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Today's podcast is a small part of my aforementioned conversation with Nick and Nico from some time ago. This segment was focused on authenticity and the importance of being authentic. I would put authenticity at the top of the list of reasons why Nico, Nick, and I have a strong friendship and are able to have conversations like the ones I have posted on this podcast. Like I frequently say, I...

Following up on two past episodes with Nico and Nick, this podcast is a segment of our conversation in which we discuss a big long-term decision that Nico is currently weighing. In our lives, we all will face decisions that carry significant consequences for our futures. Talking through these decisions with dear friends and thinking about them in creative ways can provide great benefits. This conv...

Today's podcast is quite a meaningful one for me. Nick and Nico are two really great guys with whom I have enjoyed building some great friendships filled with vulnerability, sincerity, and a lack of judgement. In this conversation, you'll first learn about Nico and his background, which leads us into conversations about a number of intriguing topics. I hope that this vulnerability, sincerity, and...

Today's episode is a conversation I had with Hayden, a dear friend and recurring guest of the podcast. It was a fun talk about the holiday season which brought us in many directions, including topics such as nostalgia, alcohol, the arbitrary nature of holidays, skiing, turning things around in the new year, and much more. Hayden always brings a lot to the table in our conversations, so I hope that...

Today's podcast is a segment of a long conversation I had with two good friends of mine - Nick and Nico. In this conversation, we discuss various topics, including therapy, psychedelics, meditation, fasting, dopamine, sugar, oatmeal, and coming to terms with oneself. This episode is the first of a few which will be coming over the rest of the month, so stay tuned for more. Thanks for taking the ti...

Hey! Coming in with a really brief episode here. Just wanted to jump in and let you know that something big is coming and I’m really excited about it. It’s coming soon! As always, Much Love ❤️.

Love. What a topic. We all love talking about love it seems. We all love trying to find love as well, as the overwhelming majority of us seems to come back to it, even if it may have torn us apart in the past. In today’s podcast, I talk about love, and whether we can really “fall” into it. I hope you enjoy my thoughts on the topic and find them to be useful in some way. I loved talking about it (h...

Today’s podcast is a tough one to address. It is something that we all do at some point or another and it is ingrained within each of us. We make quick judgements of others to organize our conceptions of the world. Most of us do this frequently, and it makes sense for that to be the case. However, this is not always advantageous. In fact, it can be quite detrimental. Tune in to find out why I beli...

Today’s podcast topic is one of the most important ones I’ve ever recorded. I strongly believe that bringing curiosity to the forefront is one of the best things that we can do for ourselves and for anyone we ever interact with. I will leave it to the episode for the nice anecdotes and deeper explanations. Thank you so much for tuning in to listen. It means more to me than you’ll ever know. And as...

Today's podcast is out of the ordinary. Hanging out with a couple of friends last night, we got to telling some jokes. Those jokes led to a great deal of laughter. Instead of a normal, more intense and serious dialogue, I leave you with this. Some very much not serious jokes, accompanied by my extremely dorky and nerdy laughter. I hope you enjoy this break from your regularly scheduled, super thou...

It’s December 8th. Why am I talking about New Year’s Resolutions now? Well, that’s what this podcast is about. I give my thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions, along with why December is such an important month for any potential New Year’s Resolution that you attempt to implement. I really had a blast recording this episode, which I hope you can sense in my voice. Thanks for listening once again. It...

Today’s podcast is the story of the 18th century French philosopher, Denis Diderot. His story is a fascinating one, and the lessons we can take from it apply so well in our current world. I’ll leave it to you to listen to the episode to hear the whole story. I hope you enjoy it. I’ll be back soon! Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️.

Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about how I could talk about my Thanksgiving experiences and the time I’ve spent with my family on the podcast. That thinking has brought me to a bit of a different approach. Instead of telling you my thoughts and actively reflecting on my Thanksgiving, I think that it is more intriguing and thought provoking to give you my “Thanksgiving Leftovers.” And b...

Today’s podcast is dedicated to one of the most common criticisms that I receive in my life. “Matt, stop taking yourself so seriously” is something I’ve gotten used to hearing. Initially, I argued so much about it when people said this to me. But as I grew and started to take a harder look at myself, I realized that this criticism is 100% true. So in this episode, I detail the reasons why people g...

Today’s podcast is a short yet powerful one. In it, I detail the importance of having a set of rules in life, the importance of following them, the benefits of following them, and the perils of not having any. This dialogue also brings me to a brief and unexpected breakdown of the spectrum of liberalism and conservatism (yay for some fun bonus content). I really hope you enjoyed this one and found...

This is one of the most detailed and practical podcasts that I have recorded recently. In this episode, I walk you through 8 key questions to ask yourself to check in on your well-being. These are questions that I have frequently asked myself after learning about the psychological theories and research behind each. The impact that taking a step back to ask myself these questions has had on me is q...

This is one of the most challenging topics I’ve tried to tackle on this podcast (and on my blog, for that matter). This podcast is a reading of my article titled “Boxes”, which you can find on The Platform - mattbest.net/theplatform/boxes . This is a topic that I am deeply interested in and a topic about which I have had a ton of thoughts and internal debates. If you have any feedback on the conte...

On a walk through my old university the other day, I got to thinking about ways that we can describe life. The best way that I came up with was describing it as a set of choices. As I thought about this at a deeper level, I realized the magnitude of power that choices carry. We often don’t have a well developed framework for making choices either, even though making choices is the most important t...

Last week, I talked to my grandmother about my grandpa for an hour and a half. He died when I was 8 years old, so I only had a fairly basic and naive view of him and his life. We had plenty of nice experiences together, but I never truly got to know him as a man. In this podcast, I discuss what I learned about my grandpa from my grandmother in that conversation and the biggest lesson I can take fr...

We are often told to not settle for a certain relationship, for a certain job, or for anything of lower quality. These are certainly fair points to make. However, is there something of greater importance that we truly shouldn’t settle for? In this podcast, I argue that the answer to this question is yes. Tune in to find out what my answer is and how much weight that it carries. As always, Much Lov...

This episode is quite brief yet it is a bit more personal than most of my other episodes. It is a deeper look into my self-talk and the things I say to myself when nobody is watching. These two recordings are titled "Squeeze it" and "It's Time To Go." Both are focused on reminding myself of the importance of being present now and making the most of the moments I have in the present. They are alway...

Happy Saturday. I’ll keep this short and sweet. This podcast is a set of a few questions which I think are incredibly important for all of us to answer. I recommend that you don’t just answer them in your head. Instead, I recommend you write them down on paper. I think that the best questions are necessary prerequisites to the best answers about ourselves and the world. I hope that you find a lot...

Today’s podcast is about creativity. Oddly enough, given the number of episodes I’ve recorded, it’s a topic that I haven’t focused on exclusively in an episode. However, creativity is so present in my life, and it’s a topic I really enjoy thinking about. So, here are some of my thoughts on creativity with some questions to ponder yourself. I hope that you enjoy it! As always, thank you so much for...

Today’s episode is an experience of sensations and imagination. To create this experience, I walk you through the construction of a visual sequence with sounds and feelings attached to them in the form of a guided meditation. This is an experience I recently had walking through New Orleans which had a profound impact on me and my thinking about myself and where my life has gone up to this point. I...

No, The steel man is NOT an enhanced version of the tin man from The Wizard of Oz. Instead, it is a super effective way of having better conversations and debates, especially with people who have significantly different beliefs from you. In this podcast, I detail what the steel man is, how it’s used, and the benefits it can bring. I hope you like it and find it to be useful! Thank you so much for...