The Daily Churn
Anyone can churn anything. Each week, learn how to churn something new and novel, from credit card & bank bonuses to flights, hotels, cellphones, mealkits, even FIRE. Decades of churning experience packed into short, easy-to-follow episodes you can use right now to earn more miles, more points, and live a more financially independent life.
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🐮 Ep 96 - Churning in 2026: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
<p>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.</p><p>To be clear: this episode contains ONLY churning talk 😛</p><p>------------------</p><p>🌱 Daily Recaps - Beta</p><p>The public beta is officially live! If you'd like to get a daily email digest of the past 24 hours in churning land, check it out here</p><p>------------------</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>...
📔 Ep 95 - My Favorite AI Journaling App: The Story of Life Note with Daniel Chen
<p>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!) 🥳</p><p>In this episode, we cover:</p>The Story of Life Note: How and why Daniel built the app, plus the art of AI prompting, modeling, and layering.The Heart, Mind & Meditation: Daniel's experience living abroad and attending 10-day Vipassana meditation retreats.The Future of Mental Health: The current state of AI-guided journalling, therapy and mental health.<p>Whether you're an AI nerd, a journaling enthusiast (or trying to be!), or...
🌱 Ep 94 - How to Find a Therapist: Insurance Hacks & Choosing the Right Modality
<p>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 health care, including hacks for navigating insurance and a cheat sheet on different therapeutic modalities (relational vs somatic, CBT, IFS, EMDR, EFT, KAP, and more).</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if...
🌻 Ep 93 - 2026 Reset: Sabbaticals, Retreats, Care Teams, Crypto Casino Scams, AI & The State of the Churn
<p>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 for it but hopefully this will save you from making a similar mistake. Get comfy, grab a drink, let's catch up 🍵</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you t...
🍃 Ep 92 - Owen Marcus: Men's Retreats, MELD, Somatic Awareness, Trauma, Creativity, Growth & Action
<p>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 first retreat almost exactly 1 year ago.</p><p>Owen is a legend in this space - he has worked alongside Peter Levine. Esther Perel has attended his retreats. Owen has been working, training, and organizing men's groups and retreats for over 30 years.</p><p>Highly recommend listening to this if you've been even remotely curious about the topic – this might be my favorite episode of the year.</p><p>V...
✈️ Ep 91 - The Story of Seats.aero with Ian Carroll
<p>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 in just 3 short years.</p><p>What was that journey like, and how does it feel to run a multi-million dollar business in your 20s ? Does he still have time to churn? Tune in for answers to these very important questions 😂</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy thi...
🔴 Ep 90 - First Livestream, Scaling Bank Bonuses with Margin, 700K Venture X Business, Costco Black Friday Sales, KaiGPT
<p>I'm trying new things this year, so I thought "why not livestream this episode"? So I did. The end 😂</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏</p><p>⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm gods (and me) thank you for your sacrifice 🙇
🗞️ Ep 89 - The Paper Round: Origins of Complex PTSD & ADHD
<p>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 feel and live my life today – the seemingly small stressors in my early years that have led to bigger issues like ADHD and CPTSD 🍃</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a f...
🦾 Ep 88 - Costco Gold, Debit Rewards, Burner Lines, Vanguard vs ChatGPT, RH Margin vs HELOCs, Dyson V9 Deal
<p>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.</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏</p><p>⭐️ Or if you have a bit of time, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple or Spotify. The algorithm...
🍂 Ep 87 - Reflections on Podcasting, Ketamine Therapy, Vipassana, Men's Retreats, Alzheimer's
<p>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 a nice warm drink and a cozy blanket and take an hour to relax and hang out with me.</p><p>View Full Show Notes</p><p>Join The Free Weekly Newsletter</p><p>Apply For Our Private Discord</p><p>------------------</p><p>Enjoy this episode?</p><p>Most people find the show through word of mouth. Please forward to a friend if you think they would enjoy it 🙏</p><p>...
