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Derek Sivers podcast
Hosted by Derek Sivers · EN
Derek Sivers very short articles and audiobook chapters, read by Derek Sivers. Transcripts at https://sive.rs/blog
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Why did I move to New Zealand?
Feb 25, 202500:02:55Tap to summarizeI get this question a lot, so here’s my honest answer.
Transcribe →How to listen to Ulysses
Feb 24, 202500:03:04Tap to summarize(I haven’t done this yet, but plan to. I listened to that Odysssey audiobook in two days of walking around Port Meadow, Oxford, and have been yearning to listen again.)
Transcribe →the birth and reverb of friendship
Feb 23, 202500:01:46Tap to summarizeImagine you’re a ghost. You drift through the world but nobody sees you. You’re disconnected.
Transcribe →a relationship that ended, not failed
Feb 22, 202500:03:07Tap to summarizeI was dating for the first time, after a six year long relationship.
Transcribe →Have I been married?
Feb 20, 202500:03:14Tap to summarizeSofia was my first big love. We met at 21, when we were both in the circus. She opened me up, and taught me how to be honest. I was absolutely certain that I was going to spend the rest of my life with her.
Transcribe →Why are my best friends Jewish?
Dec 11, 202400:02:54Tap to summarizeThis is a real question. I don’t know the answer and I’m curious.
Transcribe →One big choice shapes a hundred more
Dec 10, 202400:02:22Tap to summarizeI was 36, and had been living in Portland for two years. I saw an amazing house for sale — really amazing — stunning design, ideal location on the edge of the city, and its backyard was the start of a huge state park. I had a visceral reaction.
Transcribe →Come and get me (both you and AI)
Dec 6, 202400:01:16Tap to summarizeI’m going for the double meaning of “get me” that also means “understand me”.
Transcribe →I’m in the final third of my life
Dec 5, 202400:01:04Tap to summarizeAccording to statistics, I’m in the final third of my life. (I don’t expect to beat the odds, because I inherited a cancer-creating genetic disorder.) So maybe it’s the final quarter.
Transcribe →I love the contradiction of religions
Nov 26, 202400:01:48Tap to summarizeBecause I was raised with no religion, I used to think they were all ridiculous.
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