@erikthejones.bsky.social
I write about podcasts and I also like to make not very serious visuals. Newsletter: www.hurtyourbrain.com
I appreciate this unhinged podcast related auto complete my phone suggested
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Every so often my cat makes this weird expression that I think can only be described as his “bowser face.”
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Podcast humor in the wild
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Don’t be an RSSHOLE
Share good podcasts when you hear them
Check out the latest episode on ARANEOLOGY (spiders) here
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Drawn bar graph titled: Make friends with more spiders. 50k known spider species as one bar graph, and basically invisible bar graph showing number of spider species that could be harmful to humans is 50. Data from Ologies: ARANEOLOGY (spiders) with Marshal Hedin.
Listening to @ologies.bsky.social is always a delight.
Spiders have always had bad PR and it’s time to end this spider hate nonsense.
Some perspective I learned in the latest episode:
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New shirts available everywhere fake podcast merch is sold
14.05.2025 00:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Is everything a masterclass these days?
14.05.2025 00:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Making money as a creator online is a great side gig, says person who has side gig selling a course on being a creator.
01.04.2025 17:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Welcome back Severance
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Listen here: episodes.fm/832350989/ep...
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Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria is such a great science interview show. Love this skepticism definition from ep w/ Steve Novella.
“Being an expert in science doesn’t make you an automatic expert in bullshit. You need people who are both.”
A podcast called Unofficial Hype, where each episode is a different guest who has the mission to be the unofficial hype person for a hobby or interest.
Their job is to convince an apathetic listener to get into something through the sheer power of their enthusiasm.
Why care and where to start.
IT IS DECIDEDLY SO
Magic 8 Ball, will I find some good podcasts this year?
05.01.2025 22:10 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For more, I put together my favorite 19 quotes for a quick read:
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“Copying others is a good way to start. Copying yourself is a disappointing way to end.”
“If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself, your conclusions will not be predictable.”
“You can be whatever you want to be, so be the person who ends meetings early.”
“Don’t be the best, be the only.”
“To have a great trip, head toward an interest rather than to a place. Travel to passions rather than destinations.”
It’s a very short read and worth checking out I think:
“Excellent Advice For Living” by Kevin Kelly
It’s full of tweet length pithy advice. Some is just ok, but some are great that I still think about all the time.
Here are a few of my favorites:
The new year doesn’t really begin until I dutifully and single handedly finish this tin of three types of popcorn
04.01.2025 18:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of the biggest game changers for my creativity was very simple and very analog
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Drawing of gravestone that says: “learn more, available wherever you get your podcasts”
A True Crime
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I feel foolish for not doing this way sooner, but here’s a little tip for readers out there who like to highlight things but also like to read physical books.
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It feels good to consume things.
But when all I do is consume, I feel like something is missing.
My goal for 2025 is to sustain a healthy give and take between consuming and creating.
Books changed everything “For 99 percent of the tenure of humans on earth, nobody could read or write. The great invention had not yet been made. Except for firsthand experience, almost everything we knew was passed on by word of mouth. As in the children's game "Telephone," over tens and hundreds of generations, information would slowly be distorted and lost. Books changed all that. Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the point of view of others, and not just those in power; to contemplate-with the best teachers-the insights, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, drawn from the entire planet and from all of our history. They allow people long dead to talk inside our heads. Books can accompany us everywhere. Books are patient where we are slow to understand, allow us to go over the hard parts as many times as we wish, and are never critical of our lapses. Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.” Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World
The power of books
01.01.2025 18:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I sometimes think about what an awesome YouTube channel Carl Sagan would have if he had the chance.
31.12.2024 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m honestly impressed by people who can read a 20+ minute article on their phone.
Like I see a substack that looks interesting but is SO LONG and I say who has time for this, but then it has hundreds of comments.
Continued tradition of grabbing library books for each other as part of our gift giving.
A nice low pressure way to help each other discover something new.
This year received some damn good ones.
Putting the amount of podcasts (and our galaxy) in perspective:
If you take ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES and you send one ep to each star in our Milky Way, you would run out real fast.
In fact, close to 0% of stars would get ANYTHING.
So some say there are too many podcasts, but I say we need more!
I have a crazy prediction about podcasts in 2025:
There will continue to be more good shows than you possibly have time to listen to.
