- 🐮 Ep 96 - Churning in 2026: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
It's the 5 year anniversary of this podcast, and what better way to celebrate than a mid-year review of everything thats happened this year in churning land.
To be clear: this episode contains ONLY churning talk 😛
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S6 - 1h 17m - Jul 10, 2026 - 📔 Ep 95 - My Favorite AI Journaling App: The Story of Life Note with Daniel Chen
I got to chat with Daniel about his mind-blowing app, Life Note, that has completely changed how I journal (read: I actually journal multiple times a week now!) 🥳
In this episode, we cover:
- The Story of Life Note: How and why Daniel built the app, plus the art of AI prompting, modeling, and layering.
- The Heart, Mind & Meditation: Daniel's experience living abroad and attending 10-day Vipassana meditation retreats.
- The Future of Mental Health: The current state of AI-guided journalling, therapy and mental health.
Whether you're an AI nerd, a journaling enthusiast (or trying to be!), or just curious about the intersection of tech and mindfulness, this episode is for you.
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S6 - 1h 34m - Jun 15, 2026 - 🌱 Ep 94 - How to Find a Therapist: Insurance Hacks & Choosing the Right Modality
Deep dive into the world of therapy: why finding the right therapist is like dating and why Headway is the tinder of therapy. We'll break down the logistics of mental health care, including hacks for navigating insurance and a cheat sheet on different therapeutic modalities (relational vs somatic, CBT, IFS, EMDR, EFT, KAP, and more).
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S6 - 1h 36m - May 29, 2026 - 🌻 Ep 93 - 2026 Reset: Sabbaticals, Retreats, Care Teams, Crypto Casino Scams, AI & The State of the Churn
We're baaaack! It's been a wild year, lots of updates to share both in churning land and in my personal life. Oh and I just got scammed this morning, can't believe I fell for it but hopefully this will save you from making a similar mistake. Get comfy, grab a drink, let's catch up 🍵
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S6 - 1h 39m - May 15, 2026 - 🍃 Ep 92 - Owen Marcus: Men's Retreats, MELD, Somatic Awareness, Trauma, Creativity, Growth & Action
What is a men's retreat? What happens there? Why go to one, and who is it for? I spoke with Owen Marcus, founder of MELD, on my life-changing experience attending my first retreat almost exactly 1 year ago.
Owen is a legend in this space - he has worked alongside Peter Levine. Esther Perel has attended his retreats. Owen has been working, training, and organizing men's groups and retreats for over 30 years.
Highly recommend listening to this if you've been even remotely curious about the topic – this might be my favorite episode of the year.
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S5 - 1h 45m - Dec 19, 2025 - ✈️ Ep 91 - The Story of Seats.aero with Ian Carroll
I chatted with Ian, founder of Seats.aero, on how he grew Seats.aero from a side hobby to an award travel powerhouse with 500K monthly active users and 100K+ paid members in just 3 short years.
What was that journey like, and how does it feel to run a multi-million dollar business in your 20s ? Does he still have time to churn? Tune in for answers to these very important questions 😂
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S5 - 1h 29m - Dec 12, 2025 - 🔴 Ep 90 - First Livestream, Scaling Bank Bonuses with Margin, 700K Venture X Business, Costco Black Friday Sales, KaiGPT
I'm trying new things this year, so I thought "why not livestream this episode"? So I did. The end 😂
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S5 - 36m - Nov 21, 2025 - 🗞️ Ep 89 - The Paper Round: Origins of Complex PTSD & ADHD
I churned a whole bunch of stuff this week and burnt myself out lol (more on that next time), so I'm taking a breather to reflect and explore some root causes for how I feel and live my life today – the seemingly small stressors in my early years that have led to bigger issues like ADHD and CPTSD 🍃
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S5 - 40m - Nov 14, 2025 - 🦾 Ep 88 - Costco Gold, Debit Rewards, Burner Lines, Vanguard vs ChatGPT, RH Margin vs HELOCs, Dyson V9 Deal
Catching up on a busy couple weeks of churns. From shutdowns to gold to margin and early black friday deals, this episode has a bit of everything.
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S5 - 52m - Nov 7, 2025 - 🍂 Ep 87 - Reflections on Podcasting, Ketamine Therapy, Vipassana, Men's Retreats, Alzheimer's
The leaves are changing and I'm feeling reflective: how did the past year go? What did I learn about myself, the podcast, ketamine, retreats, life (and death)? Maybe grab a nice warm drink and a cozy blanket and take an hour to relax and hang out with me.
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S5 - 56m - Oct 31, 2025 - 🫨 Ep 86 - Churning News, Easy C1S Money Makers, Chase Points Boost, SW Companion Pass, My HELOC Update, FICO 8 vs Vantage 3.0/4.0 Deepdive
Another jam-packed episode recapping all my churns from the last couple weeks. Between catching a cold and family visiting from the East coast, it's been pretty hectic here but also kinda relaxing laying in bed binging Netflix lol. Glad to finally be (mostly) better though 😌
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S5 - 1h 9m - Oct 24, 2025 - 🪄 Ep 85 - Any Chance You Could: Four Magic Words That Changed My Life
I've caught a cold, so today I'm resharing my absolute FAVORITE episode from the past 4 years. I recorded this back in 2023, and it's still as relevant today (if not more so) as it was then. This is the episode I always recommend to friends, because it's had such a profound impact on my travel, my churns, my life, and I hope it does for yours too. Enjoy!
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S5 - 38m - Oct 17, 2025 - 🐷 Ep 84 - Interview: Multiplayer Mode with Chris Hutchins
Chris and I met up during the inaugural TDC meetup in Denver a few weeks ago, and we recorded a live interview with a small "studio" audience in the Regency Club lounge (pics in shownotes!)
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S5 - 50m - Oct 10, 2025 - 🧈 Ep 83 - Opening Amex & Chase Cards, Citi 4506-C lock, Eating Inkind & Resy, HELOCs vs PLOCs, Costco Gold
After a few hectic weeks, I'm finally back home and catching up on all my churns - opening new Amex and Chase cards, tackling my Citi account lock, eating InKind and Resy credits, applying for HELOCs, dabbling in Costco gold, and much more!
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S5 - 1h 2m - Oct 3, 2025 - ⛰️ Ep 82 - Three Days in Denver: Inaugural TDC Meetup Recap (With Pics!)
What an insane weekend. My voice is finally back after spending 3 days with 120 churners lol, so I'm hijacking this episode for a deep dive into our very first in-person meetup. What was it like, how was the vibe, what did we do there, how was it planned, should I go next year, and much more!
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S5 - 1h 5m - Sep 26, 2025 - 👽 Ep 81 - Amex Plat refresh, New Meta glasses, Seats.aero discount, Practicing any chance you could, Launching probe groups, GPT5 Pro, and more
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S5 - 40m - Sep 19, 2025 - 🐔 Ep 80 - Citi Strata, iPhone 17, Seats.aero, Dinner with Logan, Pound of Chicken, Telepathy tapes, Four thousand weeks, Ketamine therapy
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S5 - 59m - Sep 12, 2025 - 🎭 Ep 79 - Weekly Recap: Monarch, P3 + Carvana, Solo401K Loans, MMM HQ, Why do improv, Being busy
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S5 - 42m - Sep 5, 2025 - 🌝 Ep 78 - Weekly Recap: What I'm churning, reading & watching, plus a Miraval trip report
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S5 - 47m - Aug 29, 2025 - 🍃 Ep 77 - Weekly Recap: Vanguard advisors, Luma tickets, Miraval man-date, what I'm reading, and more
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