PETE SMISSEN | Australian History, Solving World Problems & Integrating Through Language

I'm kicking the conversations back off again with a casual chat with Pete Smissen (who is making his 4th appearance on the Mere Mortals).

In Conversation #80, Pete and I discuss: horrible things from general history, why basically everybody in Australian history got wrecked, our thoughts on a whole bunch of issues facing the world, cultural nuances regarding how immigrants view education and why (shock and horror) women are different than men.

As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Pete
(0:38) - Using AI to pickup girls
(5:02) - The Last Days Of The Incas
(7:45) - Knights just slaying
(9:36) - Settlers fucking up the natives
(15:53) - Unbelievable animals in antiquity
(18:05) - Bennelong & aboriginal stories
(22:07) - Watkin Tench & Aussie history
(25:11) - More Aussie history books
(28:35) - Books on Australian explorers
(32:49) - Cultural differences causing problems
(38:18) - Effective altruism & useless charities
(40:56) - Using resources more efficiently
(47:09) - Innovation & great men of history
(50:37) - How Pete's English has changed?
(53:55) - Slang & education in Colombian culture
(57:06) - Immigrant education in Australia
(1:03:59) - Pete vs Women
(1:10:52) - Pete vs Patriarchy
(1:14:37) - Pete vs Kyrin
(1:16:23) - Pete vs Plants


Connect with Pete:
Website: https://aussieenglish.com.au/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@petevsplants7516
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australia_english/

Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/