My First Million with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri

No Harm In Asking

05/18/22

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19m

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Listening to the MFM guys is like sitting down with your sharpest, most inquisitive, most successful friend at the local bar and having a beer while talking about how to make it in life. And there’s two of them! What could be better?

My First Million is one of the top ranked business podcasts in the world. Each week Sam and Shawn (and sometimes Ben Wilson, like for the one we reviewed) brainstorm new business ideas, interview business builders who are creating big, meaningful companies and perform business breakdowns in a straight-forward fashion. Basically, they say that they're your research team who spoon-feeds you interesting business insights that you'd normally have to pay for.

And we'd say they do a pretty great job of it all around.

In this episode of “No Harm In Asking” Mike and Eric review “MFM” where we discuss why this podcast is consistently a winner and what past accomplishments really enable the hosts to pull this off so successfully. Additionally, as seasoned content guys, paying attention to the small things they do could really help with getting your listenership up and ensuring your past episodes can get added traction.

We’ll be specifically focused on their April 5, 2022 episode “Writing Your Way to Millions with Neville Medhora” where they talk about copywriting.

This episode can be found on the MFM Podcast website and on Apple Podcasts below. They also do the whole thing on YouTube.

https://www.mfmpod.com/writing-your-way-to-millions-with-neville-medhora/

https://podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/writing-your-way-to-millions-with-neville-medhora/id1469759170?i=1000556290394

They’re also on Twitter at @myfirstmilpod.

Check out us on Twitter too at @noharmaskingpod.

Previous Episode

The Tim Ferriss Show with Tim Ferriss

May 12, 2022

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33m

Forbes put the Tim Ferriss Show on its list of "10 Podcasts To Change Your Life". With more than 700 million downloads, it has been selected three time as the "Best of Apple Podcasts" and has been ranked #1 out of its 400,000+ podcasts on numerous occasions. But can you replicate Tim's success? Can you eventually get ads for mushroom coffee too?

Launched in April of 2014, Ferriss interviews "world-class performers" ranging from Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel to Malcolm Gladwell and Reid Hoffman to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Foxx. His focus is on dissecting actionable advice from top books, morning routines, exercise habits and time-management tricks. Or in his own words ... “I specialize in pattern recognition and accelerated learning”.

In this episode of “No Harm In Asking” Mike and Eric review "The Tim Ferriss Show" where we discuss what makes Tim unique, as well as whether preparation really is the key to success. Are two hour podcasts really necessary? Should you break them up? Is Tim’s interview style particularly distinct? Apparently, Ferriss charges $54,000 per episode and does two sponsorships per episode, what do we think of these ads?

We’ll be specifically focused on episode #566 from January 26, 2022 with University of Chicago economics professor John List — A Master Economist on Strategic Quitting, How to Practice Theory of Mind, Learnings from Uber, Optimizations to Boost Donations, the Primitives of Decision-Making, and How Field Experiments Reveal Hidden Realities.

We’ll also discuss if this is the world’s longest podcast title and whether Tim is the king of podcasting SEO?

A link to this episode can be found on Tim’s blog:

https://tim.blog/2022/01/26/john-list/

Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter at @tferriss and on Instagram at @timferriss.

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Storytime with Seth Rogen

May 26, 2022

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23m

Many podcasters have decided that getting a guest to tell their best story is the ticket to a great show. Indeed, we're big fans of this kind of podcast format. How can it not be a winner every time? Well, you'd be surprised.

Welcome to Storytime with Seth Rogen, where every week Seth asks somebody, “Do you have a great story? And if you do, will you tell it on my podcast?” That’s it. That’s the concept.

Not a typical comedian-hosted chat show, each episode features a presentation unto itself, with supporting interviews and archival tape woven into each story with a rhythmic editing style. While not all the stories are knee-slap funny, it's worth a listen just for the editing effort where you can decide if it adds value to the story or distracts from it. Still, Seth is always engaged and reveals his curiosity about people and the world, and always ends up in an unexpected place.

In this episode of “No Harm In Asking” Mike and Eric review the November 24, 2021 “Storytime” episode "Gambas" where Joe Mande and his longtime girlfriend Kylie take a trip to Spain and an ill-fated day in Córdoba goes from bad to worse.

This episode can be found on the Earwolf Podcast website and on Apple Podcasts below.

https://www.earwolf.com/episode/gambas/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gambas/id1583325095?i=1000542909354

Seth can be found on Twitter at @Sethrogen. Also, make sure to check out Joe's website joemande.com and follow him on instagram at @joemande.

Check out us on Twitter too at @noharmaskingpod. We greatly appreciate it.