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Episode 218: The Tigers in Your Kitchen

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2015

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Fear, Anxiety, and Existential Whack-A-Mole

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about Color Guard, the science of binge watching, and the uncertain future of podcasts.

But, mainly, they talk a lot about fear and anxiety. Deep dive here. How are fear and anxiety different? What's a habitual thought feel like? And, what are some little ways to start gently climbing out?

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:01.0

Hi.

0:02.0

I threw my hands up in the air sometimes.

0:06.0

That's a good song.

0:07.0

That's a good song.

0:08.0

Got a nice go.

0:09.0

Huh?

0:10.0

That's a good song.

0:12.0

I am cursed.

0:14.0

Do you want to hear my new curse?

0:17.0

Yeah.

0:18.0

A mutual friend of ours who is somewhat surprisingly kind of an expert on mashups.

0:23.6

He decided he's going to get me going on mashups.

0:25.6

Okay.

0:26.6

So John Sturkey used to send me a whole bunch of mashups.

0:28.9

And they're all really, really good.

0:30.3

But have you heard Dynamite with under pressure by Queen?

0:35.0

No, I have not heard that.

0:36.8

All right.

0:37.8

Well, we'll save it for the after dark.

0:38.8

But it's, uh, I literally wake up not even in the morning.

0:43.4

I wake up in the middle of the night sometimes racked with fear and anxiety.

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