Curiosity Class

Jeff Albaum
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I'm Jeff, and Curiosity Class is pretty much what it sounds like - me getting way too into some topic and then trying to explain it so it actually clicks. One week it's money or real estate. The next it's mindfulness, or AI, or some book I won't shut up about. Sometimes it's just me thinking out loud for 20 minutes. Other times I drag on someone who actually knows what they're talking about and have them walk me through it. Simple, not easy. New episode every Friday.

  1. 6d ago

    Why Chasing Money Made Her Worse At It w/ Gabi Rosen (Ep #68)

    She was closing $25 million deals at Spotify by her mid-twenties. And she'll tell you she was at her worst every time she focused on the money. Gabi Rosen went from the youngest client partner at Spotify to building her own thing, then closed 34 clients in 18 months and joined the founders of the company she now helps run. What you'll take away: The 5 questions she asked friends to test a business idea before building anything (including the one that reveals if they'll actually pay)The anchor move that made a $200-a-month price feel like a giftWhy she thinks about a story about a rock and a locked door every single day 🔗 Links mentioned: Website: heyeocworks.comGabi's email: gabi@eocworks.com 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

  2. Sep 18

    Why More Views Isn't the Win w/ Josh Stabinsky (Ep #67)

    Every time someone presses play, they hand you an hour of their life they can never get back. Josh Stabinsky thinks about that math for a living, and it changed how he builds. Josh Stabinsky is a data scientist at Spotify who works on podcast and creator growth, and the host of the Unit Economics podcast, which he has grown to 60 episodes in a year without missing a single week. What you'll take away: Why asking someone to press play is a bigger favor than it soundsThe two-episodes-a-week experiment that burned him out, and what he does nowWhy an introvert who felt sick posting on LinkedIn does it anywayThe one question he asks every guest that keeps his lineup full 🔗 Links mentioned: Website: uepod.comInstagram: ue.podLinkedIn: Josh StabinskySubstack: uepod.substack.com 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@curiosityclass.co

  3. Sep 11

    Why AI Makes Math More Important, Not Less w/ Chris Roberts (Ep #66)

    Chris Roberts spent 30 years writing software. He says the class that actually trained him for it was not computer science. It was 10th grade geometry, and he did not figure out why until decades later. Chris holds degrees in both math and music education, taught math from the classroom to the college level, spent three decades in software development, and wrote "Math Education in the Age of AI." He now builds free math-fluency tools for students through his nonprofit. What you'll take away: The 10th grade class Chris says trained him for every software project of his career (it was not coding)What "math fluency" actually is, and the exact wall it saved his 120 remedial algebra students from hittingThe 1970s California classroom that let a 2nd grader take 5th grade math, and why almost no school does it nowWhy he wants a multiplication bee to be bigger than a spelling bee, and how one teacher can run one aloneWhat stays valuable when AI can compute any answer instantly 🔗 Links mentioned: Chris’ book: Math Education in the Age of AI Chris’ website: https://classicmathgames.com/Multiplication Game: https://whattimeswhat.com/Chris’ LinkedIn: Chris Roberts 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠⁠

  4. Sep 4

    Why Billion-Dollar Companies Will Have 2 Employees w/ David Currant (Ep #65)

    David thinks that within ten years there will be billion-dollar companies run by one or two people. Not a team of 500. Two. David Currant has founded four companies, been through Y Combinator (same batch as DoorDash), sold two, buried one, and is now building MX Pilot, an AI "marketing brain" for small businesses.  What you'll take away:  Why David tells his own kids to skip the normal job entirely, and what he teaches them instead The 15 percent number at Y Combinator that quietly turns a startup into a unicorn in two years How to test a business idea for 1,000 dollars instead of 20 million, even for a product nobody knows they want yet  🔗Links mentioned:  MX Pilot: https://mxpilot.ai Mustard (David's prior company): https://www.mustard.love Reach David: David@mxpilot.ai (reach out for free marketing spend for qualifying CPG / e-commerce brands, or if you’re a tech founder looking for guidance)David’s LinkedIn 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠

  5. Aug 28

    Where Does All Your Money Actually Go? (Ep #64)

    I give myself an unlimited budget for books. I also track basically every dollar my wife and I spend. Those two things sound like a contradiction, but they're actually the whole point. This is how we decide what to spend on without an ounce of guilt, and what to cut without feeling deprived. Turns out "budgeting" done right feels less like punishment and more like permission. I'm no financial advisor, just someone who loves this stuff enough to do a whole solo episode on it. This is exactly what works for us. What you'll take away: The "spend ruthlessly, cut ruthlessly" rule that flips budgeting from restriction into permissionWhy you literally cannot fix your spending until you can see all of it in one placeThe forgotten subscription hiding in your statements right now (mine was $20 a month) Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 00:30 The paycheck-to-paycheck stat that includes high earners 02:00 Monarch: putting every account in one dashboard 04:30 Spend ruthlessly on what you value (and my book budget) 06:30 Housing, childcare, and the expenses you can't change 07:30 The counterintuitive grocery move 08:00 Using AI to audit your spending 09:00 What's your biggest line item? (drop a comment) 🔗 Links mentioned: Monarch MoneyI Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠

  6. Aug 21

    What's the Cursive of the AI Age? (Ep #63)

    I learned cursive in third grade and used it exactly once - to sign my name. So what's the cursive of the AI age? Which skills should you actually keep learning when the machine can do so much? No guest this week - just me thinking out loud. I'm not a futurist or an AI expert; I'm a curious guy who reads a lot, builds things, and likes chewing on which skills are actually worth your time. What you'll take away: A simple gut-check for which skills survive AI - and which ones quietly became optionalThe one skill I think is wildly underrated right now (and it's not technical)Why understanding how something works matters MORE now that AI can do it for you Chapters: 00:00 What's the cursive of the AI age? 00:40 Algebra, calculators, spreadsheets - fundamentals first 01:00 Skill 1: Understanding the levers (the rental calculator) 03:00 Skill 2: People skills (the one nobody's talking about) 04:40 Bonus: I took a coding class and didn't learn to code 05:10 What would you learn? (tell me) 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? ⁠curiosityclasspod@gmail.com⁠

  7. Aug 14

    Cash Flow for Calories (Ep #62)

    I was eating 2,800 calories a day and getting 30 grams of protein. I had no idea until I started weighing my food - and I'm someone who cares about fitness more than almost anything. No doctor, no nutritionist here. Just a guy who's trained since he was 14, got a body scan that surprised him, and finally started paying attention to what he actually eats. What you'll take away: Why a $60 DEXA scan tells you more than any bathroom scale - and what it revealed about "healthy" eating that a lifelong gym-goer never saw comingThe "cash flow for calories" system: how to find your maintenance calories with nothing but a morning weigh-inWhy hitting your protein number lets you still eat the Ben & Jerry's - and why that's less restrictive than any diet Jeff has tried 🔗 Mentioned in this episode: BodySpec (the DEXA scan company)Tracking apps: MyFitnessPal, MacroFactorTim Ferriss (where Jeff first read about DEXA scans) 📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? curiosityclasspod@gmail.com

  8. Aug 7

    You're Not Born Talented w/ Gilad Bogner (Ep #61)

    Gilad Bogner doesn't believe you are born talented. He thinks you are conditioned for it - and that the same thing that made him a musician could've made him a mathematician. Gilad ("Bogee") Bogner is an Austin based singer-songwriter releasing a two-part album this year and opening for UK artist MT Jones this fall - a guy who walked 20 minutes to school with an amp just to play through recess. What you'll take away: Why "you're not born with what you're good at" is a more hopeful idea than talent being genetic - and what that means for anything you wish you were better at.How knowing your purpose actually works day-to-day: not as motivation, but as a way to make the low points hurt less ("this is just another page in the autobiography").Why "what's my purpose?" is usually the wrong question - and the if-the-phone-burned-down test Gilad uses instead. 🔗 Links mentioned: Bogee on Instagram: @bogeemusicWebsite: bogeemusic.comBogee on: Spotify / Apple / YouTube  📬 Follow Curiosity Class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring? curiosityclasspod@gmail.com

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I'm Jeff, and Curiosity Class is pretty much what it sounds like - me getting way too into some topic and then trying to explain it so it actually clicks. One week it's money or real estate. The next it's mindfulness, or AI, or some book I won't shut up about. Sometimes it's just me thinking out loud for 20 minutes. Other times I drag on someone who actually knows what they're talking about and have them walk me through it. Simple, not easy. New episode every Friday.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Albaum
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    68
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jeff Albaum
  • Show Website
    Curiosity Class