Not Overthinking
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Not Overthinking
The weekly podcast about happiness, creativity, and the human condition. It's us, Ali and Taimur Abdaal, occasionally joined by guests, talking about things to help us think, do, and be better. Things like social interaction, lifestyle design, mental models... Things that are hard to examine, but i...
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Taimur Discovers the Value of History
This week, we dive into the world of history, why it matters, how it shapes our understanding of society, and why ignoring it can be a mistake. Taimur...
Dad Life + Healthy Habits
This week, we’re talking about the early stages of parenthood and all the chaos that comes with it. Taimur shares what it’s really like dealing with s...
Exploring the Meaning of Work
In this episode of Not Overthinking, Ali and Taimur sit down with Derek Sivers to explore the journey of entrepreneurship, the concept of 'enough', an...
The Motivation to Grind
In this episode of Not Overthinking, Ali and Taimur dive into motivation, ambition, and the search for meaning in work and life. They chat about balan...
Ali’s having a baby + Taimur sells his company
In this episode of Not Overthinking, we discuss our morning routines, the excitement surrounding new book releases, and significant life updates, incl...
Exclusive: Taimur Becomes a Father
In this episode of Not Overthinking, Taimur shares his recent experience of becoming a father, discussing the challenges and joys of the early days of...
Lost in Ideology with Prof. Jason Blakely - Not Overthinking 🎙️
In this episode of "Not Overthinking," Taimur and Professor Jason Blakely dive into what ideology means and why it’s a big part of modern life. They t...
Productivity Guilt and Hustle Culture - Not Overthinking
In this episode of "Not Overthinking," together with Mags, we explore the complexities of work-life balance, the pressures of productivity, and the cu...
Marriage, Burning Man and Life Updates
In this episode of "Not Overthinking," we cover a range of recent experiences and future plans. Ali talks about his recent marriage, honeymoon in Cost...
Slop for the Algorithm - a Walking Podcast
In this episode, Taim and I discuss health updates, workout plans, protein tracking, the impact of my book, creating original content, and the challen...
The Correct Way to be Human
In this episode, we explore the insights from a DEXA scan, the benefits of walking, and the development of VoicePal software. Ali talks about tweaking...
Decoding Political Science and Ideology with Jason Blakely
In this episode, we chat with Jason Blakely, an associate professor of political science, discussing a range of topics related to political science, i...
Navigating Work During Illness
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In this episode, Ali and Taimur delve into a range of personal and professional topics. Taimur shares his recent experience with...
Taimur's New Startup Idea
Summary
In this episode, Ali and Taimur catch up and discuss various topics. They introduce a calendar widget that allows users to provide feedb...
Catching Up and Talking Podcasts
In this episode, we talk about other podcasts and the future of the Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal podcast. Enjoy xx
Why did we stop posting?
In this episode, we talk about the last five-or-so months of not posting any podcast episodes. Enjoy xx
What does Taimur actually do?
In this episode, we catch up (and firmly put all the book highlight reading behind us). Merry Christmas! Enjoy xx
Why Love Hurts - Part 3
In this episode, we carry on our discussion of the book 'Why Love Hurts' once more. Enjoy xx
Why Love Hurts - Part 2
In this episode, we continue our discussion of the book “Why Love Hurts” by Eva Illouz. Enjoy xx
Why Love Hurts - An Introduction
In this episode, we discuss a few highlights from “Why Love Hurts” - a book which argues that our relationships go wrong due to 'institutional forces'...
What psyops are out there?
In this episode, we discuss pysops: are things like 'eight hours of sleep a night' really necessary, or are we just unfoundedly made to believe them?...
Catching Up on the FTX Crypto Drama
In this episode, we catch up on the past 6 weeks of our lives, discuss some calendar hacks and then break down our thoughts on the FTX crypto drama th...
Catching Up + Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
In this episode, we discuss what we've been up to since the last episode, and we also continue discussing the book we've been reading. Enjoy xx
Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
In this episode, after a bit of rambling about our lives, we discuss Carl Trueman's book "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self". Enjoy xx
Our Journey into Spirituality
In this episode, we discuss the spiritual journey that we're both dabbling with. Enjoy xx.
Should we Platform Controversial Guests?
In this episode, we ramble a bit about what’s going on in our lives, Ali’s recent discovery of Alan Watts, and the idea around whether or not we shou...
Taimur got Married: Life Update
In this episode, we discuss Taimur’s biggest life update in a long time. We explore the feelings behind being engaged vs being married, try to work ou...
When is enough, enough?
In this episode, we discuss the idea of ‘enough’ and where our drive for ‘numbers go up’ comes from. Enjoy xx
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The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
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How Our Lives Have Changed Through 3 Years of this Podcast
In this episode, we take a look back over the past 3 years of doing this podcast, and how our lives have changed since that fateful day in March 2019...
The Conversation that Changed Ali's Life (in theory)
In this episode, we discuss Ali's theoretically life-changing conversation with Will MacAskill, a professor of moral philosophy, about how to orient h...
Should we share our personal life on the podcast?
In this first episode of the new season of the podcast, we discuss the extent to which we should / want to be open about our personal lives on the pod...
Mind Viruses
In this episode, Taimur presents his new theory of Mind Viruses. We discuss the aetiology, pathophysiology and implications thereof. Enjoy xx
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The Pathless Path
In this episode, we discuss our friend Paul Millerd’s new book The Pathless Path, which is all about reimagining our relationship with Work and Career...
Pills & Paradigm Shifts
In this episode, we discuss the discourse around pills - Blue Pills, Red Pills, Black and White Pills - and share some of the ‘pills’ that we’ve taken...
Exploring Taimur's New Relationship
In this episode, we discuss Taimur's new relationship! If you've got any questions about it, please do leave a comment down below and we'll maybe disc...
Eye Surgery, Mind Chatter and Spirituality
In this episode, we do our usual life update (Taim’s just been to Turkey, Ali’s had Laser Eye Surgery), followed by a discussion of ego, which somehow...
Thriving in Life
In this episode, we discuss the various ways in which both our lives seem to be going swimmingly at this point, and then meander around various busine...
Trying to Understand Crypto
In this episode we go over our histories with crypto, how we understand it, plans for the future and a short overview of NFTs.
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