The Josh Boone Show

Send us a text Today Josh speaks with Dr. Mark Vorderbruggen about food, health, and sustainability. Mark is a chemist, ethnobotanist, author, speaker, and foraging expert. He has a Masters in Medicinal Chemistry, a Ph. D. in physical organic chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For over 18 years he worked as a research chemist in the oil industry using his knowledge of natural product...

Send us a text There's an artist on Instagram called DrFakenstein, and he does weird short meme videos, like having Snoop Doug's face on a little girl. That is known as a deep fake, and while the memes are hilarious, there are much more nefarious uses for this technology. What happens when this is weaponized, and used for extensive PR assassinations, or false flag operations by government agencies...

Send us a text In 1999 the Star Wars film "The Phantom Menace" released and garnered widespread acclaim amongst fans. But ever since, people gradually started seeing the movie in a very different light; the enthusiasm waned, and the critical perception diminished significantly. This is a common phenomenon that is like a collectively unconscious lens that distorts through nostalgia. That collective...

Send us a text Norm MacDonald did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit in 2018, and when asked what life's purpose is he said: "Well, it depends on your view I suppose but it's been my experience is that life's purpose is to suffer. To abide the inevitable pain and to bear it in a noble way." For many, particularly in the West, there's this notion that if someone "pays their dues," then one day they...

Send us a text As a rule of thumb, the most “successful” people I know are depressed and brutal on themselves. These are people with extreme wealth and by all accounts innovators and high-performers in their fields. This isn’t just my experience; a recent study by UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco detailed the personality, mood, and human factors that are common among entrepreneurs in which: Self-r...

Send us a text There's never been a better time in history for someone to make money remotely. Especially last year with COVID and the mass adoption of remote work. There's a massive community online, that's growing every year, of digital nomads. People that freelance or start a business that affords them location independence and flexibility to design the lifestyle that fulfills them. This is act...

Send us a text Do you ever feel like we're now living in some sort of alternative reality? Like there was some glitch in the matrix and we diverged into some other universe in the simulation? Sam Harris has a line "most people spend every waking moment of their lives in the 'movie' of their lives." What happens when the illusion of that movie is broken? Today Josh speaks with Sam McNerney about th...

Send us a text Today Josh speaks with Mark Cann about how to open up with others, be vulnerable, make friends, and grow your network authentically. Today we dive into: The differences and the best approach for both introverts and extroverts. Learning how to tell your story in an authentic way that resonates. How to be a good listener and ask good questions to get to truly know somebody quickly. Ad...

Send us a text Today Josh speaks with Sam McNerney about the history of propaganda (public relations) and how it established the incentive models and feedback loops that have led to the increasing division in our current political and societal landscape. Today we dive into: Propaganda, the work of Edward Bernays (the "father of public relations" and nephew of Sigmund Freud), and how he applied Fre...

Send us a text Life is like a video game. You can be a passive player that follows the guide, or you can pave your own path on an epic journey into the unknown. So what are you optimizing for in this game you're playing? What if you took a step back and looked at your life as the game designer, rather than the player? What if you approached your own life like a user experience problem? Zaid Hisham...

Send us a text There are over 600,000 active podcasts right now. That's a lot of noise. Why the hell start another one? Today we're diving into why I'm doing just that with my guest Zaid Hisham.  Zaid is a user experience strategist (ex: Apple, Expedia.com, Intel, Microsoft) and as a professional problem solver, he is an absolute wizard at asking the right questions. I think this gives you a taste...