Brandon Stover

Brandon Stover On Life

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Join Brandon Stover, founder of Plato University, as he questions everything in life to challenge the way you think. Every change in the world starts with one person. Through narrated essays and intellectual interviews, this podcast will equip you with practical philosophies, new perspectives, and modern understandings of global issues so that change can start with you. It will help you to become a more critical thinker, find purpose in your life, and discover why you would want to take action in changing the world."They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy one...

Author

Brandon Stover

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Society

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www.brandonstover.com

Latest episode

Sep 25, 2023

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Episodes

On Minimalism: In Favor of Less 25.09.2023

A narrated essay reflecting on minimalism: owning only what adds value and meaning to your life and removing the rest. Find more essays at brandonstover.com Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.substack.com Timestamps: (00:00) - Beginning of Essay (02:08) - Minimalism (03:53) - Value of Small Spaces (07:05) - Using Things to Fulfill Feelings (09:01) - De...

On Content Creation: Rage, Rage Against the Content Machine 18.09.2023

A narrated essay reflecting on the dark side of consistently creating content, what a content creators intention should be, and how to create content that is both sensational and valuable. Find more essays at brandonstover.com Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.substack.com Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:25) - Beginning of Essay (05:19) - The Two Side...

On Relationships: A Partner in Life is a Partner in Pursuing Purpose 11.09.2023

A narrated essay reflecting on the five stages of relationships for both monogamists and non-monogamists, delineating when a romantic interest should move to the next stage. Find more essays at brandonstover.com Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.substack.com Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:21) - Beginning of Essay (03:03) - Stage 1: Need Fulfillment (...

On Self Development: Perfection is Not Reality, It's an Ideal You Work Towards 04.09.2023

A narrated essay on how to strive towards perfection, an ideal state of being, without feeling shame or guilt when we fall short as flawed human beings. Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.substack.com Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (02:29) - Essay Narration (05:10) - Commentary on Essay

On the Metaverse: Metaverse vs Reality, Enhancing Evolution, & Running Simulations to Solve Climate Change | On Life 083 24.10.2022

A narrated An essay reflecting on how the Metaverse can either supplement or replace reality, simulation theory, evolution of humans, and the decisions each of us will have to make as the Metaverse unfolds. Brandon shares how he believes the Metaverse can help, his fears for those turning away from reality, and how he would proceed given the choice between the Metaverse and reality. Want the essay...

On the Body: Using the Body to Access the Mind, Your Body is Your Responsibility, and Who Has Decisive Power Over Your Body | On Life 082 30.09.2022

A narrated essay reflecting on how to access the mind using the body, your responsibility for your body, and who has the power to make decisions about our bodies. Brandon shares how he began a better connection with his body and his views about decisions made concerning other's bodies including abortion and COVID. Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.sub...

On Goals: Joy of Goals, Finite Games vs Infinite Games, and The Fear of Ambition | On Life 081 09.09.2022

A narrated essay reflecting on what the true joy of a goal is, what to do when you are not reaching goals fast enough, goals in finite vs infinite games, and how to share your ambition with others. Brandon shares his struggles with not reaching goals fast enough and sharing his ambition with others. Want the essays and podcasts delivered directly to you? Subscribe: brandonstover.substack.com TIMES...

On Marriage: Marriage as a Social Contract, Greek Love, Divorce, and Monogamy vs Polygamy | On Life 080 27.08.2022

A narrated essay reflecting on marriage as a contract, whether love should be a part of this contract, what other types of marriage exist, and if monogamy is the best form of partnership for marriages. Brandon elaborates on his 4 year marriage ending in divorce, relationship check-ins, and what forms of love and relationships he may look for in the future. Want the essays and podcasts delivered di...

Introducing: On Life (Formerly the Evolve Podcast) 26.08.2022

Introducing the On Life podcast. Through narrated essays and intellectual interviews, this podcast will equip you with practical philosophies, new perspectives, and modern understandings of global issues so that change can start with you. It will help you to become a more critical thinker, find purpose in your life, and discover why you would want to take action in changing the world. WHAT YOU WIL...

Ben Jeffreys on Solving Clean Cooking for 4 Billion People, Carbon Credits, and Impact Flywheels | Evolve 079 01.08.2022

Ben Jeffreys is the CEO of ATEC International , which supports households across Asia & Africa to transition to modern, decarbonized cooking through its patented IoT stove products - delivering cost efficiency to households, data-validated carbon credits to net-zero partners and addressing the 4 billion people who lack access to clean, modern cooking. After moving his family to Cambodia in 201...

Yael Joffe on Genetics for Personalized Healthcare, Problems with Modern Medicine, and Going from Scientist to Entrepreneur | Evolve 078 06.06.2022

Dr. Yael Joffe is Founder and Chief Science Officer of 3x4 genetics , which is brining the future of personalized healthcare by make use of the power of your unique genetics. This digital health company is pioneering the application of genomics to improve human health and sports performance by giving people access to more personalized, DNA-data-driven recommendations for fitness, food, supplements...

Sibongani Kayola on Ending Global Poverty, GivingDirectly Cash Transfers, and Finding Meaningful Careers | Evolve 077 16.05.2022

Sibongani Kayola is Country Director of GiveDirectly Liberia, and someone deeply interested in the interaction between psychosocial factors and financial behavior. GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households. Globally, GiveDirectly delivered $165M+ to over 534K households in 8 countries across 25 different programs in 2021. Sibongani...

Robbie Bent on Breathwork for Mental Health, 8 Day Cave Retreats, and Overcoming Failure and Addiction | Evolve 076 02.05.2022

Robbie Bent is Co-founder of Othership ,  a physical location and an on-demand Breathwork platform featuring the world's best facilitators in the space. Years ago, breathwork, plant medicine, and hot/cold therapy helped Robbie turn away from a lifetime of alienation and addiction. Now, his mission is to create a community and safe space for people to feel belonging, connection, and emotional resil...

Brandon Stover on Changing Higher Education, Finding Purpose, & Being a Podcaster | Evolve 075 07.02.2022

Want the top 3 lessons and premium, detailed deep-dive show notes for this episode for FREE? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Brandon Stover it the founder of Plato University , an alternative, online university that turns your passions into purpose by helping you master skills and launch a career solving global challenges. As a podcaster, he hosts the Evolve podcast. From climate change to...

H.D. Lee on Using Education to Connect Students to a Higher Self, Finding Meaning & Purpose, & Building a New School | Evolve 074 24.01.2022

Want the top 3 lessons and premium, detailed deep-dive show notes for this episode for FREE? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com H.D. Lee is Founder of Nomadic School , which is dedicated to adolescents’ and young adults’ exploration of the beauty, truth, and goodness within in connection to Something larger than oneself. He is a seeker and practitioner of wholeness through living an authentic...

Vriti Saraf on Web3 for Education, Breaking Educators into the Metaverse, & Education Silos | Evolve 073 10.01.2022

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Vriti Saraf is Founder & CEO of k20 , the social learning community for global educators. They offer programs to engage educators, like masterminds, think tanks, incubators, and conferences, and a community of educators from all over the world. Vriti has worked with public, private, and charter...

Victoria Ransom on Education, Personalized Learning in Online Networks, & Starting A Company During A Pandemic | Evolve 072 03.01.2022

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Victoria Ransom is the Founder & CEO of Prisma , the world's first connected learning network for K-12 that fully replaces regular school. Victoria's track record as a serial entrepreneur comes from developing 3 companies including Wildfire,  a social marketing software company, Victoria led the...

Carla Marschall & Elizabeth Crawford on Education, Creating a Just, Sustainable Future, and Finding a Coauthor on Twitter | Evolve 071 27.12.2021

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Carla Marschall & Elizabeth Crawford are educators, curriculum designers, and authors of Worldwise Learning: A Teacher′s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future , which helps educators create a “Pedagogy for People, Planet, and Prosperity” that supports  educators in nurturing “Worldwise Lea...

Raya Bidshahri on Education, Creating a School of Humanity, and Being an Education Entrepreneur | Evolve 070 20.12.2021

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Raya Bidshahri is a serial education entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and award-winning educator, and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the School of Humanity , a revolutionary online high school with a progressive model and skill-based curriculum. Raya works with governments, investors, EdTe...

Zoe Weil on Education, Creating Solutionaries to Solve World Problems, and Systems Thinking | Evolve 069 13.12.2021

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), and is considered a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement that works to create a peaceful, healthy, and just world for all people, animals, and the environment through education. Zoe is a frequent...

How to Solve the Education Crisis | Evolve Research Documentary 06.12.2021

Want the shownotes & resources delivered to your inbox? Subscribe at evolvepodcast.substack.com Despite the transformation of our world in every context, education has not updated it's models to address the needs our current world. Education has failed to fulfill it's purpose in helping each student thrive individually and helping to better humanity as a collective.  But how do we solve the ed...

Celine Halioua on Solving Longevity, Building Biotech, and Going from Academia to Startups | Evolve 068 15.11.2021

Celine Halioua is the CEO and Founder of Loyal , a biotech startup developing drugs to extend dog lifespan. BUT with a twist! If this life-extension research and drug development works for canines, her theory is that it could lead to breakthroughs for the rest of us humans for age related diseases! Previously, she held various roles at The Longevity Fund, an early stage venture capital fund invest...

Claire Schmidt on Making All Voices Heard in a Safe Workplace, Combatting Bias and Harassments, & Founder Challenges | Evolve 067 01.11.2021

Claire Schmidt is the CEO and Founder of AllVoices : A technology platform that enables employees to anonymously report bias, discrimination or sexual harassment to their company's leadership. By equipping companies with transparent data, leadership teams can actively work to improve their culture and move towards a more equal and just workplace. Prior to founding AllVoices, Claire served as Vice...

Rodney Campbell & Keith Richardson on Compassionate Conversations to Heal Society, Discussing Tough Topics, & Podcasting as a Social Experiment | Evolve 066 11.10.2021

Rodney Campbell & Keith Richardson are Co-Founders of More In Common and creators of the More In Common Podcast, a social experiment to prove that we have more in common than that which divides us and prove its beneficial to have conversation with people of disparate points of view. On their podcast they explore a variety of tough and controversial topics such as  race, politics, mental health...

Andrea Malone on Education to Dismantle Oppression, Finding One's Self, and Liberating Society | Evolve 065 16.08.2021

Andrea Malone is the Founder of Humble Teacher, a full-service online course platform centering liberation and anti-oppression work. Originally launching with only 5 courses, they quickly received over a hundred course signups within a month and have expanded their offerings to over a dozen courses addressing racism, diversity, equity, activism and more. Andrea’s passion for anti-oppression and li...

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