energy — The Hidden Power Behind Leadership

22:00 Forgiveness as a Power Move — Why It’s the Hardest Choice

25:15 Building Conscious Cities — His Vision for New York

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Episode Resources:

www.instagram.com/jackliang

www.morganmercerofficial.com

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/@UNLEARNINGOfficial

www.unlearning.world

Listen to the show:

Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotify

Apple: https://dub.sh/applepodcast

What if your ambition is the thing standing in your way?

In this premiere episode of UNLEARNING, Alexis McClay — serial entrepreneur and co-founder of KOA Life — joins Morgan for a powerful conversation on what success really costs when it’s built from survival mode. They unpack the burnout hidden beneath “doing more,” the quiet crisis of high-achievers, and what it takes to trade performance for peace.

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✨ KOA Life Giveaway ✨

To celebrate this episode, I’m giving away 4 KOA Life Peptide Serums—a brand I genuinely love. To enter, just:

1. Listen to an episode on Spotify or Apple
2. Leave a review
3. Send a screenshot to [email protected]

Giveaway ends May 30th. Winners announced May 31st.

It’s my way of saying thank you for being part of this journey.

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In this episode:

• Burnout as identity unraveling

• The lie behind hustle culture

• Soft power vs. survival mode

• Radical honesty in female friendship

• Why you don’t need to earn your worth

This is for the high-achievers, the over-functioners, the perfectionists in recovery.

You don’t need to prove your worth.

You just need to remember it.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:16 The Real Cost of Success — When Ambition Turns Against You

5:43 Our Story — Women Winning With Each Other, Not Against

9:27 The Hustle Lie — What If 'More' Isn’t the Answer?

16:20 The Shift — Why Slowing Down Was the Most Productive Move

24:44 Burnout Isn’t Weakness — It’s a Wake-Up Call

29:56 From Chaos to Clarity — Healing the Addiction to Stress

36:18 Soft Power — The Feminine Advantage No One Talks About

44:51 You Are Not What You Do — Reclaiming Worth Without Performing

51:10 What Ceremony Taught Us — Listening to the Inner Wisdom

59:03 Building Differently — Leading from Alignment, Not Overwhelm

1:02:16 Final Reflections — Unlearning for a New Way of Living

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Episode Resources:

Learn More about Alexis:

www.instagram.com/alexismcclay

www.instagram.com/naventwins

www.instagram.com/thatkoalife

thatkoalife.com

navenclinic.com

Invest in KOA Life:

wefunder.com/koalife/

Explore UNLEARNING:

www.instagram.com/themorganrmercer

www.instagram.com/unlearningofficial

www.youtube.com/@UnlearningOfficial

www.unlearning.world

Listen to the show:

Spotify: https://dub.sh/unlearningspotify

Apple: https://dub.sh/applepodcast

UNLEARNING is not a podcast.
It’s a thesis.
A reorientation of how we think, what we question, and what we choose to carry forward.

This is the prelude. The breath before the first step.

Every guest has walked an unmarked path. Every episode reveals a hidden map. Every moment leaves something behind—a shift in how you see, a trace of what you’ll become.

Hosted by Morgan Mercer.

Created in collaboration with Esmond Harmsworth (in memoriam).
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