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Tyler Talks to Strangers

by Tyler Smith

A podcast where I interview total strangers. My goal is to better understand the world around me, by understanding those who inhabit it with me. Everyone has a story, but I just have so many questions...If you want to be on the show over Zoom email me at: [email protected]

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  1. #49 Would You Rather: Wear socks with sandals, or Crocs the rest of your life?

    Question Set: 1) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 2) How do you think the pandemic started? 3) Wear socks with sandals or crocs the rest of your life? 4) What is the most money you have ever won or lost gambling in your life? 5) What do you do to become a better...

  2. #48 What is one "red flag" you watch for in a relationship?

    1) What’s your Starbucks order? 2) If you could be any cartoon character who would you be? 3) What is one "red flag" you watch for in a relationship?* 4) What is something you never get too old for? 5) Sober or vegetarian the rest of your life? 6) Swim 1/2 mile in Great White infested waters, or…

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  3. #47 If you were the president during COVID, what would you have done differently?

    A conversation with the future "Next Level" author: Robert P. John No specific questions in this one, just let it run wherever it wanted to...

  4. #46 If you could wake up anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would you choose?

    Question Set Mix of FUN and DEEP: 1) What do you and your partner argue about the most? 2) How has 2023 been better or worse then 2022? 3) What is one false belief that you had, that you eventually changed your mind about? 4) “If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it —...

  5. #45 How do you think the world will end?

    Deep: How are you doing? But actually. WYR: Have a mansion and no yard, or a tiny house and 100 acres of land? Deep: What is your biggest insecurity? Fun: What is your alcoholic drink of choice? Fun: What is an “intrusive” thought or repetitive thought pattern you always seem to have? Fun: What…

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  6. #44 Would You Rather: Age gracefully or stay young forever?

    FUN: What series do you rewatch? RANDOM: What routines do you have? WYR: Age gracefully or stay young forever? COVID: What’s the best way to spend time in quarantine? DEEP: What are you running from in life right now? FUN: What is your favorite form of cardio? COVID: What is your first memory of...

  7. #43 If you could only pick two of the five senses, what would you choose?

    COVID: What's your best “sorry, i couldn’t because covid” excuse you have made? Fun: “The world is ending in 15 minutes, you are allowed 2 phone calls to anyone on the planet, who do you call and who gets more time on the phone?” Deep: What do you want from life? Random How far is a light year?...

  8. #42 When you think of the word "success," who is the first person that comes to mind?

    DEEP: 1) What are you most passionate about? FUN: 1) When you think of the word "success" who is the first person that comes to mind? 2) What has been your biggest waste of money or failed business venture? 3) What is something you have recently incorporated into your life that has improved your...

  9. #41 What did you most enjoy about COVID lockdowns?

    Fun: 1) When did you first realize you were an adult? 2) If trees weren't green, what color would you want them to be instead? 3) If you had to give a TED talk, what would it be about? 4) If you could see any musician live past or present, who would you want to see? Covid: 1) What’s one thing you...

  10. #40 What do you want your last words on this planet to be?

    Fun: Wasps, mosquitoes, spiders, cockroaches, which would you eliminate from the planet completely? WYR: Have a diamond ring or a gold necklace of equal value? Deep: Have you ever thought about suicide? Deep: If you had children what would you do the same as your parents, what would you do...

  11. #39 What is your life motto?

    Episode Question Set: FUN/ABSURD: 1) Whose been the biggest influence on your life and work and why? 2) What is your life motto? 3 What do people say/do that pisses you off? COVID: 1. After two years, what’s your opinion on COVID? 2. If COVID was a person, what would you say to it? WOULD YOU...

  12. #38 WYR: Go blind now, or be blind from birth?

    #FUN/ABSURD 1. If you could be any cartoon character who would you be? 2. Whose the worst character in TV history? 3. What do you wish was socially acceptable that is not? 4. If you could have anything named after you what would it be? #WOULD YOU RATHER 1. Go 30 years into the past or 30 years…

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  13. #38 VIDEO: WYR: Go blind now, or be blind from birth?

    #FUN/ABSURD 1. If you could be any cartoon character who would you be? 2. Whose the worst character in TV history? 3. What do you wish was socially acceptable that is not? 4. If you could have anything named after you what would it be? #WOULD YOU RATHER 1. Go 30 years into the past or 30 years…

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  14. #37 What do people say/do that pisses you off?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. What do people say/do that pisses you off? 2. What popular movie do you think was total garbage? 3. What food/drink do you try to avoid having in your house because you love it way to much? 4. If you could have anything for free, what would it be? 5. What…

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  15. #37 VIDEO: What do people say/do that pisses you off?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. What do people say/do that pisses you off? 2. What popular movie do you think was total garbage? 3. What food/drink do you try to avoid having in your house because you love it way to much? 4. If you could have anything for free, what would it be? 5. What…

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  16. #36 If you could only talk about one subject for the rest of your life, what would it be

    Question Set: FUN/ABSURD 1) What is your most memorable dream? 2) What is a taste you acquired in adulthood that you didn't have as a child? 3) What is the most money you have ever won or lost gambling in your life? 4) If you could only talk about one subject for the rest of your life, what would...

  17. #36 VIDEO: If you could only talk about one subject for the rest of your life, what would it be?

    Question Set: FUN/ABSURD 1) What is your most memorable dream? 2) What is a taste you acquired in adulthood that you didn't have as a child? 3) What is the most money you have ever won or lost gambling in your life? 4) If you could only talk about one subject for the rest of your life, what would...

  18. #35 What is the worst advice you have ever gotten?

    Question Set (FUN/DEEP): 1) Tell me in 60 seconds or less what you do in a typical workday 2) Tell me one thing you habitually overspend on, but don’t regret? 3) What is the worst advice you have ever gotten? 4) If you didn't have to sleep, what would you do with that time instead? 5) What…

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  19. #35 VIDEO: What is the worst advice you have ever gotten?

    Question Set (FUN/DEEP): 1) Tell me in 60 seconds or less what you do in a typical workday 2) Tell me one thing you habitually overspend on, but don’t regret? 3) What is the worst advice you have ever gotten? 4) If you didn't have to sleep, what would you do with that time instead? 5) What…

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  20. #34 VIDEO: What do you collect and why?

    Episode Set (FUN + DEEP): 1) What is your opinion on the color yellow? 2) What is the most physical pain you have ever been in? 3) What is the most useless piece of information you know off the top of your head? 4) What do you collect and why?* 5) What is your favorite form of transportation? Mt...

  21. #33 Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?

    Question Set (Deep + Fun) 1. Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? 2. What are you healing from? 3. What do you like most about single life? 4. Will humans spread out among the stars or just be a brief blip in Earth’s history? 5. What popular movie do you think was total garbage?…

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  22. #32 Would you rather be locked in a room that is constantly dark, or a room that is constantly bright for a week?

    Episode (WOULD YOU RATHER + DEEP): 1. Would you rather live in the wilderness far from civilization or live on the streets of a city as a homeless person? 2. Would you rather live your entire life in a virtual reality where all your wishes are granted or in the real world? 3. Would you rather…

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  23. #32 VIDEO: Would you rather be locked in a room that is constantly dark, or a room that is constantly bright for a week?

    Episode (WOULD YOU RATHER + DEEP): 1. Would you rather live in the wilderness far from civilization or live on the streets of a city as a homeless person? 2. Would you rather live your entire life in a virtual reality where all your wishes are granted or in the real world? 3. Would you rather…

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  24. #31 Do you think there is intelligent life on other planets?

    Episode Set (Mix and Match): 1) What's the difference between crunchy and crispy? 2) Do you think there is intelligent life on other planets? 3) What are your "simple joys" in life? 4) Do you think that the future will be better than the present? Why? 5) What do you use to remind yourself that...

  25. #31 VIDEO: Do you think there is intelligent life on other planets?

    Episode Set (Mix and Match): 1) What's the difference between crunchy and crispy? 2) Do you think there is intelligent life on other planets? 3) What are your "simple joys" in life? 4) Do you think that the future will be better than the present? Why? 5) What do you use to remind yourself that...

  26. #30 Would You Rather: eat cool-ranch Doritos, or nacho-cheese Doritos?

    Question Set: (WOULD YOU RATHER) 1. Be a pirate or an astronaut? 2. Be able to pull out $20 anytime you reached into your wallet, or able to eat anything with no negative health consequences? 3. Eat Cool-Ranch Doritos or Nacho-Cheese Doritos? 4. Be damaged physically or mentally for life? 5.…

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  27. #30 VIDEO: Would You Rather: eat cool-ranch Doritos, or nacho-cheese Doritos?

    Question Set: (WOULD YOU RATHER) 1. Be a pirate or an astronaut? 2. Be able to pull out $20 anytime you reached into your wallet, or able to eat anything with no negative health consequences? 3. Eat Cool-Ranch Doritos or Nacho-Cheese Doritos? 4. Be damaged physically or mentally for life? 5.…

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  28. #29 If you could host a dinner party with any 3 people from history, who would you choose and why?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. Make a 30-second argument about why sunrises are better than sunsets. 2. If you could have a billboard placed anywhere in the city, where would it be and what would it say? 3. If you could host a dinner party with any 3 people from history, who would you choose and...

  29. #29 VIDEO: If you could host a dinner party with any 3 people from history, who would you choose and why?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. Make a 30-second argument about why sunrises are better than sunsets. 2. If you could have a billboard placed anywhere in the city, where would it be and what would it say? 3. If you could host a dinner party with any 3 people from history, who would you choose and...

  30. #28 What is your opinion of the color yellow?

    QUESTION SET: Episode (FUN/ABSURD) 1. What is your opinion of the color yellow? 2. What is the last thing you Googled on your phone? 3. If you didn’t set an alarm tonight, what time would you naturally wake up in the morning? 4. What is the most physical pain you have ever been in? 5. What are…

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  31. #28 VIDEO: What is your opinion of the color yellow?

    QUESTION SET: Episode (FUN/ABSURD) 1. What is your opinion of the color yellow? 2. What is the last thing you Googled on your phone? 3. If you didn’t set an alarm tonight, what time would you naturally wake up in the morning? 4. What is the most physical pain you have ever been in? 5. What are…

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  32. #27 Have you ever contemplated suicide?

    QUESTION SET: 1. Have you ever contemplated suicide? 2. What's your most ridiculous adventure? 3. What's something you overspend on but don't mind? 4. Would you rather live in the wilderness far from civilizations or on the street of a city homeless? 5. If were a drug or a type of drug, what…

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  33. #26 Would You Rather: Forget all your past memories, or no longer form new memories?

    Episode (WOULD YOU RATHER) 1. Explore the oceans or space? 2. Be with someone who says "I love you" but never shows it, or someone who shows they love you but never say it? 3. Lose an arm of leg? 4. Forget all your past memories, or no longer form new memories? 5. Be a cat or a dog?

  34. #25 What is your advice to living an awesome life?

    Episode (FUN/ABSURD) 1. What is your biggest turn on/off in a guy/girl? 2. If you could wake up anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would you want it to be? 3. What is your advice to living an awesome life? 4. What is your dream job? 5. What is one "red flag" you watch for in a relationship?

  35. #24 Would You Rather: Be older or younger than you are now?

    Episode (WOULD YOU RATHER) 1. Run into Sasquatch or the Loch Ness monster in real life? 2. Have a mediocre romantic relationship or an amazing friendship? 3. Have small talk with someone or sit in silence? 4. Moo like a cow every time you laughed or bark like a dog every time you sneezed? 5. Be...

  36. #23 What has Covid changed about your life or job for the better?

    1. What’s one thing you wish you knew before Covid? 2. If you have been in isolation (covid) what did you enjoy about it ? 3. What has Covid changed about your life or job for the better? 4. What were your first thoughts when you heard about covid? 5. Now that covid times are ending! what was the...

  37. #22 What is something you never get too old for?

    Episode Set: (FUN/ABSURD) 1. What is a taste you acquired in adulthood that you didn't have as a child? 2. What is the most under or overrated movie/book in your opinion? 3. What book did you absolutely hate? 4. What is something you never get too old for? 5. What is, or would be your karaoke…

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  38. #21 What's something that is absolutely worth paying more money for?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1) What is a non-English movie that everyone should watch? 2) What is the stupidest thing you have ever seen people be proud of? 3) What would you do with an extra $1000 given to you every month? 4) What's something that is absolutely worth paying more money for? 5) How...

  39. #20 What are the biggest mistakes people make in their 20's?

    Episode (DEEP) 1. What separated your life into a “before” and “after”? 2. What are the biggest mistakes people can make in their 20’s? 3. What is the most influential book you’ve read? 4. What made you realize you have a pretty good life? 5. What do you want people to know about you?

  40. #19 What makes you happy?

    Question Set (DEEP): 1. What are you biggest goals in life? 2. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 3. What do you most want to do before you die? 4. What makes you happy? 5. Describe your first "love" or your ideal "soulmate"

  41. #18 What is the worst advice you have ever gotten?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. If you were in a food eating contest, what would be your food of choice? 2. What is the worst advice you have ever gotten? 3. If you were forced to get a tattoo, what would you get? 4. Have you ever liked a movie more than a book? 5. If you were on a desert island…

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  42. #17 Would You Rather: want to be able to read other people's minds, or any animal's mind?

    Question Set (WOULD YOU RATHER): 1. Swim 1/2 mile in Great White infested waters, or be trapped in a room with your weight in bees for 1 hour? 2. Have a million dollars right now, or a billion when you are 50? 3. Be able to read other people's minds or any animal's mind? 4. Would you rather dodge…

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  43. #16 What is the most emotional experience you have ever been through?

    Question Set (DEEP): 1. If you could re-live any single year of your life, which would you choose? 2. What is the most emotional experience you have ever been through? 3. What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever done in front of your significant other? 4. What food or smell reminds you…

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  44. #15 If you could have anything named after you, what would it be?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1. If you could be any cartoon character who would you be? 2. Whose the worst character in TV history? 3. What is your spirit animal? 4. What do you wish was socially acceptable that is not? 5. If you could have anything named after you what would it be?

  45. #14 What is your favorite form of transportation?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD) 1. What do you collect and why? 2. Tell me about something you once quit and why 3. What is your favorite form of transportation? 4. What puts a smile on your face no matter how down you're feeling?

  46. #13 Would You Rather: live in the Harry Potter, or Pokémon universe?

    Question Set (Would You Rather): 1. Be able to run twice as fast, or be able to double jump in real life? 2. Be 3 feet shorter or 3 feet taller? 3. Be burned alive or buried alive? 4. Be able to see into the future or change the past? 5. Live in the harry potter or pokemon universe?

  47. #12 Would You Rather: fight a chimpanzee trained in Kung Fu, or a Silverback gorilla?

    Question Set (Would You Rather): 1) Ask every animal in the world 1 question, or have a full-blown conversation with any single animal of your choosing? 2) Be very good at 1 skill, or average at 10 skills? 3) Be the tail of a dragon, or the head of a snake? 4) Win 1 million dollars from a game...

  48. #11 Do you think people can change, or are we programmed to behave the way we do?

    Question Set (DEEP): 1) What is something you want to brag about? 2) What helps calm your anxiety? 3) What are your "simple joys" in life? 4) Do you think people can change for the better, or are we programmed to behave the way we do? 5) If you could spend one day with anyone from history, who...

  49. #10 Would you rather only whisper or shout for the rest of your life?

    Question Set (WOULD YOU RATHER): 1) Control the weather or traffic? 2) Be able to eat anything and have a perfect body (calories don't matter), or be able to sleep for 1 hour a night and your body is perfectly rested upon waking? 3) Have a constant pain or itch? 4) Only whisper or only shout for...

  50. #9 What celebrity would you like to go on a road trip with?

    Question Set (FUN/ABSURD): 1) What looks incredibly easy, but is ridiculously hard? 2) If people used "break up lines" instead of "pick up lines" what would some be? 3) What do you think is the single greatest photograph in history? 4) What are some subtle red flags at a job interview that say...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast where I interview total strangers. My goal is to better understand the world around me, by understanding those who inhabit it with me. Everyone has a story, but I just have so many questions...If you want to be on the show over Zoom email me at: [email protected]

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Tyler Smith

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