This week Mike is off pursuing a way to change the world and Ben talks through some of the weirdness doing a podcast solo. Its That Deep will also be going on hiatus until the new year, so we'll see you then!

Flow Like Water: Bruce Lee and the never ending process of Greatness #11

Dec 6th, 2020 46m 32s

Bruce Lee is a rare person. He's the kind of person that changes the essence of the world. Over his lifetime Bruce Lee would be a child actor, a teenage delinquent, a student of philosophy, a teacher, a father and so much more. Simply put, Bru

Einstein: An examination of Genius and its associated costs #10

Nov 28th, 2020 35m 17s

Who was Albert Einstein? Certainly one of, if not the single, greatest scientific minds in history. Alongside all of his accomplishments were many shortcomings, just as every person is cursed with. What does it take to manifest genius? We try t

Overcoming Obstacles: The story of Helen Keller and the softness of America #9

Nov 21st, 2020 1h 3m

What does a true obstacle look like? Likely, it's some difficulty so great that you must fundamentally change to even face it and must also be fundamentally changed in overcoming it. Helen Keller faced this kind of obstacle when fever stole her

Who you are vs. who you are becoming: A way to handle the future #8

Nov 14th, 2020 54m 58s

What makes a great person great, or, what makes Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan? Is it the heights they're able to reach, the difficulties they overcome, or any one of an infinite number of other reasons? This week we try to get to the bottom of

Ways to lay a foundation: Choose the right people #7

Nov 8th, 2020 50m 57s

This week we take a look at what a high quality friend looks like, what a high quality friendship feels like, and why it might be in everyone's best interest to pick the best friends we possibly can

Money and Meaning: Some ways to balance your checkbook and also your life #6

Oct 31st, 2020 47m 48s

Today we take a dive into finance and some things that we try to keep track of and grow this little thing called money. We also try to see where money fits on the hierarchy of Things You Need™, and get lost a little bit on the way.

This is Deep: Taking a dive into things like Meaning and Depression #5

Oct 24th, 2020 54m 59s

This week we look at some of the struggles of just being alive, like finding meaning and trying to move forward. We also do our best to come up with solutions for what to do when Mother Nature decides to take control away from you.

Psychology of Others: Some solid reasons to be a selfish prick #4

Oct 17th, 2020 58m 25s

Today we take a dive into how other people can shape your reality, what life looked like for Mike before he came to America, and why, just maybe, you should be selfish at least some of the time."In the individual’s mental life someone else is

A dive into things like Learning, Instinct, and Self Confidence #3

Oct 11th, 2020 46m 39s

This week we take a loosely organized deep dive into some things we thought up while longboarding, doing free associations in nature, and online dating.

Self Reliance: We're all just floating in a big old hyper-sea #2

Oct 3rd, 2020 58m 59s

"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you only have an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do b