EP36: Trust Your Gut: Trademark Wars, Astrological Receipts & Surprise Refunds (Part 2 of 4)
So. An Ivy League school slid into my DMs about The Unfinished Human® name. And then things got weird.
Part Two of of this installment of The Sibling Files picks up right where we left off — and this episode is a wild mix of trademark battles, a boomer giving unsolicited fatherly advice over email, astrology that was uncomfortably accurate, and a random $250 showing up from the Washington Department of Revenue. Oh, and two anxious dogs trying to survive storm season.
Lyndsay breaks down the full story of what happened when an Ivy League school reached out wanting to have a conversation about using The Unfinished Human® name for an AI-based school helping refugees access higher education. Sounds good in theory — until the guy no-showed the Zoom, asked for a phone number she never gave him, and then responded to her 'no' with unsolicited fatherly wisdom.
She also goes back to the very beginning — the first time someone tried to come for the name, the cease and desist, the spiritual bypassing, and the fact that this apparently happens every May like clockwork.
Then — astrology. Lyndsay pulls up the Full Moon in Sagittarius reading from around that same week as the emails, and it is uncomfortably on the nose.
And because Jupiter is doing its thing and Chiron just moved into Taurus — Lyndsay got a letter from the Washington Department of Revenue saying she has unclaimed property. Which, yes, is a thing you can check for in your state.
Ben checks Minnesota's unclaimed property site live on the podcast. Finds nothing. But maybe you will.
What We Get Into
• The Ivy League school that wanted to have a conversation about The Unfinished Human® name — and what happened when Lyndsay said no
• Red flags in negotiation: when someone's behavior in the best of times tells you everything you need to know
• The first person who tried to take the name, the cease and desist, the spiritual bypassing, and the emails that kept coming
• A UK podcast using the same name and how YouTube trademark infringement works
• The Full Moon in Sagittarius reading that was almost too literal: higher learning, confrontation, career tension
• Chiron in Taurus, Jupiter expanding everything, and unclaimed money appearing out of nowhere
• Two storm-anxious dogs: Huckleberry on week two of Prozac and Jax sensing weather before it hits
• Ben plotting his work exit strategy — and that's where we ran out of time
Quotable Moments
• "I've been negotiating contracts long enough to know that if somebody acts this way now, in the best of times, they're gonna be shit later on."
• "Based on your picture, I'm old enough to be your father, so let me give you some fatherly advice." …okay, boomer."
• "My dad told me to always trust my gut. And he's a wise man."
• "From Gen X to Boomer, hopefully we both learned something."
• "Check your state's unclaimed property. You might have a couple bucks coming back to you."
• "We are unfinished humans living an imperfect life — and giving ourselves permission to be unfinished is part of the resistance, bitches."
Listener Action Item
Seriously — go look up your state's unclaimed property. Google '[your state] Department of Revenue unclaimed property' and search your name. You might be surprised.
Listen If You're Into
Trademark stories, protecting your work, trusting your gut, astrology getting weirdly specific, surprise money, anxious dogs, and two siblings saying the shit out loud with no script.
Stay Unfinished
Trust your gut. Protect your shit. And go check if somebody owes you money.
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