v49 - Saving Face Oil

v49 - Saving Face Oil

From Breaking Change by Justin Searls

January 9, 2026 · 2h 0m · Episode 55

About this episode

Justin Searls shares personal reflections and product recommendations while engaging with listeners before a trip to Japan.

I'm about to get on a plane and will be gone for a couple weeks, but didn't want to leave you Breaking Changeless so I did the thing where I stand up in front of a microphone and talked at you. Again. Like I do. Fun fact: this is the first and only time I've taken a phone call live, on-air! I was just too lazy to edit that out gracefully. Whenever I go to Japan solo, I experience moments of loneliness, so I'd really appreciate it if you sent me some praise or complaints or ideas to podcast@searls.co and I'll feel comforted by the knowledge that you exist. Your engagement sustains me. Lotta weird and dumb links this go-round: Eric Doggett is a great friend/artist Fortune Feimster isn't spelled how I would've guessed Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer (Gen 2) is the best gift anyone's given me in a while POSSE Party 's tutorial videos are just enough to convince you to either bother or not bother Reddit's r/selfhosted is at least a little self-aware I'm giving myself some grace when it comes to the newsletter EDID Emulators are a hardware product that exist only because Windows is bad Looking forward to trying Happy for remote Claude Code / Codex CLI work Aaron's puns, ranked Pebble Index 01…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Searls

Topics covered

  • podcasting
  • technology
  • personal experiences
  • product recommendations
  • remote work
  • engagement with listeners

Keywords

  • podcast
  • technology
  • Ray-Ban
  • AirPods Pro
  • remote work
  • Japan
  • listener engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reddit, JPMorgan Chase, Google, Apple

Products: Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer (Gen 2), AirPods Pro

Places: Japan

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