We're Still Trying

By Joe Durnil, Zachary Todd

Join Zachary, Joe, and occasional guests for discussions on music, tech, personality, philosophy, and whatever else is on our minds.... more

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How many episodes does We're Still Trying have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

We're Still Trying episodes:

January 30, 2026 15: All of These Clamoring Fans
After an extended break, we’re back for a reunion episode featuring a very special engagement, what we’re reading and learning about, six seven is unavoidable, and You Need a Budget.
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Rejected Title Ideas:

One of Us Has Changed a Lot

I Don’t Know, I Just Post Things

All the Haters From Seventh Grade

Engagement Is Awesome

Mallory Was in the Woods Waiting

2,500 Photos on the Frame

An Ugly Version of Autumn

Is There No Respite From the Six Seven?

Your Foot’s First Line of Defense

This Is Not Tax Advice
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1h 17min
September 23, 2025 Announcement: Currently on Hiatus
Hello listeners, Zachary here.
To our loyal listeners, I wanted to provide a brief update on the status of the show.
It’s fair to say that our podcast episodes have been somewhat… infrequent. And with Joe’s recent move, scheduling and coordinating new episodes is now even more complicated.
So I’d like to announce an undefined hiatus. We’ll be on a break until further notice — but who knows, maybe one of these days we’ll sit down to record again.
In the meantime, maybe re-listen to all the old episodes, to take a little trip down memory lane. There are some good ones in there.
In any case, we appreciate you, dear listener — because after all, you are the ones that make the show possible.
Thanks for listening.
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1min
August 13, 2025 14: I Prefer "Funemployed"
Say that again.
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40min
March 26, 2025 13: Zachary Math
What mental gymnastics do we use when thinking about money?
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44min
January 29, 2025 12: Are We Just Babies?
Tesla, taxes, and getting lost in the woods.
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56min
December 10, 2024 11: In Return, You're a Loser
The mysteries of Over the Garden Wall, the dangers of AI, and Spotify Wrapped 2024.
Links and Show Notes:
Letterpress printing
Aztec Death Whistle in park at night
F-1 Trillion (Long Bed) by Post Malone
Curious George (film)
The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
Over the Garden Wall
2024 Wrapped on Spotify
Wicked (2024 film)
Popular Song by MIKA, Ariana Grande
TILAR
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59min
October 09, 2024 10: It Actually Used to Snow More
What would it be like to live like a monk?
Links and Show Notes:
Space Jam
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
The Brave Little Toaster
Baby Looney Tunes
Toyota Tacoma
Older (and Wiser) - Album by Lizzy McAlpine
indigo by Lizzy McAlpine
five seconds flat - Album by Lizzy McAlpine
F-1 Trillion: Long Bed - Album by Post Malone
Minecraft - Volume Alpha - Album by C418
Jack Johnson And Friends: Sing-A-Longs And Lullabies For The Film Curious George - Album by Jack Johnson
Curious George goes to prison
Band | Dawson Hollow
Foundations (Live) - Album by Worship Circle
Worship Circle FOUNDATIONS | LIVE Full Recording
God Has a Name
Exodus 34:5-7 NIV - Then the LORD came down in the cloud - Bible Gateway
My new book: Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
Walden
The Light Phone
Mepkin Abbey
The great Fruit of the Loom logo mystery is solved
False memory
Over the Garden Wall
Martin Freeman
When Breath Becomes Air
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1h 5min
August 28, 2024 9: A Minefield of Memories
R.I.P. Taco Bell.
Links and Show Notes:
What is GTD - Getting Things Done®
Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Matthew 5:37 NIV - All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ - Bible Gateway
Hypnagogia
Encounter — CSF Indiana University
Fillmore | Pixar Wiki | Fandom
ezh2o Bottle Filling Stations, In Wall, Outdoor | Elkay
Jeff A. Huston* : Bill C. Brown Associates
Gold standard
Money’s Mostly Digital, So Why Is Moving It So Hard?
I shift into neutral to save gas. Am I killing my transmission? : Cartalk
Does Muscle Turn to Fat When You Skip Workouts? | Piedmont Healthcare
Furniture Give-Away
Worship Patches and Templates - Sunday Sounds
Dead Poets Society
The Tortured Poets Department
F-1 Trillion
Telos (Zedd album)
Infinite Health | Tycho
Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden - Valley
The 20/20 Experience
twenty one pilots: Car Radio [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Property owner to demolish KFC, Taco Bell on Third Street - Indiana Daily Student
Where Is Everybody?
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
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59min
July 31, 2024 8: "I See Stuff Grandma!"
What freaked us out as a kid?
Links and Show Notes:
No Good Deed (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003) - YouTube
The Wizard And I (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003) - YouTube
Dancing Through Life (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003 / Audio) - YouTube
For Good (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003) - YouTube
Defying Gravity (Dance Mix) - YouTube
Wonderful - Wicked The Musical - YouTube
Jonathan camey - YouTube
Abel Orta Jr. - YouTube
Multiplication Effect – Multiply Group
Watch The Secrets of Hillsong Streaming Online | Hulu (Free Trial)
Liquid I.V.
How to Inspect and Buy A Used Car - YouTube
How to Clean Out the ENTIRE Fuel System (Vandalized with Sugar in Gas Tank) - YouTube
2048
Dots (video game) - Wikipedia
Froggy Jump on the App Store
Jetpack Joyride on the App Store
Fruit Ninja® on the App Store
Where's My Water? on the App Store
Cut the Rope Remastered on the App Store
Ballz on the App Store
Coin Doubler | Jetpack Joyride Wiki | Fandom
AdVenture Capitalist on the App Store
Smash Hit on the App Store
Inside Out 2 | Official Trailer - YouTube
Tell Me Why The Stars Do Shine Sing along with lyrics - YouTube
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1h
June 19, 2024 7: Ya Just Gotta Find That Balance
"I’m learning how to budget my time in such a way that I can do things I enjoy well."
Links and Show Notes:
British people when the temperature hits the high 70's
How Air Conditioning Works
Black box
ChatGPT
That one scene from the Matrix
The Last Five Years (film)
I'm still...hurting
Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer
Rob Bell
Traction by Gino Wickman - Get a Grip on Your Business
9Marks Online Bookstore
The Simple Path to Wealth
List of Pixar films
The torn picture from Encanto
Zachary's favorite part of Cars 2
List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
List of Pixar films - Wikipedia
Starlite Drive-In of Bloomington
Toyota Previa
Proverbs 26:4-5 NIV
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1h 3min

FAQs about We're Still Trying:

How many episodes does We're Still Trying have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.