Rejection. We all hate it. We all face it. So this week Simon brings a tough one to the table: how do we actually get better at dealing with it? We’re joined by the fantastic actor Kathleen Munroe, to break down how to deal with “no” better. From auditions to everyday life, we unpack what rejection really is, the ingredients that make someone resilient, and practical techniques to reframe it from personal failure to simple mismatch. We even brainstorm product ideas to help destigmatize rejection in public. It’s deep, honest, and surprisingly fun. Check it out!

In a world where we scroll more than we sit, skim more than we study, and get our information in 30-second bursts, reading books feels…harder than it used to. So in this episode Jesse asks how we get people to read more books and whats stopping us? Sure, the obvious culprits are there. Endless notifications. Streaming everything. Social feeds engineered to hijack our attention. But the conversation doesn’t stop at “phones bad, books good.” The gang goes deeper on what reading actually does for us, how it shapes empathy, sharpens thinking, expands imagination, and forces a kind of mental endurance that’s getting rarer by the day. Check it out!

There was a study where people would rather shock themselves than sit alone with their own thoughts. Not a metaphor. Actually shock themselves. And yet doing absolutely nothing has massive benefits for our brains, from creativity to emotional regulation to long-term mental health. So what gives? In this episode Simon brings Jesse and Romain a deceptively simple challenge: how do we help people do more nothing? In a culture built on distraction, productivity hacks and infinite scroll, “doing nothing” might be the hardest sell of all. The gang digs into distraction culture, the fear of boredom, the business of attention and whether the only way to market nothing…is to show the results of it. It’s quiet. It’s uncomfortable. It’s kind of a big one. Check it out.