The Reason Why Podcasts Are Filling Up With Ads | Plus Duolingo, Standing Splits & Dodgy Science

Finally back out in the park again and we covered a whooollllle lot of topics. In Episode #392 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how Juan got reverse charged for a free trial, more ads than content in some podcasts, how you can get a cockpunch NFT from Juan, why I want to be like the villain in Jackie Chan's 'Legend of The Drunken Master', Massimo Kokhno & Mihaela Karkia, an obsession with water and the crappy science we are trying to avoid. As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out! Timeline: (0:00) - Out in Southbank once again (1:04) - Getting scammed by Duolingo (4:44) - Spanish Dict (7:12) - Tom Bilyeu's ads are ridiculous (9:15) - But Ryan Holiday's are worse! (11:32) - Why advertising is leaving podcasting (14:55) - Juan won a cockfight (18:38) - I want the standing splits (21:37) - Absolute beasts on YouTube (23:24) - Methods are many, concepts/principles are few (27:25) - I need a coach to prove they have done what they're teaching (33:22) - Shorts can't capture the nuances & contradictions (39:21) - Science should be replicable by me (47:05) - What are you optimising for? (49:54) - The thesis we wrote was trash (51:46) - Changing your child (53:42) - V4V: Haters can try Alby & Podcast Guru Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast Support the show