Best No Hetero Podcasts (2024)

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S2E6: Above average mediocrity 18:07

1+ y ago18:07

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David Brooks calls it the “second mountain”, I call it “struggling with above average mediocrity in lieu of a mid-life crisis.” As my generation ages into their 30s and 40s, there’s a struggle — particularly among men — of how to deal with being “merely average”. I think it’s slightly worse recognizing you might be “slightly above average” in many …

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S2E5: No one tells you how to feel when you sell a business 27:50

1+ y ago27:50

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After dedicating nearly my entire career to the endeavor of growing a business and counting on the talents of so many people over the years, I sold a business in 2020. But no one ever tells you how you’re supposed to feel or what to do, look for, or figure out in the lead-up to that process. So much of selling a small business boils down to, “Well,…

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S2E4: Hetero-normative gift cards 26:23

1+ y ago26:23

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It’s an odd thing, telling people who you want to have sex with. But, we humans do that a lot.

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S2E3: I don’t remember what happened at the funeral 43:22

1+ y ago43:22

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There’s a lot that I remember about the day my mom suffered a seizure, including the weather. And the day she died, and what happened at strange intervening moments in between. But what I don’t remember is what happened at the funeral. It seemed like the most unimportant thing in the entire 732 day affair.…

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S2E2: The low down on Amtrak's real plans 14:54

1+ y ago14:54

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Episode 2 of this season’s podcast, wherein I remember the time I picked up a random man at Wal-Mart. He gave me the low-down on Amtrak’s real plans and vaguely remembered where his sister lived.

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S2E1: 21 things I learned teaching Photoshop last semester 34:42

1+ y ago34:42

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Welcome to Season 2 of my award-self-nominated podcast. This season is more personal stories and anecdotes. If you didn’t like last season, good news! It’s not about books. If you like books, bad news! It’s not about books this time around. To kick off this season of Justin’s Podcast, I’ve got a list of 21 things I learned while teaching Photoshop …

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Off Balance – Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth by Mathew Kelly (ep. 017) 31:54

2+ y ago31:54

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I like parts of this book and not others, but it’s probably the most “aggressive” of any book I’ve read on what it takes to achieve some kind of life satisfaction. But therein lies another rub, too, which is that there’s not a lot here about work-life balance and it’s mostly just about making the decisions to make big changes in your life. But ther…

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Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (ep. 016) 30:07

2+ y ago30:07

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This book is seemingly everywhere lately, or at least the author is. I listened to the audiobook version of “Stolen Focus” and found it holistic, compared to many other books on the same topic. Though there are some things in here—like treating Facebook as a public utility and all the regulatory trappings therein—downright absurd. If there’s a faul…

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“The Worst Hard Time” by Timothy Egan (ep. 015) 29:53

2+ y ago29:53

29:53

The Dust Bowl probably got a fleeting mention in your elementary education. I knew it as a time a bunch of dust blew around sandwiched between poodle skirts and Hitler. This book is a good way unwinding all that bunk in your head and understanding the people who lived in the Great Plains of Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Nebraska. A masterclass in …

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BE 2.0 by Jim Collins and Bill Lazier (ep. 014) 55:56

2+ y ago55:56

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A good book for individuals lacking guidance, clarity, or focus. And an even greater book for companies. But my attention here was paid solely to the parts applicable to average people who work day-to-day in jobs that may just be “jobs” and those that have some sense of meaning in their work, relationships, marriage, and lives. It sounds superfluou…

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Episode 1 - The Hot Mess Best Friend Quiz 46:35

5+ y ago46:35

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Welcome to No Hetero! Emma and Josiah pay a lightning round of "The Best Friend Quiz", a lack luster game of "Fuck, Marry, Kill", and have a post-dated discussion about the Tati Westbrook-James Charles-Jefree Star debacle. Creators Note: Thank you for listening! We hope our first episode was tolerable to listen to. We are eager to share our convers…