Why can chasing one's passion become nefarious? And how can we get it back into better balance?

Through the experience of shutting down when receiving support, and investigating what it means to assess one's self esteem we came to more deeply investigate the following topics: The Dualistic Nature of Passion, Self-Esteem vs. Self-Worth Vs. Self-Confidence etc, ADHD in Women and so much more.

Full list of references for each episode can be found here: ⁠bit.ly/3qhZVNX⁠

Transcripts can be found on Substack: ⁠bit.ly/3N8axYH⁠

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / ⁠@brohama⁠

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

Instagram: ⁠@thewhyintercept⁠ // ⁠@by.sume⁠⁠

Website: ⁠www.bysume.com⁠

Youtube: ⁠⁠@bysume⁠⁠

TikTok: ⁠@by.sume⁠

Why are we always out of time? How does the culture we live in influence our scarcity of time? And what are other ways of viewing how to use it?! Through the experience of applying more effort & yielding poorer results while designing a piece for a runway show, we explore why we live in an age where time behaves paradoxically to how we typically best describe using it.

In this episode we explore: Absolute Time, Subjective Time, Temporal Perspective, Linear / Cyclical Nature of Time and much more.

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / @brohama

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

• Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

• Website: www.bysume.com

• TikTok: @by.sume

• Youtube: @bysume

Full list of references for each episode can be found here by 6/29: bit.ly/3qhZVNX

Transcripts can be found on Substack: bit.ly/3N8axYH

Through the experience of struggling to share the stories behind each sustainable creation on social media in a meaningful way, I decided to try and figure out what makes it so difficult by breaking it down piece by piece. Why do stories matter? How do we appreciate them? And what can we do to be an artful storyteller? In this episode we explore concepts such as: The Pragmatic Theory of Truth, telling stories as a brand, the death of storytelling, and so much more.

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / @brohama

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

• Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

• Website: www.bysume.com

• TikTok: @by.sume

• Youtube: @bysume

Full list of references for each episode can be found here: bit.ly/3qhZVNX

Transcripts can be found on Substack: bit.ly/3N8axYH

Through the experience of prepping sustainability statistics for an interview with The Sustainability Champions podcast, it became top of mind how unemotional the hard hitting statistics felt when researching them. In this episode we explore why it is difficult to perceive of large numbers, how numbers are encoded in the brain, and how we might fail to appreciate the true dimensions of orders of magnitude.

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / @brohama

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

- Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

- Website: bysume.com

- TikTok: @by.sume

- Youtube: @bysume

Transcripts can be found on Substack here on 6/25: bit.ly/3N8axYH

Full list of references for each episode can be found here on 6/25: bit.ly/3qhZVNX

Through the experience of selling cars, I learned many valuable lessons, one of which completely changed how I thought about my work at Google Cloud. The lesson I learned was one I had to re-learn yet again in this chapter of my life, as I attempt to create a more affordable access point for sustainable fashion. Hope this shocking story inspires agency in your own life & pursuits!

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / @brohama

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

- Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

- Website: bysume.com

- TikTok: @by.sume

- Youtube: @bysume

What does it take to have your unique-ness catch fire? Why might you want to have this happen, or not want to have this happen? And why are the opportunities for self-expression only increasing in today's day & age? This week we explore how even though some of us like to be unique, there is a select few that manage to bring the rest of the world along with them. We discuss topics such as: High Desire for Control, Minority Influence Theory, Reactance Theory, Normative vs Conforming Behaviors and so much more.

s/o Brooks Hamilton / @brohama for the theme music

Transcripts can be found on Substack here on 6/7: bit.ly/3N8axYH

Full list of references for each episode can be found here on 6/7: bit.ly/3qhZVNX

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

- Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

- Twitter: @thewhyintercept

- Website: www.bysume.com

- TikTok: @by.sume

- Youtube: @bysume

Why do we copy other people's style? And under what conditions is it advantageous to stand out? In this episode we discuss: Mimetic Desire, Conformity and Counterconformity, the Need for Uniqueness Measurement, the role of influencers, Deviance Regulation Theory and so much more.

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton / @brohama

If you learned something you loved or have thoughts for improvement please do not hesitate to reach out in the following places:

- Instagram: @thewhyintercept, @by.sume⁠

- Website: bysume.com

- TikTok: @by.sume

- Youtube: @bysume

Few References (pls reference full list here):

Need for Uniqueness (NFU)

[TED Talk] How Your Clothes Impact Your Life: Re-examining Our Relationship to Fashion

[TED Talk] The philosophy behind fashion

Optimal Distinctiveness Theory

[Youtube] Drew Joiner: Trendy vs Stylish | What is Unique Style?

Optimal distinctiveness theory (Wikipedia)