Podcast Ep. 520 | Uncommon Cold

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The Minimalists speak with Professor Thomas Seager about using ice baths to help minimize pain and chronic illness, uncomfortable activities that get easier over time, a slew of questions JFM has about cold plunge therapy, and much more.

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Discussed in This Episode

  • How does a struggling person live a relatively productive life with chronic illness?
  • What’s a previously uncomfortable activity that you now regularly do with ease?
  • Right Here, Right Now: Joshua’s Top 10 Albums of 2025, Friday Afternoon Minimalist Zooms, and How to Write Better
  • Listener Tip: Does Kapil Gupta need a hug?
  • Rapid-fire questions about cold therapy
  • What are your favorite simple-eating tips?
  • Talkaboutable: iPad kids
  • Sucky Ad: The side effects are often worse than the disease
  • Added Value: A track from Joshua’s favorite album of 2025

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

  • Pain is a request for healing.
  • The hard way isn’t always the healthy way.
  • Discomfort is the cost of growth.
  • Peace is buried beneath the clutter.
  • Pleasure is not the point of our provisions.
  • Minimalism is the art of addition through subtraction.

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