Super Bowl Heists and Fake Tom Cruise

Welcome to the new Studio!

To celebrate, I put together a new episode style. In this launch episode, we explore:

• The world’s worst phone call of all time
• If the act of self-improvement is problematic
• Tom Cruise stops by the new set
• and much more…

Guests:

• Michael Smoak is a podcast host, entrepreneur, and investor.
• Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor.
• George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) How Nikocado Trolled the Internet (1:51) The Worst Phone Call of All Time (9:04) How Sylvester Stallone Brute Forced Success (11:57) Are GLP-1s Killing Romance? (18:56) Did Novak Djokovic Take Discipline Too Far? (22:23) The Self-Help Trap (25:31) We’re Just Betting On Everything Now (36:29) The World’s Best Tom Cruise Impersonator (42:50) India’s Biggest Fetish (46:36) Why Insecurity Is Actually An Advantage (49:45) Gossip Is More Useful Than You Think (52:47) The Most Important 2 Seconds of Your Life (01:06:16) Have Adults Forgotten How To Play? (01:10:38) When People Take Stoicism Too Far (01:16:48) The Most Uncomfortable Mukbang Ever (01:25:01) 2 Beers, 2 Cigs, 2 Rubik’s Cubes World Record (01:31:10) Florida Man Does It Again (01:35:02) Ice Packs In The Sauna

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