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Mere Mortals Conversations
by Kyrin Down & Juan Granados
What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,).
Episodes
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Courting Your Partner | 36 Questions To Fall In Love
I'm plotting my takeover of Juan's wife. In Episode #528 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the famous “36 questions that can lead to love”, what these sorts of prompts actually reveal about a person, whether these questions help build genuine intimacy or just speed-run a connection that may not...
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5 Ideas I’m Taking Into September | The August Codex
This is my August Codex, five ideas, plus one bonus, that kept surfacing as I reviewed a month of daily notes, training, family life, work, reading and trying to live a little better. The idea behind the Codex is simple: instead of collecting notes forever, I want to periodically compress them…
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Monthly Goals | September 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Time To Get Jacked | Juan's Annual Goals For 2027
Another birthday, another refocus. In Episode #527 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: becoming stronger, faster and more resilient without constantly chasing peaks, aiming to make Mere Mortals a more serious creative institution, build greater career and financial optionality, create a personal...
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Robots Are Starting to Understand | Mere Mortals Robotics #1
Robots can already walk, lift, manipulate objects and drive through major cities, but when do they become reliably useful? Welcome to the first episode of Mere Mortals Robotics: a monthly, plainspoken exploration of robotics, physical AI, automation and the future of work. In this August 2026…
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Monthly Goals | August 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Juan's Robotic Future | How SciFi Are We Going To Get?
Juan's going to teach us about robots and stuff, beep boop. In Episode #526 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: when robots might actually arrive in everyday life, the difference between software progress in AI and the much tougher challenge of getting machines to move reliably in the physical...
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Stop Proving You Can Do Hard Things | 17 Lessons From 2026
At some point, doing harder things stops being growth. The more important question becomes: Is your ambition creating more life, or slowly consuming the life it was supposed to improve? In this Mere Mortals philosophy episode, I work through 17 personal lessons from the first part of 2026. These...
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Celebrating The Big Events | When Does Joy Turn Into Obligation?
How do celebrations differ in their rituals, level of fun & meaning? In Episode #525 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: where celebration can start to feel more like obligation, a run of weddings for close friends, the difference between meaningful commemoration and going through the motions…
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Bitcoin Bros & Bear Market Blues | What's The Point In Owning Crypto?
Are we buying Bitcoin to compensate for our fragile masculinities? In Episode #524 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: are young men drawn to Bitcoin and crypto because of masculinity, how easy it is for commentators to analyse online language to cherry-pick the loudest voices and build a...
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Monthly Goals | July 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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The Problems Of Probabilities | Prediction & Gambling In The Future
After a year of gambling I am none the wiser of understanding probabilities. In Episode #523 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: probabilities/gambling/arbitrage, how my brother first found ways to exploit betting promotions, using sports betting apps in conjunction with Polymarket, how markets…
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We Ran A Marathon | .... But Why ?
The main question I have received is .... why do it in the first place? In Episode #522 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the behind the scenes of our first official marathon, why “finishing” can be its own kind of win, the three layers of marathoners you meet on race day, solo marathon…
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Catching Up On Busy Life | Missing The End Of An Era
After a mini break we're back and tired as hell. In Episode #521 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: being very busy versus truly tired, how priorities shift as life gets more complex and why sometimes the smartest move is pruning commitments instead of optimising them, reminisce on the “end of…
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Monthly Goals | June 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Fitter After 40: Strength, Tendons & Recovery | Chris Ryan
At some point, the body sends you the invoice. In this episode of the Mere Mortals Podcast, I sit down with Chris Ryan, former Division 1 runner, fitness coach, Men’s Fitness cover model, former Mirror coach and founder of Chris Ryan Fitness, to talk about what it actually takes to stay strong,...
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Monthly Goals | May 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Dreaming Big | Life Beyond The Average
Can you succeed without setting expectations & goals to hit? In Episode #520 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: riff on dreaming big: how our top‑level life aims can stay steady for decades while the reasons and execution evolve, whether you truly need a “big dream” to reach elite performance…
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Reward Thyself For Great Boon | Or Fall Into The Pit Of Hedonism
When does training become trickery become manipulation? In Episode #519 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: the messy art of celebrating wins, the difference between admiration and genuine celebration, how expectations can warp our enjoyment of milestones, how to separate rewards from...
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Lifestreaming Ruins Your Life | Is 'Real Life' Interesting To Others?
What do Michael Gerry, Big Brother and Clavicular all have in common? In Episode #518 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: broadcasting everyday life (potentially 24/7), how feasible it is to capture more of life with minimal setup, early backpack rigs to Michael Gerry’s 2019 year-long life…
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Monthly Goals | April 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Thinking In Bets For Better Decision Making | How Prediction Markets Might Help Your Brain
The mindset of a poker pro can now be applied outside of a narrow game. In Episode #517 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: Annie Duke’s 'Thinking In Bets' book and how the poker mindset can reshape everyday decision-making, why focusing on process over outcomes matters, how using AI as a…
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Train Increasingly Harder, Not Smarter | Is The Best Advice To Simply Do More?
As much as it sucks, more volume is almost always the answer. In Episode #516 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: volume versus form (sparked by a YouTuber/runner known as Ran to Japan), what extreme running volume really looks like when you’re fast enough to compress a marathon into a couple of...
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Monthly Goals | March 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Let's Get Down To MM Business | The Innovators Dilemma
Why is iterating hardware so difficult and what would we do if it came time to start a business. In Episode #515 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: Clayton Christensen's 'The Innovator’s Dilemma' book, why incumbents like IBM and Blockbuster struggled with disruptive shifts, how spin-outs can…
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The Sovereign Individual | Will Network States Displace The Nation?
Will the lowering returns on violence along with digital wealth storage lead to an exodus? In Episode #514 of ' Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: The Sovereign Individual book (1997) highly recommended by Bitcoiners, early chapters bogged in Y2K angst versus strikingly prescient calls on digital...
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Abundance Mindset In An Abundant World | Is An Infinite Utopia Possible?
What makes a bun dance? In Episode #513 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the definition of abundance versus how futurists/technologists and everyday folks actually use it, the conflation of “lots of something” with “zero friction access,” whether abundance must be global or can be meaningfully...
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Becoming An Owner Of The Network | Chris Dixon's 'Read Write Own'
Are there any downsides to taking part in upsides? In Episode #512 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: how the internet moved from corporate networks to open protocol networks to blockchain networks, Dixon’s framing (read, write, own), why he thinks open protocols like RSS struggled against...
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Monthly Goals | February 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Hell Yessssss Vs No | Deciding On Where To Spend Your Time
You can't say yes to everything .... so where do you draw the line? In Episode #511 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the “hell yes versus no” decision-making lens and where it truly fits, opportunity cost/time constraints/certainty versus uncertainty, how emotion or rationality shapes…
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AI Futurism Meets Medieval History | The Million Dollar X402 Wall
We're destressing and just going over all the non-goal related things swirling around in the current moment. In Episode #510 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the old million dollar homepage and the new x402 version, experimenting with a cheeky one‑pixel squatting strategy to test rent‑seeking...
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Don't Let The Gremlins Steal Your Focus | What We're Leaving Behind In 2026
It's a new year ... no new goals ... instead we're focusing upon what NOT to focus upon. In Episode #509 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: what we’re not bringing into 2026, expectation inflation (how setting grand scenarios can pre-bake resentment), how to strike a workable balance between...
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AI Slop Killed The Podcast Star | The Shifting Landscape Of Media
I'm shifting away from listening to podcasts and I'm a blog reader now. In Episode #508 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: why our media diets are shifting, how we each consume information across video, audio, books, Substack, X long‑form (even X Spaces), why written digital content is winning...
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Monthly Goals | January 2026
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Intention Is All That Matters | Every Day Use Of AI Agents
We're expanding out from an AI blog into the real world. Also had some issues with the audio this episode so I'm working from the backup copy (that was super loud for some reason). In Episode #507 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the shift from attention to intention in the AI era, what truly...
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How To Collect Art & Become A Successful Artist | Why Investing In Art Is A Terrible Idea
Magnus is back with a master class on how to buy art. In Episode #506 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: the big blank wall behind us, how to choose something meaningful for your home, Magnus Resch’s books 'How To Become A Successful Artist' and 'How to Collect Art', why branding and…
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The Rules For How To Get The Guy | A Question For The Men .... WTF DO YOU WANT?!
I'm a woman trapped in a man's body analysing dating advice for women given by a man. In #505 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: three dating and relationships books (The New Rules, Get the Guy by Matthew Hussey and Attached), how prescriptive “rules” aimed at women can backfire, why some…
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Secrets Of The Art World | Power, Provenance & Pretentiousness
There is a reason why the art 'space' is divisive and why money distorts many things. In Episode #504 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: the book by Magnus Resch titled '100 Secrets of the Art World', tight‑knit gatekeeping at the high end of the market, how control of information shape what…
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Masters Of The Universe | Perhaps Mastery Is More Ideal
The master does nothing .... yet he leaves nothing undone. In Episode #503 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: why the mindset of mastery may matter more than the title of “master", Robert Greene’s book called Mastery, the role of obsession, whether teaching is required for mastery, “unearned”...
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Monthly Goals | December 2025
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone | Therapy, Men & Life Challenges
It's time for the male version of therapy .... podcasting!!! In Episode #502 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: Lori Gottlieb’s book 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone', the emotional burden therapists carry plus the mirror-like role they play in helping people surface what’s unsaid, my own brief...
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ENJOY YOUR FUCKING LIFE OR YOU'RE GONNA DIE | Adventures Are Fun & Exciting
Let's help Juan find some excitement in the daily grind! In Episode #501 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: the shifting meaning of “adventure” across seasons of life, adventure beyond skydiving (think ballet classes, new walking routes, digital art experiments and structured learning), how...
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Mere Mortals Podcast | November 2025 Updates
An easy update from the Mere Mortals podcast on what the future holds for us + the focus to come. Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram:...
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$6M+ in High-Ticket Sales — Orlando Santucci’s formulas, philosophies and life maxing
He’s sold over $6 million in high-ticket offers, worked with the top names in the industry, and built a community of closers who actually win, not just talk about it. In this conversation, Orlando Santucci breaks down the formulas, philosophies and frameworks that drive consistent results....
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Half A Mil Of MM Value | Reflecting On 500 Episodes
We have reached half a (MIL)estone so let's give it a half assed effort! In Episode #500 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: six years of podcasting, the origin story of why we originally started, stats and highlights across YouTube and audio, mishaps (spiders, dead mics, random street cameos)…
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Battle Of The Verts (Intro Vs Extro) | Who Shapes The World?
Is the real world actually shaped for social interaction!? In Episode #499 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: 2 x books of Susan Cain’s 'Quiet' alongside Paul McKenna’s 'Instant Influence & Charisma', the quiet revolution of introverts rising up, what the book gets right (high reactivity, Big Five...
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Monthly Goals | November 2025
It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading…
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Living With Ragrets | Feedback To Our Younger Selves
If you wish you could have let yourself been happier, then why didn't you? In Episode #498 of 'Musings', Juan & discuss: advice we’d give to our 20-something selves after a decade of lessons, cringeworthy moments that come closest to genuine regret, why regret often intensifies closer to life’s...
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Mel Storey, From Lawyer to “Career Big Sis”
After 15 years in law, Mel Storey walked away to build Career Big Sis, a movement helping ambitious professionals back themselves, set boundaries, and take the first step even when they can’t see the whole staircase. We go deep on burnout, the moment everything broke after Covid, rebuilding with…
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Attracting Women Through Honesty | Mark Manson's 'Models'
The three fundamentals of lifestyle, action & communication. In Episode #497 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: the core idea of “true confidence” versus the old-school “fake it till you make it confidence” pickup playbook, startling a girl at the gym, how polarisation beats bland small talk…
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What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,).
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Kyrin Down & Juan Granados
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