Shit You Don't Learn in School
Formal schooling does a terrible job of preparing you to thrive as an adult. The Shit You Don't Learn in School podcast exists to make up for this societal failure. In this show, Calvin Rosser and Steph Smith share stories, insights, and resources designed to help you improve the quality of your personal and professional life. If all works out, you'll be at least 1% better at navigating the waters.
Episodes
86 episodes
79. Running Toward a Healthier Life
Everybody warns you that your body slows down with age, but that deterioration so sneaky, we continue to convince ourselves that we’re doing just fine.At least, that’s what happened to Steph over the past decade, going from an athlete in...
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Season 6
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56:42
78. Navigating the Best Country in the World
In part 2 of our series in Japan, we dive into the how behind planning a trip there, from what is worth seeing, how to navigate the epic train system, their unintuitive review system, and more.After traveling to 40+ countries e...
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Season 6
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1:23:16
77. The Good, Bad, and Weird of Japan
We’re back with a whole new season. In our first episode back, we discuss everything from the wonderful to the wacky of Japan.You'll hear about an epic art island, specialty coffee and konbini (AKA convenience store food), 100+ year-old...
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Season 6
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1:17:26
76. The Half-Baked Business Idea Roast: Sensory Museums, Zyn Tins, Unrecordable Spaces, and Much More
This is the 10th episode back for SYDLIS, so if you want us to continue creating new episodes for the podcast, let us know by leaving a review at ratethispodcast.com/learn. In this ep...
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Season 5
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50:45
75. Identity: The Strongest Force in the World
There is something out there that can make one person more productive and kind, while another inharmonious -- even resentful. That thing is identity.And while we passively adopt parts of identity, we often forget that much of our identi...
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Season 5
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37:35
74. Opportunity is Everywhere: Using Twitter, Wikipedia, Patents, & Niche Databases to Discover Trends
The internet has a treasure trove of information that you can use to generate business ideas, spot trends, and understand what the future will look like before everyone else. But to benefit from the internet's wealth of knowledge, you need to l...
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54:55
73. Writing to Save Your Life
Writing is one of the most powerful tools on Earth. But few have mastered the craft.Perhaps because success in writing often actually veers you off course, leading you to a life of talking instead of living -- the very thing that drove ...
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Season 5
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1:02:54
72. Inside the Early Days of Digital Nomadism
Few waves have hit the world quite like remote work; a wave impacting billions of people overnight due to a worldwide pandemic.But in reality, this wave was brewing for decades and thousands of nomads had long been proving there was a d...
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Season 5
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57:04
71. The Most Influential Artist You've Never Heard Of
Few people inspire us more than Yayoi Kusama.Cal recently discovered this 94-year old's work while at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. Like many others, he was immediately gripped by her art – enough to be the only artist he looked up after hi...
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Season 5
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40:25
70. What Do You Want?!
Many people waddle through life without asking themselves a simple, but important question: What do I want? In this episode, Steph and Cal discuss how to figure out what you want and avoid some common traps that take you down unhel...
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Season 5
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33:37
69. Tipping Culture: Have We Gone Too Far?
Some people argue for tipping. Some people argue against. But the one thing that unites most people with an opinion on the topic is a lack of understanding of where the practice came from in the first place.In this episode, Cal and Step...
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Season 5
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59:55
68. The Cost of Excellence
The Master Somm test is widely recognized as one of, if not the hardest test in the world. Only 273 people have passed it since it was incepted in 1969, also making it one of the rarest distinctions out there (<0.00001% of the world!)
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Season 5
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59:07
67. The Long Road to San Fransisco
After years of being nomadic, we embarked on an experiment of living in Encinitas. That experiment lasted 3 years, but provided us with a clearer view of what we wanted next.But could we get past the multi-year stand-off around locati...
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Season 5
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59:28
66. The AI Debate: Where Do You Sit?
ChatGPT broke records in adoption, hitting 100m monthly active users in a matter of months... faster than any other web platform prior. Even faster than TikTok!But with fast adoption comes equally swift resistance, surfacing quest...
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Season 4
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1:01:06
65. Finding a Life Partner
One of the most important decisions in life is who you choose to spend your life with, yet it's also one of the hardest things to get right.Inspired by a recent conversation with a friend that may have unrealistic expectation...
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Season 4
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44:37
64. The Weight of Things – From Physical to Digital
Have you ever looked around your home and thought, "Where did all this stuff come from?!"Cal and Steph are currently going through this exercise, as they go through their first move in years.It turns out they're not alo...
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Season 4
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36:29
63. The Best Sh*t We Learned in 2022!
Each January, Steph and Cal sit down to reflect on the prior year and this one is no different. You'll find out their...Best New IdeaBest New Life HackBest New ExperienceBest/Worst PurchaseBest/Wo...
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Season 4
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1:00:55
62. Opportunity is Everywhere: Lupini Beans, Niche Sports, and More
A few weeks ago, Steph and Cal had a locksmith come in. It cost $185 and was shockingly quick... just 10 minutes! Little did they know it would also be the fodder for one of Steph's most popular
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Season 4
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41:57
61. Is Cheating Ever Okay?
There has been a wave of recent cheating scandals, from chess to poker to fishing. But cheating is not new, nor is it a rare occurrence. In fact, some articles sport stats like "75 to 98% of college students have cheated" or "over 46% of respon...
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Season 4
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44:18
60. Generative AI: The Next Big Thing?
For years, people thought that artificial intelligence would wipe out repetitive tasks, but leave the creatives untouched. But recent developments have left many people surprised and taken the creative world by storm. Tools like DA...
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Season 4
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1:06:24
59. Be a Magnet, Not a Jail
It's human nature to worry about the things that can go wrong.But often overlooked is the mentality of attraction instead of detraction, or in other words focusing on what you can bring to the table instead of what you can prevent from ...
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Season 4
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43:11
58. Money x Relationships
Money is a leading cause of problems in relationships. It’s not just not having money, it’s conflict around money, lack of alignment, and the downstream effects of that.Money is complicated because it’s influenced by your direct circumst...
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Season 4
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1:02:55
57. [Part 3] How to Get Married in 10 Days
In part 3 of our 3-part series, Steph and Cal discuss how they planned a wedding in 10 days, what they did (including traditions kept and scrapped), and the pros and cons of taking a less conventional approach to marriage.
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Season 4
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1:03:27
56. [Part 2] Love, Marriage, and Monogamy
In part 2 of this 3-part series, we decided to re-air part of our most popular episode, #35: Does Marriage, Retirement, or the 40-Hour Work Week Still Make Sense?In this segment, we share:How humans are actually not wired fo...
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Season 4
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35:43
55. [Part 1] The Narratives Behind Love with Amanda Natividad and Marissa Goldberg
In part 1 of our 3-part series, we're joined be Amanda Natividad and Marissa Goldberg – two friends of the podcast – to discuss the traditions that surround love.After getting engaged last year, Steph found herself in a pl...
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Season 4
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58:15