The Minimalist Podcast

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CNN's John Sutter sits down with Ryan Seacrest to talk about his new podcast, The Minimalist. He talks about how the show has gone from a corporate dream to an online community of writing students and thousands of followers on social media. But he also says that all these accomplishments don't bring any sort of purpose or meaning to your life. "I think we get to create what is meaningful for us"

Joshua Fields Millburn is one-half of The Minimalists. He is also a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, podcaster, writing instructor, and international speaker.

But in this conversation, he spoke about why he doesn’t get too attached to those labels, the practice of grounding, why he doesn’t use his phone on Saturdays, why discipline is a misnomer, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(4:55) How Do Accomplishments Feel?

(6:25) Kapil Gupta

(16:03) Why Are We Doing Things?

(21:28) Grounding

(27:01) Un-Schooling

(30:10) How Does Joshua Choose Teachers?

(33:00) Discipline Is A Misnomer?

(40:00) Screenless Saturdays

(45:00) Hugging Fans & Connection

(50:43) Josh on AI

(52:08) Fiction/Reading