Podcasts by Try a New Thing
We read books, talk about them, and then pick ways in which we want to incorporate the lessons we've learned into our lives. Then we tell you what happened.
Further podcasts by Braeden Jones
Podcast on the topic Gesundheit und Fitness
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A Solo Endeavor from 2019-06-25T23:13:25
Cassi's working. Braeden's home, podcasting, while Jack the dog sits in the back of his chair like the world's worst and squirmiest lumbar support. And now you get to hear the fruits of his labo...
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A Busted Dryer, a Song-Filled Heart from 2019-06-18T01:12:01
It's a whole new world at doma nova afero this week, as we talk about our broken appliance and our new air-drying life.
Talking points include: making music with impromptu instru...
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Building a Model Society from 2019-06-09T21:09:12
Damn, listener! Back at it again at the dinner table. After a hiatus, what better way to celebrate getting back to that podcast lifestyle than by playing with toys? Or should I say . . . buildin...
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Building Intergenerational Bridges from 2019-05-27T02:28:28
Cassi's mom Heidi is on the podcast, y'all! She's out visiting and was game to sit down and chat with us about the advantages of building intergenerational friendships and mentorships in our liv...
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Still On That Vegetarian Train? from 2019-05-21T11:51:02
It's a short one this week, as Cassi is feeling under the weather again. But there's a new surprise in store for you, and basically this podcast is two-in-one. You'll see.
We talk about o...
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Reclaiming Our Time from 2019-05-13T01:39:31
Cassi and Braeden have been spending a lot of time together lately. Find out why?!?
Talking points include: it's the worst when bands break up when humans break up, loose leaf teas, roman...
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Free to Make Our Own Traditions from 2019-05-06T03:35:44
Real talk: figuring out what traditions to keep and what traditions to change when you're growing up, when you're building your own family, can be hard. So hear Cassi and Braeden talk about what...
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Try a New Endgame from 2019-04-30T12:47:04
It's the end of an era. After years of careful planning, hard work, and absolute secrecy, Cassi and Braeden have completed their lives' work to . . . nah none of that is true. We saw Avenger...
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Talkin' All 'Bout Money Stuff from 2019-04-23T13:35:39
Here in the Casa de intentos nuevos, we've been thinking a lot about money, income inequality, and wealth. You know how it is - tax season will do that to you. Come for the stories of o...
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All Aboard the Pineapple Express! from 2019-04-08T15:08:01
It's been a long week at Chez Ensayez une Novelle Chose, so we kick back with a snack and chat about all sorts of strange things we've tried in the last few days. Is this a good episode...
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Want to Play a Game...? from 2019-04-01T04:39:09
Beloved, we've had a wild experience this week. We played Her Story, which is a game that . . . needs to be seen to be believed. For the first half, we explain the setup and give genera...
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Cygnus X-Fun! from 2019-03-25T03:55:58
Braeden grew up listening to Rush. Yeah, I know, it's cliché for a nerdy white boy to be into progressive rock, but hey - it's what he grew up listening to. So this week, he got to subject Cassi...
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Bar Harbor Mice and Micheladas from 2019-03-18T03:27:54
Your mom's favorite podcast is back, breaking down one of Cassi's favorite audio books from her youth. Braeden remains unconvinced because of its lack of terror. Both are back on their bullshit ...
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Sword in the Stone from 2019-03-11T02:51:07
Braeden got his time last week. This week, it's Cassi's youth that we're excavating, as we deep dive into the Sword in the Stone, that 1963 "classic" that I bet you don't really remember all tha...
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Flight of Dragons from 2019-03-04T04:38:34
For you, we'll do anything. Including watching a movie from Braeden's youth. That he remembers fondly. That he hasn't seen in two decades. That he got a bootleg copy that's a VHS rip from his co...
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Back in the Saddle Again from 2019-02-24T20:14:08
Whew, friends, it's been a while. This pale blue dot has gone around the sun nearly one entire rotation since we've recorded an episode of this, the world's greatest podcast. And yet - and yet -...
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Episode 24: Bodies of Subversion from 2018-05-01T03:59:12
This month, we're talking about Margot Mifflin's art-and-history book Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo, which we both found fascinating. We talk all about the ...
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Episode 23: A Culinary Memoriam from 2018-03-10T23:24:45
Relish caused our two cohosts to think a lot about food. And we mean, a lot. Hear as we remember some of the most strange, wonderful, and outstanding stories about our own experiences w...
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Episode 22: Relish from 2018-01-29T00:02:33
We're finishing up January with a bang while talking about Lucy Knisley's comic memoir Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, a book that left us both reflecting on our memories of food and fa...
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Episode 21: Wrapping Up Year One from 2018-01-01T15:16:12
Ah, 2017. A year that was great for us, personally, but that was a tire fire in most other respects. But! With the year ending, we decided to wrap up Year One™ with a chat about self help as a g...
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Episode 20: a Post-Thanksgiving Satisficing Extravaganza! from 2017-11-30T15:00
Whew, it's been a month. But! We've been satisficing as much as we can, we've been gratitude journaling, and we've been doing home repairs, and now we're ready to tell you all about it! Join us ...
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Episode 19: The Paradox of Choice from 2017-11-03T02:02:56
After a too-long break, Cassi and Braeden are back at it again with the new books. Well, just one book: The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. We dig into the ways in which being midd...
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Episode 18: Just, Like, Communicate? from 2017-10-05T14:23:27
After two weeks of a complete love-in, how much more do Cassi and Braeden love each other? Or do they hate each other? Or . . . are things basically the same? (What a thrilling possibility.) The...
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Episode 17: The Five Love Languages from 2017-09-21T14:29:43
Snuggle on down next to the fire, cozy up in a blanket with a cup of your favorite relaxing hot beverage, it's time to talk . . . love. Cassi and Braeden break down all the barriers and chat abo...
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Episode 16: The Middle-Class Privilege of Minimalism from 2017-09-07T14:00
We KonMari'ed our stuff. Joy was sparked. Thanks were given. Class issues were discussed. The ways in which ethical consumption is impossible under capitalism were expounded upon. Cassi has lots...
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Episode 15: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up from 2017-08-24T22:35:44
It's time. It's here. Braeden and Cassi are gonna talk all about the KonMari method, its underlying spirituality, the ways in which minimalism can become a secular religion for its adherents, an...
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Bonus Episode: Familiar, Familial Clutter from 2017-08-12T13:38:54
So . . . Braeden hasn't finished reading Marie Kondo's book yet. For lots of reasons! But he's working on it. In the meantime and to tide you over between episodes, please enjoy this conversatio...
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Episode 14: The Clutter Conundrum from 2017-07-28T13:40:08
Thanks to some technical errors with the first recording of the podcast, this one's coming to you new and improved (to use that most contradictory of marketing speak)! We chat about questions we...
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Episode 13: The Hoarder In You from 2017-07-13T14:14:44
Piles of stuff everywhere. The smell of decomposing leftovers. A danger to yourself and others. That's probably not you, and it's not us, but it is the case of people with compulsive hoarding is...
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Episode 12: A 21st Century Media Milieu from 2017-06-29T14:00
This week's episode is full of the type of hard-hitting commentary you've come to expect from your two intrepid hosts, as they revisit some of the ideas from Adam Alter's Irresistible, ...
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Episode 11: Irresistible from 2017-06-16T04:08:43
We're back with our next book, Adam Alter's brand-new book Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. We delve into behavioral addictions, the...
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An Irresistible Announcement from 2017-06-08T02:44:32
Just a quick explanation as to why our next episode will be late. It'll be worth it, we promise!
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Episode 10: Building New (Food) Behaviors from 2017-05-25T14:00
After two weeks spent trying new things about how, where, and why we eat, Cassi and Braeden sit down to assess the new things they've tried. What were their three food goals? Did they do them? A...
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Episode 09: Mindless Eating from 2017-05-11T14:00
We're back to reading and gabbing this week, with Brian Wansink's really quite interesting 2006 book, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. We chat all about the "mindless mar...
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Minisode 01: A Recap&A Reckoning from 2017-05-02T02:47:14
In their first minisode (to help tide over the extra-long space between episodes due to extra Sundays in April), Cassi and Braeden sum up the new things they've tried so far this year, inspired ...
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Episode 08: Finance Frenzy! from 2017-04-20T14:36:53
So fiscal fasts: what are they good for? Lots of things, apparently. Join Cassi and Braeden as they talk about jobs, money, spending it, not spending it, etc. Did they really not buy anything fo...
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Episode 07: The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches from 2017-04-06T14:00
April: spring showers, blossoming daffodils, and everyone's favorite holiday: tax day. Join Cassi and Braeden as they dive into their latest book, The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True ...
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Episode 06: Care, Fairness, And Other Moral Quandries from 2017-03-23T14:00
So our last book was pretty heavy. So heavy, in fact, that we found it difficult to find substantive, meaningful ways to put its precepts into practice - but we find some anyway, because this is...
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Episode 05: The Righteous Mind from 2017-03-09T23:16:22
This week, we read Johnathan Haidt's 2012 book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. We grapple with tough concepts like how to talk with people you...
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Episode 04: Are We Disciplined Enough? from 2017-02-23T21:23:57
We laugh, we cry, we actually don't cry but we do talk about how we attempted to put the lessons we got out of Gretchen Rubin's Happier at Home into practice. The problem? We're no Gret...
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Episode 03: Happier at Home from 2017-02-09T22:55:55
Cassi and Braeden move on to their second book, Gretchen Rubin's Happier at Home, and talk about all of Rubin's myriad resolutions. Seriously - there's a lot. We'd be loathe to call her...
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Episode 02: Habits, Habits, Habits from 2017-01-26T14:53:44
It's time for a reckoning: Cassi and Braeden sit down to talk about what habits they decided to tackle based on last episode's discussion of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit. Things ...
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Episode 01: The Power of Habit from 2017-01-12T17:35:23
In this inaugural episode, Cassi and Braeden read the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and discuss its salient points. Then, they explain the habits they're looking to tackle f...
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