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#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

Michael Smoak is a mindset coach, entrepreneur, and podcaster. What does it actually cost to live a great life? From the outside, top performers seem to have everything we want, but the story isn’t ...

2026-04-11

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#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Eric Jorgenson is an investor, entrepreneur, and author. How does Elon Musk actually think? You can analyse him from first principles, but the closest thing to a blueprint is Eric Jorgenson’s The Boo...

2026-04-09

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#1081 - Erica Komisar - Why Children of Divorce Grow Into Broken Adults

Erica Komisar is a psychoanalyst, parenting expert, and author. Why do we assume kids will be okay after divorce? As separation becomes more common, the long-term impact on a child’s development is o...

2026-04-06

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#1080 - Robert Pantano - The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

Robert Pantano is a writer, creator, and the founder of the Pursuit of Wonder YouTube channel. At what point does self-awareness become self-sabotage? The more you analyze yourself, the easier it is ...

2026-04-04

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#1079 - Tristan Harris - AI Expert Warns: “This Is The Last Mistake We’ll Ever Make”

Tristan Harris is a tech ethicist, entrepreneur, and a speaker. Are we sleepwalking into disaster? AI is unlocking massive progress, but the dangers hiding beneath the surface are exactly what expert...

2026-04-02

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#1078 - Studio Launch Party - Indian Fetishes, Betting on Wars & Tom Cruise

Welcome to the new Studio! To celebrate, I put together a new episode style. In this launch episode, we explore: The world’s worst phone call of all time If the act of self-improvement is proble...

2026-03-30

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#1077 - Chris Bailey - How to Wake Up Excited About Your Goals

Chris Bailey is a productivity expert, speaker, and author. How do you make goals actually stick? We all want better for ourselves, but most goals fade. So how do you set goals that excite you—and ac...

2026-03-28

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#1076 - Will Guidara - The Hotdog Effect: Secrets of the World’s #1 Restaurants

Will Guidara is a restaurateur, hospitality expert, and author. What does it take to become the world’s best restaurant? In an era of extravagant dining and over-the-top experiences, the answer might...

2026-03-26

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#1075 - Roy Baumeister - Why Men Are at the Top of Society (and the bottom)

Roy Baumeister is a psychologist, professor, and researcher. Are men inherently more expendable from an evolutionary standpoint—and if so, has that dynamic helped drive innovation? If risk-taking out...

2026-03-23

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#1074 - Nir Eyal - A Masterclass in Changing Your Limiting Beliefs

Nir Eyal is an author, behavioural design expert, and investor. What does it mean to truly hold a belief you endorse? Maybe some of what we believe isn’t true. But more interesting is how beliefs are ...

2026-03-21

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#1073 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 19 Uncomfortable Truths About Human Nature

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite X follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, c...

2026-03-19

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#1072 - Dr Debra Soh - Why Nobody is Having Sex Anymore (& why it matters)

Dr Debra Soh is a neuroscientist, sex researcher, political commentator, and author. Why are we more connected than ever—but having less sex? Technology promised endless connection, but many people f...

2026-03-16

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#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over

Bill Gurley is a venture capitalist, general partner at Benchmark, and a former Wall Street analyst. How do you find work you actually enjoy? So many people warn about the jobs they hate and the drea...

2026-03-14

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#1070 - Louis Theroux - Is The Manosphere Really That Dangerous?

Louis Theroux is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, broadcaster, and author. What is it really like inside the Manosphere? Online spaces for men have exploded in influence, shaping how millions of ...

2026-03-12

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#1069 - Dr Max Butterfield - How Love Turns You Insane

Dr. Max Butterfield is an experimental psychologist and professor who studies relationships and decision-making. Why does love make us do crazy things? Rom-coms make relationships look easy, but real...

2026-03-09

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#1068 - Dr Peter Salerno - How Narcissists Hijack Your Brain

Dr Peter Salerno is a social psychologist, professor, and researcher. Why are narcissists so manipulative? At some point in your life, you’ve probably encountered a narcissist. They can take control ...

2026-03-07

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#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author. Has AI “workslop” damaged our ability to focus? When AI entered the workplace, many thought ...

2026-03-05

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#1066 - Dr Kathryn Paige Harden - The Genetics of Evil: Are People Born Bad?

Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an author. Are people born evil, or does evil emerge from circu...

2026-03-02

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#1065 - Scott Solomon - The Insane Biological Cost of Living on Mars

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist, professor, and author. Since the earliest days of science fiction, we’ve wondered what it would mean to live on Mars. Today, that question is no longer hyp...

2026-02-28

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#1064 - Dr Dani Sulikowski - The Brutal Tactics of Female Sexual Competition

Dr Dani Sulikowski is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher. Female intrasexual competition is more ruthless than most people realize. Just when we think we understand how women com...

2026-02-26

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