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The Formula
Recipes for systems, messes, rituals, institutions, and repeatable human mistakes.
Episode index
All 100 episodes
- 001Celebrity Rise2,041 words
- 002Startup Success1,956 words
- 003Political Power1,868 words
- 004Academic Success1,843 words
- 005Business Empire2,197 words
- 006Artistic Recognition2,458 words
- 007Scientific Breakthrough2,584 words
- 008Sports Stardom2,350 words
- 009Influencer Growth2,315 words
- 010Investment Returns2,351 words
- 011Cult Leader Rise2,238 words
- 012Media Mogul Power2,166 words
- 013Venture Funding2,172 words
- 014Book Bestseller Momentum2,296 words
- 015Medical Consensus Shift1,885 words
- 016Combat Sports Promotion1,899 words
- 017Podcast Empire Growth1,842 words
- 018Private Equity Rollup Power1,832 words
- 019Celebrity Brand1,917 words
- 020Tech Platform Monopoly1,875 words
- 021Addiction Cycle1,861 words
- 022Bankruptcy Rush2,356 words
- 023Relationship Dissolution2,400 words
- 024Career Crash2,375 words
- 025Mental Health Crisis2,231 words
- 026Skill Obsolescence2,192 words
- 027Poverty Trap2,161 words
- 028Burnout Spiral2,020 words
- 029Trauma Loop1,931 words
- 030Systemic Exclusion1,849 words
- 031Broken Health Care1,964 words
- 032Failed Education Loop1,971 words
- 033Justice Collapse1,889 words
- 034Housing Precarity1,882 words
- 035Politicized Science1,851 words
- 036Supply Chain Collapse1,831 words
- 037Media Mob Mentality1,927 words
- 038Legacy Technology Debt1,868 words
- 039Loyalty Fading1,847 words
- 040Collapsed Ritual2,622 words
- 041Prison System2,504 words
- 042Propaganda Cycle2,260 words
- 043Manipulation Matrix2,165 words
- 044Corporate Control2,287 words
- 045Authority Ritual2,043 words
- 046Police Control2,149 words
- 047Surveillance State2,150 words
- 048Disinformation Spiral2,012 words
- 049Institutional Control1,997 words
- 050Worker Control1,922 words