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Watson-Howland

Watson-Howland

Written by: Jacob J. Watson-Howland
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Understand yourself and the world better with Jacob J. Watson-Howland, Europe’s fastest-growing U21 podcaster & award-winning BBC-featured photographer. Crowned one of Spotify’s most popular & most shared new shows, ahead of 93% of podcasts in 2025. Featuring deep-dive conversations on psychology, philosophy, self-improvement, history, entrepreneurship & AI with guests like Evan Carmichael (4.4M+ YouTuber), Jim Cantrell (SpaceX Co-founder), Lord Matt Ridley, Tyler Cowen & 100+ more.

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In 2 months, I went from 0 to 3.0M+ views & dream guests in my bedroom at 20.

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  • #66: Entrepreneur Who Hit Zero Twice Exposes What Nobody Tells You About Going Broke - Kevin Fedor
    Jan 23 2026

    I hit zero twice as an entrepreneur. The second time hurt worse than the first. Here's what nobody warned me about going broke in business.”

    Kevin Fedor hit zero twice as an entrepreneur and lived to expose the unsexy truth about going broke in business that success stories conveniently skip. As a marketing expert who rebuilt from nothing multiple times, Kevin reveals why entrepreneurship's dark side isn't about glory, it's about surviving months at zero with nobody watching. Subscribe to hear the raw reality of entrepreneurship from someone who's been broke twice and came back stronger.

    You’ll learn:

    -Why hitting zero twice as an entrepreneur is more common than you think and what it teaches you about resilience

    -The unsexy daily reality of entrepreneurship that looks identical to a 9-5 job but with zero safety net

    -How to build your own light when entrepreneurship leaves you running in complete darkness

    -Why autonomy matters more than money when choosing entrepreneurship over traditional careers

    -The self-awareness test every aspiring entrepreneur must pass before quitting their job

    -How to optimize for your North Star instead of chasing someone else's definition of success

    -What really happens when you go months at zero income as a business owner

    -Why future-proofing your lifestyle goals should drive your entrepreneurial decisions today

    Have you ever experienced hitting zero in your entrepreneurial journey, or are you afraid of it happening? Share your story or biggest fear about going broke in business below.

    00:00 The Journey Begins: Early Entrepreneurial Influences

    00:33 First Internship: Planting the Seed of Entrepreneurship

    01:54 The Birth of a Sports Podcast

    04:30 Building Follow Spike: The Early Struggles

    06:21 The Long Road to the First Dollar

    07:46 The Importance of Consistency and Inputs

    15:34 Finding Value Beyond Financial Success

    22:12 Discovering Your North Star

    32:38 The Value of Passion and Validation

    32:52 Is University Necessary for Success?

    33:32 Challenging Traditional Education

    37:14 The Reality of Entrepreneurship

    39:30 The Importance of Self-Awareness

    44:14 Balancing Career and Personal Goals

    52:44 The Unseen Side of Entrepreneurship

    56:44 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

    01:00:24 Final Thoughts and Future Plans

    BEST QUOTES

    “Somebody just quit”

    "You're basically running in the dark not knowing if there's gonna be light eventually. That's entrepreneurship."

    "I had the whole 'somebody just quit' mentality and spent months at zero. It happens."

    "If you can build your own light, you already win."

    "You're doing the right thing. Just keep doing it. You're in a room of one and that's okay."

    #EntrepreneurshipReality #GoingBroke #StartupFailure

    Kevin’s Work

    Connect with Kevin Fedor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-fedor/

    Jacob’s Work

    Podcast blueprint (Skool): https://www.skool.com/remote-pro-podcast-blueprint-8385

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    58 mins
  • #65: Norman Ohler: Hitler’s Meth Blitzkrieg: The Nazi Secret WW2 Historians Ignore
    Jan 19 2026

    Nazi drug use wasn’t just “a detail”. It shaped Blitzkrieg speed, soldier psychology, Hitler’s inner circle and the Führer himself.

    Nazi drug use shaped WWII in ways most people still don’t realize, and Norman Ohler, bestselling author of Blitzed and Tripped, joins me to expose how Pervitin, opioids, and ideology collided inside the Third Reich to create a regime, strategy (Blitzkrieg) and war never seen before in history.

    What part of Nazi drug use do you think most changes how people understand WWII? Pervitin on the front lines, or Hitler’s dependency behind closed doors?

    You’ll learn:

    -How Pervitin (methamphetamine) went from legal pharmacy product to a wartime performance tool. -Why “mainstream” WWII history often sidelined drugs as a serious factor in power, strategy, and behavior. -The story behind Germany’s stimulant pipeline and why sleep was framed as “the number one enemy of a soldier.” -What “35 million dosages” tells us about scale, normalization, and the machinery of war. -How Pervitin changed fear, motivation, empathy, and decision-making for soldiers in combat.

    -Hitler’s medical descent with Dr. Morell: from “vitamins” to opioids, and later even cocaine as a legal product at the time. -The darker edge: drug testing and experimentation connected to concentration camps, including “truth drug” research. -A wider drug lens: psychedelics’ historical role, why the Nazi era “was not really a psychedelic time,” and what Ohler is exploring now. 00:00 Unveiling the Hidden Drug Secrets of WWII

    01:01 Inspiration Behind the Book

    03:20 The Rise of Pervitin in Nazi Germany

    06:39 Methamphetamine's Role in the Blitzkrieg

    08:30 The Ethical Dilemma of Drug Use in War

    10:01 The Impact of Meth on Soldiers

    24:51 Hitler's Descent into Drug Dependency

    31:01 The Nazis and Psychedelics

    32:36 Psychedelics in WWII: Limited Use and Rediscovery

    34:10 Nazi Experiments: Miracle Drugs and Submarine Missions

    37:16 Concentration Camp Atrocities: Beyond Drugs

    38:55 Human Nature and Atrocities: A Broader Perspective

    43:09 Psychedelics and Egalitarian Societies in History

    52:22 Iboga: The Potent African Plant

    55:08 Advice on Psychedelics and Personal Reflections

    57:38 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

    Norman Ohler – Stone(d) Sapiens Substack:

    https://stonedsapiens.substack.com

    The Norman Ohler Dopecast & Substack

    https://stonedsapiens.substack.com/podcast

    Blitzed (Penguin UK):

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/294543/blitzed-by-ohler-norman/9780141983165

    Tripped (Atlantic Books UK):

    https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/tripped/

    Jacob’s Work

    Podcast blueprint (Skool): https://www.skool.com/remote-pro-podcast-blueprint-8385 Website: https://www.jacobjwatsonhowland.com

    Team

    Chief Editor: Chloe Breheret

    Chief Automation Officer: Jack McDuff

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    1 hr
  • #64: Sting's Story: Why He Left The Police at Their Peak (Full Biography)
    Jan 16 2026

    Sting & The Police went from playing to 6 people on his first American performance (broke, on welfare, with a wife and baby) to selling out stadiums with The Police and selling 100 million records worldwide. This deep dive into Sting's biography reveals the brutal years of rejection between obscurity and stardom that nobody talks about, decoded from his memoir Broken Music.

    Subscribe for more breakdowns on how icons escape their limitations and build legendary careers.

    Expect to learn:

    -How Sting escaped a working-class trap in Newcastle and broke the cycle of generational regret

    -Why obsession and volume beat talent alone: the forensic practice method Sting used to decode Beatles songs

    -The truth about overnight success: the humiliating rejections and 10+ years of grinding before The Police broke through

    -How Roxanne became a classic after almost being rejected by the band's manager

    -Why Sting left The Police at their peak and what drove his need to keep escaping

    -The father-wound pattern that fuels most male outliers: and how Sting channeled it into 100 million+ records sold

    -What separates artists who quit from those who make it: Sting's "don't stop" mentality through welfare, empty clubs, and doubt

    -The escape code Sting discovered: how your obsession is data telling you how to get out

    00:00 The Humble Beginnings of Sting

    01:28 The Trap and the Escape Code

    02:25 The Drive to Prove Himself

    03:22 The Obsession with Music

    05:01 The Grind and Humiliation

    07:57 The Turning Point: Meeting Stewart Copeland

    08:48 Roxanne and the Breakthrough

    10:32 The Rise and Fall of The Police

    11:07 Lessons from Sting's Journey

    12:22 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

    Sting's Memoir Broken Music (Amazon): https://amzn.to/3Nnc4g7

    What's YOUR "this is how you escape" moment? What obsession keeps pulling you back even when it doesn't make logical sense? Drop your escape code in the comments. I’m rooting for you. 👇

    Best Bits:

    "There's something in the driven and compulsive nature of this obsession that's unusual, something in the unconscious saying, this is how you escape. This is how you escape. his how you escape.”

    "I will travel the world, be the head of a large family. I'll own a big house in the country. I will be wealthy and I will be famous." [He achieved all of them]

    "We'll play with equal passion to six people or 600. Driving ourselves thousands of sleepless miles, loading and unloading our gear...we were the dogs of war and nothing could stop us."

    "In my quest to become unique, I have become a statistic."

    "Success and failure are on the same road. You just have to keep going.”

    "It's just that nothing else I ever did was going to work. I was merely treading water."

    #Sting #ThePolice #MusicBiography

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    13 mins
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