A podcast about lots of interesting topics.
The best online course I ever took was a free woodworking tutorial series, and I say “took” generously, because what I actually did was watch four hours of a man in flannel build a bookshelf while I ate cereal. Still, it changed me. I now own a circular saw, a deep respect for measuring twice,… Read.
I would meet Dolly Parton, and I would skip the fame small talk entirely. I want to know how one person writes “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” on the same day, then goes on to build a theme park, a literacy program, and a wig empire. That is not a career. That is… Read.
Being a good person mostly comes down to what you do when nobody is keeping score. Anyone can hold a door when there’s a line of witnesses. The real test is returning the shopping cart in the rain, or admitting the dent in the parked car was yours and leaving a note that isn’t just… Read.
Japan, and I will not be taking questions. I know, I know, everyone says Japan, which is exactly the problem and exactly the point. Millions of people cannot all be wrong about a country where the vending machines are better stocked than my kitchen and the trains arrive on time to the second. I come… Read.
My SEO strategy is to write things people actually want to read and then act surprised when Google agrees. I know, revolutionary. The industry would prefer I buy a course on keyword density, but I tried that once and my sentences started sounding like a hostage reading a ransom note: “Best podcast, top podcast, podcast… Read.
Why Napoleon Lost at Waterloo Read.