It's Gotta Be The Mic: Recent Episodes
Nate Kadlac and Reza Saeedi
Conversations on creativity, writing, startups, and design.
Brought to you by Nate Kadlac and Reza Saeedi
Lyle McKeany goes straight to the uncomfortable areas of life, quickly. It's what makes his writing so approachable, and unexpectedly funny at times. Lyle writes a weekly newsletter called, Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble, where he writes short stories about life, and being a father.
Links
- π A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- π Love Warrior (by Glennon Doyle)
- π Storyworthy (Matthew Dicks)
Find Lyle online
- Newsletter
In this episode, we chat with writer Charlie Bleecker, who is the lead mentor for David Perell's online writing course, Write of Passage. We chat with Charlie about her journey to write and publish online every week, her writing process, and her decision to write under a pseudonym. If you're struggling to write and publish, don't miss out on this episode.
Links
- Write of Passage
- WHOOP
Find Charlie online
- Website
In this episode, we each share 6 apps that we love and consistently use.
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Links
- Readwise
- Day One
- Roam Research
- Sorted
- Instapaper
- Craft
- Procreate
- Lifesum
- Tiimo
- Oak
- Waking Up
- Matter
Simply put, Jesse Desjardins radiates good vibes. Less simply, Jesse led the team behind Tourism Australia, has helped entrepreneurs and corporate leaders on business model innovation with Strategyzer, and built The Guest Experience Map.
Jesse shares his unorthodox path around the world to serve the brightest minds using storytelling as a way to connect. The Hero's Journey has undoubtedly played a large role in his life as a way to focus on the audience he can best serve.
Links
- π½ Paul Hogan "Shrimp On The Barbie" Australian Tourism Ad
- π Resonate (Nancy Duarte)
- π Who do you want to be a hero to? (Dan Sullivan)
- You Suck At PowerPoint!
Find Jesse online
- Website
This week, we picked a book each and shared our thoughts and aha moments on them. They happened to be on vastly different topics.
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Links
- π The Four Agreements (by Don Miguel Ruiz)
- π Conspiracy (by Ryan Holiday)
Links
- π Model Breakers
- LivingOS (Newsletter)
- LivingOS (Fellowship)
- π The Body Keeps The Score
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Links
- Approachable Design (Nate's course)
- Tiago Forte & Nathan Barry (The Art of Newsletters)
Links
- The Bitcoin White Paper
- The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- Casebitcoin
- The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
- Pomp's Newsletter
- Find Tim on Twitter
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Links
- Write of Passage
- Reforge
- Building A Second Brain
- On Deck Writer Fellowship
- Performative Speaking
- Collector to Creator
- The Minimalist Entrepreneur
Links
- On Deck Writer Fellowship
- π Antkind (by Charlie Kaufman)
Find Max online
- Newsletter (My Super Secret Diary)
- Website
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Watch Ted Lasso (Season 1)
- Apple TV
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Note-taking
- Roam Research
- Notion
- Obsidian
- Craft
- Bear
Read-later
- Instapaper
- Matter
Podcast
- Airr
- Castro
Mind Mapping
- Scapple
- MindNode
Other tools
- Readwise
- Sorted
- Day One
- Fantastical
- Otter
- Mailbrew
- mymind
Find Nate online
- Newsletter (Plan Your Next)
- Website
Find Reza online
- Newsletter (Out of Curiosity)
- Website
Links
- Building a Second Brain
- Anne-Laure Le Cunff (Ness Labs)
- 100 things that made my year (Austin Kleon)
- Khe Hy (Rad Reads)
- Steph Smith (Doing Content Right)
- David Perell
- Nat Eliason
Tools
- Roam Research
- Mailbrew
- Otter.ai
- Day One App
- Craft
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Ness Labs (Collector to Creator Course)
How I Got Started on YouTube (Shu Omi)
Integrating publishing with your profession (Nick deWilde)
Delivering Happiness (Tony Hsieh)
Talk Therapy
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ | TED Talk
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Tom White
Ness Labs (Collector to Creator Course)
Nate's website
Julian Shapiro (Julian.com)
Julian Lehr (Julian.digital)
Enneagram Test
Predictive Index
MyersβBriggs Type Indicator
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
An embarrassing story about debt, cutlery, and costumes
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Check Your Pulse (by Sari Azout)
Justin Murphy
YNAB
Robbie Crabtree
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Pomodoro Technique
Habit Stacking
The Octopus Teacher and the Mastery framework
Andrew Barry's new podcast
The art of podcast questions
Anne-Laure Le Cunff & Ness Labs
Maker Mind Newsletter
Books mentioned:
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Maker Mind Newsletter
Salman's Newsletter
The Browser
Webflow
Netlify
Gatsby
Procreate
Nate's illustration: KonMari your creative life
Sorted
Things
Interintellect
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Alyssa Harris
Polina Marinova
Robbie Crabtree
Descript
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
Naval Ravikant β How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
James Altucher β Choose Yourself
Derek Sivers β Your Music and People
Dru Riley β Trends.vc
On Deck Writer's Fellowship
Building a Second Brain
Write of Passage
Nate's Newsletter: Plan Your Next
Reza's Newsletter: Out of Curiosity
Ness Labs Community
On Deck Writer Fellowship
Building a Second Brain
Write of Passage