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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Building Emotional Calluses
If one bad client, refund, or comment can ruin your day…
You’re not ready for scale yet.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down the importance of building emotional calluses—the ability to handle pressure, criticism, and client friction without losing focus or momentum.
As your business grows, so does the volume of problems. More clients means more feedback, more complaints, and more situations that test your patience and emotional control.
The key isn’t avoiding problems…
It’s learning how to handle them without letting them control you.
Paul explains how elite entrepreneurs detach emotion from outcomes, enforce strong boundaries, and operate from logic instead of reacting to every situation.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why friction with clients is normal and expected at scale
How taking things personally can hurt your performance and decision-making
Why enforcing boundaries protects your time, energy, and margins
How developing emotional resilience helps you stay consistent under pressure
You can’t control how people act…
But you can control how you respond.
Because when you build emotional strength and stay grounded, nothing in the market can shake your focus—and that’s what separates average entrepreneurs from elite operators.
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00:03:27Mar 29, 2026
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The Rest Is History
656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)
How did the second incarnation of the clan, born in Georgia in 1915, grow into a seemingly indomitable nation-wide fraternal organisation, numbering millions? Who were its new targets? And, with the Klan’s momentum seemingly unstoppable and an election on the horizon, would their appalling violence be publicly condemned?
Join Tom and Dominic as they chart the second rise of the violent, tyrannical, Ku Klux Klan….
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01:15:09Mar 29, 2026
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This American Life
884: The Idiot
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a decade ago—and from The New York Times.
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- Act One: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about the surprising events that prompted them to begin reporting on their own family for their new podcast, The Idiot. They play the first episode of the series. (14 minutes)
- Act Two: Ira Glass and M Gessen continue to talk through the story of M’s cousin, Allen Gessen. They play more clips from the podcast, and we finally hear about the big, shocking thing that snapped their family apart. (20 minutes)
- Act Three: M Gessen tells Ira Glass about Allen’s trial, and we hear a recording of his conversation with the undercover agent. (21 minutes)
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00:59:50Mar 29, 2026
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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
The Addiction to Urgency
Most entrepreneurs think being busy means they’re making progress.
But what if the constant chaos, urgency, and fire-fighting are actually the reason you’re stuck?
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down the hidden trap of urgency addiction—where everything feels important, but nothing truly moves the business forward.
When you operate in constant reaction mode, you’re not leading—you’re surviving. And survival mode is the fastest way to stall growth, burn out, and cap your income.
Paul shares how top entrepreneurs shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive systems and structured execution, allowing their businesses to run smoother, scale faster, and create real freedom.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why constantly reacting to problems can destroy focus and slow down growth
How to build systems that prevent issues instead of repeatedly fixing them
Why urgency is often a sign of poor structure—not productivity
How creating calm, predictable operations can increase revenue and reduce stress
The most successful businesses don’t run on chaos—they run on clarity, systems, and discipline.
Because when you stop chasing fires and start building infrastructure, you don’t just grow—you scale.
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00:03:10Mar 22, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Has Catastrophic Monday as 3 Refineries Blown Up
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s catastrophic Monday as 3 of the biggest oil refineries in Saudi Arabia have been destroyed by the Houthi’s who are not playing games.
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00:27:27Jul 27, 2026
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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
How to Tell the Difference Between Urgent and Important
Not everything urgent is actually important.
And if you do not learn how to tell the difference, fake emergencies will control your schedule, drain your focus, and keep your business in constant panic.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex, we break down how leaders can separate real threats from everyday noise.
Because if every email feels like a crisis, every client text turns into a fire drill, every vendor request interrupts your day, and every small issue gets treated like an emergency, your company will never operate with clarity.
It will operate in chaos.
Paul explains why strong leadership is not about reacting to everything immediately.
It is about knowing what deserves your attention, what can wait, and what needs a system instead of a panic response.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why other people’s poor planning should not automatically become your emergency
How fake urgency destroys focus, strategy, and team morale
Why boundaries are essential for strong leadership
How calm decision-making helps your team execute better
Why CEOs must protect the calendar instead of reacting to every interruption
The truth is simple:
You are a CEO.
Not an emergency room doctor.
Your job is not to panic every time someone else rings the alarm.
Your job is to filter the chaos, prioritize the real threats, protect your schedule, and create the space required to think strategically.
High-level leaders do not panic on command.
They set rules of engagement.
They enforce boundaries.
They manage the queue.
And they only sound the alarm when it actually matters.
Because when everything is treated as urgent, nothing is truly important.
Filter the noise.
Protect the schedule.
Lead with control.
And keep leveling up.
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00:03:45Jul 27, 2026
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The Toast
The Rumors Are True, I Deleted Olandria: Monday, July 27th, 2026
1. Emma Roberts marries actor Cody John in lavish Idaho wedding (Page Six) (26:46)
2. Nic Vansteenberghe Speaks Out After Split from Love Island USA Costar Olandria Carthen (PEOPLE) (31:58), We Finally Have a Melanie and Sincere Sighting After ‘Love Island USA’ (Cosmopolitan) (37:41)
3. Tennis star Tommy Paul’s influencer wife blasts longtime Nantucket store’s ‘No Influencers’ sign (Page Six) (47:50)
4. Timothée Chalamet’s Mom Shares Support for Kris Jenner After Death of Her Mom MJ: ‘So Happy I Got to Know Her’ (PEOPLE) (59:47)
5. LeBron picks 76ers as 'last decision,' to sign 2-year, $8M deal (ESPN) (1:03:34)
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01:11:13Jul 27, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Loses Control as MAGA Fractures
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing it as the MAGA movement is finally over and Meiselas shares the latest information on the end of MAGA.
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00:27:11Jul 27, 2026


