<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="https://rss.buzzsprout.com/styles.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
  <atom:link href="https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2618539.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
  <atom:link href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" rel="hub" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" />
  <title>What To Believe</title>

  <lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 21:24:31 +0200</lastBuildDate>
    <language>en-za</language>
  <copyright>© 2026 Neil Bierbaum</copyright>
  <podcast:locked>yes</podcast:locked>
    <podcast:guid>711f6b2a-17f2-51c8-89c3-1add5db2ae66</podcast:guid>
  <itunes:author>Neil Bierbaum</itunes:author>
  <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
  <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Most of what we believe was never actually chosen — we just find ourselves with it, then defend it to the death. In other words, we don't defend ideas because they're true; we defend them because they're ours. <em>What to Believe</em> is where former journalist turned master coach Neil Bierbaum exposes the flaw in the human operating system that keeps us from seeing reality as it is, and reveals the mechanism beneath the noise so we can deal with what's real and what matters.&nbsp;</p><p>You'll find a strange comfort here: the comfort of knowing how little is really true, how little of it really matters, and what to do with the reality that remains.</p><p>New episodes weekly. Come sceptical. Stay curious.</p>]]></description>
  <generator>Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com)</generator>
  <itunes:owner>
    <itunes:name>Neil Bierbaum</itunes:name>
  </itunes:owner>
  <image>
     <url>https://storage.buzzsprout.com/gwf4seybn28eqoakg5lf5c2ta165?.jpg</url>
     <title>What To Believe</title>
     <link></link>
  </image>
  <itunes:image href="https://storage.buzzsprout.com/gwf4seybn28eqoakg5lf5c2ta165?.jpg" />
  <itunes:category text="Education">
    <itunes:category text="Self-Improvement" />
  </itunes:category>
  <item>
    <itunes:title>What To Believe Trailer</itunes:title>
    <title>What To Believe Trailer</title>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A brief 6-minute introduction to myself and the What To Believe podcast.  I'm Neil Bierbaum, a journalist turned master coach, reporting what I found across four decades of investigation into the human operating system, distilling what's true —  what really works and makes a difference — from what doesn't.  In this trailer, I share a bit about my journey, and why I'm not here to offer opinions or pretend to be a guru. I mention the paths I've gone down, and the practices I've l...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>A brief 6-minute introduction to myself and the What To Believe podcast. </p><p>I&apos;m Neil Bierbaum, a journalist turned master coach, reporting what I found across four decades of investigation into the human operating system, distilling what&apos;s true —  what really works and makes a difference — from what doesn&apos;t. </p><p>In this trailer, I share a bit about my journey, and why I&apos;m not here to offer opinions or pretend to be a guru. I mention the paths I&apos;ve gone down, and the practices I&apos;ve learned and tested, both in my own life and with my clients. </p><p>I talk briefly about the time we&apos;re living in, how we have more information than ever, yet no agreement about what that information means. Nobody knows what to believe. </p><p>I mention the flaw I discovered in the human operating system that makes it hard for us to face the truth about ourselves and our world, and I point to how we might see our way past that to deal with what&apos;s real and what matters.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A brief 6-minute introduction to myself and the What To Believe podcast. </p><p>I&apos;m Neil Bierbaum, a journalist turned master coach, reporting what I found across four decades of investigation into the human operating system, distilling what&apos;s true —  what really works and makes a difference — from what doesn&apos;t. </p><p>In this trailer, I share a bit about my journey, and why I&apos;m not here to offer opinions or pretend to be a guru. I mention the paths I&apos;ve gone down, and the practices I&apos;ve learned and tested, both in my own life and with my clients. </p><p>I talk briefly about the time we&apos;re living in, how we have more information than ever, yet no agreement about what that information means. Nobody knows what to believe. </p><p>I mention the flaw I discovered in the human operating system that makes it hard for us to face the truth about ourselves and our world, and I point to how we might see our way past that to deal with what&apos;s real and what matters.</p>]]></content:encoded>
    <enclosure url="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2618539/episodes/19195263-what-to-believe-trailer.mp3" length="4444334" type="audio/mpeg" />
    <itunes:author>Neil Bierbaum</itunes:author>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">Buzzsprout-19195263</guid>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>365</itunes:duration>
    <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
    <itunes:episodeType>trailer</itunes:episodeType>
    <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
  </item>
</channel>
</rss>
