Best Gary and Tyler Podcasts (2025)

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Navigating around Christopher Columbus: The Nine Lives of the Genoese Sailor Who Became History's Greatest Saint and Sinner 46:29

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Next Monday is Columbus Day. Or should it be Indigenous People’s Day? According to the historian Matthew Restall we should be celebrating both Columbus and Indigenous People on Monday. The author of the timely The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus, Restall places Genoa’s most famous sailor as a prisoner of history - endlessly protean to reflect ea…

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Earn More Points in Multiplayer Mode with Kai 50:10

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#249: 3x your points and miles with a multiplayer strategy. We break down how to earn, manage, and maximize rewards with a partner, family, or friends. Plus learn how to handle the logistics, emotions, and systems that make it all work. Kai is the founder and host of The Daily Churn Podcast, where he shares his churning journey. In 2024, Kai and hi…

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The Outsiders House - Danny Boy O'Connor Turns Movie History into a Cultural Landmark 1:31:19

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By Chris Jericho

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41 Years for a Crime He Didn't Commit: Gary Tyler's Journey from Death Row to Freedom 46:33

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By Andrew Keen

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The Hidden Beliefs Sabotaging Your Success (And How To Change Them In Minutes)... [Dennis Richards] 27:28

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In this episode of Empire Builders, I sit down with Dennis Richards - a psychotherapist, coach, and retreat leader who specialises in helping business owners identify and transform the limiting beliefs that are holding them back. Dennis has run over 30 retreats in the last 10 years and works with experts, coaches, and entrepreneurs to uncover the d…

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Don't Be Yourself: Why the Cult of Authenticity Is Killing Not Just Your Career but Your Life 43:32

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Just be yourself many career coaches tell us. But for the psychologist and entrepreneur Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, the reverse is true. Don’t Be Yourself Chamorro-Premuzic advises in his new book, arguing that authenticity Is overrated and what to do instead. Drawing from extensive behavioral science research, Chamorro-Premuzic contends that success …

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Two Freedoms and Two Americas: Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King's Incompatible Versions of Liberty 53:32

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What unites America, it used to be said, is a common commitment to “freedom”. But in our disunited times, it's worth remembering that two incompatible versions of freedom have actually divided rather than brought the United States together. As the historian Nicholas Buccola notes in his intriguing new book One Man’s Freedom, these competing freedom…

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The Uberification of Academia: Why Adjunct Professors are Living in their Cars 46:52

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We’ve done a couple (here and here) of shows recently about the war on cars. But we never discussed the connections, both literal and metaphorical, between the damage of “Big Car” and “Big University” . According to the tenured Emory law professor Deepa Das Acevedo, what she calls in her new book, The War on Tenure, is really an attempt to transfor…

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Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden's Pentuple Polymath 54:26

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Bruce Dickinson has a ton going on (including a show tomorrow night 10/5 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles)! The legendary Iron Maiden frontman is on the road with his solo band and The Mandrake Project, and shares what makes this tour so much fun – from theremins, Japanese Kodo drums, and “Frankenstein” jams to setlist surprises like “Flash of the Bla…

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How to Lose Loudly: What the Left can Learn from the NRA 40:11

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One of the most painful lessons of the Kirk assassination is that conservatives are running rings around progressives in political mobilization - especially of young Americans. So how to make the left relevant in America again? For the philosopher Michael Brownstein, co-author of Somebody Should Do Something, progressives need to learn to lose both…

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More Than Chinatown: Bruce Lee and the Invention of Asian American Identity 40:22

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“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” were, of course, the closing words from Polanski’s 1974 movie, Chinatown. But the point of Jeff Chang’s new biography of Bruce Lee, Water Mirror Echo, is that by 1973, when Lee died, Asian America was more than just Chinatown. Lee made Asian America, Chang argues, by giving Asian Americans dignity. Chang shows how…

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My Dad Secretly Worked For The Mob! 1:05:02

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Actor and comedian Barry Rothbart talks about his new limited series podcast, Searching For Allan Rothbart. It’s the incredible true story of his father’s secret double life as a mid-level mobster for the Gambino crime family, and the shocking twists Barry uncovered through deathbed confession tapes his dad left behind. Barry shares what it was lik…

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The AI Pioneer Who Chose Purpose Over Profit: Jim Fruchterman on Why Big Tech Can't Be Trusted with Our Future 44:15

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Back in 1990, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur called Jim Fruchterman chose purpose over profit. In his new book, Technology for Good, Fruchterman explains how nonprofit leaders like him are using software and data to solve our most pressing social problems. Thirty five years ago, when his investors vetoed a reading machine for the blind because the m…

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How HVAC Pros Can Electrify Everything & Reduce 90% of Installation Mistakes with Nate Adams Part 2 21:49

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In part 2 of this episode of the HVAC Know It All Podcast, host Gary McCreadie continues his conversation with Nate Adams, Co-Founder at Phantasm and Founder at Nate the House Whisperer, about electrifying homes and the benefits of heat pumps, solar, and other electric technologies. They discuss how these systems improve comfort, lower costs, and o…

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How to Stop Over-Optimizing and Focus on What Matters with Tim Ferriss 1:33:48

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#248: Learn to escape the trap of over-optimizing and design a more meaningful life. We explore setting boundaries, resetting priorities, and turning failure into fuel for success. We also dive into Tim’s creative process behind his new card game and the surprising value of play. Tim Ferriss is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, and host of The T…

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World Enemy Number One: Nazi Germany's Obsession with 'Judeo-Bolshevism' 53:30

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It’s not exactly news that the Nazis didn’t like the Jews. But according to the Rutgers historian Jochen Hellbeck, author of World Enemy Number One, the Nazi obsession went so far as to believe that the Soviet Union was owned and operated by a global cabal of Jews. And so, Hellbeck argues, it was not the Western powers but Communist Russia that Naz…

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Art The Clown Terrifies Halloween Horror Nights 1:16:48

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Terrifier creator & director Damien Leone and producer Phil Falcone return to celebrate the rise of their blood-soaked franchise – from humble indie beginnings to breaking box office records, and now taking over Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights with their own terrifying haunted house. Damien & Phil share the origin story of Art the Clown,…

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Reminiscin' to Zyxx 57:17

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The cast takes a trip down memory avenue – pretty sure that’s the saying? – to talk about their personal origins in improv, the heyday of UCB New York, and the comedy shows and experiences they’ll never forget, even if they might want to. You’ll finally learn how many cast members cleaned toilets to get free improv classes. And in case you didn’t h…

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The True Cost of Roadkill: Cars Have Caused 60 to 80 Million Deaths in the Last 100 Years 53:58

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The numbers are mind blowing. According to Roadkill authors Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay, cars have killed more people than both world wars combined. That’s how toxic our relationship with cars has been over the last century, they argue. The UN figures they cite—60 to 80 million direct deaths since the automobile’s invention—don’t even include pr…

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Is that $320,000 College Degree Really Worth It? The President of Brandeis on why Colleges Must Adapt or Become Irrelevant 36:32

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It’s the $320,000 question both parents and students are asking themselves: Is that four-year liberal arts degree really worth it? According to Brandeis University President Arthur Levine, it’s a question they should, indeed, be asking. In his co-authored book The Great Upheaval, Levine argues that the United States is experiencing a profound trans…

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How HVAC Pros Replace Gas and Maximize Comfort with Load-Matching Heat Pumps with Nate Adams Part 1 28:20

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In this episode of the HVAC Know It All Podcast, host Gary McCreadie chats with Nate Adams, Co-Founder at Phantasm and Founder at Nate the House Whisperer. Nate explains how heat pumps provide unmatched comfort by adjusting to the home’s needs and running efficiently. He talks about the importance of system sizing, load matching, and radiant temper…

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Emma's Torch’s Kerry Brodie: Cooking Up a New Life for Refugees 31:12

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Kerry Brodie is the founder and Executive Director of Emma’s Torch, a non-profit social enterprise that provides refugees with culinary training and employability, equity and empowerment training. Kerry came up with the idea for Emma’s Torch while volunteering at a DC homeless shelter and made the connection between refugees looking for employment,…

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The Dark Passions Driving American Politics: Why Liberals Must Acknowledge Anger, Fear, and the Lust for Domination 46:07

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Some liberals might shake their virtuous heads and tut-tut disapprovingly. But, as the Brookings scholar William Galston argues, Donald Trump’s Old Testament politics of retribution has exposed the limitations of liberal thought. In his new book, Anger, Fear, Domination, Galston argues that liberals must recognize the dark passions driving politics…

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The AI Assistant That Knows Your Life Before You Do: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? 37:59

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“It’s happening. The question is whether it’s a dream or a nightmare. This week, OpenAI introduced Pulse, an AI assistant that knows what we want to do and think before we do. That Was The Week publisher Keith Teare welcomes Pulse as a “habit” that will “shape your day.” Unlike the techno-teleological Keith, however, I’m less enamored by Pulse. Do …

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TRUMP IS NOT POPULAR: How a Sub 40% Approval Offers Hope for the Dems 54:20

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“What Trump is doing is not popular”. For the This Old Democracy podcaster and veteran Democratic activist Micah Sifry, that’s the good news of Trump’s sub-40% approval rate. The bad news, Sifry warns, is that the Dems remained a weak, divided party struggling to counter the MAGA-controlled Republicans. Learning from the campus success of Charlie K…

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The Diabolical Crimes Of The Ken & Barbie Killers 59:15

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Jamie and John from True Crimecast return to unravel the shocking story of the Canadian Ken & Barbie Killers — Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. They break down how this seemingly perfect couple hid a reign of terror that included the Scarborough rapes, the murder of Karla’s own sister, and the videotaped assaults that horrified a nation. You’ll hea…

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The Idiocracy Trap: Why Smart Machines are making Humans Dumb & Dumber 46:27

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Jacob Ward warned us. Back in January 2022, the Oakland-based tech journalist published The Loop, a warning about how AI is creating a world without choices. He even came on this show to warn about AI’s threat to humanity. Three years later, we’ve all caught up with Ward. So where is he now on AI? Moderately vindicated but more pessimistic. His ori…

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How HVAC Contractors Can Stop Oversizing & Close More Deals Using LaserCalc - Andrew Barton Part 2 18:55

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In this episode of the HVAC Know It All Podcast, host Gary McCreadie continues his chat with Andrew Barton, CEO of AirMatch, Arenberg, Imogen Technologies LLC, and CFM Equipment Distributors. They discuss the Laser Calc tool and how it helps techs and contractors do fast and easy load calculations, both room-by-room and block load. Andrew explains …

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Halfway to Hungary: Jonathan Rauch on the Authoritarian Playbook that Trump Borrowed from a Small, Landlocked Central European State 44:34

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So where exactly is Trump’s America? According to the Brookings fellow Jonathan Rauch, the world’s largest economic, military and cultural power is “half way to Hungary” - the small, landlocked Central European country run by an equally small and landlocked man called Viktor Orban. For Rauch, this suggests that America is on its way to becoming the…

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Deep Dive on Bank of America Credit Cards (Up to 5.25% Cash Back) 1:02:24

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#247: Chris dives into Bank of America’s credit card lineup and why he has 5 different BoA cards right now. He'll go over how the Preferred Rewards program can help you earn unlimited 3.3% back on everything. Finally, he also covers approval rules, credit limits, unique perks like free museum access, and more. Link to Full Show Notes: https://chris…

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Snoochie Boochies… It’s Jason Mewes! 1:10:35

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Jason Mewes brings the snoogans to Talk Is Jericho! He’s got crazy stories about vacationing in Hawaii with Ozzy Osbourne and the rest of the Osbourne family, and what it was like living with Jack in LA. He remembers meeting Kevin Smith for the first time, how they bonded over comics, and how Kevin literally wrote Jay’s Clerks character specificall…

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The Case Against the United Nations: The Israel Obsession, Rwanda, and the Haiti Peacekeeping Scandal 48:00

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Donald Trump made his own controversial case against the United Nations at the UN today, lecturing world leaders that “the UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them.” But he was beaten to this anti-UN manifesto by the New York City based journalist Seth Barron, who wrote “The End of the UN ” cover story for Tablet magaz…

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From Fentanyl to Fulfillment: How the Tuba Civil Rights Movement Can Save American Democracy 40:26

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As the prize-winning author of Dreamland and The Least of Us, Sam Quinones is one of the most acclaimed authorities on America’s deadly drug epidemics. So it might seem a little surprising that his follow-up to these two best-sellers is a book in praise of the bass horn, a relatively unglamorous musical instrument that he neither plays nor learned …

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