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You But Better

Alex Baia, Joseph Dailey

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You But Better is the #1 self-improvement podcast on the face of the planet. 10 billion downloads. 10 million lives changed. 10 thousand hi-fives from presidents, CEOs, and super-models. WARNING: This podcast may cause success, happiness, self-actualization, inspiration... and buying cool products! WARNING: This podcast will transform you into a BOSS! Featuring your hosts: Seph, the master of mindset. And Lex, the zen-philosopher of life hacking. Don't just be you. Be you but better.
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Building the Open Metaverse

Patrick Cozzi and Marc Petit

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The metaverse is an open and immersive network for gaming, social engagement, and enterprise collaboration, enabled by a breadth of technology that includes game engines, AR wearables, real-world scans, and VR. On Building the Open Metaverse, hosts Patrick Cozzi and Marc Petit invite a broad range of technical experts to share their insights on how the community is building the metaverse together.
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Inga Petryaevskaya, the visionary CEO and Founder of ShapesXR, joins the podcast to share her inspiring journey from her early career in machine learning at Siemens to leading a pioneering VR collaboration platform. With a deep-rooted passion for technology and innovation, Inga discusses how ShapesXR is revolutionizing the way we design and collabo…
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In this podcast episode, Neha Singh, Founder and CEO of Obsess.vr, delves into her journey and the innovative strides her company is making in the world of e-commerce. Singh, whose background uniquely blends computer science from MIT and fashion studies from FIT, has channeled her dual expertise into founding Obsess.vr. The platform transforms trad…
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Julie Lottering from Epic Games and Liz Dailey from CreateAccess delve into the expanding universe of 3D creation and its implications for various industries and education. Julie Lottering starts the conversation by discussing the remarkable growth of careers in 3D and real-time applications. She attributes this growth to the availability of free t…
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In this episode of "Building the Open Metaverse," hosts Marc Petit and Patrick Cozzi welcome Will Eastcott, the co-founder and CEO of PlayCanvas, a pioneering open-source game engine. Eastcott's journey in the gaming industry began in the 1980s when he was captivated by the 3D space trading game "Elite," which fueled his passion for computers and v…
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Joseph Kim, the CEO of Lila Games, takes listeners on a journey through his remarkable career in the gaming industry, spanning over two decades of experience at major companies and entrepreneurial ventures.Kim begins by sharing his background in electrical engineering and computer science, followed by his early forays into startups and management c…
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In this thought-provoking conversation, Virginie Maillard, Head of Global Research in Simulation and Digital Twin at Siemens Digital Industry, shares her insights on the industrial metaverse. She defines the industrial metaverse as a virtual space where users can interact with digital twins, enabling real-time collaboration and decision-making for …
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In this insightful conversation, Ashley Crowder, the co-founder and CEO of VNTANA, takes us on her entrepreneurial journey from quitting her engineering job to pioneering a company that is revolutionizing how enterprises leverage 3D and augmented reality. Ashley shares her passion for spatial computing and immersive technologies, which led her to c…
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In this captivating conversation, Alex Mahon, the trailblazing CEO who led the digital transformation of Channel 4 and previously of The Foundry, unveils her bold vision for the future of television. With a unique background spanning medical physics and television production, Mahon's journey has been marked by a passion for change and innovation.Ma…
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Marc & Patrick are back for a new season of Building The Open Metaverse. This season will be focused on topics like open standards, industrial metaverse, the web and many other.Have any comments or questions? Email the show Feedback@Buildingtheopenmetaverse.org Want more information? Visit our website www.buildingtheopenmetaverse.org And make sure …
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On today's Inner Views episode, Seph and Lex sit down with none other than Crispin Jorgensen, author and radical lifestyle design guru famous for pioneering “Sticker Therapy!” Crispin is known for helping everyone from world leaders to Midwestern single moms find their joy by sticking stickers. Crispin is also the New York Times best-selling author…
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Better Yous, today we have a special treat for you! Our friends Brian and Julian are consummate podcasters and comedians who have themselves a Cuban Cousin Kiki every week. Their podcast is called "Guantanamo Baes." We are featuring one of their hilarious episodes for you called '#NotAllPriests' Can Cuba's crackdown on public dissent give us a fun …
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Timothy Bates provides his perspectives on key 2023 technology topics based on decades of industry experience. On AI, Bates notes the industry's transition towards human-centric models tailored for specific use cases versus generalized models, citing issues with bias. He contrasts corporate, group-specific, and individual models optimized for diffe…
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Today’s Inner Views guest is the most distinguished influencer of our time or any time! He goes under many names: Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa. Today on You But Better we are talking with Santa Claus! Santa is over 2,000 years old. Originally from the region of Lycia in the Roman Empire, Saint Nick has…
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Get ready to experience some of the very best self-improvement advice from our guests in 2023, presented in rapid-fire style! This is YBB 2023 Wrapped Part 2 (of 2). Featuring these incredible guests from 2023... Emma, "Love Tips From The Advice Columnist Who Channels Jane Austen" Monica Guzman, "Mónica Guzmán on Becoming a Curiosity Crusader" Welm…
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In this thought-provoking episode, acclaimed industrial designer Anne Asensio shares valuable perspectives from her pioneering career spanning automotive giants Renault and General Motors, to her current leadership role as Vice President of Design Experience at Dassault Systèmes. The discussion opens with Asensio recounting her early fascination wi…
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Friends and Better Yous, the year is coming to a close! 2023 has been an INCREDIBLE year in the BetterYouniverse. Not only did we achieve billions more downloads, we also secured many additional lucrative sponsorships that made us richer, money-wise! But this episode is not about that. YBB 2023 Wrapped is all about thanking our MIND-BLOWING Inner V…
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What's the best time of day to ground yourself and start hustlin'? If you said 'the morning', we love where your head is at! In today's 5 Minutes of Genius mini-episode, Seph encourages Lex to lead one of his famous "improvised meditations." This 5 Minutes of Genius meditation is PERFECT for injecting your entire day with incredible energy! Get rea…
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Aras Pranckevičius reminisces about his formative years at Unity, detailing the transition from a Mac-only platform to a gaming revolution with the advent of the iPhone. He critiques Unity's package management and advocates for keeping core functionality within the main codebase. Aras favors text-based programming languages, given their clarity com…
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In today's Inner Views episode, we’re talking to a world-renowned genius who will help you understand when to move, why to move, where to move, and how to move. Gemma Von Biltmore is the world’s number-one influencer on moving. Gemma has been called “The Martha Stewart of Moving,” “The Carnation of Relocation,” and “The Migration Counselor to the S…
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In this episode of the "Building the Open Metaverse" podcast, guest Yonathan shares his journey to becoming a pioneer in the metaverse through platforms like Roblox. He discusses how young people today are "metaverse native," immersed in virtual worlds and using avatars to socialize. His company, Super Social, builds virtual experiences for brands …
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Today's Inner Views episode will teach you how to understand and harness the energetic frequencies of Hollywood, Reality TV, Crystals, and Aliens... These topics are SO important!! Today we interview Rob Schulte, a California-based producer, podcaster, and media genius. Rob has produced multiple podcasts for Team Coco, including the podcasts Litera…
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This episode features Tino Millar, CEO of Move AI, a company aiming to make 3D animation more accessible. Millar outlines his background, including PhD research in material science and sports injuries, which sparked his interest in digitizing human motion. He explains Move AI’s markerless mocap technology, which uses AI and computer vision to turn …
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In this episode of the Building the Open Metaverse podcast, Ken Russell and Corentin Wallez from the Google Chrome graphics team discuss using web browsers and technologies like WebGPU, WebGL, and WebAssembly to build an open and accessible metaverse. They explain how new browser capabilities like WebGPU's compute shaders and multi-threading suppor…
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Welcome to a special Halloween episode of You But Better! Today we have a spooky Halloween tale for you. This story is called... The Nachos Story This story was submitted by one of our Better Yous. It could be a story from our audio guy, Duane, or maybe not. It honestly could be from anyone. This story will show you how to face a terrifying and imp…
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In this episode of Building the Open Metaverse, hosts Patrick Cozzi and Marc Petit discuss artificial intelligence ethics, safety, and governance with attorney Liz Rothman. Rothman provides an overview of the key issues being debated regarding responsible AI development and use. She explains that conversations are focused on three main areas - algo…
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Today's incredible Inner View will teach you how to thrive with the power of bass guitar! Byron Edelman is one of the most accomplished and influential living bass guitarists. Byron has performed bass with everyone from Primus to Stevie Wonder to Lana Del Ray. Byron is also a massive fan of self-help and an accomplished author, with multiple New Yo…
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In this episode of the Building the Open Metaverse podcast, hosts Marc Petit and Patrick Cozzi are joined by computer graphics legend Jim Blinn. Blinn recounts his pioneering work in CG, from developing bump mapping while a PhD student at University of Utah in the 1970s to producing animations for the Voyager spacecraft's flybys of Jupiter and Satu…
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Today's Inner View is a stone-cold CLASSIC episode from the YBB archive!! We are resurrecting this episode because it is one of our most listened to and beloved by our Better Yous. JT Walker is America’s number-one expert on the power of walking and one of the most accomplished walkers the world has ever seen. JT has won over 200 walking competitio…
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Bilawal Sidhu joins the podcast to discuss his background in emerging tech and experiences working at Google. Sidhu became interested in mixed realities at a young age when he saw visual effects being used to blend the physical and digital worlds in movies. This inspired him to learn 3D animation and visual effects software. Later, Sidhu studied co…
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Better Yous, Seph and Lex are out today! They're speaking at a mastermind summit on how to sell online courses about how to sell online courses. Today, You But Better's audio engineer, Duane, is taking over the pod!! One of the biggest problems in society is that people can’t chill. It's probably holding YOU back. But through Duane's epic success a…
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In this episode, Hugo Swart from Qualcomm Technologies joins hosts Marc Petit and Patrick Cozzi to discuss Qualcomm's work in XR and the metaverse. Hugo shares his career journey, starting in wireless technology in the early 2000s during the transition from desktop to mobile computing. He helped develop some of the first standalone VR headsets in 2…
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Better Yous, today's Inner View is going to teach you so much about how to be a multi-talented, prolific creator! Today, Seph and Lex sit down with Chad Kultgen. Chad Kultgen is a screenwriter, a novelist, a musician, an impressionist, a squirrel photographer, and most importantly, one of the most prolific podcasters on the planet. Since writing Th…
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Pixar CTO Steve May has spent 25 years in animation and visual effects, pioneering tools behind classics like Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, and Cars. In the 1990s, Pixar faced fundamental challenges in making 90-minute animated films. May helped develop new techniques like animated fur and realistic water. The pace of innovation was intense with uns…
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Peri Wrinkle is the world’s #1 self-made billionaire turned biohacker and anti-aging expert. Peri is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller, Ageless Alchemy: How to Reverse Aging and Biohack Your Way to Immortality. He has racked up millions of followers on his Instagram and YouTube channels where he shares tips on everything from how …
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Better Yous, today we have a very special episode for you! We previously interviewed comedy writing legend Mike Sacks, "Mike Sacks: Lover of Women, Fighter of Truckers, Underground Comedy Legend" That Inner View was so popular and created so many questions from you, our listeners, that we've decided to feature an episode of Mike Sacks' own podcast,…
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In this episode, Seph and Lex rank the top 5 best live self-improvement events in the world! Remember, if you want to take your self-actualization to the maximum elevation, you must listen to podcasts... especially this one! BUT! If you want to blast off into space and become a cosmic being, you must attend live self-improvement events. There's sim…
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In this moving and frightening Inner Views episode, Seph and Lex talk to author and activist Cameron Trundle. Cameron is a crusader for truth and justice. She reminds us that self-help and energy work can be dangerous. It can make us pay the ultimate price. Cameron wrote and self-published the excellent and spine-chilling book, "You Are Not Firepro…
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You can go further. You can push yourself, geographically and spiritually. And you can do this all while avoiding bird attacks. Why not learn from someone who has walked the walk and traveled on the airplanes and boats of truth? On today's Inner Views, Seph and Lex learn from a storied voyager: Bethany Platanella. Bethany Platanella is a travel wri…
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You ask, we answer! In this incredible Mailbag episode of You But Better, Seph and Lex answer some excellent questions from our BetterYous. Including: "Should I quit my job as a nurse to launch my soup business?" "If Pet Smart limits the number of parrots I can buy, how will that affect my ability to do The Comfort Cleanse?" "How should I write a b…
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America is divided! Us vs. Them. The good guys vs. the bad guys. Better Yous vs. Shet Heads. (You'll soon learn what that last one means.) The solution might just be curiosity! In this stunning Inner Views episode, Seph and Lex learn from author, speaker, uniter, and curiosity crusader Mónica Guzmán. Mónica Guzmán is the author of I Never Thought O…
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On today's important Inner Views episode, Seph and Lex sit down with philosopher and ethicist Reid Blackman. Reid Blackman is an AI ethics consultant and the author of the book “Ethical Machines,” which teaches us how to use Artificial intelligence for good... or at least how to NOT use it for evil. Reid is also the founder and CEO of Virtue, a dig…
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Everyone talks about the five love languages, but that is only half the story, friends! To truly become a Better You, you must love yourself. In today’s 5 Minutes of Genius, we’re going to teach you how to do just that. You But Better presents... The Five Self-Love Languages! FOLLOW ALONG... and become self-actualized! Follow on Instagram @BetterYo…
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Georgia Games and Bruce Platt created the life-changing relationship management system, Board Game Therapy. Their co-authored book “The Game Of Love” was an instant New York Times Best Seller. In “The Game of Love,” Georgia and Bruce take all your beloved, well-known board games and turn them into unique and effective ways to keep your relationship…
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Welcome to a YBB BEST OF episode that's all about relationships! In this special episode, Seph and Lex highlight some of the most brilliant and fantastic relationship wisdom you'll ever hear anywhere. The episode also includes a sneak peek of next week's episode about the Game of Love! You can also listen to the full episodes excerpted here: - Love…
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In today's 5 Minutes of Genius, Seph and Lex confront the virus that has been sweeping the land: Quiet Quitting! Learn why Quiet Quitting is literally the worst thing a human being could do and what to do instead... HINT: It's called Loud Launching! FOLLOW ALONG... and become self-actualized! Follow on Instagram @BetterYouniverse Follow on YouTube …
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David Gonzalez is the most connected man in marketing. David is most famous for being the founder of the Internet Marketing Party, a monthly gathering of brilliant marketers and Internet entrepreneurs who coalesce to share ideas and make new connections. David started The Internet Marketing Party in Austin, TX in 2008 and it’s been held monthly eve…
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Bunny Barnes is the New York Times best-selling author of This Is Gonna Hurt a Little: How to Become Your Strongest Self by Stripping Your Life of All Material and Emotional Comforts. Bunny is also a famous ex-socialite and social media personality. She rose to fame in NYC as the party girl who would do anything for a dare, and she built over 3 mil…
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Last week we dropped the most profound, healing, life-changing episode of You But Better yet: The Gift of Silence If you haven't listened, please go back and listen 10 to 20 times. Last week's episode caused such an incredible outpouring of thousands of comments, Instagram DMs, and voice messages from you, our Better Yous. Today, Seph and Lex are g…
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There is a gift that’s worth more than money... There is a sound that is more profound than any you’ve ever heard... There is a stillness that speaks more eloquently than Shakespeare... In today’s 5 Minutes of Genius, Seph and Lex give you a gift that is greater than any we’ve ever given you... Presenting... The Gift of Silence! FOLLOW ALONG... and…
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In today's extraordinary episode, Seph and Lex are not only interviewing the founder of the world's #1 darkness retreat but Seph and Lex are actually GOING on a 7-day darkness retreat!! Freak yeah! Get ready to hear both the before AND after: First, a preparation interview with Welmer Enquiry, the founder and CEO of PeaceWithin Darkness Retreats, t…
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