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Not Rocket Science

Not Rocket Science

By Sean Culley

A weekly, in-depth, lighthearted, and often ridiculous breakdown of the relationship between art, culture, technology and consumer behavior.
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Episode 66 - Dragon Pits, Lamborghinis and Quantifying Creativity 🐉🏎️🤓

Not Rocket ScienceJul 23, 2019

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Episode 104 - Quarantine Lo-Fi Edition 👾😷
Apr 14, 202021:44
Episode 103 - So...How Long Is This Thing Gonna Last 🤔🏥
Apr 06, 202022:09
Episode 102 - Is COVID-19 Breaking the Internet 🌐🙅‍♂️
Apr 03, 202022:36
Episode 101 - Will COVID-19 Change Influencer Marketing Forever 🤔 📉
Mar 24, 202025:09
Episode 100 - How COVID-19 is Affecting the World 😷🌎
Mar 17, 202023:58
Episode 99 - Business Implications of the Novel Coronavirus 😷📉
Mar 09, 202026:11
Episode 98 - Why Waking Up at 4AM Probably Isn't Healthy For You ⏰😴
Mar 03, 202022:58
Episode 97 - Breaking Down Cringey Job Description Buzzwords 📝🙈
Feb 24, 202028:36
Episode 96 - The Biz of Podcasting in 2020 🗣️🎙️
Feb 18, 202031:58
Episode 95 - The History of Valentine's Day Marketing  ❤️ 💰
Feb 11, 202030:00
Episode 94 - How the Super Bowl Became America's Biggest Event 🏈📈

Episode 94 - How the Super Bowl Became America's Biggest Event 🏈📈

Feb 04, 202024:26
Episode 93 - Packaging Design Tips for E-Commerce🖌️📦
Jan 28, 202031:42
Episode 92 - The UFC, Conor McGregor & the Biz of Fighting 👊💰
Jan 21, 202031:49
Episode 91 - A Mattress Company Going Public? 🛏️📈
Jan 13, 202034:02
Episode 90 - Should You Be Afraid of Using TikTok? 📱😱
Jan 08, 202029:50
Episode 89 - Looking Back at the 2010's 🕰️🎉
Dec 31, 201929:39
Episode 88 - White Christmas, Santa Claws 🎅🏼🍹
Dec 24, 201924:48
Episode 87 - How Christmas Became Commercialized 🎄🤑
Dec 17, 201927:52
Episode 86 - The Business Behind College Football 🏈📈

Episode 86 - The Business Behind College Football 🏈📈

In this all new episode episode, we go in a somewhat different direction than normal shows where we dive into the business of college football. When it comes to college football, many people tend to be in the dark when it comes to how the sausage is made and why the contracts for coaches and facilities have jumped so significantly to the point where the numbers are completely mind boggling to a casual fan. I also break down why television (and streaming platform) contracts rule the entire industry, why only 25 or so programs are actually profitable, how all of college sports collapses with out football and how the catalyst for all of the big spending is actually 15-17 year old kids. The business of college football is one of the least understood but most wild entertaining industries in the U.S. and because college football recruiting is a nerdy side hobby of the NRS team, we figured to dedicate an episode shedding light on an industry where the details are often hidden from the casual supporter. From, shady boosters paying recruits to Fortune 500 companies we go innnnnnnn on deciphering the biz of American college football!

Have a request, comment, question, or hate rant against us? Watch college football? Who’s your favorite team? Can’t stand sports and/or college? Hit us up and tell us why!!

Email: notrocketscienceshow@gmail.com

Instagram: @nrs_show  (very active!)

Twitter: @nrs_show

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Dec 10, 201939:45
Episode 85 - Why Internal Recruiting For Start-Ups is Kinda Broken 🙅‍♂️📨
Dec 03, 201923:27
Episode 84 - How Facebook Became a Moral Wastelandl 💻👹
Nov 26, 201926:18
Episode 83 - Imposter Syndrome Be Like... 🎭🕵️‍♀️

Episode 83 - Imposter Syndrome Be Like... 🎭🕵️‍♀️

On this episode, we get real when it comes to one of the hottest topics on Linkedin, Medium and pretty much any other content site these days, suffering from "Imposter Syndrome”. This terrible feeling, that tends makes someone feel inadequate or that they’re "faking the funk" at their job, feels more like a buzzword these days yet in our opinion, most content that surrounds it seems to be the typical fake self-help teacher fluff that annoys more than anything else (sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). We touch on these conventional remedies for this problem and then describe our own ideas on how to fix it or maybe just embrace it and keep it gucci? We dive into why this happens, why is it a big deal in the first place, how it can be very common if you make a sharp career transition into tech, marketing or product roles, embracing your inner "imposter", why people even care about when people in other sectors have no problem unethically ripping people off, some helpful approaches towards addressing it head-on and the sad truth that tons of experiences doesn't cure you of a damn thing. No life fake coach BS to get more IG followers and email list subscribers, but all realness on the latest episode!

Have a request, comment, question, or hate rant against us? Ever had imposter syndrome before? Not sure how to deal with? Doesn’t phase you in the slightest? Hit us up!!

Email: notrocketscienceshow@gmail.com

Instagram: @nrs_show  (very active!)

Twitter: @nrs_show

Become a supporter of this podcast: anchor.fm/not-rocket-science/support

Nov 19, 201926:16
Episode 82 - YouTube Got A Facelift💄🎥
Nov 12, 201926:22
Episode 81 - Old Job Horror Stories 😱😩
Nov 05, 201940:55
Episode 80 - What Does Having Real-World Work Experience Even Mean 🤔💪
Oct 28, 201927:32
Episode 79 - The Pros and Cons of Being a UX Designer in 2019 ⚖️🤔
Oct 21, 201933:11
Episode 78 - Cutting Through the Noise When Trying to Learn New Skills Online 👨‍💻🙅‍♂️
Oct 14, 201931:04
Episode 77- How to Become Irrevelevant by Not Listening to Customers 📉
Oct 07, 201930:30
Episode 76 - Why Going With You Gut Feeling Usually Wins ❤️💪
Sep 30, 201924:30
Episode 75 - Why Do Grocery Stores Still Dominate Over Food E-Commerce 🤔🛍️
Sep 23, 201923:25
Episode 74 - Is Being ✌️Data-Centered✌️ Becoming Corporate Jargon 🤔
Sep 17, 201923:16
Episode 73 - E-commerce Marketing and UX are Kinda the Same 🤷‍♂️

Episode 73 - E-commerce Marketing and UX are Kinda the Same 🤷‍♂️

Sep 09, 201927:24
Episode 72 - What Happens When You Don't Read Emails for a Week 📧🙅‍♂️
Sep 02, 201924:20
Episode 71 - What's the Future of the Design Industry 🤔🖌️
Aug 27, 201928:50
Episode 70 - Startups and Paid Acquisition 💸📊
Aug 20, 201928:16
Episode 69 - Taking Losses like a Champ and the Risks of Gamification 😓👾
Aug 12, 201932:58
Episode 68 - How Language Learning Can Drive Empathy 🗣️🤝
Aug 05, 201935:60
Episode 67 - Why Vanity Metrics Are Just The Worst 📈🙅‍♂️
Jul 30, 201930:01
Episode 66 - Dragon Pits, Lamborghinis and Quantifying Creativity 🐉🏎️🤓
Jul 23, 201929:06
Episode 65 - Reverse Engineering Stranger Things' Success 👽🙃
Jul 15, 201934:09
Episode 64 - How to Spot a Crappy Company on Job Boards 👔💩
Jul 08, 201941:44
Episode 63 - Why Designers Can Become Marginalized at Companies 🖌️😦
Jul 01, 201934:09
Episode 62 - Job Search Tips for a Career Transition into Tech 🤓💻
Jun 24, 201935:02
Episode 61 - Viva Las Vegas 🎰🎲
Jun 17, 201930:39
Episode 60 - LinkedIn Be Crazy These Days 👔💻
Jun 10, 201934:22
Episode 59 - In Biz It's All About Dat 30s Life 😎
Jun 04, 201934:05
Episode 58 - Youtube Niche Accounts Be Crazy 🙃🎥
May 28, 201929:18
Episode 57 - Does Anybody Miss Myspace? 💻👴

Episode 57 - Does Anybody Miss Myspace? 💻👴

On this episode of Note Rocket Science, we go into nostalgia mode HARD thinking back to going to someone in high school’s Myspace page only to be introduced to the latest Dashboard Confessional single, some glittery Geocities-esque GIF wallpaper, neon color schemes and the ability to snoop at someone’s Top 8 and see if you made the cut? Ahhhhh the good ole days of Myspace, the original social media. We’ve been on a heavy early 2000s kick here at NRS recently and stumbled upon an awesome Youtube video recently titled “Why Myspace Failed” that went into great detail regarding some of the business, technological and cultural reasons why Myspace died quickly right after its initial ascension to prominence and how Facebook was able to swoop in and take over. We give our take on these issues including the shortcomings of Tom and their tech stack and lament over whether that OG social media magic that Myspace created can be tapped into these days on any tangible level. This is really an episode that is the podcast equivalent of an old person going “In my day blah blah blah” so if you ain’t ready for that well…idk :/

Have a request, comment, question, or hate rant against us? Wish you could revisit the glory days of Myspace? Too young and wanna yell at us for talking about old stuff nobody cares about? Hit us up!!  

Email: notrocketscienceshow@gmail.com  

Instagram: @nrs_show  (very active!)

Twitter: @nrs_show   

Become a supporter of this podcast: anchor.fm/not-rocket-science/support

May 21, 201935:22
Episode 56 - Uber's IPOooops 🚗📉
May 14, 201933:11
Episode 55 - #Hustleporn vs The Laptop Lifestyle 💪🌴

Episode 55 - #Hustleporn vs The Laptop Lifestyle 💪🌴

On this episode of Not Rocket Science, I kick off the episode by (of course) ranting wayyyyy off topic ranting and raving about how I may be the only person on earth who decided to watch the first five seasons of Game of Thrones only to quit the show and how the current phenomena of GOT makes me feel like I’m crazy or something (the show is a solid B, let’s be real here). After that, I dive into something that has been on my mind for the past week which is how the cult of #hustleporn has distorted the reality of the classic talent vs. hard work debate (for those who don’t know, hustleporn is basically what Gary Vaynerchuk copycats post on Instagram about having to hustle and grind until you die and what not). I use sports and video games as analogies to explain the nuance of the talent vs. hard work debate and how it gets lost in this world of bite-sized attention grabbing sensationalism that thrives on social media platforms. I then add another wrinkle to the fold by trying to figure out where the whole laptop lifestyle dream that marketers sell fits into the talent vs. hardworking paradigm and in doing so make my own head almost explode due to the level of ridiculousness that has saturated the current world of #entrepreneurship and #digitalmarketing (and yea those hashtags are a cheap way to talk about each subject in the context of social media, ehhh I tried). All of that and a fun fact on how Sony missed out on billions of dollars back in 98 by turning down The Avengers franchise in this latest episode!

Have a request, comment, question, or hate rant against us? All about the hustle and grind? Super talented and think hard work is for suckers? Hit us up!!  

Email: notrocketscienceshow@gmail.com  

Instagram: @nrs_show  (very active!)

 Twitter: @nrs_show   

Become a supporter of this podcast: anchor.fm/not-rocket-science/support

May 07, 201941:26