Best Martin Perkins Podcasts (2025)

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Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey 50:18

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Lulu Cheng Meservey is the leading voice in the new age of PR and comms and is the founder of Rostra, an advisory firm helping founders go direct. Lulu has been a trusted voice for founders like Palmer Luckey at Anduril, Eric Glyman at Ramp, and Brian Armstrong at Coinbase. She previously ran corporate affairs and communications for Activision Bliz…

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In Many Ways 38:24

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In this episode, we talk about about storytelling as a healing modality, and how we can embody our biggest story with authenticity.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan 50:53

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Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, and WSJ bestselling author of The Network State. He is currently the founder of The Network School, a frontier community for techno-optimists. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he is an early investor in many successful tech companies, including Anduril, Pe…

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HoneyDew: A Recipe for Creativity 23:01

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In this episode, Ben and Martin offer a recipe for cultivating creativity in life by way of the TV show "The Bear".By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z 52:10

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Martin Casado is a general partner at a16z, where he leads the firm’s $1.25 billion infrastructure practice. Martin has led investments in Cursor, dbt Labs, and Fivetran to name a few. Prior to joining a16z in 2016, he was the co-founder and CTO of Nicira, which was acquired by VMware for $1.26B. While at VMware, Martin was the SVP and GM of networ…

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Time, After Time 20:06

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In this episode, we focus on worldwide inter-connectivity and what comes when we make conscious choices in our economic caste system.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #22 | Greg Rosen from BoxGroup 45:28

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Greg Rosen is a Partner at BoxGroup. Greg was the first hire at BoxGroup outside of the founders, David Tisch and Adam Rothenberg. After moving to the West Coast to work with Benchmark and Bedrock, Greg rejoined BoxGroup and currently invests out of their San Francisco office. An engineer by training, Greg built iOS games in high school before drop…

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Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase 46:35

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Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency company that provides exchange, brokerage, and custody services to 100M+ verified users in over 100 countries. Founded in 2012, Coinbase went public in 2021 on the NASDAQ under the ticker COIN and as of August 2025 has a market cap of $83 billion. Brian is also the co-f…

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Your Part with Diane Umstead 46:47

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In this episode, Ben and Martin speak with Diane Umstead about her lifelong journey advocating for children and what it means to her as she transitions into a new phase of life.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #20 | Guillermo Rauch from Vercel 1:01:05

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Guillermo Rauch is the founder and CEO of Vercel, creators of v0 which is one of the most popular AI app building tools that’s helping power the online presence of companies like Porsche, Under Armour and Nintendo. In May 2024, Vercel completed a $250M Series E at a $3.25B valuation and was recently named to the Forbes Cloud 100. Originally from Ar…

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Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel 52:13

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In his early twenties, Dwarkesh Patel has become one of the leading podcasters with nearly 1 million YouTube subscribers excited to consume his deeply-researched interviews. Dwarkesh has caught the attention of influential figures such as Jeff Bezos, Noah Smith, Nat Friedman, and Tyler Cohen, who have all praised his interviews – the latter describ…

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The Rise & Fall of Empathy 1:02:40

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In this episode, Martin and Ben inquire into and explore a correlated journey between the rise of empathy and the technologies that have brought us to an increasingly desensitized and overwhelmed world.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #18 | Peter Fenton from Benchmark 1:17:30

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Peter Fenton is the longest-serving full-time partner at Benchmark, a renowned venture firm known for its artisanal approach and deep alignment with founders. Over the last two decades, Peter led investments in Twitter, Yelp, Elastic, Docker, Zuora, and many others. He also achieved one of the rarest feats in venture history in 2014 when two of his…

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Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta 42:39

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Christina Cacioppo is cofounder and CEO of Vanta, which is on a mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data. The trust management platform was valued at $2.5 billion in 2024 after a Series C investment led by Sequoia. Vanta went from $10M in annual recurring revenue in 2021 to $100M in 2024, while also giving us one of the best tech bi…

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Your Part with Romey Pittman 45:02

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Returning to our Your Part series, Martin speaks with visionary educator Romey Pittman on resiliency, coming to terms with the dynamics of power, and the foundational importance of connection in the classroom and beyond.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins 1:03:22

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Mamoon Hamid is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. He has been an early investor in and served on the boards of some of the most innovative software companies of recent times including Slack, Figma, Rippling, Glean and Box. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Mamoon was a Co-founder and General Partner at Social Capital. He started his venture career in 2…

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Ghosts in the Machine 42:58

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In this episode Martin and Ben dynamically explore creativity in relation to materials and resources, dance into the realm of the Chakras, and within the flow, bring the tragedy of the commons into consideration within the freedom and responsibility that comes when using technologies such as AI.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #15 | Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures 1:19:55

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Vinod Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, Vinod formed Khosla Ventures to focus on both for-profit and social impact investments that have included OpenAI, Stripe, DoorDash, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and many more. After graduating college, Vinod co-founded Daisy Systems, the first significant computer-aided design syst…

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Uncapped #14 | Dan Feder from the University of Michigan 48:24

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It was a pleasure to sit down with Dan Feder, Senior Managing Director with the University of Michigan Investment Office who leads the endowment’s investments in venture capital and private equity. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Dan was the Managing Director of Private Markets at the Washington University Investment Management Company…

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Uncapped #13 | Sam Altman from OpenAI 37:09

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This was a fun one! Sam is my brother and the CEO of a small company in SF called OpenAI. I’m glad he was able to take time out of his busy schedule to give me a hard time and share his thoughts on the future of AI. We covered: AI discovering new science The risk of superintelligence What’s after reasoning Humans needing humans The latest with Open…

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Hyper-rationality in a world of unprocessed emotion 35:50

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In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the threads and consequences of hyper-rationality and unprocessed emotion. In doing so, we discover an unexpected truth.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #12 | Marc Andreessen from a16z 1:39:33

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Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that manages $45 billion in assets under management. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar compa…

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The Fever Dream of Generational Wealth 49:58

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In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the fevered aspiration of generational wealth in American culture. A notion of ascension not seeded in equity or fairness but rather in achieving immortality through material wealth and its accompanying power.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares 45:58

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Jordan Bramble is the CEO of Antares, a nuclear energy company that has raised over $50M to become America’s industrial base partner for special-purpose microreactors. Antares focuses on high-value use cases in power-constrained environments that wouldn’t be possible without nuclear power. They are developing resilient fission-based power systems f…

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Uncapped #10 | David Tisch from BoxGroup 59:55

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This week I enjoyed riffing with David Tisch, Managing Partner of BoxGroup. BoxGroup is an NYC-based seed stage venture capital firm that has invested in over 500 seed-stage startups over the last 15 years, including Plaid, Ro, Ramp, Clay, Scopely, Warp, Cursor, PillPack, Amplitude, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flexport, C…

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Your Part with Virginia Newcomb 41:46

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In this conversation we touch upon the nature of home, what her vision for a more patient cinema feels like, and how inner practice meets life through a sense of community and shared vision. It is often the case that humans see this process through the lens of struggle rather than possibility. Our conversation explores this dichotomy through a more…

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Uncapped #9 | Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition 51:17

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I had a blast sitting down with Qasar Younis, Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a company that’s on a mission to accelerate the world’s adoption of safe and intelligent machines. The company builds software that makes it faster, safer, and easier to bring autonomous systems to market. Last valued at $6B, Applied Intuition has raised a total …

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Shadows Fill Time 22:04

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In the 25th episode, Martin and Ben explore the transformative impact that an engaged practice in presence has on shaping our sense of time.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #8 | Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital 58:55

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It was a pleasure to sit down this week with Josh Kopelman, one of the original architects of seed stage investing who continues to re-invent what it means to operate within venture. Josh co-founded First Round Capital, which has invested at the earliest stages in companies like Square, Uber, and Roblox. Some of Josh’s more recent investments inclu…

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Your Part with Rory Turner 38:50

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Martin and Ben speak with Rory Turner, Professor Emeritus in Sociology & Anthropology at Goucher College, about the nature of flow, the power of storytelling, and the concept and practice of Communitas.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #7 | Garry Tan from Y Combinator 46:26

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This week I sat down with Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator. YC has funded 5,000+ startups including Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash, Rippling, and Reddit, among others that have totaled $600B in combined valuation. Garry is a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups. Previously Founder & Managing Partner of Initialized Capital, a…

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Uncapped #6 | Elad Gil 47:37

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It’s always a pleasure to jam with Elad Gil, a serial entrepreneur and a startup investor. As an early leader at Google, Elad helped build the initial mobile team, before founding MixerLabs, which was acquired by Twitter. Later, he co-founded Color Health, a genetic testing company specializing in cancer detection. Over the past decade, he's backed…

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Your Part with Tom Clement 44:23

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In this episode, Martin and Ben share a conversation with Tom Clement, documentary cinematographer and director, whose latest work, Projecting Protest, is the centerpiece of our discussion around Tom's creative journey as a filmmaker.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #5 | Sarah Guo from Conviction 46:30

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I was pumped to chat this week with Sarah Guo. Sarah is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment firm purpose-built to serve intelligent software, or "Software 3.0" companies. Some of her investments include Harvey, Mistral AI, Sierra, Cognition, HeyGen, and Cartesia, among others. Prior to 2022, she spent nearly a decade inc…

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Uncapped #4 | Adam Guild from Owner 49:18

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Adam Guild is the CEO of Owner, a business he started when he was only 17. It now has tens of millions of revenue, hundreds of employees, and thousands of customers. I’ve had the pleasure of working on his board for a few years now, and he is one of the most impressive people I’ve ever gotten to know. Working with him was a big part of what made me…

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Your Part with Luna S. Perkins 27:49

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In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss with Luna S. Perkins her experiences in bringing conscious awareness to life as a human being, an artist and a writer.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Uncapped #3 | Aaron Levie from Box 36:46

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This week I sat down with Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box. Aaron came up with the idea behind the cloud computing company as a 19 year old college student and has led the company since its inception in 2005. Today, Box does over $1B in revenue with a market cap of $4.4B, and has raised over $560 million from the likes of DFJ, Andreesen Horow…

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Uncapped #2 | Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures 56:31

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This week I enjoyed speaking quickly with Keith Rabois, a Managing Director at Khosla Ventures and the CEO of OpenStore. At Khosla, Keith led the first institutional investments in DoorDash, Affirm, and Faire, invested early in Stripe, and co-founded Opendoor. While a General Partner at Founders Fund, he led investments in Ramp, Trade Republic, and…

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Uncapped #1 | Shaun Maguire from Sequoia 1:13:51

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This week I spoke with Shaun Maguire, a Partner at Sequoia Capital. He led their investments into SpaceX, The Boring Co, and X among others. Prior to Sequoia Shaun co-founded a cybersecurity company which was acquired for $1B and worked at DARPA. I could have happily spoken with Shaun for four hours. --- We covered: (0:00) Speaking his mind in publ…

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The Unfolding 20:55

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In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss how a conscious practice in life leads to the Unfolding.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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A Call To Integrity 23:43

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In the latest episode of the podcast, Martin and Ben wrap up their Three Treasures of Daoism series, exploring humility through personal truth and integrity.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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The Building of Resiliency: Part 2 of the Three Treasures 30:27

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In order to deepen resiliency in a chaotic world, Ben and Martin share experiences in the practice of simplicity.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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The Three Treasures Part 1: the Loss of a Common Language 37:19

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In this pod Martin and Ben grieve the loss of a common language and what it means to be human.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Trusting Ourselves in a Performative World 34:47

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In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the nature of performance, trustworthiness in the media and a practice in trusting ourselves.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Soul Journaling 29:44

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In this episode, Ben and Martin explore the practice of soul journaling and the journey of the inner divine.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Christmas Special 2024: with Jenn Ashworth and Andrew Michael Hurley 1:53:48

9M ago1:53:48

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In the second of our 2024 Christmas Specials - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guests Jenn Ashworth (author of Ghosted, A Kind of Intimacy and Fell) and Andrew Michael Hurley (author of The Loney, Starve Acre and Barrowbeck). We discussed three ghost stories for Christmas: Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk by Frank Cowper The Glamour of the Snow by…

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Christmas Special 2024: with Mike Muncer - 'The Signalman' (1976) and 'A View From a Hill' (2005) 1:44:46

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In the first of our 2024 Christmas Specials - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 11 December 2024) as we discuss two classic BBC Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Signalman' (1976) and 'A View From a Hill' (2005). Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a weekly…

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Cycles within Cycles 27:52

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In this episode Ben and Martin discuss the cycles of the seasons and how reflection and slowing down at the winter solstice can in fact be brought to any moment, any time of the year.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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Nice & Kind 13:56

10M ago13:56

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In this bonus holiday pod, Martin and Ben discuss the distinction between being nice versus being kind in our lives. The presentation of the possibility and practice of being a kind person in the world.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead

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On Being Effortless 34:34

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In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss working with a sense of ease and effortlessness through presence and conscious planning. An exploration of how simplicity in life helps cultivate confidence and patience.By Martin Perkins & Ben Umstead