Twitter Advanced Search - I Love Twimex

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When you're doing your research, are there non-obvious places that you look? I really try to make note of my own reactions and my own surprises in any given moment. There's this app called twi mex have you heard about I love twi meX? Did this research today? It's like you pull up someone's Twitter profile on Chrome and you can easily see someone's top tweets or most interesting things That they've said that have resonated with people so a friend Zach pograub showed me that and I was like wow This changes the game for my research because I used to use Twitter advanced search But it's also like going to the seventh page of

David Perell is a writer and the creator of Write of Passage - an online writing school focused on building the next generation of internet citizens. In March 2020, I stumbled across David’s account and was blown away by his tweets. They were thoughtful and insightful. So when he suggested interviewing me at his brand new studio, I was honored.

In this conversation we spoke about some of my podcasting secrets, how I do my research, why I admire people like Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss, Chris Williamson, and Taylor Rooks, the biggest area I believe I need to improve as a podcaster, and what I’m usually doing on Sunday at noon. Some of what we talked about I’ve never shared publicly, and it’s only because of David’s ability as an interviewer to get it out of me.

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) My Research Process

(5:03) Gary Vaynerchuk Calls My Mom

(7:05) Coming Back To Writing

(9:01) Moving To Austin

(11:30) Long Island

(13:03) Ambition

(14:01) What Makes For A Great Podcaster?

(17:30) Who Do I Admire?

(20:02) Aesthetics

(21:22) How Am I Misunderstood?

(22:11) Grandparents