Smart Nonsense

Episode #80 with Henry and Dylan --  Today, they dive deep into tax schemes, the formula for happiness, and the future of Smart Nonsense. Is this the end of the Smart Nonsense Podcast? Tune in to find out. Links:Friend Chats: How to Hustle Your Way to Wall Street | Smart Nonsense Pod #19Pod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25Book Club: The Coddling of the American Mind | Smart Nonsense Pod #41Steph Smith: Working From Home, Creating Quality Content, and Learning to Code | Smart Nonsense Pod #68What Will You Learn: Talking With The Most Prolific Book Reviewers on the Internet | Smart Nonsense Pod #71Tom “Tomas” Skipper: Travel, Friendship, and Nicknames | Smart Nonsense Pod #72Noah Cowan: Jeopardy! and The Art of Dabbling | Smart Nonsense Pod #73Andrew Wilkinson - Buying cash-flowing internet companies, starting job boards and building no code projects | My First Million #63Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok | My First Million #13373 Questions Answered By Your Favorite Celebs | Vogue Videosyou have to turn on the switch | an 'on writing well' summary | Henry BelcasterSETH GODIN, YOU MANIAC! | Henry BelcasterI WAS #1 | Henry BelcasterRUN FOR HER | Henry BelcasterCall Her Daddy | YouTubeFirst We Feast | YouTubeHot Ones | YouTubeAlchemy by Rory SutherlandVagabonding by Rolf PottsThe Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. PinkWhy Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy | Wait But Why | Tim UrbanThe Resume is Dead. And Content Killed it | Avthar SewrathanGirls on the RunHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & Subscribe.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #79 with Henry and Dylan -- Employees, bosses, creatives, EVERYONE needs to hear the surprising truth about what motivates us. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Where do you get your DRIVE from?How do you build an intrinsically motivated team?The TWO outdated beliefs about motivation you should knowLinks:Drive by Daniel H. PinkBook Club: What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro | Smart Nonsense Pod #56Pod Club: Nick Kokonas—First Principles, Price Discrimination, and Surviving COVID | Smart Nonsense Pod #58Book Club: Deep Work by Cal Newport | Smart Nonsense Pod #63Ryan Biery: Art and Industrial Design, Sneaking onto a College Hockey Team, and Freelancing | Smart Nonsense Pod #74Rework by David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason FriedThe Rational Optimist by Matt RidleyFooled by Randomness by Nassim TalebSave the Darfur Puppy by Nicholas Kristof | The New York TimesAtlassianFrameThe Queen’s Gambit | IMDbJames AltucherHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & Subscribe.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #78 with Henry and Dylan -- Today, they talk about the most simple yet effective tool mankind has ever made to win life. Learn exactly what it is, why it’s so important, and how to start using it today. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Lessons we can learn from healthcare and aviation checklistsHow checklists solve problems one box at a timeThe secret to creating an effective checklistLinks:The Checklist Manifesto by Atul GawandeBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeBook Club: The ONE Thing by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan | Smart Nonsense Pod #67Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande | Talks at GoogleVan Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider | The Smoking GunPoor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie MungerDefining Decade by Meg JayThe Butchering Art by Lindsey FitzharrisProper Condom Use - South Park | IMDbJacqueline Hyde | IMDbAdam SavageWarren BuffettHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & Subscribe.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #77 with Henry and Dylan -- Today,  Dylan tells the tales of his 5 months living in Argentina and the 3 lessons he learned from it all. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Three life lessons learned from traveling to ArgentinaHow to avoid an EXPENSIVE travel mistakeIs studying abroad TRULY beneficial to you?Links:Friend Chats: Journey to the #1 Investment Bank | Smart Nonsense Pod #12Is It Too Late to Podcast? | Smart Nonsense Pod #13Book Club: What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro | Smart Nonsense Pod #56Friend Chats: Nonsense with Dan Shemano | Smart Nonsense Pod #62What Will You Learn: Talking With The Most Prolific Book Reviewers on the Internet | Smart Nonsense Pod #71Thanks A Thousand by A. J. JacobsHardcore History | Dan CarlinBrokeback Mountain | IMDbNarcos | IMDbHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & Subscribe.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #76 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're discussing The Magic of Thinking Big, a book by David J. Schwartz.Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK: The Magic of Thinking BigThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. SchwartzDishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Why you must stop making excuses and take control of your lifeHow does your environment influence your path to success?Could you be better than the most successful person you know?LinksLessons from 7 Years Working in Restaurants | Smart Nonsense Pod #51Pod Club: Nick Kokonas—First Principles, Price Discrimination, and Surviving COVID | Smart Nonsense Pod #58Book Club: Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance | Smart Nonsense Pod #66Steph Smith: Working From Home, Creating Quality Content, and Learning to Code | Smart Nonsense Pod #68What Will You Learn: Talking With The Most Prolific Book Reviewers on the Internet | Smart Nonsense Pod #71Noah Cowan: Jeopardy! and The Art of Dabbling | Smart Nonsense Pod #73George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Pod #31George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Pod #132Bill Burr Stand-Up Monologue | Saturday Night LiveMonday Morning Podcast | Bill BurrOn Writing Well by William ZinsserThanks A Thousand by A. J. JacobsNaval RavikantJeff BezosJoe RoganTim FerrissJocko WillinkGeorge S. PattonSteve JobsKen HenryHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #75 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking a bunch of nonsense in true Smart Nonsense fashion to celebrate the pod's 75th episode. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Renting vs owning a home -- Which is better?Why you must take a sensory deprivation bathCan you monetize your lifestyle?LinksPod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25Robbie Crabtree: The art of Performative Speaking | Smart Nonsense Pod #64Andrew Yu: Online Networking, Product Management, and Company Culture | Smart Nonsense Pod #693 Things I Learned from a Self-Taught Barber | Henry BelcasterI GOT PAID $35 TO PHOTOGRAPH A WEDDING | Photographer hacks 2020 | Henry BelcasterLabor and Capital Are Old Leverage | Naval RavikantNaval Ravikant on Meditation, Self-Examination and The Art of Doing Nothing | The Now'Shark Tank' Kevin O’Leary Was Fired From His First Job. Here’s How It Motivated Him | CNBC Make It.Video Artist: Casey Neistat | How I Built This with Guy RazFamily Guy - Boys and Squirrels | IMDbNoah KaganSteve Jobs[Heads up: Sometimes we get a $ kickback from these recs, so if you buy, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #74 with Dylan—Today he's talking to Ryan Biery, an expert designer and a hockey teammate from college.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Industrial Design: The skills you need to get the job doneWhy choosing the right college is critical to your successSocial Media for Industrial Designers. A friend or a foe?LinksConnect with Ryan: Website | Instagram | YouTubeIndustrial Design Sketch Timelapse - Garden Hose Nozzle | Ryan BieryIan Lapham: The hidden backdoor to success | Smart Nonsense Pod #43The “HOW MIGHT WE” Method | Odell KellerDefine and Frame Your Design Challenge by Creating Your Point Of View and Ask “How Might We” | Interaction Design FoundationHow to Draw by Scott Robertson and Thomas BertlingWeekly Design Challenge | InstagramHow I Built This | NPRUSHLFragIDEOOculusTEAMS DesignMinimalSketchBook ProMcLarensHypebeastLeica CameraSpace Hippie | NikeChryslerFordFiverrUpworkFetty WapKarim RashidPhilippe Starck[Heads up: Sometimes we get a $ kickback from these recs, so if you buy, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #73 with Dylan—Today he's talking to Noah Cowan, one of his smartest friends from Brown. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Why you must start dabbling in various thingsHow to ace your college courses -- and enjoy it!What leads to broken social trust and how can we fix it?LinksConnect with Noah: TwitterCollege Championship Sizzle | Jeopardy!Contestants for $500: Who is Noah Cowan? | The Brown Daily HeraldBrown Political Review | BPRadio[First-year Brown student captures ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship](https://www.brown.edu/news/2018-04-22/jeopardy-win#:~:text=student captures 'Jeopardy!-,' college championship,big in this year's tournament.) | News from BrownWhat Is Imposter Syndrome? | Verywell MindThe Fermi Paradox | Wait But WhyThe Feynman Technique | Farnam StreetJFK And The Space Race | JFK35 Podcast[Acoustic Kitty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty#:~:text=Acoustic Kitty was a CIA,the Kremlin and Soviet embassies.)Project MKUltraCIA Attempted to Assassinate Fidel Castro with an Exploding CigarCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoyevskyQED by Richard FeynmanOne Billion Americans by Matthew YglesiasThe History Channel | IMDbJeopardy! | IMDbWheel of Fortune | IMDbIt’s Academic | IMDbThe Alinea Group | Nick KokonasBraden HoltbyJames HolzhauerPatrick Leonard SajdakAlex TrebekVannevar BushSøren KierkegaardHere's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Tos

Episode #72 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking to Tomas, a friend from Brown about their travels together. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:How travel and sports transform friendshipsShould we change the office hour system?Why you must start saying YES to travelLinksFriend Chats: How to Hustle Your Way to Wall Street | Smart Nonsense Pod #19Pod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25Book Club: Excellent Sheep Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #34The reality of traveling in China | Smart Nonsense Pod #36Book Club: Zero to One | Smart Nonsense Pod #45Things You Should Know Before Traveling in Colombia | Smart Nonsense Pod #57Pod Club: Nick Kokonas—First Principles, Price Discrimination, and Surviving COVID | Smart Nonsense Pod #58Robbie Crabtree: The art of Performative Speaking | Smart Nonsense Pod #64WE CLIMBED KILIMANJARO | Kilimanjaro Trek via Machame Route (The Kilimanjaro Vlog 2020) | Henry BelcasterSALKANTAY - A Journey to Machu Picchu | Bold IntrovertElizabeth WarrenRichard FeynmanAnthony BourdainHabari AdventureMedtronic[Heads up: Sometimes we get a $ kickback from these recs, so if you buy, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)

Episode #71 with Dylan—Today he's talking to Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, the creators of the What You Will Learn podcast.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:How can books affect your life?The value of having good friendsWhy you must experiment and follow your curiosityLinksWhat You Will LearnTop 50 Best Books of All Time200th BOOK! 3 More LessonsBook Club: The Innovation Stack | Smart Nonsense #47Book Club: Money | Smart Nonsense #48The Infinite Game by Simon SinekHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieFreakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven LevittThe 4-Hour Workweek by Tim FerrissGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingLinchpin by Seth GodinTools of Titans by Tim FerrissTribe of Mentors by Tim FerrissThe Game by Neil StraussThere's No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack KentThe Great Aussie Bloke Slim‑Down by Peter FitzSimonsThe Innovation Stack by Jim McKelveyKahneman Fast and Slow thinkingDerek SiversKevin KellyMJ DeMarcoMatthew MichalewiczCal FussmanJoe RoganNassim TalebLarry KingDan ArielyThe Tim Ferriss ShowSparkNotesBlinkist99designs[Heads up: Sometimes we get a $ kickback from these recs, so if you buy, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch on YouTube & SubscribeWatch Henry's last YouTube video.P.S. Toss us a 5-star review :)