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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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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)
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
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00:59:50Mar 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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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 Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Your First Acquisition: The Playbook for Buying Out Your Competitor
You do not always have to outperform your competition one customer at a time.
Sometimes, the fastest path to growth is acquiring the business standing in your way.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down how buying a competitor can accelerate growth, expand market share, and give you immediate access to established revenue, talent, and customer relationships.
Acquisitions can create massive leverage.
But only when the numbers are real, the risks are controlled, and the integration plan is strong.
A bad deal can drain your company.
A well-structured deal can transform it overnight.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why acquisitions can create faster growth than traditional sales and marketing• How to identify competitors with valuable assets and weak operations• Why due diligence must uncover debt, retention problems, and cultural risks• How seller notes, earn-outs, and strong integration protect the deal
The truth is simple:
You do not have to defeat every competitor.
You may be able to acquire them.
Find the right target.
Audit the numbers.
Structure the financing.
Protect the client relationships during the transition.
When you combine their market share with your stronger systems, you can scale faster and take greater control of the industry.
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00:03:58Jul 30, 2026
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The Toast
Love, Hockey, and Healing: Thursday, July 30th, 2026
1. Nara Smith Addresses Tradwife Label & Reveals Her Family’s Reaction to Daughter Whimsy, 2, Being In Remission (Just Jared) (25:50)
2. Angela R. White Announces New Book Sober Mine: Letting Go of Blac Chyna and Living My Faith (PEOPLE) (34:38)
3. See Jacob Tremblay as Unabomber Ted Kaczynski in First Look at Troubling New Netflix Film (PEOPLE) (44:37)
4. Ben Affleck Wins Rare Million-Dollar Prize with Jeopardy! Champ Jamie Ding on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (PEOPLE) (54:06)
5. Miley Cyrus Reveals She’s Working on a New Album That’s a ‘Love Story’: ‘A Reflection of Where I Am in My Life’ (PEOPLE) (59:52)
The Toast with Jackie (@JackieOshry) and Claudia Oshry (@girlwithnojob)
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Lean In
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01:05:05Jul 30, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Furious Canada Blasts Trump and Kills Maple MAGA
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Canada killing MAPLE MAGA as Prime Minister Carney torches Trump and roasts Daniele Smith.
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00:26:58Jul 30, 2026
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
All Hell Breaks Loose as War Moves Toward Poland
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on all hell breaking loose as air sirens sounded in Lublin, Poland on the same day Zelenskyy was there as Russia’s primary target appeared to be Lviv and as Ukraine engaged in more strikes on Russian Wildberry facilities and refineries.
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00:22:50Jul 30, 2026


