Francis

Active Recall

Education EN ↓ 150 episodes

We're trying to learn more about videography, podcasting, and learning. We'll try to share the good stuff. activerecall.substack.com

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Francis

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49: Authenticity through starting something stupid 03.06.2018 29:00

Story about film photographer and digital photographer Mind travel Jeff Bezos Draw from your elbow This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

48: How bad do you want it? 21.05.2018 45:02

Chapters 00:11:50 - Learning from Eric Thomas on "The Ed Mylett Show" 00:18:10 - Learning from Ep. 100 of "Short Story Long" 00:37:40 - If you could give 2 seconds of advice... Links ED MYLETT SHOW: Eric Thomas - The Hip-Hop Preacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI2P5Bgd-A Short Story Long #100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4oKBnjuRM This is a public episode. If you would like to discus...

47: LeBron James, Steph Curry MasterClass, Bored and Brilliant, Deep Work 11.05.2018 48:05

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46: "Creative Quest" and "The Ground Up Show" 04.05.2018 42:15

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45: Getting Things Done (in Counter-Strike and life) 30.04.2018 32:42

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44: Speed round and podcast recommendations (Short Story Long, Knowledge Project) 21.04.2018 42:29

Recapping our first 8 episodes in a speed round format (80 seconds each). Podcast recommendations: Short Story Long (w/ Tamara Dhia), Knowledge Project (w/ Barbara Oakley), and Industrial Strength (Joe DeFranco) ( 00:05:38 ) Speed rounds: First 8 episodes ( 00:20:24 ) Q: You can't break necks easy? ( 00:24:38 ) Cool thing #1 : Tamara Dhia (Short Story Long) ( 00:31:46 ) Cool thing #2: Barbara Oakl...

(43) Cool things: The Rock, Andre the Giant, 4 burners 13.04.2018 47:03

Links The Rock in The Rolling Stone Bill Simmons podcast: The Making of the Andre the Giant documentary Josh Waitzkin on the Tim Ferriss Show The Prodigy Returns The Four Burners Theory: The Downside of Work-Life Balance This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

(42) "When": Chronotypes, fresh starts, morning routines, and other cool things 09.04.2018 57:43

This week we’re talking about Daniel Pink’s latest book When: The Secrets of Perfect Timing . If you’ve ever watched one of those whiteboard timelapse videos, there’s a good chance it was inspired in some way by the whiteboard video of Pink’s talk about “Drive” . Are you a lark or an owl? (You’re probably a third bird.) Are you looking for ways to improve how you schedule things in your day? Are y...

41: "Crushing It" and other cool things 30.03.2018 51:19

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40: (Even more) Primal Branding 24.03.2018 43:24

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39: Five gaming life lessons and the Four-Hour Work Week 16.03.2018 46:08

Talking about 5 of Game Informer's Top 300 games Book of the week: Four-Hour Work Week This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

38: Xerxes, Jacoby, Marshmello, and a Guide to the Good Life 09.03.2018 47:24

What do you say to a demigod? What if you're stuck answering phones? Does money bring happiness? What (else) brings happiness? ( 00:01:43 ) Xerxes gets insulted and spits back at Leonidas ( 00:07:50 ) Jacoby - What if you're talented but they've got you answering phones? ( 00:18:30 ) Drama - Moe, money, and happiness ( 00:30:00 ) Book of the week: A Guide to the Good Life This is a public episode....

37: Podcast recommendations 07.03.2018 57:05

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036: Long Take 05.03.2018 40:42

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35: And we are back 26.02.2018 45:14

I thought I uploaded this a couple weeks ago but I didn't. No more solo episodes! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Wallysode: Talking about obstacles 12.02.2018 12:08

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How to build good habits and end bad habits 05.02.2018 44:12

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How to deal with setbacks (according to Mario and Ryu Hayabusa) 29.01.2018 42:13

Wally and Ces try to break into the gaming niche by rambling about games and shoe-horning them into lessons for LIFE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

How to practice (according to games) - ep. 32 19.01.2018 1:00:30

The ever-changing, ever-evolving format The theme this week is practice. We’re tweaking things again. We’re going to try to have one theme going through the entire podcast. I think we had a good thing going a couple episodes ago where we did (1) recommendations, (2) a book of the week, and (3) The Magic Window. Last week we tried to do that again and it came off a little too random. The book of t...

Musashi and How to Stop Worrying (ep. 31) 11.01.2018 33:57

[ 00:08:20 ] Podcast Recommendations [ 00:15:35 ] Wally tells a Musashi story (still podcast recommendations) [ 00:27:30 ] Book of the week: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living === Podcast recommendations Tim Ferriss podcast: Terry Crews Jocko Willink podcast: Tim Ferriss (Musashi) MFCEO: One Year From Today: Where Will You Be? Joe Rogan #962: Jocko Willink Book recommendation How to Stop Worryi...

Resolutions (P-Rex) Subtle Art (BoTW) Arcade Games (MW) 04.01.2018 52:59

(00:03:20) Resolutions (Podcast recommendations) (00:19:10) Subtle Art of Not Giving a F- (Book Recommendations) (00:33:50) Arcade Games (The Magic Window) (00:47:38) Closing gratitude (Borrowed Segment) === We're back! New year, new you! Trying out this format, building on some of the things from late last year (podcast recommendations and the magic window) and the bulk of our first 20 episodes (...

P-Rex and a return to The Magic Window (ep. 29) 22.12.2017 37:24

We're switching the format up. Here's the rough outline that we used. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Tribe of Mentors (ep. 28) 22.12.2017 42:01

We're talking about Tim Ferriss's latest book, "Tribe of Mentors". We ask each other a few of the questions from the book. If you want better answers from more astounding people, you'll want to check out the book itself. Check out the "Tribe of Mentors" sample chapter: https://tim.blog/2017/10/03/tribe-of-mentors/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...

The Magic Window (Ep. 27) 08.12.2017 35:54

Entirely based on this Rotten Tomatoes interview with Steven Yeun . He talks about The Sandlot being one of his five favorite films because he watched it in that window where you're aged 10-12. Everything is awesome. You don't even know what criticism is. We talk about our favorite things from that age. There's no book of the week but we do discuss a couple of our favorite books from that time. Th...

Someday we will vlog like bosses (Ep. 26) 28.11.2017 41:31

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