The Spaniard Show

Not only do we learn about Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park on today's show, we also learn about confidence and the ability to make decisions for ourselves. Bill Bryson taught me th…

On today's show, we hear how Bryson's perspective on distance takes a new look after hitting the AT, the significance of the AT shelters, and we see how one man's trash can be another man's treasure.

Enjoy a recap of this week's learnings!

Sources: A Walk in the Woods, Wonder, Charlie Engle

Deprivation, "Trail Magic" and the cost of resting fill our travel packs on today's AMXbooks. This book is fun, inspiring and full of awesome facts and history pertaining to the US and the AT. I've h…

By way of Bill Bryson, we're learning about the US Forest Service, the quantity of woods in our country and some key stats/differences pertaining to National Forests and National Parks. Join us on ou…

Charlie Engle has a taste for superhuman feats. He's run countless miles, including across the US and the Sahara, and he will soon be traveling from earth's lowest point (the depths of the Dead Sea) …

So you wanna be an AT thru-hiker? It's not all sunshine and rainbows. On today's show, we hear the stats of just how many people complete the whole journey, as well as some of author Bill Bryson's ea…

What a tremendous learning experience this has been. Auggie, his family, friends, classmates, and teachers have taught us so much about empathy, understanding, kindness and how we treat others. In to…

On today's show, we're talking bears...black bears, grizzly bears, brown bears and kodiak bears. We also dive into the origins of the AT and learn some cool facts along the way.

All aboard! We're hiking (learning about, rather) the Appalachian Trail with author/traveler Bill Bryson. Hilarious, informative and refreshing, this book is a fun one. In today's intro episode, we'r…

Happy anniversary! I started systematically recording (written/audio) my weekly learnings 100 weeks ago. I started AMXweekly on March 27, 2017. It was then called the Excellence Blueprint. From there…

For the past nine episodes, we've been learning about the revival of psychedelics in the US. Today, as we journey onward, we learn about some of the deeper drives and motivations of author Michael Po…

In this one conversation, you’ll hear about freeing yourself from parachute lines underwater, evading high voltage wires, water stinging your face like gravel, struggling with a person you’re trying …

On today's show, we learn how psychedelics drove a divide between two generations in the 1960's, what Senator Robert Kennedy thought of them and the relationship between curiosity and fear.

On today's show, we learn the etymology of the word psychedelic, the idea of never truly knowing what will come of something/anything, and we look back on some profound life lessons pertaining to rel…

On today's show, we learn about Justin and Miranda's challenges and more about perspective. We also learn about the many changes that occur in middle school and how true friends always finding their …

On today's show, we explore a who's who of psychedelic users in Hollywood in the 50's (and why they used them) while also exploring some traits and perspectives of some more early proponents of psych…

There's a fungus among us...today's AMXbooks is all about psilocybin and the many attributes of this fascinating fungus. You'll be amazed at it's many functions.

Enjoy a recap of this week's learnings!

Sources: How to Change Your Mind, Wonder

The things you can learn in books...Today's episode contains one of the more surprising/eyes wide open/jaw dropping pieces of information I learned in this book. Perhaps it's common knowledge to some…