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Anyone can churn anything. Each week, learn how to churn something new and novel, from credit card & bank bonuses to flights, hotels, cellphones, mealkits, even FIRE. Decades of churning experience packed into short, easy-to-follow episodes you can use right now to earn more miles, more points, and live a more financially independent life.

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1 hr 34 min

📔 Ep 95 - My Favorite AI Journaling App: The Story of Life Note with Daniel Chen

I got to chat with Daniel about his mind-blowing app, Life Note, that has completely changed how I journal (read: I actually journal multiple times a week now!) 🥳In this episode, we cover:The Story of Life Note: How and why Daniel built the app, plus the art of AI prompting, modeling, and layering.The Heart, Mind & Meditation: Daniel's experience living abroad and attending 10-day Vipassana meditation retreats.The Future of Mental Health: The current state of AI-guided journalling, therapy and mental health.Whether you're an AI nerd, a journaling enthusiast (or trying to be!), or just curious about the intersection of tech and mindfulness, this episode is for you.------------------🌱 EXCLUSIVE: Daniel has kindly hooked our listeners up with a 20% discount on annual Life Note subscriptions.Use code TDC during checkout on mylifenote.ai------------------View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

1 hr 36 min

🌱 Ep 94 - How to Find a Therapist: Insurance Hacks & Choosing the Right Modality

Deep dive into the world of therapy: why finding the right therapist is like dating and why Headway is the tinder of therapy. We'll break down the logistics of mental health care, including hacks for navigating insurance and a cheat sheet on different therapeutic modalities (relational vs somatic, CBT, IFS, EMDR, EFT, KAP, and more).View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

1 hr 39 min

🌻 Ep 93 - 2026 Reset: Sabbaticals, Retreats, Care Teams, Crypto Casino Scams, AI & The State of the Churn

We're baaaack! It's been a wild year, lots of updates to share both in churning land and in my personal life. Oh and I just got scammed this morning, can't believe I fell for it but hopefully this will save you from making a similar mistake. Get comfy, grab a drink, let's catch up 🍵View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

1 hr 45 min

🍃 Ep 92 - Owen Marcus: Men's Retreats, MELD, Somatic Awareness, Trauma, Creativity, Growth & Action

What is a men's retreat? What happens there? Why go to one, and who is it for? I spoke with Owen Marcus, founder of MELD, on my life-changing experience attending my first retreat almost exactly 1 year ago.Owen is a legend in this space - he has worked alongside Peter Levine. Esther Perel has attended his retreats. Owen has been working, training, and organizing men's groups and retreats for over 30 years.Highly recommend listening to this if you've been even remotely curious about the topic – this might be my favorite episode of the year.View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

1 hr 29 min

✈️ Ep 91 - The Story of Seats.aero with Ian Carroll

I chatted with Ian, founder of Seats.aero, on how he grew Seats.aero from a side hobby to an award travel powerhouse with 500K monthly active users and 100K+ paid members in just 3 short years.What was that journey like, and how does it feel to run a multi-million dollar business in your 20s ? Does he still have time to churn? Tune in for answers to these very important questions 😂View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

36 min

🔴 Ep 90 - First Livestream, Scaling Bank Bonuses with Margin, 700K Venture X Business, Costco Black Friday Sales, KaiGPT

I'm trying new things this year, so I thought "why not livestream this episode"? So I did. The end 😂View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

40 min

🗞️ Ep 89 - The Paper Round: Origins of Complex PTSD & ADHD

I churned a whole bunch of stuff this week and burnt myself out lol (more on that next time), so I'm taking a breather to reflect and explore some root causes for how I feel and live my life today – the seemingly small stressors in my early years that have led to bigger issues like ADHD and CPTSD 🍃View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

52 min

🦾 Ep 88 - Costco Gold, Debit Rewards, Burner Lines, Vanguard vs ChatGPT, RH Margin vs HELOCs, Dyson V9 Deal

Catching up on a busy couple weeks of churns. From shutdowns to gold to margin and early black friday deals, this episode has a bit of everything.View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

56 min

🍂 Ep 87 - Reflections on Podcasting, Ketamine Therapy, Vipassana, Men's Retreats, Alzheimer's

The leaves are changing and I'm feeling reflective: how did the past year go? What did I learn about myself, the podcast, ketamine, retreats, life (and death)? Maybe grab a nice warm drink and a cozy blanket and take an hour to relax and hang out with me.View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️

1 hr 9 min

🫨 Ep 86 - Churning News, Easy C1S Money Makers, Chase Points Boost, SW Companion Pass, My HELOC Update, FICO 8 vs Vantage 3.0/4.0 Deepdive

Another jam-packed episode recapping all my churns from the last couple weeks. Between catching a cold and family visiting from the East coast, it's been pretty hectic here but also kinda relaxing laying in bed binging Netflix lol. Glad to finally be (mostly) better though 😌View Full Show NotesJoin The Free Weekly NewsletterApply For Our Private Discord------------------Enjoy this episode?Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇‍♂️