The Daily Churn

🐮 Ep 96 - Churning in 2026: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

It's the 5 year anniversary of this podcast, and what better way to celebrate than a mid-year review of everything thats happened this year in churning land. To be clear

📔 Ep 95 - My Favorite AI Journaling App: The Story of Life Note with Daniel Chen

I got to chat with Daniel about his mind-blowing app, Life Note, that has completely changed how I journal (read: I actually journal multiple times a week now!) 🥳 In thi

🌱 Ep 94 - How to Find a Therapist: Insurance Hacks & Choosing the Right Modality

Deep dive into the world of therapy: why finding the right therapist is like dating and why Headway is the tinder of therapy. We'll break down the logistics of mental hea

🌻 Ep 93 - 2026 Reset: Sabbaticals, Retreats, Care Teams, Crypto Casino Scams, AI & The State of the Churn

We're baaaack! It's been a wild year, lots of updates to share both in churning land and in my personal life. Oh and I just got scammed this morning, can't believe I fell

🍃 Ep 92 - Owen Marcus: Men's Retreats, MELD, Somatic Awareness, Trauma, Creativity, Growth & Action

What is a men's retreat? What happens there? Why go to one, and who is it for? I spoke with Owen Marcus, founder of MELD, on my life-changing experience attending my firs

✈️ Ep 91 - The Story of Seats.aero with Ian Carroll

I chatted with Ian, founder of Seats.aero, on how he grew Seats.aero from a side hobby to an award travel powerhouse with 500K monthly active users and 100K+ paid members

🔴 Ep 90 - First Livestream, Scaling Bank Bonuses with Margin, 700K Venture X Business, Costco Black Friday Sales, KaiGPT

I'm trying new things this year, so I thought "why not livestream this episode"? So I did. The end 😂 View Full Show Notes Join The Free Weekly Newsletter Apply For Our

🗞️ Ep 89 - The Paper Round: Origins of Complex PTSD & ADHD

I churned a whole bunch of stuff this week and burnt myself out lol (more on that next time), so I'm taking a breather to reflect and explore some root causes for how I f

🦾 Ep 88 - Costco Gold, Debit Rewards, Burner Lines, Vanguard vs ChatGPT, RH Margin vs HELOCs, Dyson V9 Deal

Catching up on a busy couple weeks of churns. From shutdowns to gold to margin and early black friday deals, this episode has a bit of everything. View Full Show Notes

🍂 Ep 87 - Reflections on Podcasting, Ketamine Therapy, Vipassana, Men's Retreats, Alzheimer's

The leaves are changing and I'm feeling reflective: how did the past year go? What did I learn about myself, the podcast, ketamine, retreats, life (and death)? Maybe grab

🫨 Ep 86 - Churning News, Easy C1S Money Makers, Chase Points Boost, SW Companion Pass, My HELOC Update, FICO 8 vs Vantage 3.0/4.0 Deepdive

Another jam-packed episode recapping all my churns from the last couple weeks. Between catching a cold and family visiting from the East coast, it's been pretty hectic he

🪄 Ep 85 - Any Chance You Could: Four Magic Words That Changed My Life

I've caught a cold, so today I'm resharing my absolute FAVORITE episode from the past 4 years. I recorded this back in 2023, and it's still as relevant today (if not more

🐷 Ep 84 - Interview: Multiplayer Mode with Chris Hutchins

Chris and I met up during the inaugural TDC meetup in Denver a few weeks ago, and we recorded a live interview with a small "studio" audience in the Regency Club lounge (

🧈 Ep 83 - Opening Amex & Chase Cards, Citi 4506-C lock, Eating Inkind & Resy, HELOCs vs PLOCs, Costco Gold

After a few hectic weeks, I'm finally back home and catching up on all my churns - opening new Amex and Chase cards, tackling my Citi account lock, eating InKind and Resy

⛰️ Ep 82 - Three Days in Denver: Inaugural TDC Meetup Recap (With Pics!)

What an insane weekend. My voice is finally back after spending 3 days with 120 churners lol, so I'm hijacking this episode for a deep dive into our very first in-person

👽 Ep 81 - Amex Plat refresh, New Meta glasses, Seats.aero discount, Practicing any chance you could, Launching probe groups, GPT5 Pro, and more

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🐔 Ep 80 - Citi Strata, iPhone 17, Seats.aero, Dinner with Logan, Pound of Chicken, Telepathy tapes, Four thousand weeks, Ketamine therapy

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🎭 Ep 79 - Weekly Recap: Monarch, P3 + Carvana, Solo401K Loans, MMM HQ, Why do improv, Being busy

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🌝 Ep 78 - Weekly Recap: What I'm churning, reading & watching, plus a Miraval trip report

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🍃 Ep 77 - Weekly Recap: Vanguard advisors, Luma tickets, Miraval man-date, what I'm reading, and more

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