This week we go deep on life transitions with special guest Ev Williams, founder of Blogger, Twitter and Medium. Ev just transitioned out of the CEO role at Medium, and so the three of us talk about how you decide to move on, why it’s never too late to quit, and even when to have kids / more kids.

(0:00) Intros and Elon update

(3:05) Vox investigation this week into Launch House

(6:08) ByteDance : birthing centers :: Amazon : One Medical

(10:11) @Jason’s tweet and the impact of drinking on performance

(15:35) Deep dive with Ev Williams on life transitions

(47:36) Mauskopf’s parenting tip about extracurricular activities

(50:24) Sippey’s parenting tip about teaching your kids financial responsibility

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Links from this episode:

• https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-elon-musk-having-so-many-kids
• https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2022/9/11/23340917/launch-house-sexual-assault-web3-community
• https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedances-baby-bump-why-did-the-tiktok-parent-buy-a-chain-of-birthing-centers
• https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1569092137689694209

Hot takes and deep dives on tech, culture, parenting and health from Sara Mauskopf (@sm) and Michael Sippey (@sippey), your best friends on Twitter.

(0:00) Intros, who we are, some personal deetz

(2:50) Apple’s big announcements

(7:04) California’s new internet law designed to protect children

(11:33) Instagram kills its shopping tab but it’s ok

(15:53) Deep dive on how to get to 36 months of runway

(39:17) Mauskopf’s tip of week

(42:05) Sippey’s tip of week

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Hot takes and deep dives on tech, news, culture and living your best life from Sara Mauskopf (@sm) and Michael Sippey (@sippey), your best friends on Twitter.

(0:00) Intro, welcome to the pod

(1:55) Tweets but editable

(4:23) Twitter goes OnlyFans...but doesn't

(7:21) Dating readme docs

(11:36) Teacher shortages

(15:27) Deep dive on women CEO takedowns

(29:34) Sippey's tip of the week

(31:25) Mauskopf's tip of the week

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