Julius Moorman is a Dutch journalist, documentary creator, and podcast host based in Amsterdam, currently living in Bali, Indonesia. He trained as a tax lawyer at Leiden University and began his career as an international tax advisor at Deloitte before pivoting to journalism, writing for major Dutch outlets including Quote magazine and NOS. He subsequently launched the YouTube channel nowweknow, producing documentary-style explainers on science, technology, and society. This episode marks the twentieth milestone of his podcast, and Julius hosts it solo, reflecting on everything he has learned since quitting corporate law, stumbling through YouTube, and committing fully to long-form conversation.

Expect to learn why Julius walked away from a stable legal career despite having no plan, how a COVID lockdown forced him to confront his dissatisfaction with law and led him to writing, what made a single 300-word Dutch-language article go viral and land him a journalism internship, why he spent years grinding at documentary video only to conclude it was not the right format for him, how the invisible production work behind a podcast episode far outweighs the recorded conversation itself, what Julius overestimated about getting guests to say yes to a new show, why he would refuse to have his dream guest on tomorrow even if he could arrange it, how he thinks about podcasting as an infinite game tied to becoming a better communicator, what the Henry Shevlin and Anders Sandberg episodes taught him about AI consciousness and transhumanism, and why he believes consistency rooted in genuine enjoyment always beats raw motivation.

Julius Moorman online:
YouTube: @juliusmoorman.
Instagram: @juliusmoorman
TikTok: @juliusmoorman
Website: juliusmoorman.com