3-Minute Thursday with Taylor Blum

Taylor Blum

3-Minute Thursday is a weekly show where host Taylor Blum, former national championship coach and current professional personal trainer, shares the most interesting things that he has been pondering, read, encountered, or enjoyed throughout the week. Topics range from products to career advice to interesting thought exercises to best-of lists and everything in-between, along with the occasional special guest host. This concise show will give listeners something to think about heading into the weekend with the goal of doing it in 180 seconds.

Episodes

In this episode, Taylor gives his recommendations of the top, must-read biographies.

Oct 1, 2020

6 min

Mystery Profile #6

In this week's episode, Taylor challenges his listeners to guess another Mystery Profile. The Mystery Profile segment is the journey of a successful, but not always extremely well-known, figure. Without revealing the Mystery Profile Person until the...

Sep 24, 2020

6 min

Just F*cking Start

In this week's episode, Taylor talks about how overthinking and how we put roadblocks in front of ourselves when starting projects. So how do we not do those things? Listen to the episode to find out.

Sep 17, 2020

3 min

The Fake Papers (And How Stupid Shit Gets Awards)

In this episode, Taylor tells the story of Dr. James Lindsay and his famous "fake papers" hoax that highlighted the need for criticism and peer review in academia.

Sep 10, 2020

6 min

Time vs. Money (And How We Waste Them)

In this episode, Taylor gives his thoughts on how we think about time and money, and how we waste both of them.

Sep 3, 2020

3 min

Two Life Truisms

In this week's episode of 3-Minute Thursday, Taylor discusses two life truisms that will make you think about your career or your life, or both.

Aug 28, 2020

2 min

Mystery Profile #5

Aug 20, 2020

3 min

Good or Bad? Hard To Say

In this episode, Taylor shares a parable about how we think about and frame the things that happen to us in life, and maybe how there's a better way to go about it.

Aug 13, 2020

2 min

A Question on Parental Censorship

In this episode, Taylor thinks out loud about how parents – and society – handles censorship of our youth.

Aug 6, 2020

2 min

Why Do We Care What Celebrities Think?

In this week's episode, Taylor goes on a mini-rant questioning why we all care so much about what celebrities think and why we put so much stock into what they say.

Jul 30, 2020

3 min