Ryan Tran Podcast

Expect to hear about how my basketball training business has been going, my experience doing scary things to grow, some thoughts on the FTX bankruptcy, why I believe in Bitcoin, being comfortable with iterating as I go, my thoughts on the Twitter Files, transparency, critiques and alignments with the left, and independent thinking.  This was recorded on December 17, 2022.  Timestamps bel...

Expect to hear how my first round of parent-teacher conferences went, what I learned about the fragility of routines many of us do on a day-to-day basis, how I feel about daring to be great, taking the big shots in basketball and in life, my little sister's championship game, leadership in sports, and how I feel about people in Congress, like Nancy Pelosi, trading stocks. 

Expect to hear my thoughts on the Kyrie Irving situation, how the NBA and its figures responded to it, another example of virtue signaling, the concept of guilt by association and how it leads people to self-censor, and an overview of how a situation I experienced in my junior year of high school relates to what's happening with Kyrie. 

In this episode, expect to hear about why I find it important to stay patient in both business and life, my drive to push the limits of my capabilities, my experience reading The Brothers Karamazov (150 pages at the time of recording) and why I appreciate Fyodor Dostoevsky, acknowledging Lex Fridman's and Kanye 'Ye' West's podcast, and what I learned about the book called Testosterone: The Story o...

Expect to hear about how my winter break has been, why good conversations are so rejuvenating and special to me, how the trivial inconveniences add up in my life, reminding myself to be in and relish the moments, and my wish for people to have a good 2023 but also the fortitude to endure whatever comes up. 

In this episode expect to hear my thoughts on spending time alone, why the Myth of Sisyphus changed the way I view adversity, the concept of loving your fate, the start of the NBA season, watching sports outside my interest, and how UFC fighters have demonstrated discipline. 

In this first episode, expect to hear a little bit about my experience teaching 6th graders, the role podcasts have played in my life over the past few years, my thoughts on keeping an open mind, and my drive to do hard things.