Field Notes From The Rebellion

You Are Inside a Psychological Operation Right Now. With Sebastian Hidalgo

Ep. 5. A hostage negotiator turned sales trainer on influence, manipulation, the manosphere, AI hype, and the ethics of asking for money.

Sep 26 • Nicholas Whitaker

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The Story Under the System. With Josh Allan Dykstra

Ep. 4. Optimism as a choice, capitalism as a belief system, and why he’s counting on the next fourth turning.

Sep 25 • Nicholas Whitaker

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Napster for Employment. With Joseph Logan

Ep. 3. Recorded the morning after Oracle cut 30,000 jobs by email. What happens when the job market stops absorbing us.

Sep 23 • Nicholas Whitaker

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Do You Know Where You Are? With Beck Sydow

Ep. 2. Nervous system regulation for leaders who think they don’t have thirty seconds to spare.

Sep 22 • Nicholas Whitaker

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We recorded a Rebellion Collective podcast. Then we sat on it for five months.

Five conversations, five rebels, two questions: What does rebellion mean to you? "is there anything right now that gives you hope.

Sep 17 • Nicholas Whitaker

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Why the Algorithm Is a Casino. With Nick Richtsmeier

Ep. 1. Networks exist. Pipelines don’t. What founder-led businesses do instead.

Sep 16 • Nicholas Whitaker

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June 2026

Who You Were Before You Plugged In

A field note on burnout, orientation, and the self that was here before the system found it.

Jun 13 • Nicholas Whitaker

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April 2026

Get Out Of Your Inbox, and Focus On What Matters.

A manager said it to me once. He was right, and he was describing a trap I would not see for years.

Apr 30 • Nicholas Whitaker

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The C.H.E.A.T Code To Reclaiming Your Capacity

The equation I wish someone had shown me before I burned out and crashed at Google

Apr 12 • Nicholas Whitaker

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March 2026

What I believe about work, identity, and how to prepare for what's coming.

A manifesto for mid-career professionals who see the writing on the wall and choose to respond with courage.

Mar 22 • Nicholas Whitaker

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January 2026

The Quiet Rebellion Of Not Participating

A month of opting out, capacity-building, and economic protest

Jan 31 • Nicholas Whitaker

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Bearing Witness As A Form Of Rebellion

The”Slow Deep Activism” of self regulation, building community, and reclaiming our capacity in times of volatility.

Jan 25 • Nicholas Whitaker

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