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The Digital Contrarian

Ryan Levesque

26 episodes

18 hours ago

TDC 070: Seven "Non-Obvious" Email Lessons I've Learned Writing This Email Newsletter Each Week. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque reveals the seven most impactful lessons from writing 70 consecutive weekly newsletters by hand. You'll learn how less AI usage led to higher engagement, why creative volume beats perfectionism, and discover the custom dashboard metrics that actually matter for email success. Question of the Day 🗣️ Which of these 7 lesso...

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Entrepreneurship

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TDC 070: Seven "Non-Obvious" Email Lessons I've Learned Writing This Email Newsletter Each Week. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque reveals the seven most impactful lessons from writing 70 consecutive weekly newsletters by hand. You'll learn how less AI usage led to higher engagement, why creative volume beats perfectionism, and discover the custom dashboard metrics that actually matter for email success. Question of the Day 🗣️ Which of these 7 lesso...

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Entrepreneurship

Episodes (20/26)

The Digital Contrarian

TDC 070: Seven "Non-Obvious" Email Lessons I've Learned Writing This Email Newsletter Each Week.

TDC 070: Seven "Non-Obvious" Email Lessons I've Learned Writing This Email Newsletter Each Week. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque reveals the seven most impactful lessons from writing 70 consecutive weekly newsletters by hand. You'll learn how less AI usage led to higher engagement, why creative volume beats perfectionism, and discover the custom dashboard metrics that actually matter for email success. Question of the Day 🗣️ Which of these 7 lesso...

2 weeks ago

15 minutes

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TDC 069: The Circular AI Money Shell Game?? | What To Do About The AI Bubble That May Soon Be Coming To an End

TDC 069: The Circular AI Money Shell Game?? | What To Do About The AI Bubble That May Soon Be Coming To an End The AI bubble may be closer to popping than you think—and the evidence is hiding in plain sight. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque goes into the current state of the AI bubble and where we might be on the hype cycle curve. You'll learn why enterprise AI adoption is actually declining, discover the circular money shell game happening betwee...

3 weeks ago

10 minutes

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TDC 068: Your $20/month AI tool is about to cost $500: The Coming AI Price Shock...

TDC 068: Your $20/month AI tool is about to cost $500: The Coming AI Price Shock... The coming AI price shock that could destroy your business model overnight. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque exposes the broken economics behind OpenAI's $500 billion valuation and the entire AI sector. You'll learn why venture-capital subsidized AI pricing is unsustainable, discover the shocking financials that reveal AI companies lose money on every transaction, a...

1 month ago

7 minutes

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TDC 067: 3-Part "RTR" AI Business Model Opportunity

TDC 067: 3-Part "RTR" AI Business Model Opportunity The market is shifting beneath our feet and most people have no idea it's happening. Episode Summary: In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque reveals a massive shift taking place in the market right now that connects falling Meta ad costs, massive AI infrastructure deals, and the future of digital business. You'll learn about six major market observations Ryan's been tracking, discover why paid media costs are finally c...

1 month ago

4 minutes

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TDC 066: A Crazy Person's Guide to Living Life in an AI World

TDC 066: A Crazy Person's Guide to Living Life in an AI World Each ChatGPT usage category reveals what humans are desperately craving in an AI-saturated world. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into OpenAI's first-ever ChatGPT usage study. You'll learn how each AI usage category reveals human hunger for authentic connection, discover the "Return to Real" opportunity hiding within seven major verticals, and uncover why the world needs more hea...

1 month ago

10 minutes

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TDC 065:The AI Battle Brewing Beneath the Surface Plus 27 Vermont Farm Mastermind Takeaways

TDC 065:The AI Battle Brewing Beneath the Surface Plus 27 Vermont Farm Mastermind Takeaways Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into the $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement and its implications for content creators. You'll learn why we may be exiting the "Napster era" of AI, discover the contrarian content strategy behind our first viral YouTube video, and explore 27 transformative insights from the Vermont Farm Mastermind Experience. Question of ...

1 month ago

7 minutes

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TDC 064: The Market Shift Nobody Sees Coming (While You're Distracted by AI)

TDC 064: The Market Shift Nobody Sees Coming (While You're Distracted by AI) Paid media costs are dropping to 18-month lows—here's what this unexpected trend could mean for your business. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque shares a surprising market observation from his Vermont farm as he prepares to host the first Return to Real mastermind. You'll discover an unexpected shift in paid media costs, learn why this contradicts conventional wisdom, and e...

2 months ago

4 minutes

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TDC 063: 5 AI Infographics That Will Blow Your Mind

TDC 063: 5 AI Infographics That Will Blow Your Mind Five shocking AI infographics reveal hidden truths about data centers, jobs, and what AI is doing to your brain. --- Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque shares five mind-blowing AI infographics from his personal collection. You'll discover hard evidence that AI is killing jobs for young people, learn why data centers now consume more power than entire countries, and see shocking MIT research on ...

2 months ago

9 minutes

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TDC 062: Is the AI Bubble Bursting?? (The Shocking MIT Study, Key Observations from a Billionaire Summit)

TDC 062: Is the AI Bubble Bursting? My Keynote Insights + MIT's Shocking 95% Failure Rate While 65% of all VC flows into AI, the real opportunity lies in the barbell approach. --- Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into AI bubble dynamics and enterprise failure rates. You'll learn why 95% of AI projects fail, how billionaire investors view current market concentration, and discover the barbell strategy for hedging against bub...

2 months ago

14 minutes

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TDC 061: The AI "Personal Branding Paradox" ??

TDC 061: The Personal Branding Paradox in the Age of AI The more AI you use to scale your personal brand, the less personal it becomes. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, Ryan Levesque explores the personal branding AI paradox and why scaling with AI often flattens your voice. You'll discover the "Personal Brand Power Law," learn the three-part "Fewer, Deeper, Less" framework for standing out, and understand why small rooms beat trying to be everywhere. Question of the...

2 months ago

10 minutes

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TDC 060: Inside a Room With 40+ Million-Copy Bestselling Authors

TDC 060: Inside a Room With 40+ Million-Copy Bestselling Authors Seven powerful lessons from the literary equivalent of the NBA All-Star team. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque shares profound insights from his private gathering with 40+ million-copy bestselling authors including James Clear, Jamie Kern-Lima, and Hal Elrod. You'll discover why good enough isn't good enough for books, learn the secret to short-form content success, and understand why...

2 months ago

6 minutes

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TDC 059: Live Wild or Die Boring (Part 1)

TDC 059: Live Wild or Die Boring: The Urgent Case for Reconnecting with the Natural World (Part 1) Why nature isn't just good for your soul—it's essential for survival, creativity, and breakthrough innovation. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque shares insights from recording his upcoming book Return to Real and reveals shocking research about our digital lifestyle. You'll discover how concrete environments increase early death by 12%, learn why natur...

3 months ago

12 minutes

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TDC 058: Bombshell Week in AI

TDC 058: A Bombshell Week in AI and an Eventful Week on the Farm Microsoft's groundbreaking AI job impact research reveals which careers are most vulnerable. --- Episode Summary: In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque breaks down Microsoft's explosive AI job impact research paper analyzing over 200,000 AI interactions. You'll discover which jobs are most at risk from AI displacement, learn about satisfaction scores that predict future automation, and ...

3 months ago

7 minutes

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TDC 057: The Rise of the Generalist?

TDC 057: The Rise of the Generalist: An Unexpected Side Effect of the AI Era Why AI might reverse 200 years of specialization and reward cross-domain thinking. --- Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque explores a counterintuitive insight from Lex Fridman's interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai. You'll discover why AI may favor generalists over specialists, learn how cross-domain connections create unique value, and understand why yo...

3 months ago

4 minutes

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TDC 056: Storytelling, the most scalable post AI business skill worth building

#056: Storytelling: The Most Scalable Post-AI Business Skill Worth Mastering In a world of AI-generated content and fractured attention, your ability to tell compelling stories may be your greatest competitive advantage. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into why storytelling is the most scalable post-AI business skill worth developing. You'll learn how stories create deeper connection than any other content, discover the three story types you...

3 months ago

28 minutes

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TDC 055: My Contrarian YouTube Strategy: Building a Strategic Content Ecosystem (Part 2)

#055: My Contrarian YouTube Strategy: Building a Strategic Content Ecosystem My contrarian YouTube strategy creates 500K+ annual views with just ONE piece of original content per week. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into the evolution of his strategic content ecosystem six months after first introducing it. You'll learn how one weekly "source of truth" piece creates a sustainable content system that respects family time, discover the long-f...

4 months ago

10 minutes

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TDC 054: How AI Breaks Shared Reality

#054: The Breakdown of Shared Reality: AI's Most Dangerous Unintended Consequence Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI-driven personalization is destroying our collective understanding of what's real. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into the breakdown of shared reality caused by AI-driven hyper-personalization and its profound implications for business and society. You'll learn why isolated algorithmic realities undermine strateg...

4 months ago

11 minutes

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TDC 053: Between Death and Danger is the Path Up the Mountain

#053: Between Death and Danger: Wilderness Wisdom from the Grand Canyon Between death and danger lies the path up the mountain—a profound insight revealed during my life-changing vision quest. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into a deeply personal father-son Grand Canyon journey that became the catalyst for his upcoming book "Return to Real". You'll learn why reconnecting with nature isn't just a luxury but essential for breakthrough thinkin...

4 months ago

8 minutes

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TDC 052: Category of One: A $10M/Year Business Blueprint (How I Made Inc 5000 Seven Times)

#052: Category of One: A $10 Million Business Blueprint After a decade building a highly profitable $10M/year consulting and software company, I reveal the contrarian framework that made it all possible. Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into what it really means to create a "Category of One" business and why it's the only type worth building. You'll learn how to position yourself where no direct comparison exists, discover the exact framework...

4 months ago

10 minutes

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TDC 051: When Setbacks Become Breakthroughs: The Science of Turning Adversity Into Growth in Business & Life

#051: Setbacks and Breakthroughs: Why Feeling Stuck Might Mean You're on the Brink What if your greatest setbacks are actually seeds for your most meaningful breakthroughs? Episode Summary In this episode of The Digital Contrarian, host Ryan Levesque dives into the nature of setbacks and breakthroughs through personal farm stories and neuroscience research. You'll learn why breakthroughs often cluster after prolonged setbacks, discover how moderate adversity builds resilience, and find three ...

5 months ago

14 minutes