The Aaron Olson Podcast

Aaron Olson
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Conversations about entrepreneurship, economics, stoicism, existentialism, health, nutrition, philosophy, and self-improvement.

  1. 12/10/2022

    A Celebration of the Life of Kevin Cooper aka Cole Summers

    Billy Cooper is the father of the late Kevin Cooper, aka Cole Summers. At 7 years old, Kevin started his own business, at 10 he remodeled his own house, and at 14, he wrote the inspiring book Don't Tell Me I Can't: An Ambitious Homeschoolers Journey with Billy Cooper. I asked Billy about Kevin's upbringing, his education, and fond memories. We get to celebrate the life and memory of Kevin.

    38 min

  2. 09/30/2022

    Joel Bein on Hacking Your Career

    Joel Bein, CEO of CareerHackers.com, is on a mission to help more people find a career that makes them come alive. He encourages us to follow our curiosity by learning-out-loud. Joel talks about his journey from music teacher to CEO of CareerHackers. He talks about the opportunities that can be found when you really go after something.  Links:  https://events.careerhackers.com/supercharger  https://careerhackers.com/   Chapters:  00:00:00 Joel Bein https://joelbein.com/  00:02:37 Follow your curiosity   00:05:30 Do work that makes you come alive   00:07:48 Supercharge your career https://events.careerhackers.com/supercharger  00:13:06 Learning UX/UI with no experience https://www.linkedin.com/posts/careercrash_uxdesign-userexperience-changingcareers-activity-6980451308713463808-VANL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

    20 min

  3. 09/03/2022

    Lizanne Falsetto on Entrepreneurship & Building a Health Food Empire

    Health food entrepreneur Lizanne Falsetto and I discuss how she built a health food empire that sold for 217 million and how she is now disrupting the dairy industry with betterland milk. We talk about how she pioneered the protein bar industry. We also talk about her latest venture - making milk without cows from fermented whey proteins. She shares what it takes to be an entrepreneur, how she became so damn smart (my words), and things you can do to improve your odds of success. Links: https://www.lizannefalsetto.com/ https://www.woobars.com/ https://www.betterlandmilk.com/

    24 min

  4. 07/14/2022

    Bryan Caplan on Thomas Szasz and The Myth of Mental Illness

    Bryan Caplan and I discuss the ideas of the iconoclast social critic and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Dr. Caplan won the Thomas Szasz award in 2005 for his paper, The Economics of Szasz: Preferences, Constraints, and Mental Illness. We have a wide-ranging conversation about Szasz, his ideas, and how to help ourselves and others when struggling with life. Dr. Caplan shares some of his personal experiences with depression during Covid and how he got out of it. Related Episodes Bryan Caplan on Parenting: https://youtu.be/JM0dGLRgko0 Anthony Stadlen on Szasz: https://youtu.be/wzVVLgpgLBA Jeffrey Schaler on Szasz: https://youtu.be/7wySu4S1w14 Christopher Lane on Shyness: https://youtu.be/GrV46aVkNvM Irvin Kirsch on Antidepressants: https://youtu.be/PtubmyA3BgU Related Videos John Nash on Schizophrenia: https://youtu.be/SizS1nOOeJg Take These Broken Wings (Documentary about Schizophrenia): https://youtu.be/EPfKc-TknWU Titicut Follies (Mistreatment of Involuntary Patients): https://youtu.be/e-wVwtN5f-U Crazywise Film: https://youtu.be/IXnmBIYaIZE Jim Van Os on Schizophrenia: https://youtu.be/sE3gxX5CiW0 Chapters: 00:00 Intro to Bryan Caplan https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan 00:35 Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids https://amzn.to/3NZcxQg 00:56 How did you discover Thomas Szasz? 01:33 The Untamed Tongue https://amzn.to/3NYtTwI 02:07 Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences https://amzn.to/3aAp3bn 02:34 Myth of Mental Illness https://amzn.to/3ANgIvp 02:57 Ceremonial Chemistry https://amzn.to/3P4IBU5 03:25 How long did it take you to understand Szasz? 06:13 What do you think most people misunderstood about Szasz? 08:14 Heavy drinkers respond to incentives https://wp.me/p8ReVr-1i5 10:55 How homosexuality got declassified as a disease 11:41 Transvestism 12:34 The Useful Lie https://wp.me/p8ReVr-1eT 12:56 Responsibility 14:34 Criticisms of Szasz 15:42 Szasz as a philosopher of mind https://wp.me/p8ReVr-rs 16:34 Scott Alexander https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/10/07/contra-caplan-on-mental-illness/ 17:53 Drapetomania https://g.co/kgs/5qVtCe 18:06 What was it like to meet Szasz? https://www.econlib.org/archives/2012/09/thomas_szasz_a.html 19:29 Suicide https://amzn.to/3RuQS5w 20:05 Why do you think Szasz wrote so much? 21:00 Did you get pushback when writing your paper on Szasz? 22:19 Shakespeare and Szasz 23:24 Has Szasz helped you in your personal life? 27:12 Brittany Spears 28:27 Addiction is a Choice https://wp.me/p8ReVr-9U 29:05 Karl Kraus https://wp.me/p8ReVr-1hz 29:51 Szasz's political beliefs 31:13 Suicide 32:29 Epicurus https://epicurus.net/en/menoeceus.html 32:54 Julian Simon https://amzn.to/3P4Kct3 35:17 Surround yourself with friends 36:11 How do you stay productive? 37:51 Lucretius http://classics.mit.edu/Carus/nature_things.html 39:01 How do you deal with depression during Covid? 41:16 Faith in Freedom https://amzn.to/3caLvIq 41:38 Free will https://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/freewill 43:38 Writing advice 44:45 The Baader Meinhof Complex https://youtu.be/2UPrDdb0r70 46:43 Economics of Szasz http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/pdfs/szasz.pdf 49:50 Rational vs. Irrational 52:53 Schizophrenia https://amzn.to/3AK5yb3 56:10 Biographies of schizophrenics https://amzn.to/3IBtJu0 59:15 Hearing voices https://youtu.be/sE3gxX5CiW0

    1 hr

  5. 03/26/2022

    Mark Eglinton on the Enigma of John McAfee

    Mark Eglinton talks with me about his adventures in writing, and his latest book on John McAfee's life called, No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes (https://amzn.to/35cIHr8). Chapters: 00:00:00 Mark Eglinton https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton 00:00:33 How did Mark become a writer?  00:01:30 From caddy to writer  00:05:30 Do the work, just do it  00:06:00 Where do you start?  00:08:20 How do you start?  00:09:20 Get some distance from your work  00:10:27 Writing is the sexiest job ever  00:12:00 How is the money in writing?  00:12:15 Make shit happen  00:13:10 How Mark started working with John McAfee  00:14:28 John McAfee is The Great White Whale  00:15:45 Was John telling the truth?  00:19:00 Working with John was like being in a James Bond movie  00:20:45 John's relationship with his kids  00:24:10 John's early life as a programmer  00:25:40 John's work for NASA  00:27:44 John applied math to relationships  00:29:00 Did John ever work hard?  00:29:34 John and methamphetamine  00:30:28 John didn't want a corporate life  00:31:40 John's outlandish spending  00:32:23 John McAfee and yoga  00:33:15 John's yoga books https://amzn.to/3wBV4Z1 00:34:50 Amanda Milius https://mobile.twitter.com/amandamilius 00:35:55 John McAfee weeps  00:37:27 John understood the human spirit  00:38:25 John leaves Belize  00:40:00 John marries Janice  00:41:00 John on the run in the US  00:41:40 Was John just paranoid?  00:42:18 Janice ties to poison John  00:43:10 John cancels the book project  00:46:30 Was John broke?  00:48:00 Canonic books on bitcoin  00:49:40 Books as NFTs  00:51:00 Will tech control us, or will we control tech?  00:52:00 Extras associated w/ the NFT  00:55:40 Canonic is seeing into the future  00:57:25 Steve Bannon  00:59:40 Mark on Twitter https://twitter.com/MarkEglinton 01:00:00 Mark on Twetch https://twetch.com/u/68864

    1h 1m

  6. 03/20/2022

    Low-Mileage Running: A Short Guide to Running Faster, Injury Free

    Low-Mileage Running is a short guide to running faster, injury free. It focuses on avoiding injury while optimizing your training. The book provides practical training advice, workouts, and sample training plans for the 5k to Marathon. Throughout this book, I share how you can maximize your training and reduce injuries while running fewer miles. By listening to your body and focusing on quality workouts tailored to your event, you can improve your performance and avoid injury. Download the free PDF book here: https://aaronolson.blog/books/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Opening Credits  00:00:11 Introduction  00:00:36 How I Got Started  00:02:17 A New Approach  00:05:12 Quality Workouts  00:06:25 Stress + Rest = Adaptation  00:07:42 Creating Quality Workouts  00:08:02 Time Trials  00:09:52 Race Time Predictor https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/a761681/rws-race-time-predictor/ 00:11:25 Intervals  00:12:56 Tracking workouts  00:13:54 Intensity  00:15:19 Training the Central Governor  00:16:53 Recovery  00:18:40 Training Guidelines  00:18:43 Economics of Running  00:19:46 Listen to Your Body  00:21:12 Adjusting on the Fly  00:21:33 Take a Holistic Approach  00:22:24 Follow the 80:20 Rule  00:23:15 Find the Minimum Effective Dose  00:24:15 Race Your Way Into Shape  00:25:46 Similar Workouts  00:26:19 Train Performance Not Physiology  00:27:13 Cross-training  00:27:50 Strength Training  00:28:19 Stretching  00:29:10 Sample Training Plans  00:29:51 Training Plans Guidelines http://aaronolson.blog/low-mileage-training-plans/ 00:30:29 5k Training Plan http://aaronolson.blog/low-mileage-training-plans/low-mileage-5k-training-plan/ 00:30:52 10k Training Plan http://aaronolson.blog/low-mileage-training-plans/low-mileage-10k-training-plan/ 00:31:16 Half-Marathon Training Plan http://aaronolson.blog/low-mileage-training-plans/low-mileage-half-marathon-training-plan/ 00:31:42 Marathon Training Plan http://aaronolson.blog/low-mileage-training-plans/low-mileage-marathon-training-plan/ 00:32:17 Jeff Ford Interview https://youtu.be/FG4dJmqPOQA 00:33:30 Conclusion  00:34:26 Closing Credits

    35 min

  7. 03/19/2022

    David Gornoski on Jesus Christ, René Girard and Scapegoating

    I talk with David Gornoski about René Girard's ideas on the role of scapegoating in society. David says that Jesus turned the traditional role of scapegoating on it's head. He maintains that Christ changed the course of society by destroying the pagan use of scapegoating. Chapters: 00:00:00 David Gornoski https://aneighborschoice.com/ 00:01:00 Jeff Diest https://mises.org/profile/jeff-deist 00:01:40 Science and U Show https://aneighborschoice.com/show/science-and-u/ 00:03:45 Things Hidden Podcast https://aneighborschoice.com/show/things-hidden/ 00:04:00 René Girard https://amzn.to/3MZYtqq 00:08:30 Scapegoating & The Science  00:11:00 Jesus Changed the role of Scapegoating  00:13:25 Mimetic desire  00:16:14 The left and mimetic desire  00:18:40 The traditional scapegoat  00:19:40 Jesus and the scapegoat  00:21:05 What's wrong with scapegoating?  00:23:18 Since Christ came, scapegoating no longer works  00:27:35 Marcionite Christian Church against COVID https://aaronolson.blog/2021/11/26/marcionite-christian-church-and-the-covid-scam/ 00:30:00 Christ inverts the scapegoating mechanism  00:34:00 Myth helps us contain violence  00:35:09 The Gospels reveal the disgusting sausage-making of scapegoating  00:37:00 The emphasis on the victim is a modern phenomenon  00:37:42 How does this affect an atheist's worldview?  00:40:27 How did Jesus save the world?  00:41:20 Jesus liberated us from the scapegoat mechanism  00:42:55 Belief vs practice  00:44:27 Big tech censorship  00:45:25 Dr. Lisanti, antibiotics and cancer https://aneighborschoice.com/michael-lisanti-interview-on-his-breakthrough-antibiotic-solution-for-cancer-metastasis-atp/ 00:49:00 Christianity is about an arch in history  00:50:00 Jesus and skepticism  00:53:42 Fleischmann–Pons Cold Fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion 00:56:00 Ancel Keys  00:57:33 CBC René Girard Documentary https://youtu.be/g8Y8dVVV4To

    59 min

  8. 03/16/2022

    Stanton Peele on Addiction

    I talk with Staton Peele about the nature of addiction. Peele believes that addiction is a life problem, not a brain disease. We talk about the ideas that he has been writing about for many years. Chapters: 00:00:00 Stanton Peele https://peele.net/ 00:02:43 Failure is redefined as success in addition science  00:05:05 Life Process Program https://lifeprocessprogram.com/ 00:07:33 Most rehab sets a person up for failure  00:09:01 A non-disease approach is more realistic  00:10:11 Harm reduction  00:10:49 The entire addiction field is built on b******t  00:11:55 What is addiction?  00:13:41 Opioid addiction  00:16:37 Mindfulness  00:17:11 Responsibility in addiction  00:19:19 What does a person gain from addiction?  00:21:57 Brain science BS in addiction  00:22:05 Life needs to come online with their values  00:24:20 Human motivation and experience help a person quit  00:26:23 Dealing with addiction as a disease makes it worse  00:28:52 Freud and secondary gain  00:31:14 My job is to open a window for a person  00:31:46 You have the power to improve yourself  00:31:48 Encouraging a person is the most essential ingredient  00:33:25 Labels hurt a person  00:36:21 Therapeutic State https://amzn.to/36n63KJ 00:36:31 Jeffrey Schaler https://youtu.be/7wySu4S1w14 00:37:20 Addiction that causes the most deaths  00:42:43 Addiction to alcohol  00:45:08 Living a good life prevents addiction  00:48:04 Labels can be crippling  00:48:57 Life Process Program https://lifeprocessprogram.com/ 00:49:23 Peele.net https://peele.net/ 00:49:37 Books by Stanton Peele https://amzn.to/3q5p7Va 00:52:35 Stanton's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lpp-podcast/id1494188367 00:53:03 Stanton's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYridYK8h1uXu0Gx0Kl2Og

    54 min
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Conversations about entrepreneurship, economics, stoicism, existentialism, health, nutrition, philosophy, and self-improvement.

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  • Creator
    Aaron Olson
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2022
  • Episodes
    134
  • Rating
    Explicit
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