The Serene Desiree Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this interview, Alison Armstrong shares her expertise on understanding men and improving relationships. Alison, a respected relationship coach, provides practical advice on how women can relate better to their husbands and boyfriends. We discuss key topics like effective communication, fostering gratitude, and navigating relationship challenges. Gain deep insights into male instincts and learn strategies for creating stronger, more fulfilling connections.Keywords: Alison Armstrong, relationship advice, understanding men, effective communication, relationship coach, male instincts, improving relationships, fostering gratitude, relationship challenges, fulfilling connections.
Robin Hanson is an economist, and creator of the popular blog Overcoming Bias. In this episode, he talks about how Western culture has created a cultural monopoly, killing diversity and lowering birth rates.Timestamps8:20 - 8:56 - What is Culture ?9:50 - 10:50 - Why we accept Cultural Changes17:00 - 17-20 - The West has Culture18:23 - 19:00 - How Nation are build by destroying local culture20:36 - 21:17 - Strange culture of Elites22:00 - 23:00 - Culture in Corporates34:48 - 35:30 - Reasons for Decline in Fertility 38:04 - 38:40 - Working Women and low fertility41:55 - 42:40 - Raising Kids have become expensive49:25 - 49: 33 - The self destructive West 58:48 - 59:23 - Economists are sacrificing humans for profits01:06:30 - 01:07 :20 - Why humanity won’t go extinct01:08:25 - 01:09:17 - Western Civilization will collapse soon 01:09:25 - 01:10:016 - Why hyper nerds don’t want to have kids01:11:25 - 01:14:50 - Why High Quality Women remain single 01:16:35 - 01:17:25 - Having kids is mysterious01:17:25 - 01:21:15 - Do people hate having kids ?01:33:20 - 01:37:02 - Kids' future as a financial investment01:44:30 - 01:45:15 - AI will take over Humans01:51:00 - 01:52:54 - Can Big personalities impact or change culture of not having kids01:53:35 - 01:53:58 - “You are insanely black pilled”01:54:00 - 01:54:42 - Each voter have very small influence on elections through voting
I spoke with Christina Smith, Olympian on the Athlete Advisory Commission for the Enhanced Games, as well as Director of Athlete Relations. We talked about the Enhanced Games- a sporting competition where athletes can use performance enhancing substances, and even potential robotic tech, to win the games. I first heard about this when I read an article that Peter Thiel was backing this venture. It's since attracted way more attention since it announced that athletes who break world records will earn $1,000,000. Chapters:00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:15 - What are the Enhanced Games? 00:01:52 - Public Response00:03:31 - Athlete's Autonomy00:05:07 - Technology in the Enhanced Games00:06:43 - Cristina's Experience as an Olympic Bobsledder00:10:27 - Use of Enhancements in the Olympics00:14:38 - Compensation for Athletes 00:19:08 - Brain Injuries00:26:19 - Enhancements and Health and Safety00:31:56 - The Inclusion of All Athletes00:38:41 - The Discovery of Athletes00:42:09 - Recovery Enhancements00:44:34 - Chirstina's Experience with Brain Injury00:49:44 - Involvement with Enhanced Games00:55:04 - Athletes Post-Career00:57:41 - Sponsorship: Enhanced vs Olimpics Games
Visakan Veerasamy offers a masterclass in how to unlock your creative potential. He shares a ton of secrets on how to create content non-stop. Visakan is a full time blogger and prolific on Twitter. Follow him on Twitter and Youtube: @visakanv Buy his book INTROSPECT here: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/introspect
Zevi runs a Youtube channel called Seekers of Unity in which he discusses Judaism, mysticism and has dialogues with people from many different religions and cultures. In this video we talk about relationships between the divine masculine and feminine, what it means to be enlightened, and how we can give our lives more meaning.
Dr. Joel Rindelaub PhD is a senior lecturer in chemical sciences at Auckland University. He studies air pollution and microplastics in the environment. Plastics like BPA are known to have health impacts on the human body. In this episode, we talk about which plastics to avoid, the potential health risk of microplastics to the human body, and how to protect the air quality in your home.
Zevi runs a Youtube channel called Seekers of Unity in which he discusses Judaism, mysticism and has dialogues with people from many different religions and cultures. In this video we talk about relationships between the divine masculine and feminine, what it means to be enlightened, and how we can give our lives more meaning. THIS IS A RE UPLOAD:I re uploaded this video because I accidentally left out the teaser. My editor Adriana worked hard to make an awesome teaser, so it only made sense to re upload. RIP my viewsFollow him here:https://www.youtube.com/@SeekersofUnitySupport my Patreon here!https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=2864885
Koko Hayashi reveals how to look younger and more attractive by using a few simple exercises. You might have seen her on America's Got Talent, Shark Tank, or The Kardashians. We talk about mewing, face yoga, getting rid of smile lines and removing bags from under the eyes. She also reveals how she manages to run her business as a female entrepreneur.
I interview the legendary Scott Young about how to study more effectively. Scott Young is one of the pioneers of the ultralearning movement. He rose to fame when he successfully completed the MIT computer science course in just 1 year. Since then, he has completed challenges where he learns 4 languages in a year, gets massively better at portrait drawing in 30 days, written a book, developed some amazing courses, and continued his quest of proving how much potential the human mind really has.Buy Scott's insanely good book here. You will not regret it, I promise: https://amzn.to/3Ol7jAxIf you're ready to take the challenge, sign up to one of Scott's courses here:https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/books-courses/Support my Patreon here:https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=2864885This video is full of study hacks, study motivation, and is amazing if you're trying to learn languages fast, learn to code quickly or get an A+ in your next university exam.
I talk to the famous Jreg, former anti-centrist, and now the currently normal person you've ever met in your life.Check out his live show here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34wi_iDaA7cFollow me on Patreon!https://patreon.com/user?u=2864885&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_linkChapters:00:00:00 Who am I interviewing?00:00:12 Disassociate and the gap with the audience00:03:30 Parasociality Stuff00:08:00 Audience projections 00:12:25 Mental Illness00:17:50 What on earth is Ego??00:26:17 Political orientation from the audience 00:28:27 Dr. Jordan Peterson00:30:20 Transmaxing00:34:00 Why do people want to destroy society?00:36:15 Extremists all around00:42:10 Is the world going to get better?00:43:42 AI00:50:00 Vril00:56:48 Religion01:04:48 Fans, YouTube and Self Steem01:09:23 A little bit more about Religion01:12:41 Mental Illnesses pt two01:19:14 Bipolar Geronimo Stilt Skin01:33:25 Kids and Dating01:38:28 Jreg’s impression of a Happy Clam Happy Clam01:43:10 A piece of advice 01:48:24 Anti-Natalism and Happiness
Buy Bryan's Caplan's New Book, Voters as Mad Scientists, Essays on Political Rationality, here: https://amzn.to/3VE8UERRead Bryan's essays here:https://betonit.substack.com/Join us as Bryan Caplan dives deep into the AI job displacement debate, the role of wealthy elites in society, and the psychological satisfaction of victimization. Discover how social desirability bias affects politics and explore the impact of economic growth on women in the workplace and fertility rates. Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation filled with fascinating insights on narcissism, judgment, and the potential perils of nuclear weapons. Subscribe for more engaging discussions!00:00 - Intro: Unleashing Caplan's Brilliant Mind02:11 - AI vs. Humanity: The Great Job Displacement Debate10:54 - Mad Scientists & The Housing Debacle Unraveled12:08 - Social Desirability Bias: The Dark Side of Politics16:42 - Unmasking the Wealthy: Who Are They Really?20:31 - The Alluring Power of Victimization26:10 - Rhetorical Dominance: Shaping Society with Words29:21 - Challenging Traditional Economic Thinking32:19 - Unlocking the Hidden Benefits of Economic Growth36:19 - Empowering Women in the Workplace40:01 - Parental Guilt & The Fertility Rate Conundrum50:06 - Narcissism & The Pitfalls of Judgement52:09 - The Looming Perils of Nuclear Weapons53:46 - The Dangers of False Hope in Battle
Keturah Abigail is a woman who pays no income tax. She has been featured in the TV show Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of New Hampshire. Keturah has no social security number and lives in an off the grid homestead. She is loosely associated with the Porcupine Freedom Festival and the Free State Project, as well as other Libertarian movements. Keturah is currently hosting a program to teach girls and women how to become excellent homesteaders. Write to her on Twitter for details! If you're interested in Libertarianism, check out Adam Smith, who writes foundational texts on the subject:https://amzn.to/3lnzVihJoin My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user/membersh...Keturah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeturahAbigailKeturah's website: https://keturahskorner.blogspot.com/Though she does not identify with the Sovereign Citizen movement, Keturah shares a few similarities with the group, including her love of personal freedom and refusal to get a social security number. Keturah has been featured on episode two of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of New Hampshire. Chapters:00:00 Introduction02:05 Keturah Lived with the Amish11:57 How to thrive without a Social Security #21:42 Messianic Judaism27:21 Libertarianism and The Porcupine Freedom Festival33:24 Keturah’s family life (11 siblings!)36:40 How to build community41:03 The body is a tuning fork (+the rationality movement)45:33 The origins of Keturah’s name50:42 Modern vs. traditional lifestyles 58:47 Where to find Keturah + Patreon bonus question
I talk to Chris Gabriel from the incredible channel Meme Analysis. We talk about in depth about Carl Jung's ideas (does astrology have a deeper, psychoanalytic meaning?), aliens, the bible and tarot.
Chris is an incredibly deep thinker. If you're ready to take a journey into the unconscious mind, this podcast is for you. Links to books mentioned (Amazon affiliate): Tao Te Ching: https://amzn.to/3Hfhip0Brave New World: https://amzn.to/3VCQdk9Aion (Not explicitly mentioned): https://amzn.to/3Fuxvp4
Kat Woods has founded 4 successful charities as part of the Effective Altruism Movement.
She founded Suvita, (helping families protect against vaccine-preventable diseases), Nonlinear and Superlinear (AI charities), and Charity Entrepreneurship (an incubator for charities)
In this episode, we discuss exercises that anyone can do to make themselves far happier than they currently are. These include meditation, loving kindness, and identity shifting exercises.
We discuss Jeffery Martin's 45 Days to Awakening Course, (previously called the Finder's Course) as well as how difficult it is to know what is right.
This is a great episode promoting mental health awareness. It is possible to improve your mental health!
Kat has taken Tim Ferriss' 4 Hour Work Week principles and applied them to her life, though instead of focusing on passive income, she focuses on passive impact.
Mike Mew has brought the world the famous mewing movement. The son of Prof. John Mew, Mike is known to have changed tens, or potentially even hundreds of thousands of lives.
You wouldn't think that something as simple as good tongue posture, standing up straight and taping the mouth shut when sleeping at night would affect your life to any great degree. The truth is though, that these tiny habits can change the course of your health. Everything from sleep apnea to IQ is dictated by facial structure, which is in turn determined by these seemingly inconsequential habits.
He's an expert at analyzing facial aesthetics, and can pull off some cool party tricks, like telling whether someone is a chronic mouthbreather (check out the chapters beginning at, 41:39 if you want to watch him talk about various celebrities' facial structure.
Mike is in hot water with the British Orthodontic society, who are refusing to even have a conversation with him about whether or not mewing has scientific merit. What can you do to help your face? Long story short- practice mewing. Learning how to mew is especially useful to people under the age of 25, but can help anyone who does it. Mewing is not an easy process- it can take years of commitment to see real change. At the end though, you'll have better posture, better teeth, and better sleep.
Mewing will promote better health, beauty, prevent braces and improve your quality of life.
I talk to Bruce Alderman, host of The Integral Stage Podcast.
We chatted about Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory (founded in part by Ken Wilber), The Culture War, and how to communicate when those we love make us angry. Bruce explains what embodiment, the meaning of a centaur, how to be a metaideological Chad, talks about his friend Layman Pascal, explains Spiral Dynamics from beige to green, and much more.
Bruce Alderman is an absolutely remarkable man, representing Ken Wilbur's philosophy of integral very well. Make sure you check out his podcast if you, too, want to become enlightened.
Check out (and subscribe to) Bruce's Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaA4...
Daniel Chan is a magician and mentalist who is famous for his outstanding performances. Watch this video to find out how he went from performing at children's birthday parties to becoming a favorite amongst billionaires.
I talked to Jack Rafferty, CEO of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP). LEEP recently played a pivotal role in transitioning the Malawi government off of lead paint- saving hundreds of thousands of children from brain damage.
Seph Gentle is a computer wizard working towards creating a better way to share data, freeing users from large data companies which take away user autonomy (we're looking at you, Google).
Frank Oelschlager is the managing director of Ten Mile Square Technologies, a consulting company which helps startups take their products to the market. Frank shares with us the most common reasons why startups fail, how to communicate with different types of employees, and his executive level time management strategies.
Tats Nakagawa is the CEO of Castagara, a hugely successful plant-based roof coating company that took first place in the reality TV series Dragon's Den. Before that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of Atomica Creative, a sports marketing company which brought hundreds of products to market.
Will gain-of-function research create a supervirus that will kill the majority of the world's population? Or is it necessary to stop a pandemic? In this episode, I speak to Dickson Despommier about this topic, as well as the differences between religion and science, and the pitfalls of faith based reasoning.
Joe Parrish is the head of the IDW Reddit community, but he's so much more than that. He's a man with a great understanding of history, American politics, philosophy and human interaction. We talked about the IDW, the Democratic Party, and personal growth. I mentioned the drama triangle, a commonly used idea in psychology. We also talked about political centrism, how to bridge the divides caused by the culture war, stoicism, and Cincinnatus, a famous Roman general (often compared to George Washington).
Yitzi Tuvel is a brilliant Jewish mystic and scholar. We discuss the finer points of religion, and how a person can comfortably inhabit the skeptical scientific world and the religious plane of existence at the same time.
Jamie Q Roberts is an International Security lecturer at the University of Sydney. He's also a marathon runner, author, musician and purveyor of fine quests.
We talked about the Intellectual Dark Web (Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro etc.), how to talk about triggering issues with others, feminism and masculinity, terrorism and other lighthearted topics!
Learn to read and write better with Jamie's books: Reading: https://www.amazon.com.au/Reading-University-Improve-Focus-Better/dp/1352009161/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R3ODXE50389G&keywords=jamie+q+roberts&qid=1641014383&sprefix=jamie+q+rober%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1
Writing: https://www.amazon.com.au/Essentials-Essay-Writing-What-Markers/dp/1137575840/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2R3ODXE50389G&keywords=jamie+q+roberts&qid=1641014456&sprefix=jamie+q+rober%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-2
I had the pleasure of talking with David Roush, CEO of the Aerie Collective.
David's company uses drone technology to inspect structures, and is in the midst of developing drone swarm technology.
IG: thedavidroush Website: https://www.aeriecollective.com/
David and I spent a lot of this conversation discussing how to live our best lives. We touched on journaling, morning routines, nightly routines, exercise habits, leadership, and goal setting.
David's specialty is creative entrepreneurship. As a magician, he certainly knows how to make a good first impression.
I had the pleasure of talking with David Roush, CEO of the Aerie Collective.
David's company uses drone technology to inspect structures, and is in the midst of developing drone swarm technology.
IG: thedavidroush Website: https://www.aeriecollective.com/
David and I spent a lot of this conversation discussing how to live our best lives. We touched on journaling, morning routines, nightly routines, exercise habits, leadership, and goal setting. David's specialty is creative entrepreneurship. As a magician, he certainly knows how to make a good first impression.
In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Rhys Paddick.
Rhys is an Australian Indigenous educator, artist and (in my humble opinion) a man who has travelled quite a distance on the path to enlightenment.
Rhys has taught Aboriginal art at high schools, and conducts both welcoming ceremonies and acknowledgement of elder ceremonies. Rhys adds a deeper layer to these ceremonies than I've ever seen done before, infusing them with vitality and spirit. He really has the gift of transmitting mindfulness to the audience.
If you're anything like me, you'll finish this conversation with a deep connection to your land, your ancestry and the present moment. Rhys is available to inspire students all over the country!
Check him out on: https://www.rhyspaddick.com/
He's also a wonderful artist. Check out his Instagram here: @the_wholesome_yamatji
Yitzi Tuvel is a brilliant Jewish mystic and scholar. We discuss the finer points of religion, and how a person can comfortably inhabit the skeptical scientific world and the religious plane of existence at the same time.
I talk to Luke Freeman about Giving What We can, a non profit organization that helps us make tough decisions about which charities to donate to. We touch upon the effective altruism movement (founded by Peter Singer among others) and the gratification that business people can feel when they donate.
I talk to Big Bad Bear Jew about femininity in the modern era. Relationships have changed a lot in the last century, and while some of the innovations are wonderful, the cultural implications of any large scale overhaul cannot be 100% positive. Life is more complicated for everyone, and whether you're politically Right or Left, you still have a number of difficult decisions to make with unclear consequences.
Jamar Root, founder of the Roof of Everything Podcast, is dedicated to helping people find and cultivate their passions.
I talk to Ben Chiarelli about his startup, Cellibre. Cellibre is growing cannabinoids en masse by isolating their DNA and growing them in yeast. They aim to make cannabinoids widely (and cheaply) available for medical testing, livestock and humans alike.
Claudio Conte is an author and the founder of Spiral Orb Designs, a marketing and graphic design company.
In this discussion with my friend Flo Wang, we do our best to ward off any potential subscribers to the podcast.
Anything shared on this episode does not take into account your personal circumstances and must not be treated as personal financial advice.
^ I cannot believe I have to add something like that. XD
I talk with financial planner and coach Harry Goldberg about the mentality many of us carry around finance. We talk about ETFs and goal setting, then I get into some more depth by asking whether we're headed for another recession (money printers, I'm looking at you). I personally take a lot of my more conservative financial advice from the likes of Dave Ramsey, Graham Stephan, Warren Buffet. They're the ones that have helped me learn to budget, save and value invest. I've got a wild side too, though. I'm really into cryptocurrencies (especially small cap alt coins), and I attempt to take a Peter Thiel type approach of value analysis. No matter what my risk profile is, I do a LOT of research. I believe this is key if you're hoping to make more than the 6% PA. Or you could just yolo on Wallstreetbets. Whatever work for you.
Renewables are touted as the savior of humanity, but my interview with Tim Josling reveals that the future doesn't look as bright as we think. While renewables may still be the solution, we've got to overcome a lot of milestones before we can fully replace non-renewable solutions.
I have found that meditation is widely prescribed, but we often don't have a clear idea about why it's beneficial. In order to find some concrete answers, I talked to my friend Lisa Hwang and my partner Eliot Redelman about the benefits of meditation. Both are serious meditators that have been practicing for years, and it shows.