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Ryan welcomes Zip (No Redeeming Qualities) for a light, funny breakdown of the morning routines of highly successful people.
They go through ten popular rituals — prepping the night before, waking up naturally, beating the sun, meditating and practicing gratitude, staying off the phone, reading, walking the pets, skipping coffee for water, eating a proper breakfast… and the infamous “embrace the cold.”
Along the way they share their own messy real-life mornings (kids, pets, military schedules, intermittent fasting) and debate which habits actually help versus which ones feel like performative hustle culture.
At the end both hosts independently land on the same clear “worst of the best”.
Classic Worst of the Best energy — practical talk, personal stories, and zero interest in suffering before sunrise.
00:00 – Intro and welcome Zip
03:00 – Their actual morning routines
05:40 – #10 Prep the night before
09:00 – #9 Naturally waking up (Bezos style)
12:30 – #8 Beat the sun / early rising
17:20 – #7 Meditate, reflect, be grateful
20:00+ – Stay off the phone, read, walk the pets
38:40 – #2 Skip the coffee / water first
46:20 – #1 Healthy breakfast
49:00 – Final reveal: both pick “embrace the cold”
51:00 – Zip’s podcast update and wrap-up
They go through ten popular rituals — prepping the night before, waking up naturally, beating the sun, meditating and practicing gratitude, staying off the phone, reading, walking the pets, skipping coffee for water, eating a proper breakfast… and the infamous “embrace the cold.”
Along the way they share their own messy real-life mornings (kids, pets, military schedules, intermittent fasting) and debate which habits actually help versus which ones feel like performative hustle culture.
At the end both hosts independently land on the same clear “worst of the best”.
Classic Worst of the Best energy — practical talk, personal stories, and zero interest in suffering before sunrise.
00:00 – Intro and welcome Zip
03:00 – Their actual morning routines
05:40 – #10 Prep the night before
09:00 – #9 Naturally waking up (Bezos style)
12:30 – #8 Beat the sun / early rising
17:20 – #7 Meditate, reflect, be grateful
20:00+ – Stay off the phone, read, walk the pets
38:40 – #2 Skip the coffee / water first
46:20 – #1 Healthy breakfast
49:00 – Final reveal: both pick “embrace the cold”
51:00 – Zip’s podcast update and wrap-up
Creators and Guests
What is The Worst of the Best Podcast?
Join host Ryan Rebalkin and his rotating guest hosts on The Worst of the Best Podcast, where they dive into the flaws of the best in pop culture and more. Covering genres like films, music, food, true crime, historical events, celebrity culture, and quirky societal trends, this podcast delivers a humorous, irreverent critique of the finest’s shortcomings.