Teach Yourself Anything - How to Study like a PhD student

In this monologue podcast, Charlotte Fraza discusses how to create personalized learning paths, especially for complex or niche topics. She emphasizes the importance of understanding why you want to learn a topic, breaking it down into fundamental components, and creating a syllabus using available resources. Charlotte introduces the concept of "intellectual gardening," which involves weeding out outdated information, cross-pollinating ideas from different fields, and composting daily notes for future use. She recommends using tools like Notion, ResearchRabbit, and Paperpal (which sponsors the video and is offered at a discount) to organize learning and curate reading lists. The podcast stresses the importance of active reading, creating summaries, and building systems to integrate learning into daily routines, balancing playfulness with focused study.