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Sharing lessons that I'm learning and conversations I find interesting. Plus, an occasional anxiety attack.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal reflection becomes a practical method for reconsidering work, belief, competition and political difference.
shaun hautly's podcast turns everyday experience into a workshop for examining convictions. The host speaks alone and thinks in public, moving between creative work, parenting, sport, religion, community and politics while repeatedly inviting disagreement.
A leaf blower interrupts shaun hautly's thought about community; you hear the thinking as it happens.
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A reflective morning monologue about savoring the day instead of turning everything into a contest.
The episode starts with a 60-degree morning and an adventure race, then settles into a wider meditation on effort, competition, and the habit of treating a day like something to be scored.
A reflective creator monologue about focus, ego, and the value hidden in practical work.
The episode stays with a simple but useful idea: not every piece of work has to be pinned to one clean subject. It treats content anxiety and imposter syndrome as part of the same reflex, then pushes back by making the case for mixed subject matter.
A reflective look at how communities shape belonging, fear, and difference.
The speaker draws on a month of recent experience to work through community, difference, and the beliefs people inherit without ever naming them.
A raw post-election monologue that turns frustration into a searching, candid reflection.
Shaun Hautly's episode uses the post-election moment to work through anger, confusion, and the effort to stay composed around family and friends who back Donald Trump.
Pop culture trivia, argued fast and with affection.
Pop culture, personal stakes, and room for a tangent.
A Brazilian journalist spends years reinvestigating unsolved child disappearances in Paraná.
Cris Bartz and Juva Lauer alternate debate and interview episodes on Brazilian social issues.
Shaun Hautly records without knowing his final conclusion, using podcasting to interrupt habitual and fragmented thinking.
It starts with a cold morning that feels like a reset.
He starts by saying he is making a bold choice and covering more than one topic.
The host spends this episode working through a few recent experiences.
This episode spends its time trying to make sense of what followed the election, especially the worry that the speaker would end up angry with friends and family who support Donald Trump.