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The Nooner with J.E. Petersen — 100 episodes

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Love is not a feeling

2

There are only two emotions

3

Doing things is not stressful

4

Aliens wouldn't change anything

5

The universe is made of meaning

6

Regular versus radical acceptance

7

The actual worst thing about AI

8

You don’t have to be a clown for your kids

9

The infinite flex

10

The One Bite Rule

11

Solving human comparisons with math

12

I'm going to 100

13

A name is just an address

14

If we want new art...

15

I’m the most boring person I know

16

Nothing is precious

17

What's missing from your to-do list

18

The TSA is a harbinger of doom

19

My second best writing advice

20

My best writing advice

21

We've lost all our certainties

22

Do all things for the love of doing them

23

Go to bed

24

Circles of virtue and vice

25

The prison of utilitarian pursuits

26

Potty training myself, part 3

27

Potty training myself, part 2

28

Potty training myself, part 1

29

Distance doesn't matter

30

Can you be grateful without feeling grateful?

31

Storytelling is a compression algorithm

32

Art is when you mean it

33

How to get out of a bad moment

34

No, I can’t do all the things

35

Heaven is not a paradise of comfort

36

The internet is a toxic ocean

37

The simplest definition of faith

38

You can’t autocomplete art

39

Don’t play the Zoomer labeling game

40

All of us are sodomists

41

Creativity is an abundant resource

42

Why we love sci-fi

43

Give the people what they need

44

Is altruism real?

45

A hack for keeping good habits while you travel

46

80 million intransigent gun owners

47

Austin Butler rides a bike

48

How (not) to be cool

49

This is the last Sunday Nooner

50

Technology can’t save the world

51

How to sniff out BS like a teenager

52

Go ahead and get your hopes up

53

A cure for verbal diarrhea

54

The most important conversation we’re not having

55

A clip full of silver bullets

56

Your heathen kids aren’t going to hell

57

Can we maybe stop the endless orgy of self-love?

58

Ten trillion rocket launches

59

Silver linings are the truth

60

How to win everything

61

Let’s all be butterflies together

62

The ten-minute timer trick

63

I keep plagiarizing Adam Miller

64

No one cares about your story

65

Compare yourself to other people more

66

Please try not to burn the world down

67

Breath mints are fake

68

Throw it into the Infinity Drawer

69

Can you run a hundred miles?

70

Pain in two parts

71

The infection that kills relationships

72

I haven’t used toothpaste in two years

73

I dare you to sit still and do nothing

74

You’re probably doing patience wrong

75

The Golden Rule on crack

76

Should I get into mechanical watch repair?

77

Science versus religion

78

Taking offense is a tactic of aggression

79

How to boil a frog

80

The hubris of a fragile ego

81

Is boredom just anxiety in disguise?

82

Humanity’s autoimmune disease

83

There’s a leaf blower in my brain

84

The purpose of gratitude is to be grateful

85

Life is a wilderness, and you need a map

86

Ideas are not Pokémon

87

Inspiration sucks

88

You’ll never have enough money

89

Feelings are scary

90

Don’t be afraid to repeat yourself

91

Why eclipses break our brains

92

Villainous Social Machines

93

Don't let boredom go to waste

94

New Habits Are Hard

95

Political Pornography

96

Dangerous Tools

97

Ice

98

The Infinite Zoom-Out

99

You Would Die in an Apocalypse

100

Imperfect Practice