Mixed Mental Arts podcast

Mixed Mental Arts

As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves. The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.

As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves. The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.

 

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Ep 365 - Caroline Criado Perez

Bryan Callen and today's guest, Caroline Criado-Perez, have very different feeeeeeelings a... more

15 Jan 2020

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:39

15 Jan 2020


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Ep 364 - Mark Manson

When Mark Manson wrote "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck," he couldn't have anticipated... more

15 Dec 2019

49 MINS

49:52

15 Dec 2019


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Ep 363 - Cailin O'Connor

In an age of fake news and alternative facts, Cailin O'Connor's "The Misinformation Age: H... more

15 Nov 2019

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:07

15 Nov 2019


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Ep 362 - Jonathan Haidt

Although Bryan and Hunter talk about Jon Haidt all the time, this is actually only Jon's s... more

15 Oct 2019

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:58

15 Oct 2019


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Hiatus is Over!

While Bryan has been busy filming his new spinoff Schooled, Hunter has been working hard t... more

15 Oct 2019

00 MINS

00:58

15 Oct 2019


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Ep 361- Dan Siegel

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10 Dec 2018

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:34

10 Dec 2018


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Ep 360 - Tiger, Father of the Victorious: Nemr Abou Nassar

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07 Sep 2018

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:18

07 Sep 2018


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Ep 359 - El Profesor: Sebastian Edwards

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22 Aug 2018

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:01

22 Aug 2018


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Ep 358 - Reporting on Palestine: Wajahat Ali

Stay tuned until the end for some information on the re-renaming of the show to the Bryan ... more

30 Jul 2018

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:01

30 Jul 2018


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Ep 357 - Ancient Chinese Secrets: Edward Slingerland

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22 Jul 2018

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:31

22 Jul 2018


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Ep 356 - A Better Way To Help: Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo is from Zambia. She's studied the effect of foreign aid on the economies of d... more

24 Jun 2018

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:16

24 Jun 2018


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Ep 355 - Learning Through Adversity: Howard Bloom

Howard Bloom developed chronic fatigue syndrome in 1988. That didn't stop him from writing... more

18 Jun 2018

1 HR 58 MINS

1:58:45

18 Jun 2018


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Ep 354 - Talking Creativity and Corgis with Allen Gannett

Allen Gannett is the author of <a class="fl" href= "https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1C... more

11 Jun 2018

46 MINS

46:03

11 Jun 2018


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Ep 353 - A New Song and Dance: Ken Gordon and Adam Hansen

Adam Hansen and Ken Gordon are innovation guys. They also like to sing songs and enjoy the... more

04 Jun 2018

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:01

04 Jun 2018


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Ep 352 - Real Science, Bro: Dr. Layne Norton

Layne Norton is an expert in nutrition. He's also an elite powerlifter and a professional ... more

28 May 2018

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:13

28 May 2018


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Ep 351 - Found in Translation: Magdalena Edwards

Magdalena Edwards is Bryan Callen's neighbor. She's also a translator.  

21 May 2018

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:07

21 May 2018


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Ep 350 - Modern Maori: Te Miri Rangi

Te Miri Rangi is a Maori from New Zealand who instituted a program known as Whakapapa Frid... more

18 May 2018

47 MINS

47:48

18 May 2018


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Ep 349 - The Knowledge Frontier: Cesar Hidalgo

Cesar Hidalgo is the directer of the Collective Learning Group at the MIT media lab,. His ... more

14 May 2018

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:18

14 May 2018


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Ep 348 - Con Body: Coss Marte

Coss Marte did 4 years in state prison for drug trafficking. While in prison, he became in... more

09 May 2018

36 MINS

36:43

09 May 2018


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Idea Quickie 8: Way Back with Big Mike (Repost)

From June, 2014 Bryan and Big Mike talked about everything from the History of Western Phi... more

09 May 2018

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:19

09 May 2018


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Ep 346 - Getting to the Root of the Problem: Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is a law professor at Harvard, and a friend of the podcast. He ran for the... more

07 May 2018

42 MINS

42:35

07 May 2018


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Ep 345 - Eat the World: Bryan Edward Hill

Bryan Edward Hill is an entertainment industry consultant, author, screenwriter, musician,... more

04 May 2018

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:32

04 May 2018


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Ep 344 - Ride Hard: Kyle Thiermann

Kyle Thiermann, born 1990, is a professional surfer, podcaster, and filmmaker from Santa C... more

30 Apr 2018

59 MINS

59:06

30 Apr 2018


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Ep 343 - Own It: Aubrey Marcus

Aubrey Marcus is the purveyor of Onnit. He wrote a new book, Own the Day, Own Your Life: O... more

27 Apr 2018

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:35

27 Apr 2018


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Ep 342 - Balancing Wealth: Mark Blyth

Mark Blyth is a friend of the podcast and an economist at Brown University. Of note in thi... more

23 Apr 2018

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:26

23 Apr 2018


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Ep 341 - Negotiate: Former FBI Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner

Gary Noesner was a hostage negotiator. He was at Waco. His stories are great. In this epis... more

20 Apr 2018

58 MINS

58:16

20 Apr 2018


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Idea Quickie 7: Know Yourself, Train Yourself (Repost)

In this episode, Bryan and Hunter talk about Descartes Error and The Happiness Hypothesis.... more

18 Apr 2018

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:37

18 Apr 2018


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Ep 339 - Write With Your Body: Ed Solomon and Alex Kurtzman

Ed Solomon is a friend of the show and the writer behind Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventur... more

16 Apr 2018

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:03

16 Apr 2018