PETE SMISSEN | Australian History, Solving World Problems & Integrating Through Language

I'm kicking the conversations back off again with a casual chat with Pete Smissen (who is making his 4th appearance on the Mere Mortals). In Conversation #80, Pete and I discuss: horrible things from general history, why basically everybody in Australian history got wrecked, our thoughts on a whole bunch of issues facing the world, cultural nuances regarding how immigrants view education and why (shock and horror) women are different than men. As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro to Pete (0:38) - Using AI to pickup girls (5:02) - The Last Days Of The Incas (7:45) - Knights just slaying (9:36) - Settlers fucking up the natives (15:53) - Unbelievable animals in antiquity (18:05) - Bennelong & aboriginal stories (22:07) - Watkin Tench & Aussie history (25:11) - More Aussie history books (28:35) - Books on Australian explorers (32:49) - Cultural differences causing problems (38:18) - Effective altruism & useless charities (40:56) - Using resources more efficiently (47:09) - Innovation & great men of history (50:37) - How Pete's English has changed? (53:55) - Slang & education in Colombian culture (57:06) - Immigrant education in Australia (1:03:59) - Pete vs Women (1:10:52) - Pete vs Patriarchy (1:14:37) - Pete vs Kyrin (1:16:23) - Pete vs Plants Connect with Pete: Website: https://aussieenglish.com.au/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@petevsplants7516 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australia_english/ Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ Support the show