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Reach Higher by Big Sean Aug 03, 2026

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In this episode, hailo discusses the book Reach Higher, by Big Sean with a foreword by Jay Shetty.

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Can you turn a Community into a Business? with Laurel Touby Jul 24, 2026

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In this episode, Laurel Touby joins Hot Literati to explore her career, how she started her company Media Bistro, which she sold for $23 million, and how to turn a community into a business in 2026. #entrepreneurship #mediabistro #laureltouby #hotliterati

Why "Just Plan Your Future" Advice Never Works (And What Actually Does) Jul 17, 2026

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Why "just plan your future" advice never works (and what actually does)Every five-year plan video tells you the same thing: get clear on your vision, write it down, go after it. So you do — and it works, for about three weeks. Then the middle hits, motivation disappears, and it feels like nothing's working. This episode is about the part that advice always skips.I'm walking through the actual five-level framework I use for building a five-year plan that survives the middle — not just the vision, the whole system: an honest audit of where you're actually starting, a specific future your brain can navigate toward, the psychology of why motivation dips exactly when it does, the systems that make progress automatic, and a real year-by-year roadmap.This is part of Hot Literati — a literary movement and community for hot, cool, well-read people building lives that are meaningful, not just optimized. If this resonates, come build your own five-year plan with us at hotliterati.com.hotliterati.com@hotliterati#FiveYearPlan #HowToPlanYourFuture #GoalSetting #PersonalDevelopment #HotLiterati #LifePlanning #Motivation #SelfImprovementPodcast

117. Fyodor Dostoevsky Jul 10, 2026

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You've been meaning to read Dostoevsky. This is the episode that makes you actually do it.

In this episode of The Icon Series from Hot Literati, we cover everything you need to walk in ready: who Dostoevsky actually was, what a mock execution and four years in a Siberian prison camp did to his writing, how he thinks about guilt and free will and the things we want that we shouldn't, and the reading order that actually makes sense.

No spoilers. No lit crit. Just the person and the books.Where to start:Notes from Underground — 130 pages, read it this weekendCrime and Punishment — reads like a thriller, hits like philosophyThe Brothers Karamazov — save it, then give it everythingWant to go deeper?The Icon Series: Dostoevsky is a five-lesson written course — full context, full reading guide, field assignments, no spoilers. $35 on its own, included with a Hot Literati membership.Join the community at hotliterati.com — $25/month. Events in NYC and beyond, book clubs, writing verticals, and the people who are doing exactly what you're doing right now.🔗 Join Hot Literati — hotliterati.com🔗 The Icon Series: Dostoevsky — hotliterati.com/courses

116. Why You Should have a Morning and Evening Routine Jul 03, 2026

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Most people think a morning routine is about waking up earlier. It isn't. It's about what your mind processes first — and whether you chose that, or an algorithm did.Edmund Husserl, the philosopher who founded phenomenology, had a concept called intentionality: consciousness is never just on, it's always consciousness of something. There's no blank version of your mind. So the real question every morning isn't whether you're awake. It's what you're awake toward — and for most people, that's a notification before it's anything of their own choosing.In this episode:— Why sequencing matters more than wake-up time, and what your brain's reticular activating system has to do with it— The evening half of this that almost nobody designs, and why your last conscious thought of the day gets quietly filed away while you sleep— Why this is an interiority problem, not a discipline problem — and why design solves it, not willpowerThis is the thinking behind Build Your Morning and Evening Routine, inside Hot Literati Academy. If you want the actual structure — not a template, the design — it's on the site.hotliterati.com

115. How to Reclaim Your Attention Jun 26, 2026

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You pick up a book. Three pages in, your hand drifts toward your phone — not because anything happened, but because nothing did, and some part of your brain has started treating that as an emergency.

This episode breaks that down: the 1940s experiment that explains your refresh habit, the philosopher who diagnosed your phone problem 350 years before phones existed, what boredom is actually for, and the difference between activities that build you and ones that just consume you. By the end, you'll have what you need to write your own Attention Charter.

It's the complete framework behind How to Reclaim Your Attention — live now in the Hot Literati Academy, free with membership at hotliterati.com.

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114. How to Date Jun 19, 2026

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Dating doesn't feel hard because something is wrong with you. It feels hard because you've never been given the actual frameworks for it.

In this episode, I walk through the five modules at the center of our course, How to Date — a course built on attachment theory, behavioral psychology, and the sociology of modern romance. We cover where your patterns come from, how interest and attraction actually work, why you keep choosing the same person in different packaging, and what it takes to close the gap between what you want and what you keep settling for.

This is not therapy. This is not self-help. This is the honest conversation about love that you didn't get anywhere else.

How to Date is part of the Hot Literati Academy. Link below.

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113. How to Become Yourself Jun 12, 2026

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Most people spend years building a life that fits someone else's idea of them. This video is about the work of figuring out what you actually want — not what you were told to want.We cover the psychology of self-concept, the difference between an inherited identity and a chosen one, and what it actually looks like to build a life that belongs to you. This isn't about finding yourself. It's about becoming yourself — which is a different project entirely.The full guided journal is available at hotliterati.com. It's five modules of interdisciplinary frameworks, reflection prompts, and exercises designed to move you from clarity to action.Hot Literati is a community for hot, cool, well-read people. Monthly book club, a full course catalog, events— all for $25/month. Membership is capped at 1,000.hotliterati.com | @hotliterati#philosophy #psychology

112. How to be a Content Creator Jun 05, 2026

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Most creators post constantly and never build anything. The problem is almost never talent. It's infrastructure.

In this episode we get into what actually separates creators who build something real from the ones who burn out or plateau: how to understand your content ecosystem and what each platform is actually for, how to read your own analytics and identify what's working, how to build a production system that makes consistency the path of least resistance, how to convert brand gifts into paid partnerships, and how to build for longevity rather than spikes.

This episode is connected to How to Be a Creator, a course in the Hot Literati Academy covering content ecosystems, analytics literacy, YouTube strategy, brand partnerships, and building owned audience infrastructure. Take it as a standalone or become a Hot Literati Member and get access to everything — all courses, all reading companions, the full library.

Membership is capped at 1,000. We're getting close.

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Why You Should Have a Morning/Evening Routine May 29, 2026

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