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Not Overthinking — 159 episodes

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Life Updates and Personal Milestones

2

Taimur Discovers the Value of History

3

Dad Life + Healthy Habits

4

Exploring the Meaning of Work

5

The Motivation to Grind

6

Ali’s having a baby + Taimur sells his company

7

Exclusive: Taimur Becomes a Father

8

Lost in Ideology with Prof. Jason Blakely - Not Overthinking 🎙️

9

Productivity Guilt and Hustle Culture - Not Overthinking

10

Marriage, Burning Man and Life Updates

11

Slop for the Algorithm - a Walking Podcast

12

The Correct Way to be Human

13

Decoding Political Science and Ideology with Jason Blakely

14

Navigating Work During Illness

15

Taimur's New Startup Idea

16

Catching Up and Talking Podcasts

17

Why did we stop posting?

18

What does Taimur actually do?

19

Why Love Hurts - Part 3

20

Why Love Hurts - Part 2

21

Why Love Hurts - An Introduction

22

What psyops are out there?

23

Catching Up on the FTX Crypto Drama

24

Catching Up + Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

25

Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman

26

Our Journey into Spirituality

27

Should we Platform Controversial Guests?

28

Taimur got Married: Life Update

29

When is enough, enough?

30

Faffing, Hiring and General Life Updates

31

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

32

How Our Lives Have Changed Through 3 Years of this Podcast

33

The Conversation that Changed Ali's Life (in theory)

34

Should we share our personal life on the podcast?

35

Mind Viruses

36

The Pathless Path

37

Pills & Paradigm Shifts

38

Exploring Taimur's New Relationship

39

Eye Surgery, Mind Chatter and Spirituality

40

Thriving in Life

41

Trying to Understand Crypto

42

Critiquing Ali's life choices

43

How can we find peace in our lives?

44

The Asymmetry of Cringe

45

Why are we running these businesses?

46

How to Setup a New Social Life

47

What is the purpose of group holidays?

48

Do we have a specific personality type?

49

Why is agency a precious resource?

50

Why are childhood memories so varied?

51

What do debates on Twitter reveal about identity?

52

Online Dating and Unconditional Parenting

53

Starting A Charity, Having An Impact and An Important Pledge

54

Guitars, WeWork & The Curse of Knowledge

55

Anna Codrea-Rado (Author & Podcaster) on Writing, Careers & The Changing Nature of Work

56

How should we treat children? (A Brief Discussion)

57

Toxic Productivity, Competition & Framing Work

58

Brandon Sanderson (Best-Selling Author) on Writing, Careers and Finding Your Passion

59

Reflections on 100 Episodes

60

Should we optimise our relationships?

61

Introverts, Extroverts and Identity Signals

62

Social Media and Sincerity

63

Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) on Entrepreneurship and Living a Meaningful Life

64

Pity vs Sympathy

65

Emotional Rollercoasters

66

Book Discussion: The Righteous Mind

67

Should we be trying to build an online audience?

68

Trying to be Confidently Wrong

69

Book Discussion - The Tyranny of Merit

70

How can we optimise for a meaningful life?

71

Misogyny, Generalisation and Controversial Topics

72

2020 Not Overthinking Highlights

73

Probing Questions to Reflect on 2020

74

What do we want from life?

75

Disappointment, Seriousness and Sincerity

76

An Existential Crisis

77

How authentic are we on this podcast?

78

John O'Nolan on Life as a Nomad, Ghost and Optimising for Happiness

79

Austin Kleon on Writing, Creativity and The Importance of Idleness

80

Is it immoral to publicly share revenue numbers?

81

Book Discussion - The Psychology of Money Part 2

82

Book Discussion - The Psychology of Money

83

Competitiveness and Mimetic Traps

84

Dissatisfaction and Aspiration

85

Should we donate to charity because it "feels good"?

86

Book Discussion - The 4-Hour Work Week

87

Bouncing Back, Finding Fulfilment and Being Productive ft. Noah Kagan

88

Imposter Syndrome and Other Curiosities

89

How can we treat children morally? (Part 2)

90

How can we treat children morally? (Part 1)

91

Reimagining our relationship with 'Work', ft. Paul Millerd

92

Friendships and Relationships ft. Valentin and Cliff

93

The Abusive Relationships of Productivity YouTubers

94

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice - Part 3

95

How to Understand Things

96

Envy and The Elephant in the Brain

97

How To Convince Your Friend To Start A Blog

98

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice - Part 2

99

Responses to our 'racism' episode

100

Racism, Social Justice, and Figuring Stuff Out

101

Thinking as Children

102

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

103

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

104

Life Positions & Games - Transactional Analysis Part 2

105

The Parent, The Adult and The Child - A Discussion of Transactional Analysis

106

Money, Stories, and Old People

107

Vision, Leadership and Winning the Lottery - An open-ended discussion

108

The Principles of Productivity

109

Taimur Teaches Maths - The Flaw of Averages

110

Note-taking and quarantining

111

Not Overthinking: Coronavirus Edition

112

How would you spend your time if you knew you'd die in 2 years?

113

Low Optionality and Adult Friendships

114

40 Concepts for Understanding the World - Tweet Discussion

115

Motivation, Complaining and Conversationality - A Critique of the Podcast

116

Margin, Dinner Parties and The Art of Gathering

117

Book Discussion: The Wright Brothers

118

Does travel really broaden our horizons?

119

Book Discussion - The Courage to be Disliked

120

Words that changed our lives

121

"Lad" Culture - An Insider's Perspective

122

2019: The Not Overthinking Review

123

Social Interactions - Comfort, Messaging and Life Enjoyment

124

How to get rich (without getting lucky) - Tweet Discussion

125

External appearances vs internal experiences

126

Inner Rings - The Desire to Fit In

127

Intentional Socialising

128

Being Weird

129

Conflict and Communication - The Roommate Relationship ft. Molly

130

Treating your personal life like a business

131

Small Talk & Social Awkwardness

132

Book Discussion: "The Magic of Thinking Big"

133

Will a new iPhone make us happier?

134

Invisible Shackles & Life Scripts

135

What do we want from this podcast?

136

What's it like to be internet-famous? Ft. Sara Dietschy

137

Is being negative ever acceptable?

138

Birds, Supersonic Jets, Internet Businesses and Trophy Hunting

139

How do we make friends?

140

Procrastination, Money-making, Rejection etc - Answering your Questions

141

Startups, Coding and Making Money Online - An Interview with Taimur

142

How should we give advice?

143

Is ambition a virtue?

144

Why do we seek permission?

145

Ali's Journey on YouTube [Inbetweenasode]

146

What does it mean to be authentic?

147

How to deal with Rejection

148

How much of our behaviour is status-seeking?

149

How can we get into the habit of reading?

150

Why do we struggle with motivation?

151

What makes an awkward silence?

152

Time management, motivation, productivity etc [Inbetweenasode]

153

How should we take advice?

154

Why do we love our jobs?

155

Why should you invest in a good kitchen bin?

156

Why do we struggle with consistency?

157

Why do we hate networking events?

158

Why are we scared to put ourselves out there?

159

Why do we like to be correct?