The Conversation Lab
The Conversation Lab
Amir Bolous & Reed Blanchard
Two college students navigating our way through success, happiness, and the situations we avoid talking about.
Episode 38: Communities, Relationships, and Intentionality
In this episode we think about what makes good communities, why we should have high standards with our relationships, and why we should be intentional about everything we do - including commonly accepted narratives like going to school. We end with pondering what the future of cities looks like.
Jul 1, 2021
1 hr 11 min
Episode 37: Career Moats, Unique Strengths, and Online Cities
In this episode, we talk about the concept of career moats, think about what we're each uniquely equipped to do, and ponder what the future of online cities looks like.
Jun 23, 2021
1 hr 10 min
Episode 36: The Guilt with Socializing: Introversion & Extraversion
In this episode, we talk about lots of different things as usual. We talk about struggling to revert to pre-pandemic levels of socialization, middle-school stories, and why Amir sometimes feels too lazy or guilty when socializing.
Jun 16, 2021
1 hr 4 min
Episode 35: Reflecting on the Ironman
In this episode, we reflect on Reed and Chris completing the Ironman and talk about what's next.
Jun 9, 2021
2 hr 5 min
Episode 34: Funny Stories and Figuring Out Our "Why"
In this episode, we talk about lots of different things. We chat about some interesting personal stories, like Reed's experiences with snakes, think about our "why" in our lives, and ponder what we think we want to do after school, and how college has facilitated this.
May 24, 2021
1 hr 18 min
Episode 33: Hobbies, Fulfillment, Selfish vs. Selfless
In this episode, we talk about a variety of things as usual. We dive into Amir's side projects in more detail, talk about hobbies, think about competition, and discuss the struggle behind finding meaning in selfish (focusing on your personal self for growth, fun etc.) vs. selfless (focusing on other people) things.
May 18, 2021
1 hr 15 min
Episode 32: Side Projects, The Future, and Relationships
In this episode we cover a lot of ground. We talk about side projects, how to decide what to work on, how to decide whether to invest in relationships, and think about what's occasionally awkward about dating.
May 6, 2021
1 hr 21 min
Episode 31: Languages of Love and Compliments
In this episode, we take a quiz (https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/) about our "languages of love" and discuss our results. We also talk about the compliments that mean the most to us and those that we don't value. Finally, we hash out one of Amir's theories about authenticity in first impressions in the form of people being blunt in conversation.
Apr 7, 2021
1 hr 12 min
Episode 30: Values and Reed's Next Project
In this episode we talk about values and Reed's next project. We talk about what our personal values are, dissect an idea Reed has for his next project after the Ironman, and think about what fulfillment means to each one of us.
Mar 23, 2021
1 hr 4 min
Episode 29: How to be successful, drivers license, Camaraderie
In this episode, we dive into a couple of things. We talk about Paul Graham's upper and lower bounds for defining success, jam to drivers license, and introspect about failing together/winning together and why the spirit of camaraderie is so great.
Mar 16, 2021
1 hr
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