5. The Unscheduled Reflections Metasode

Arnab and Ilya react to Jonathan Courtney's (the guest of our previous episode!) new podcast "The Unscheduled CEO" and ramble about the usual podcasting stuff like multi-track recording, NSA dropping in to give us a 5-star review, and dog farts. Chapters 00:00 - Welcome and what's been happening 02:01 - Brian McCullough's shoutout on Techmeme Ride Home 03:37 - Camping in Florida next to the Everglades 05:34 - Binging Jonathan's Unscheduled CEO podcast 08:52 - The 10-12 rule for CEOs 10:04 - Work-life balance is bullshit 11:28 - Jonathan reading articles on his show 12:48 - The live unedited feel 15:54 - Content over production value 19:02 - Jonathan's Rodecaster and SM7B setup 21:06 - Just ship it, don't fixate 23:05 - Transparency about business numbers 25:06 - Transition to Jake and Jonathan reflections 27:20 - What is a metasode anyway 30:44 - Tangents and borrowing from Jake's philosophy 33:18 - How they used Doodle to schedule interviews 36:48 - Multi-track recording challenges 40:06 - Intermittent fasting tangent 43:44 - Keyboard layouts and focus mode 47:32 - NSA dropped a five-star review 51:05 - Dog farts and other audio problems 55:00 - Scheduling tools and Calendly 1:01:22 - Jake Knapp's blog post about leaving Google 1:06:24 - Ilya leaving his job 1:09:50 - Alt-J and closing thoughts Show notes Software Descript -- a tool that can help you edit audio similar to editing text in a word processor. Riverside -- a tool for recording podcasts and videos in high quality. SquadCast -- a powerful tool for recording interviews that saves high quality audio locally. iZotope RX -- a software suite for fixing issues and improving audio quality. Doodle -- the calendar tool used to schedule interviews. Calendly -- recommended alternative to Doodle. Gear Rode Rodecaster Pro II Podcast Production Console -- hardware used to record The Unscheduled CEO. Shure SM7b -- a condenser mic for podcasters and radio hosts. Blue Yeti -- an inexpensive USB mic supporting multiple patterns. Shure MV7 -- a podcasting mic with direct USB interface. Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 -- studio headphones for podcast editing. Neewer Professional Microphone Pop Filter -- a pop filter to reduce plosives. Podcasts Techmeme Ride Home -- episode where Brian McCullough promotes Metacast. The Unscheduled CEO -- Jonathan Courtney's new podcast and Substack. Stratechery -- Ben Thompson's blog and podcast about technology. Other Mentions AJ&Smart -- Jonathan's business. Severance -- dystopian TV series about work-life balance. The Everglades -- geographic reference discussed. Intermittent fasting iOS Focus Mode Cherry's Mechanical Keyboards QWERTY keyboard layout Dvorak keyboard layout Taking some old advice -- by Jake Knapp. Taro -- by Alt-J. Full show notes with links: https://www.metacastpodcast.com/p/005-unscheduled-reflections-metasode Download the Metacast podcast app for free iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player Get in touch Contact us: [email protected] Ilya's LinkedIn Arnab's LinkedIn