The Inforium
Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme discuss productivity, personal finance, their weird llama obsession, and other interesting things. New episodes every other week.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 334
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2021
Reading Faster: The Science Behind What Works... and What Doesn't (Ep. 93)
Let's dig deep into the science of reading. On this episode, I'm talking with Liz Schotter - a postgraduate student in psychology, and one of the most active researchers in the area of eye-tracking a…
00:40:41 |
Mon 25 Jan 2016
How to Turn Your Life Into a Video Game (Ep. 92)
Steve Kamb from Nerd Fitness talks with me about setting goals, building systems that keep you accountable to your goals, and essentially transforming your life into a video game.
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Thi…
01:09:57 |
Mon 11 Jan 2016
The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Productivity (Ep. 91)
My friend Chris Bailey from A Life of Productivity is back on the show to talk more about productivity with me.
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Things mentioned in this episode:
The Productivity Project - Chris' bo…
01:17:45 |
Tue 05 Jan 2016
How to Pay Off $15,000 in Student Debt... By Living in an RV (Ep. 90)
In this episode, I talk with Heath Padgett - a guy who decided to buy an RV with his wife just a couple years after college and work an hourly job in all 50 U.S. states. Afterwards, they stayed in th…
00:40:56 |
Mon 28 Dec 2015
Jedi Councils - No Star Wars Spoilers, I Promise (Ep. 89)
I don't like the term "mastermind group", so I'm choosing to use Jedi Council instead. Whatever you like to call them, Jedi Councils are really beneficial. Today's episode goes over the story of how …
00:30:44 |
Mon 21 Dec 2015
Improving Brain Function Using Music Created by Robots (Ep. 88)
Should you study with music or not? I get this question a lot, so today I'm talking with some of the most qualified people possible - the founders of Brain.fm, a startup that creates AI-generated mus…
00:58:43 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
You Need to Do a Reset (Ep. 87)
This episode is about taking time to hit the reset button on your productivity and time management systems - and even on your brain. I did this recently, and the result were immediate. Let's talk abo…
00:29:38 |
Mon 07 Dec 2015
“How Long Should it Take to Get Good at My Job?” (Ep. 86)
I love this episode, but I sure as heck don't know how to market it. It's a long conversation that touches on a ton of topics - one of which is an answer to the question many students/new grads have:…
01:52:38 |
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Tips for Speeches and Presentations (Ep. 85)
How do you design and deliver presentations that don't make your audience break out those weird neck pillow things? Let's talk about that.
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Things mentioned in this episode:
The Stude…
00:33:58 |
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Grades vs. a “Well-Rounded Education” (Ep. 84)
What's more important, getting good grades or getting a "well-rounded education"? Is there really a difference? How much should you focus on your coursework in college? In this episode, my friend Tom…
00:42:16 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
How to Deal with Rejection (Ep. 83)
Getting rejected is part of life, and so it learning to deal with it. Today I'll share some experiences I've had with rejection, why they happened, and what I learned from them.
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Thing…
00:28:02 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
5 Reader Questions: Dealing with Setbacks, Tiredness, and Dream Job Selection (Ep. 82)
Martin joins me once again on this reader Q&A episode to tackle questions on dealing with setbacks and failure, workouts and tiredness, selecting a dream job, and more.
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00:44:21 |
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Morning Routines (Ep. 81)
I'm with my friend Zach Sexton once again, this time to talk about morning routines. Zach goes through his with his girlfriend, while I'm a lone wolf with mine. Today we'll talk about each of our rou…
00:55:39 |
Mon 19 Oct 2015
The Power of Storytelling in Job Interviews (Ep. 80)
Humans intrinsically love stories, and you can use that to your advantage to stand out in job interviews (and on your resume). Here's how.
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Things mentioned in this episode:
Take Your…
00:43:46 |
Mon 12 Oct 2015
How to Become an Animator with Alan Becker, Creator of Animator vs. Animation (Ep. 79)
Alan Becker is the creator of the wildly popular Animator vs. Animation series and an all-around cool guy. In this episode I talk with him about how he became an animator.
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Things ment…
00:56:52 |
Mon 05 Oct 2015
How to Get Better Test Scores Through Confidence Tracking (Ep. 78)
If you want to get a better grade on your next test or quiz, you should write a number between 1 and 5 beside each question. This episode will explain why.
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00:39:12 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
How to Become an Adult – An Evening Chat with My Friends Simon and Jamie (Ep. 77)
This episode is a replay of a live YouTube hangout I did a couple weeks ago with my friends Simon and Jamie. Both of them are Oxford Univerisity graduates from the U.K., and together we tackled the t…
01:41:43 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
5 Reader Questions: How I Email Well-Known People, Note-taking, and Relaxation (Ep. 76)
Questions have piled up in my inbox and now I'm answering some of them. Today we'll talk about how I reach out to podcast guests, how to study physics and statistics, methods of relaxing between stud…
00:34:20 |
Mon 14 Sep 2015
A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (Ep. 75)
In which I try very hard to convince myself I'm professional enough to do this. Arne Duncan is the U.S. Secretary of Education; in this episode, we talk about selecting a college, paying off student …
00:34:00 |
Tue 08 Sep 2015
A Debate on Speed Reading (Ep. 74)
Is speed reading legit? Can you actually learn to read at 700 words per minute - or even faster? On this episode, I'll present a lot of the science behind how reading works, and my friend Zach will c…
00:42:15 |
Mon 31 Aug 2015
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