The Personal Archive of Matt Zeigler. Conversation-starters complete thoughts, and reflections shaping a life, relationships, and career(s). Quick-to-read and reference. *Served daily, since 2017*
Brendan Frazier’s podcast, The Human Side of Money, recently hit its 100th episode. Clap with me. Maybe tell him we’re clapping for him too - this is a serious accomplishment. While it’s mostly focused on people in the financial advising industry, his human-centric focus makes it much more broadly accessible. And anybody who does something … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Brendan Frazier’s 100th Episode
You might not be reading this on 11/11/23, but this video/podcast says life is as easy as 111123. The heavy finger or stutter on the 1’s is real. You want it to go 123. But starting is hard. 111123 feels way more accurate. Justin Castelli kicked off a series of live talks (out in Indiana) … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Justin Castelli On Living Your Life
When Kenny Beats explains how he mailed cassettes and headphones, with no labels, notes, or explanations, to a bunch of his favorite music people… wild. All he wanted was them to hear it. He had to make the packaging so curious somebody would press play. And it worked. Guy could have had a marketing career … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Kenny Beats And Rick Rubin (Again!)
As my friend Rusty Guinn keeps saying, “I don’t know.” More personally - I don’t know how to read the news about this, I don’t know how to think about all of the history of this. I don’t know how I personally feel about any of this EXCEPT for I knowing I hate it. Peter … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: The Human Side Of The Israel/Palestine Conflict (Via Derek Thompson and Peter Beinart)
Come for the conversation about finding yourself in the pressure of success, but stay for the snack discovery at the end. Maren Morris is a role model. More riffing on “their labels are not your identity” in yesterday’s post. You can get even more non-musical but still on topic takes in this episode of Breaking … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Maren Morris Breaks Away From Country
Julie Fredrickson at Chaotic Capital has this thing about how adaptability is more important than predictions. I’ve been following along with/reading her stuff for a few years now, but that idea and how it shows up everywhere is so powerful. When James O'Shaughnessy practically leads off the conversation with the question (well, after comparing hippies … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Julie Fredrickson on Infinite Loops
Tom Morgan is one of my favorite financial professionals for this reason: he’s curious. Not just about the standard financial person curiosity, but everything - from literature, to Jungian analysis, to spiritual energy. And not in any too woo-woo ways that make me blush (or “clutch my pearls”), but in the way that makes me … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Tom Morgan On Curiosity Calling
Maria Bamford’s You Are A Comedy Special was my top non-business business book of 2020. Her new book, Sure I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere is out now so she’s doing some book promo spots. Her interview on Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend didn’t disappoint. This … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Maria Bamford Is Back (New Book + Conan)
David Senra made an Invest Like The Best appearance discussing what he’s learned doing Founders, particularly over the past year (since that’s when most of us discovered him, courtesy of Patrick O’Shaughnessy anyway). Here’s 5 favorite highlights from my notes - and man, Senra is such a force of nature, I could write a post … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: David Senra In Service Of Founders
Questlove has said for a while how Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend may have saved his life during the pandemic. Not only do I find that relatable, but seeing as Quest and Conan both factored heavily into my pandemic and post-pandemic not dying experience, I was so excited when this crossover episode appeared in my … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Questlove On Conan