Associate professor of political science, Jason Blakely, critiques treating social sciences like natural sciences, explores the concept of 'Psi-ops' in social sciences, and emphasizes the importance of storytelling and interpretation in understanding human behavior and social dynamics.

The podcast explores the effects of illness on motivation and productivity, with Ali and Taimur sharing their experiences with COVID-19. They also discuss the satisfaction of achieving career milestones, like making it onto the New York Times bestseller list. Ali introduces the concept of Productivity Club, an online community aimed at enhancing productivity. The conversation touches on DIY projects, setting up a studio, and the growth of a YouTube channel.

The hosts discuss the value of experience and misconceptions about being an ideas person. They reflect on their impressions of fundraising, sales, marketing, delegation, outsourcing, brand deals, gifting, and book writing. They highlight the importance of gaining experience and understanding intangibles. They also discuss the discovery of Zotero and the gap in the market for business coaching content. The conversation covers the value of zoom screen shares, internal dashboards, hands-on experience, learning from founders, book promotion, dealing with negative reviews, and upcoming book promotional activities.

Ali and Taimor discuss their recent activities and plans, including brunch and attending a carol service. They talk about the popularity of a certain podcast and changing the format of another podcast they host. They explore the concept of tier ranking and discuss 'The Second Mountain' by David Brooks. They comment on a podcast episode featuring Louise Perry and discuss the influence of social science theory. They touch upon challenges in interpreting scientific studies and cover recent activities, book discussions, and a Tony Robbins event.

In this episode, we talk about the last five-or-so months of not posting any podcast episodes. Enjoy xx

In this episode, we catch up (and firmly put all the book highlight reading behind us). Merry Christmas! Enjoy xx

In this episode, we carry on our discussion of the book 'Why Love Hurts' once more. Enjoy xx

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the book “Why Love Hurts” by Eva Illouz. Enjoy xx

In this episode, we discuss a few highlights from “Why Love Hurts” - a book which argues that our relationships go wrong due to 'institutional forces', rather than our dysfunctional childhoods or our insufficiently self-aware psyches (which is the more commonly accepted modern belief).

In this episode, we discuss pysops: are things like 'eight hours of sleep a night' really necessary, or are we just unfoundedly made to believe them? Enjoy xx