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Understand Life
by Leonard Nieman
Turning life into lessons so that you can Understand Life
Episodes
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50: Suntan or Sunburn?
In this episode, we talk about what a suntan is and what a sunburn is. We then go into all of the genetic differences that people have which cause their skin to react differently than others when it comes to UV radiation and the sun. Enjoy the show! Show notes are located at...
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49: Credit Gas Prices
In this episode, we talk about credit and debit cards. We cover some history and especially what merchants, such as gas stations, are allowed to charge when it comes to having different prices based on how you pay. Near the end, we cover what this means for consumers and how they should act.…
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48.5: July Apology
Sorry for not having a normal episode this month; it was deemed too controversial for the general public. If you would like to become our patron at Patreon, it is available there. Go to www.patreon.com/understandlife. Sorry again. We'll be back next month.
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48: How to start a business
In this episode, we talk about what it takes to start a business. We start with some of the basic legal aspects but spend most of the episode talking about all of the expenses that businesses have and how to manage the biggest one well: payroll. We don't go super deep into what takes a business...
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47: Why Do People Have Kids?
In this episode, we talk about why people do anything and then move on to why people have kids specifically. On why people do anything, we talk about the results pyramid from episode 15 and then discuss what beliefs people have that lead to their actions of trying to have kids. We also relate why...
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46: What's an Average American?
In this episode, we talk about the different meanings of the word "Average" and then what an "Average American" looks like for each of those types of averages for multiple different qualities, such as income, land ownership, age, college education, etc. Enjoy the show! Show notes are located at...
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45: What Caused the Great Depression (Part 2)
In this episode, we finish talking about the causes of the Great Depression. We review the basics of what people believe the cause was (i.e. the stock market crash) and then move on to some more nuances. Enjoy the show! Show notes are located at leonardnieman.com/podcast/45. Support us at...
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44: What Caused the Great Depression (Part 1)
In this episode, we start talking about the causes of the Great Depression. We cover the basics of what people believe the cause was (i.e. the stock market crash) and then move on to some more nuances, such as whether another crash is coming today. Next week we will finish our discussion on this...
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43: Why Are Diamonds So Expensive
In this episode, we talk about why diamond prices are what they are. We utilize some of the lessons about supply and demand from the previous episode combined with some history of the diamond market. We end with a look to the future of the diamond market. Enjoy the show! Show notes are located at...
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42: How Are Prices Made?
In this episode, we start talking about how prices are able to be set by different companies based on their power in the market. We mostly talk about the law of supply and demand by explaining the basic principle and graph. Enjoy the show! Show notes are located at leonardnieman.com/podcast/42....
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41: When Did Throwing Flowers at Performers Start? (Part 2 of 2)
In this episode, we finish talking about how flowers started being thrown at people. We begin by going over last week's insights around why throwing things at people at all started. Then, we move on to flowers specifically, including the faunogrophy of the Victorian era. Enjoy the show! Show…
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40: When Did Throwing Flowers at Performers Start? (Part 1 of 2)
In this episode, we are talking about how performers of old would be treated. We start the episode with an overview of our previous episodes about how different cheeses are made. Then, we we move on to discussing that performers of old would want people to throw money at them, but if they were…
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39: How are Different Cheeses Made? (Part 3 of 3)
In this episode, we are continuing our discussion on how different cheeses are made. We start with a re-cap of the last two episode where we went over all 7 steps in the cheese making process and then went in-depth into the first 3 steps, discussing some of the different options in those steps…
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38: How are Different Cheeses Made? (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode, we are continuing our discussion on how different cheeses are made. We start with a re-cap of the last episode where we went over all 7 steps in the cheese making process. This time, we really dig into the first 3 steps, discussing some of the different options in those steps and...
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37: How is Cheese Made?
In this episode, we are talking about how cheese is made. We break it down into 7 main steps that most types of cheeses go through...in one way or another. From preparing the milk to aging the cheese. Join us next week as we continue the cheese topic and start to talk about the differences…
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36: Why is That Car Only $157?
In this episode, we are talking about the cost of car ownership. We consider four different options: buying a new car, leasing a new car, buying a used car with a low number of miles and buying a used car with a high number of miles. We go over the monetary costs of each of those and touch on the...
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35.5: Come on Baby, Drive My EV
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: We talked about Expected Value: how you can calculate out whether you are making a good decision or not (or at least attempt to). We cover the basic concept and...
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35: Is This Worth the Risk?
In this episode, we are talking about Expected Value and how that can help you to make wise decisions. Roughly calculating out an expected value can quickly show that something is or is not worth doing. We talk about using this information to guard against your intuition, though you still need to...
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34.5: Don't Compare Expected American Values
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: We talked about the fact that Americans are less happy than people in other countries because we spend so much time comparing ourselves to people we don't know...
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34: Why Aren't People in America Happy?
In this episode, we are talking about how the International Happiness Survey ranks Americans relatively low, especially considering our economic status. We talk about some things that Americans specifically do more often that make them less happy and then some things that you can do to make...
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33.5: The Nail In America
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: We talked about the quote: "The nail that sticks up gets pounded down." This originated in communist Russia. We talked about communism, capitalism, and the...
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33: What does this quote mean?
In this episode, we are talking about a quote: "the nail that sticks up gets pounded down." This quote originated in the Soviet Union, so we get into the differences between capitalism and communism. Then, we talk about a couple ways to think about the quote and the differences in lessons it can...
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32.5: The light that sticks to electrons...
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: Solar powered paint. We talked about some early uses of solar power, the discovery of the photovoltaic effect, how solar panels work, and a potential future of...
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32: What's Solar Powered Paint?
In this episode, we are talking about solar power, different types of harnessing energy from the sun, and where we are at technologically. We specifically touch on the ability to "paint" a material in order to obtain a "solar power" effect. Enjoy the show. Show notes are located at...
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31.5: Happy 2020
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: What we learned about taking care of our teeth Next week: Solar powered paint?!? We're going to talk all about solar power, including getting solar power from...
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31: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths: Part 2 (rebroadcast of #21)
We are taking a break for the holidays and re-broadcasting some of our most popular episodes. This is a re-broadcast of Episode #21: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths: Part 2. This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister. This is the...
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30: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths: Part 1 (rebroadcast of #20)
We are taking a break for the holidays and re-broadcasting some of our most popular episodes. This is a re-broadcast of Episode #20: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths: Part 1. This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister and talking about...
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29: Can a Baby be Born with Pink Hair (rebroadcast of #12)
We are taking a break for the holidays and re-broadcasting some of our most popular episodes. This is a re-broadcast of Episode #12: Can a Baby be Born with Pink Hair? This week we dive into the genetics of hair color. We'll cover the basics of genetics, how our genes impact our melanin…
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28: Can I have a piece of gum (rebroadcast of #8)
We are taking a break for the holidays and re-broadcasting some of our most popular episodes. This is a re-broadcast of Episode #8: Can I have a piece of gum This week we talk about planning ahead. Planning ahead is a key component to making wise decisions, and making wise decisions is a key...
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27: Why do people lose their teeth (Part 2)?
In this episode, we are talking about teeth. This is Part 2 of 2, so if you did not listen to part 1, we recommend you go back and listen to that first. In this episode, we cover what is out there in terms of scientific studies about good oral hygiene. Based on that info, we come to some kind of...
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26.5: Teeth Studies
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: Why do we lose our teeth part 1. We went over the reasons why we have baby teeth and why adults lose their teeth. We also talk about what it means to be a good...
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26: Why do people lose teeth?
In this episode, we are talking about teeth. We cover how baby teeth help us, when teeth come in, and start the discussion on what good oral hygiene looks like. This is part 1 of 2, so tune in next time to get the rest of it, where we talk about what is most important in taking care of your…
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25.5: Roller Coasters With Teeth
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: We talked about Roller Coasters and Theme Parks. We went over the best roller coasters in the world and the best theme parks that may contain those roller...
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25: Is Cedar Point the best roller coaster park?
In this episode, we get back to more fun topics (than our personality type series). We are talking about roller coasters: which coasters are the best and why. Then, we talk about which parks are the best for roller coasters and why. Great information to keep in mind when planning your family...
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24.5: My Personality Finished with the The Big 5 Roller Coasters
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: We ended the Personality Types Series that we had spent the whole summer doing. As such, we talked about why we had talked about personality types so much in…
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24: Why are we talking about all this personality stuff?
This is the last episode in our personality type series. It's been a great summer, but it's time for some other work (mostly a little more fun and less heavy). This week, we mostly discuss why we did a whole series on personality types: to learn more about yourself and to learn more about others....
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23.5: The 5 Any-uh-Grandmas
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: Part 2 of the Enneagram (pronounced ANY-uh-gram) Personality Type. We talk about our types, how all the types are connected within the circle, plus the 3…
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23: Complicated Personality Type = Enneagram (Part 2)
This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister. This is the second of two episodes on the Enneagram Personality Type. The Enneagram is possibly the most complicated personality type out there. Last time, we went over what the 9 types are and a...
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22.5: The 9 Grandma Personalities
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: Part 1 of the Enneagram (pronounces ANY-uh-gram) Personality Type. We touch on some basics of the Enneagram, including the 9 grandmas. Then, we go through all…
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22: Complicated Personality Type = Enneagram (Part 1)
This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister. This is the first of two episodes on the Enneagram Personality Type. The Enneagram is possibly the most complicated personality type out there. This week we go over what the 9 types are and a...
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21.5: It's all about the strengths, any-a-strengths, no weakness
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: The details of Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder). We at least touch on all 34 strengths. We go into details on a few of them. And, we separate all of...
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21: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths (Part 2)
This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister. This is the conclusion of our podcast on Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder). There's a lot of meat in this show. We go over all 34 Clifton Strengths, at least a little bit. We dig into a...
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20.5: Alyssa Hosts Clifton Strengths
Alyssa Hosts this is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: The basics of Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder) and the philosophy behind it. Next week: We'll go over every one of the 34 Clifton...
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20: What am I good at? Clifton Strengths (Part 1)
**NOTE** There was an issue with the audio sometime between release and now. I re-uploaded the audio and that seems to have fixed it. Sorry for the inconvenience. This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister. We are continuing on our series...
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19.5: The Strengths of Parts of the Brain
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: Top Brain, Bottom Brain is a theory about 4 cognitive modes which line up with using only the top, only the bottom, both, or neither parts of your brain. Using...
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19: What's Top Brain, Bottom Brain?
This week, it's just Alyssa and Leonard: no Malachi. We are continuing on our series about personality types and talking about some neuroscience research from earlier this decade about how our brains work and are divided into a top and bottom section. We relate the scientist's work on cognitive...
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18.6 (No Release...sorry)
I had high hopes of getting a podcast out this week, but that did not happen. Sorry. On another note, the release date of the podcast is moving to Fridays (instead of Wednesdays). Could be anytime on Friday, so keep your eyes pealed. Thank you for your patience.
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18.5: Think Up, Think Down, Think a 1, 2, 3, 4!
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: The Quadrant Theory of Personality Types: Four types (i.e. 1, 2, 3, and 4) are a combination of a bunch of personality systems which all have 4 types and...
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18: Why can't everyone be happy = Personality Types (Part 2)
This week we talk more about personality types. First, we recap Meyer's Briggs (MBTI). Then, we spend most of the episode discussing what I call "Quadrant Theory" of personalities: essentially breaking personalities down into four high level traits: fun, love, accomplishment, and perfection. We...
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17.5: 1, 2, 3, 4? Months of Summer?
This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. Last week: The three possible definitions of the starts of seasons, specifically summer. Next week: Continuing our series on Personality Types (on hiatus for one week),...
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