The 15 Seconds podcast
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The 15 Seconds Is All You Need podcast
One small fifteen-second start that can change your life.
Host Stephen interviews the author of 15 Seconds Is All You Need! about a simple practice: take fifteen seconds, and start. Each week they talk through how a short pause and a small first step can change a decision, a habit, or a relationship.
Episodes 1–3 out Monday, Nov 16, 2026. Then a new episode every Monday.
How the show works
Two kinds of episodes, alternating weekly.
The show alternates weekly, so you hear the idea explained one week and see it applied in everyday life the next.
Five-question interview
Stephen asks the author five questions about taking fifteen seconds and starting.
Real-life episode
A real-life event, talked through using the 15 Seconds rules.
Episodes every MondayEpisodes 1–3 arrive together on Monday, Nov 16, 2026. After that, one new episode each Monday.
Season 1
Episodes
The first four episodes are five-question interviews.
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Permission to Press Start
Stephen asks the author what waiting too long has cost him, and how a fifteen-second daily request became a practice, then a priority, with almost no risk at the start. Planning still matters, but the plan takes shape once you begin.
Monday, Nov 16 -
Coming Back to Fifteen Seconds
Starting is one thing; coming back is another. Why fifteen seconds is easier to return to after a missed day (be like water, and start again), the book’s controls as a way to take the next step, and inviting family and friends by example.
Monday, Nov 16 -
The Courage to Start
The fear that stops people from starting is not knowing the next step. A hard call about playing football as a sophomore, why most skill is built by repeating the work, and laughing off a first try that goes badly.
Monday, Nov 16 -
Fifteen Seconds at Home
How the fifteen-second idea changes the way the author shows up as a dad and a husband: when to step in, when to pause before speaking, short family conversations, and a simple way a family can begin together.
Monday, Nov 23
New episodes every Monday. Get the 15 Newsletter to hear when they’re out.
The book behind the show
15 Seconds Is All You Need!
Start, Forward, Pause, Review and Record: the five controls the show keeps coming back to.