The Best Podcast

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, where I compiled my key learnings from the final quarter of 2025: www.mbest.substack.com/p/quarter-four-2025 . There’s a lot here, so I’m sure some of the points will be insightful or at least get you thinking. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a wandering one. It starts out a little gory, with details of an unpleasant recent experience of mine, but it ties into quite a beautiful thing on the other side. I hope you enjoy the reflection and that it brings you come value. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

As I ran yesterday, my watch missed a mile and a half due to a technical glitch. In the moment, I was immediately a little upset because it didn’t record that stretch of the run and I might not be able to fix it on the back end. Shortly after that initial thought, I realized something much more important, which I take some time to share here. I hope it brings you some inspiration and quality refle...

My brother returns to the podcast today for our second recorded conversation. To commemorate his 30th birthday, we reflect on the 30 years he has spent on this earth, talking through his personal highlights. Knowing Tim, we had to mix in a lot of conversation about sports as well. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts with a reflection on a small change I have recently made in my life. Despite how small it seems, I have felt its effects more broadly in my life in an outsized way compared to how small of a change it appears to be. I reflect on this process, along with its many impacts of which we benefit a great deal from remaining aware. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and p...

Today’s podcast is a reflection on some challenges I’ve been working through over the past week. There are a couple of key pieces that have helped me deal with them in a productive way. They may seem obvious, but I know that the obvious is often hard to put into practice, so I wanted to take some time to talk them through as an incentive for you to put it into practice, too. Thanks for listening....

Today’s podcast is meant to pull us out of the craziness that the world can throw at us, with the intention of turning us back in toward what is within our reach. When it feels like so much is going on, it is most important to not forget the essentials of our individual existences. To leap out into the world, we need a solid foundation, and in this episode I share a bit about what comprises that f...

Something I haven’t done in a while here is tell a story. I had quite an eventful experience a couple of weeks back that I think is worth sharing here, so I wanted to take some time to talk it through. It’s a story I’m sure I’ll carry with me for years to come. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast was inspired by a conversation I had with my wife within the last hour. She shared the pressure and agony that she endures in her work, to which I responded with an alternative approach to it all. It applies not just to creative work in my view, but to anything we do in this life. I hope you find some value in it and can play with the idea yourself. Thanks for listening. As always,...

What are your values? What do you believe and why? What are your principles for living a good life and approaching the various things you do? What is the life you are striving to build? These are some questions that guide high quality reflection that I think all of us should take time to ponder and write down. I share why in this episode, along with how I will be approaching this in 2026. Perhaps...

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack, which also serves as my most recent social media post. You can find it at mbest.substack.com/p/the-professional-phase . I elaborate on the phase of life in which I currently find myself and what I think it means. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is my longest one in some time. A friend of mine asked me thoughts on the state of the US and the world, which provoked a desire in me to just talk it out. I ramble my way through several topics, covering US economics, politics, history, and foreign policy, what’s happening around the world, and a critique of social media and its role in debilitating our thinking. It’s a lot to che...

Today was my first run in three weeks. In many ways, I paid for it, as it was quite a tough one to get through. Nevertheless, I managed myself and got through it, a little slower than usual, but unscathed. It brought my a few reflections as well, which I wanted to share here and hope bring you value. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a bit of a stream of consciousness exercise, in which I take a moment to reflect on my two weeks in my hometown and my trip back to the city this past weekend. A lot of good came from these two weeks, which excites me for what is to come as we start a new year. As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a long time in the making. After 948 episodes, I finally have my dad on for a conversation. We talk about his early years, his life story, being a father and what his father was like for him, his experience raising my brother and me, and much more. I hope you enjoy it and find some value in what he shared. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

The solution is so often to simply let time do its work. Our lack of patience tends to bring us further from our desired outcome rather than closer to it. I share my thoughts about this here, which I hope brings you some useful reflection. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Food and drink during the holidays can be a big challenge for us to manage. Trying to stick to a diet and manage our weight isn’t easy when so much is on a table before us. In this episode, I offer some thoughts on how I’ve managed this in the past, how I think about it now, and what I think it means for you. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Oh, how I wish we prioritized our minds and everything that goes into them. What a difference it would make for all of us as individuals, as well as the impact it would have on our societies as a collective. It’s a topic I can’t seem to shake, so here I am, discussing it yet again, with the hopes that I may turn a head or get someone who hasn’t thought deeply about this to start doing so. As alway...

Today’s podcast is a reflection from a recent conversation with my mother in law, where we talked about her persistent challenges and a possible solution to what she is facing. It’s a general practice that I wish all of us could practice in life, as it holds immense power for us to retrain ourselves, moving us away from suffering. I’m sure you’ll find something of value here. Thanks for listening....

A friend of mine has a way of being that I aspire to and think makes the world a better place. It’s an attitude that is refreshing and simple, but not necessarily easy to uphold. I share more about it in this episode, which I hope you chew on and consider integrating into your life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Coming from an admittedly biased person toward words and all things verbal, spending time at an art museum and listening to some classical music over the past few days was an extremely enriching and enjoyable experience. As I grow, I find these two art forms to be more and more engaging and valuable. I share a bit about my experience with them here, which I hope drives a useful reflection for you...

John Mayer was my most listened to artist this year. It wasn’t his first time occupying this spot, either. I take some time sharing what his music has meant to me at different points in my life before focusing on some lyrics to one song that is currently working its magic on me. I think you’ll find some value in what I share here, and perhaps you’ll be interested enough to listen for yourself. Tha...

Today’s podcast stems from some recent personal work I’ve been doing. Trying to articulate the events of my life from start to present has been cumbersome, but it has taught me a great deal so far, both about the process and about myself. I share some of those insights here, which I hope you find to be valuable. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is for the hard moments. Often when we want to lean away and exclude ourselves, isolating our problems from the world, what we really need is to lean in and share. Our friends and social networks are assets that help us to mend our suffering, making life much more bearable. I hope what I share here is of use to you as it has been to me. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️...

1800 days of writing and 939 podcasts have taught me so much. One thing in particular is the power of words, and more specifically, being able to use language to express ourselves and make sense of our internal worlds. I share the value of writing and speaking as a practice here, which I hope convinces you to incorporate a similar practice into your own life. Thanks for listening. As always, Much...