Episodes
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The 10-Year Anniversary Show + AI Pivot
Episode Summary: A very special 10-year anniversary episode reflecting on a decade of content creation, the story behind 155 consecutive podcast episodes, and Mike's pivot into AI. From Adobe tutorials to RAG systems, hear how he evolved from Tech Handyman to RAG Handyman — and what's next for…
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The 2024 Show
Episode Summary: A Happy New Year check-in — a walk down memory lane through Mike's path from a one-man band in Naples, Florida to nearly a decade of content creation, plus a look ahead at 2024 goals. What You'll Learn Mike's background: English degree, a law school master's he's never used, and…
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The Domestika Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at creating Mike's first online class, Introduction to Adobe Audition, with the creative-education platform Domestika — from the first pitch email to filming in their New York City studios. What You'll Learn What Domestika is and how it works as an online...
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The Ai Show
Episode Summary: An early, playful experiment: the entire script for this episode was written by ChatGPT, and Mike read it word for word to teach the basics of AI and how podcasters could put it to use back in 2023. What You'll Learn The entire script for this episode was written by ChatGPT and...
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The Pilgrimage
Episode Summary: Marking the 7-year anniversary of Mike Murphy Unplugged, this episode tells the story of walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across France and Spain in the fall of 2021. What You'll Learn What the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is and where the Camino Frances route runs What…
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The 2022 Life Update Show
Episode Summary: A quick life and business update after a long gap between episodes — moving out of a beloved beach cottage, losing a full-time job the same week, and walking 650 miles across the Camino de Santiago. What You'll Learn Why Mike moved studios and left his full-time job at...
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The Change Show
Episode Summary: A simple, practical 60-item checklist for creating positive change, read from the book What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter — all about rewiring your brain with positive thoughts and self-talk. What You'll Learn A 60-item checklist for creating positive…
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The 4th Anniversary Show
Episode Summary: On the 4th anniversary of Mike Murphy Unplugged, a walk down memory lane revisiting the Top 10 takeaways from year one — and an honest look at how each one holds up three years later. What You'll Learn Revisiting the Top 10 lessons from year one of podcasting, three years later…
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The Migration Show
Episode Summary: A breakdown of how to move a podcast from one hosting company to another without losing subscribers — covering podcast hosts, directories, RSS feeds, and 301 redirects. What You'll Learn What a podcast host actually does: audio storage, RSS feed generation, and directory...
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The Budget Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at a simple, practical financial freedom plan — the two books that inspired it, the "pay yourself first" method, and the specific tools used to put it on autopilot. What You'll Learn The motivation behind building a simple, practical financial plan at 50...
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The Merry Show
Episode Summary: A holiday update episode looking back at putting Mike Murphy Unplugged on hiatus, landing a new role at Simplecast, and looking ahead to 2019 goals across YouTube, writing, and Murphy Concierge. What You'll Learn Why Mike put the podcast on hiatus and how 2018's minimalism push...
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The 3 Year Show
Episode Summary: Marking the 3rd anniversary of Mike Murphy Unplugged with an update on change, development, and creating the life you want — including news of a new role with podcast hosting company Simplecast. What You'll Learn Why Mike started Mike Murphy Unplugged and what podcasting was…
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The Summer Break Show
Episode Summary: A mid-year check-in on content strategy and work-life balance ahead of a 2-week vacation to Nantucket — planning the second half of 2018 and reflecting on the value of taking a real break. What You'll Learn A mid-year review framework for evaluating your life and business roadmap...
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The Freedom Show
Episode Summary: An announcement episode: after months of decluttering physical and digital life, Mike Murphy Unplugged goes on hiatus after Episode 150 — and why letting go isn't the same as giving up. What You'll Learn The announcement: Mike Murphy Unplugged was going on hiatus after Episode…
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The IGTV Show
Episode Summary: A deep dive into IGTV (Instagram TV) shortly after its June 2018 launch — what it was, how it worked, and why Mike planned to use it for Mike Murphy Co. Note: IGTV was discontinued by Instagram in 2022; this episode is preserved as a historical snapshot, not current guidance.…
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The Be Good Show
Episode Summary: After losing a friend, an episode about what really matters in life and business — priorities, urgency, a self-audit, and the recipe for success as a content creator. What You'll Learn How losing a friend reframed what actually matters in life and business A self-audit framework...
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The Writing A Book Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at self-publishing a first eBook on Amazon — the tools used, the step-by-step process, and an honest read on how it went. What You'll Learn The main tools used to self-publish an eBook: Scrivener, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Vellum How Kindle Direct...
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The Creator Show
Episode Summary: A motivational episode and a bit of a reality check on what it actually takes to make it as a content creator — the honest time, effort, and patience behind every finished piece of content, and a challenge to stop looking for shortcuts that don't exist. What You'll Learn Why...
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The WordPress.com Show
Episode Summary: A chapter from Mike's eBook How To Podcast on Wordpress.com, sharing 14 reasons to consider WordPress.com as a combined podcast and website host. Note: plan names and pricing reflect 2018 and have since changed. What You'll Learn 14 reasons WordPress.com made sense as an…
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The Podcast Hosting Show
Episode Summary: What a podcast media host actually is, how the whole system works behind the scenes, what to look for when choosing one, and the two different hosting setups Mike ran in 2018. What You'll Learn What a podcast media host actually is and how it differs from a website host How…
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The Why WordPress.com Show
Episode Summary: The story of how one unexpected email led to Mike's first eBook, How To Podcast on Wordpress.com — and a case study in what makes a cold email actually work. What You'll Learn The anatomy of a good cold email, illustrated by a real one Mike received How a 30-minute Skype call...
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The Amazon Associates Show
Episode Summary: A breakdown of the Amazon Associates affiliate program — how it works, how commissions are structured, what can get an account banned, and good ways to actually use affiliate links. What You'll Learn How the Amazon Associates affiliate program works and how commissions are...
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The Podcast Roadmap Show
Episode Summary: A start-to-finish overview of launching a podcast — the Podcast Roadmap, a free one-page cheat sheet distilling the whole process into 6 main steps plus an optional 7th. What You'll Learn The 6 main steps (plus 1 optional) to launching a podcast from scratch The main tasks inside...
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The One Life Show
Episode Summary: A rarely-told, difficult personal story — finding a dead body while working a lawn-care job in New Hampshire, and the encounter with a grieving father that changed how Mike sees everything since. The message: you only have one life, and there's no better time than now to create…
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The Teacher Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes, story-driven episode about Mike's journey to make a living as an online educator — and the moment, at 48, he first identified with the word "teacher." What You'll Learn A lifelong love of learning, traced back to childhood curiosity and college-town energy…
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The Client Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the workflow and tools behind Murphy Concierge, Mike's local freelance tech-handyman business — from client management to scheduling to invoicing. What You'll Learn What Murphy Concierge is and who its two client segments are How to run a client-facing...
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The Ask Mike Show
Episode Summary: Behind the scenes of launching Ask Mike Murphy Live, a weekly Q&A livestream — the goals behind it, the concrete steps to start one, and the exact gear Mike used to go live. What You'll Learn The backstory behind launching Mike Murphy Unplugged with zero audience in 2015 What Ask...
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The Alexa Show
Episode Summary: A deep dive into Amazon Alexa — how the voice assistant works, what it can do, how Amazon Skills and Flash Briefings function, and how to get a podcast onto Alexa devices via TuneIn. What You'll Learn What Amazon Alexa is, how it works, and what the Echo and Echo Dot devices do…
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The Instagram Business Show
Episode Summary: A guide to setting up and using an Instagram business profile — the conversion process, the differences from a personal account, the Insights analytics available, and the ad formats businesses could use in 2018. What You'll Learn How to convert a personal Instagram account to a...
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The Backup Show
Episode Summary: A start-to-finish walkthrough of Mike's 2018 backup and digital organization system — the tools, the hardware, and the redundancy strategy behind protecting years of podcast episodes, videos, photos, and business documents. What You'll Learn 3 practical tips to take inventory and...
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The iCloud Show
Episode Summary: An iCloud 101 for Apple users — what actually gets backed up, how iCloud Photos syncing works, and how to use iCloud Drive as part of a real backup strategy. What You'll Learn What iCloud actually is and how it powers the whole Apple device ecosystem What gets backed up...
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The Ebook Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at Mike's self-imposed writing challenge, the "Write the Life" project — publish a self-published eBook by April 15, 2018 — plus a quick overview of eBooks in general. What You'll Learn A quick overview of eBooks: what they are, where to buy them, and...
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The Evernote Show
Episode Summary: A deep dive into Evernote — what it is, why it took 10 years to finally click as a productivity tool, and the simple organization system that made it stick. What You'll Learn What Evernote is, what it costs, and how it compares to similar note-taking apps Why it took 10 years of...
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The Value Show
Episode Summary: How to figure out what your time and knowledge are worth, and how to create content, products, or services genuinely valuable to others — covering the definition of value, the 4 types of value, and a practical framework for pricing your own time. What You'll Learn Why value is...
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The Podfest 2018 Show
Episode Summary: A recap of Podfest Multimedia Expo 2018 — why Mike keeps going back year after year, and the four biggest lessons he brought home this time. What You'll Learn What Podfest Multimedia Expo is and how Mike's reasons for attending evolved over 3 years Why in-person industry events...
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The Facebook Live Show
Episode Summary: The final part of a 3-part social media mini-series with livestreaming expert Ross Brand — this episode covers Facebook Live: what it is, how to use it, and content ideas for personal brands and small businesses. What You'll Learn What Facebook Live is and how to go live from…
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The Twitter Show
Episode Summary: Part 2 of a 3-part social media mini-series with livestreaming expert Ross Brand — this episode covers Twitter fundamentals, key stats, and practical tips for content creators. What You'll Learn Twitter fundamentals: tweets, mentions, hashtags, likes, and retweets explained…
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The LinkedIn Show
Episode Summary: Part 1 of a 3-part social media mini-series with livestreaming expert Ross Brand — this episode covers LinkedIn, why content creators should be using it, and where to focus first. What You'll Learn Why LinkedIn was becoming more of a content-creator platform in 2018 Key LinkedIn...
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The Wellness Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the Mike Murphy 90-Day Health & Wellness Project — a content-marketing case study built around getting into shape at a local spin studio, told through personal goals, a client win-win, and the gear used to document it all. What You'll Learn Why Mike…
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The Mike Murphy Show
Episode Summary: A personal-branding episode — Mike goes behind the scenes with his own origin story, from a childhood injury and discovering the Grateful Dead to the winding cross-country path that led to building Mike Murphy LLC. What You'll Learn Mike's origin story: childhood, a broken femur…
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The 2018 Roadmap Show
Episode Summary: Mike's annual roadmap episode — the mantra and theme for 2018 (fundamentals and storytelling), the 6 priorities for Mike Murphy LLC, and the content schedule he's committing to for the year. What You'll Learn Mike's mantra and theme for 2018: fundamentals and storytelling The...
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The 2017 Show
Episode Summary: A year-end reflection on 2017 — Mike's 5 favorite episodes, a report card against the 2017 Roadmap he set back in Episode 70, and what actually got done vs. what didn't. What You'll Learn Mike's 5 favorite episodes of 2017 and why they stood out A report card on the 2017 Roadmap:...
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The Podcasts Connect Show
Episode Summary: A walkthrough of Apple Podcasts Connect — how to manage an existing podcast, validate and submit a brand-new show, and read the new Podcast Analytics dashboard Apple rolled out in December 2017. What You'll Learn What Apple Podcasts Connect is, and why Apple calls it three...
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The Podcast & Business Show
Episode Summary: Five reasons a business — especially a local, brick-and-mortar one — should consider launching a podcast in 2018, covering advertising, authority-building, client relationships, content marketing, and revenue. What You'll Learn 5 reasons a business should consider launching a...
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The Instagram Story Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at how and why Mike makes Instagram Stories every day — one year after the feature's launch — covering process, mindset, topic ideas, and the tools used to make each story more interesting. What You'll Learn What Instagram Stories is and how it compares…
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The Concierge Show
Episode Summary: A full blueprint of how Mike launched his side hustle, Murphy Concierge — a local tech-handyman service — covering the why, the exact tools and steps used to get it off the ground, and the revenue goals behind it. What You'll Learn What Murphy Concierge is and why Mike started it...
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The Franklin Show
Episode Summary: A mobile-recorded episode from Franklin, Tennessee — Black Friday deal roundups, a quick history lesson on Franklin and Nashville, and a behind-the-scenes look at the travel gear kit used to record on the road. What You'll Learn A behind-the-scenes look at Mike's mobile podcast...
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The Open Mike Show
Episode Summary: A story-time episode — Mike's backstory on how he ended up making daily tutorials and teaching online, what nearly 800 straight days of content creation taught him, and what success actually looks like for Mike Murphy LLC. What You'll Learn The backstory behind Mike's move into...
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The Gift Guide Show
Episode Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the 2017 Mike Murphy Holiday Gift & Gear Guide for Content Creators — why it exists, how it's produced across video, text, and audio, and where it all gets distributed. What You'll Learn Behind the scenes of the 2017 Mike Murphy Holiday Gift & Gear…
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The Adobe CC 2018 Show
Episode Summary: A rundown of the Adobe Creative Cloud 2018 update — the new apps, the headline feature upgrades across Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere, and why staying current with creative tools matters even if you can't learn everything at once. What You'll Learn What Adobe Creative Cloud…
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Mike Murphy Unplugged is a podcast for one-man bands and content creators who want to move forward in business and in life. Learn how to use AI, how to create online content for a living, and how to create the life you want.
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