
How You Level Up
Hosted by Kyle Nielson · Kyle Nielson
5.0from 69 ratings
- 183
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 69
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About How You Level Up
This is a public investigation of life's fundamental questions. It's all about how you level up.
- Publisher
- Kyle Nielson
- Category
- arts · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 183 episodes have a transcript.

1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#192 - What is the opposite of tyranny (Dissatisfaction 4 of 4)

25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
#191 - Does anyone deserve anything? (Dissatisfaction 3 of 4)

21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
#190 – How can we problem-solve? (two books reviewed: 2 of 2)
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#192 - What is the opposite of tyranny (Dissatisfaction 4 of 4)
Published 1 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We somehow forget this as adults. We optimize for the wrong metrics. We think the game is about winning. And it's actually just being... about invited back to play. Children live in a state of this naturally. They don't need permission to be curious. They don't need a five or a 10-year plan to explore something. They just do it. They play. They take risks. They fail constantly and bounce back without trauma because failure is information in play. So the opposite of tyranny is play. We've been taught that tyranny's opposite is freedom or democracy or rights. Yet those are abstract. Play is concrete. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 46 ratings
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- 80
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- 0
- YouTube
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- Engagement
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Kyle Nielson host the show. Published by Kyle Nielson.
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