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Not Overthinking — 159 episodes
Life Updates and Personal Milestones
Taimur Discovers the Value of History
Dad Life + Healthy Habits
Exploring the Meaning of Work
The Motivation to Grind
Ali’s having a baby + Taimur sells his company
Exclusive: Taimur Becomes a Father
Lost in Ideology with Prof. Jason Blakely - Not Overthinking 🎙️
Productivity Guilt and Hustle Culture - Not Overthinking
Marriage, Burning Man and Life Updates
Slop for the Algorithm - a Walking Podcast
The Correct Way to be Human
Decoding Political Science and Ideology with Jason Blakely
Navigating Work During Illness
Taimur's New Startup Idea
Catching Up and Talking Podcasts
Why did we stop posting?
What does Taimur actually do?
Why Love Hurts - Part 3
Why Love Hurts - Part 2
Why Love Hurts - An Introduction
What psyops are out there?
Catching Up on the FTX Crypto Drama
Catching Up + Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
Our Journey into Spirituality
Should we Platform Controversial Guests?
Taimur got Married: Life Update
When is enough, enough?
Faffing, Hiring and General Life Updates
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
How Our Lives Have Changed Through 3 Years of this Podcast
The Conversation that Changed Ali's Life (in theory)
Should we share our personal life on the podcast?
Mind Viruses
The Pathless Path
Pills & Paradigm Shifts
Exploring Taimur's New Relationship
Eye Surgery, Mind Chatter and Spirituality
Thriving in Life
Trying to Understand Crypto
Critiquing Ali's life choices
How can we find peace in our lives?
The Asymmetry of Cringe
Why are we running these businesses?
How to Setup a New Social Life
What is the purpose of group holidays?
Do we have a specific personality type?
Why is agency a precious resource?
Why are childhood memories so varied?
What do debates on Twitter reveal about identity?
Online Dating and Unconditional Parenting
Starting A Charity, Having An Impact and An Important Pledge
Guitars, WeWork & The Curse of Knowledge
Anna Codrea-Rado (Author & Podcaster) on Writing, Careers & The Changing Nature of Work
How should we treat children? (A Brief Discussion)
Toxic Productivity, Competition & Framing Work
Brandon Sanderson (Best-Selling Author) on Writing, Careers and Finding Your Passion
Reflections on 100 Episodes
Should we optimise our relationships?
Introverts, Extroverts and Identity Signals
Social Media and Sincerity
Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) on Entrepreneurship and Living a Meaningful Life
Pity vs Sympathy
Emotional Rollercoasters
Book Discussion: The Righteous Mind
Should we be trying to build an online audience?
Trying to be Confidently Wrong
Book Discussion - The Tyranny of Merit
How can we optimise for a meaningful life?
Misogyny, Generalisation and Controversial Topics
2020 Not Overthinking Highlights
Probing Questions to Reflect on 2020
What do we want from life?
Disappointment, Seriousness and Sincerity
An Existential Crisis
How authentic are we on this podcast?
John O'Nolan on Life as a Nomad, Ghost and Optimising for Happiness
Austin Kleon on Writing, Creativity and The Importance of Idleness
Is it immoral to publicly share revenue numbers?
Book Discussion - The Psychology of Money Part 2
Book Discussion - The Psychology of Money
Competitiveness and Mimetic Traps
Dissatisfaction and Aspiration
Should we donate to charity because it "feels good"?
Book Discussion - The 4-Hour Work Week
Bouncing Back, Finding Fulfilment and Being Productive ft. Noah Kagan
Imposter Syndrome and Other Curiosities
How can we treat children morally? (Part 2)
How can we treat children morally? (Part 1)
Reimagining our relationship with 'Work', ft. Paul Millerd
Friendships and Relationships ft. Valentin and Cliff
The Abusive Relationships of Productivity YouTubers
68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice - Part 3
How to Understand Things
Envy and The Elephant in the Brain
How To Convince Your Friend To Start A Blog
68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice - Part 2
Responses to our 'racism' episode
Racism, Social Justice, and Figuring Stuff Out
Thinking as Children
68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
Life Positions & Games - Transactional Analysis Part 2
The Parent, The Adult and The Child - A Discussion of Transactional Analysis
Money, Stories, and Old People
Vision, Leadership and Winning the Lottery - An open-ended discussion
The Principles of Productivity
Taimur Teaches Maths - The Flaw of Averages
Note-taking and quarantining
Not Overthinking: Coronavirus Edition
How would you spend your time if you knew you'd die in 2 years?
Low Optionality and Adult Friendships
40 Concepts for Understanding the World - Tweet Discussion
Motivation, Complaining and Conversationality - A Critique of the Podcast
Margin, Dinner Parties and The Art of Gathering
Book Discussion: The Wright Brothers
Does travel really broaden our horizons?
Book Discussion - The Courage to be Disliked
Words that changed our lives
"Lad" Culture - An Insider's Perspective
2019: The Not Overthinking Review
Social Interactions - Comfort, Messaging and Life Enjoyment
How to get rich (without getting lucky) - Tweet Discussion
External appearances vs internal experiences
Inner Rings - The Desire to Fit In
Intentional Socialising
Being Weird
Conflict and Communication - The Roommate Relationship ft. Molly
Treating your personal life like a business
Small Talk & Social Awkwardness
Book Discussion: "The Magic of Thinking Big"
Will a new iPhone make us happier?
Invisible Shackles & Life Scripts
What do we want from this podcast?
What's it like to be internet-famous? Ft. Sara Dietschy
Is being negative ever acceptable?
Birds, Supersonic Jets, Internet Businesses and Trophy Hunting
How do we make friends?
Procrastination, Money-making, Rejection etc - Answering your Questions
Startups, Coding and Making Money Online - An Interview with Taimur
How should we give advice?
Is ambition a virtue?
Why do we seek permission?
Ali's Journey on YouTube [Inbetweenasode]
What does it mean to be authentic?
How to deal with Rejection
How much of our behaviour is status-seeking?
How can we get into the habit of reading?
Why do we struggle with motivation?
What makes an awkward silence?
Time management, motivation, productivity etc [Inbetweenasode]
How should we take advice?
Why do we love our jobs?
Why should you invest in a good kitchen bin?
Why do we struggle with consistency?
Why do we hate networking events?
Why are we scared to put ourselves out there?
Why do we like to be correct?