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2025-02-25 #216 Outliers: Andrew Mellon – America’s Secret Banker
2025-02-18 #215 David Heacock: Managing and Marketing a $250M Business
2025-02-11 #214 Outliers: Timothy Eaton and The Original ‘Everything Store’
2025-02-04 #213 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
2025-01-21 #212 Alfred Lin: How to Think (and Work) Like a World-Class Investor
2025-01-07 #211 Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom
2024-12-24 #210 Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year
2024-12-10 #209 Charlie Hoehn: Write Something People Want to Read
2024-11-26 #208 Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself
2024-11-12 #207 Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint
2024-10-29 #206 John Mackey: Building Whole Foods
2024-10-15 #205 Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus
2024-10-01 #204 John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire
2024-09-17 #203 Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire
2024-09-03 #202 Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert
2024-08-20 #201 April Dunford: The Marketing Expert
2024-08-06 #200 Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
2024-07-23 #199 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire
2024-07-22 #199 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire (2019)
2024-07-09 (#198) #1 Psychologist: Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals
2024-06-25 #197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make
2024-06-11 #196 Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home
2024-05-28 #195 Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich
2024-05-21 #194 Why the Kids Aren’t Alright with Abigail Shrier
2024-04-30 Top Performance Psychologist: What it Takes to Win | Dr. Jim Loehr
2024-04-16 The Architecture of Scale: Building a $200m Business | David Segal
2024-04-02 Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living
2024-03-19 #190 Brad Jacobs: How To Build a Billion Dollar Company
2024-03-05 #189 Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth
2024-02-20 #188 Bryan Johnson: Five Habits for Longer Living
2024-02-06 #187 Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything
2024-01-23 #186 Tom Gayner: Invest Like The Best
2024-01-09 #185 Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone
2023-12-26 #184 Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year
2023-12-12 #183 Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
2023-11-28 #182 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
2023-11-14 #181 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success
2023-11-07 #180 TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking
2023-10-31 #179 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience
2023-10-17 #178 Jerry Colonna: The CEO Whisperer
2023-10-03 #177 Shane Parrish: A Glimpse Into Clear Thinking
2023-09-19 #176: Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress
2023-09-05 #175: Shreyas Doshi: Better Teams, Better Products
2023-08-22 #174 Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success
2023-08-08 #173 Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better
2023-07-25 #172 Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 2): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly
2023-07-11 #171 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017)
2023-07-04 #170: TKP Insights: Philosophy
2023-06-27 #169 Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 1): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly
2023-06-13 #168 Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success
2023-05-30 #167 Dr. Gina Poe: The Science of Better Sleep
2023-05-16 #166 Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living
2023-05-02 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.
2023-04-18 #164 Ravi Gupta: The Realities of Success
2023-04-04 #163 Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life
2023-03-21 #162 Nathan Myhrvold
2023-03-07 #161 Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity
2023-02-28 #160 TKP Insights: Leadership
2023-02-21 #159 Dr. Anna Lembke: Between Pleasure and Pain
2023-02-07 #158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work
2023-01-24 #157 Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener
2023-01-10 #156 Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm
2022-12-27 #155 Best of 2022: Conversations of the Year
2022-12-13 #154 Emily Balcetis: Setting and Achieving Goals
2022-11-29 #153 Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
2022-11-15 #152 Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress
2022-11-01 #151 Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together
2022-10-25 #150 TKP Insights: Making (Even) Better Decisions
2022-10-18 #149 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
2022-10-04 #148 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives
2022-09-20 #147 Reid Hoffman: Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes
2022-09-06 #146 Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought
2022-08-23 #145 Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion
2022-08-09 #144 Gary Klein: Insights For Making Better Decisions
2022-07-26 #143 Andrew Wilkinson: Building an Empire
2022-07-12 #142 Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership
2022-06-28 #141 Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
2022-06-21 #140 TKP Insights: Sex and Relationships
2022-06-14 #139 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness
2022-05-31 #138 Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire
2022-05-17 #137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance
2022-05-03 #136 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
2022-04-19 #135 Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust
2022-04-05 #134 Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
2022-03-22 #133 Andrew Huberman: The Science of Small Changes
2022-03-08 #132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership
2022-02-22 #131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep
2022-02-08 #130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts
2022-01-25 #129 Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon
2022-01-11 #128 Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life
2021-12-21 #127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
2021-12-14 #126 Nancy Sherman: Soldiers and Stoics
2021-11-30 #125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition
2021-11-16 #124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media
2021-11-02 #123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life
2021-10-19 #122 Robert Cialdini - The Principles of Persuasion
2021-10-05 #121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
2021-09-21 #120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness
2021-09-07 #119 Todd Simkin: Making Better Decisions
2021-08-24 #118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity
2021-08-10 #117 Kat Cole: The Power of Possible
2021-07-27 #116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis
2021-07-13 #115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity
2021-06-29 #114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness
2021-06-15 #113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor
2021-06-01 #112 Adam Grant: Rethinking Your Position
2021-05-18 #111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
2021-05-04 #110 Jim Collins: Relationships vs. Transactions
2021-04-20 #109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
2021-04-06 #108 Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics
2021-03-23 #107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
2021-03-09 #106 Josh Kaufman: Maximizing Our Locus of Control
2021-02-23 #105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
2021-02-16 #104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction
2021-02-09 #103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness
2021-02-02 #102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us
2021-01-19 #101 Jane McGonigal: The Psychology of Gaming
2021-01-05 #100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key
2020-12-22 #99 Kris Cordle: Releasing the Ego
2020-12-08 #98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present
2020-11-24 #97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
2020-11-10 #96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership
2020-10-27 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical
2020-10-13 #94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself
2020-09-29 #93 Matt Holland: Zero Day
2020-09-15 #92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget
2020-09-01 #91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence
2020-08-18 #90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize
2020-08-04 #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
2020-07-21 #88 Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation
2020-07-07 #87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms
2020-06-23 #86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change
2020-06-09 #85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative
2020-05-26 #84 Jennifer Garvey Berger: Creating Routine in Chaos
2020-05-12 #83 Brian Koppelman: What Really Matters
2020-04-28 #82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
2020-04-14 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
2020-03-31 #80 John Maxwell: Developing the Leader in You
2020-03-17 #79 Esther Wojcicki: The “TRICK” to Raising Successful People
2020-03-13 #78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19
2020-03-03 #77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future
2020-02-18 #76 Frank Stephenson: Pushing the Limits of Innovation
2020-02-04 #75 Suzanne Iasenza: Rewriting Relationship Narratives
2020-01-21 #74 Jeff Hunter: Embracing Confusion
2020-01-07 #73 Steven Strogatz: Exploring Curiosities
2019-12-24 #72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits
2019-12-10 #71 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire
2019-11-26 #70 Scott Adams: Avoiding Loserthink
2019-11-12 #69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
2019-10-15 #68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
2019-10-01 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
2019-09-17 #66 Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is the Measure
2019-09-03 #65 Shep Gordon: Trust, Compassion, and Shooting Friends from Cannons
2019-08-20 #64 Greg Walton: The Big Impact of Small Interventions
2019-08-06 #63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game
2019-07-23 #62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love
2019-07-02 #61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
2019-06-18 #60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
2019-05-28 #59 Following Intellectual Curiosity with Thomas Tull
2019-05-15 #57 Sheila Heen: Decoding Difficult Conversations
2019-05-14 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
2019-04-16 #56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success
2019-04-02 #55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
2019-03-19 #54 Jason Fried: Doing the Enough Thing
2019-03-05 #53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers
2019-02-19 #52 Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting with
2019-02-05 #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
2019-01-22 #50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future
2019-01-08 #49 Brent Gilchrist: Goal Mining
2018-12-26 #48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)
2018-12-11 #47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
2018-11-27 #46 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau: Authenticity, Kindness, and Self Love
2018-11-13 #45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right
2018-10-30 #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It
2018-10-16 #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders
2018-10-02 #42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress
2018-09-18 #41 Tobi Lütke: The Trust Battery
2018-09-05 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
2018-08-21 #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
2018-08-08 #38 Ali Almossawi: Thinking in Algorithms
2018-07-25 #37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong
2018-07-11 #36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good
2018-06-27 #35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time
2018-06-13 #34 Amelia Boone: Learning How to Suffer
2018-05-25 #33 Dan Ariely: The Truth About Lies
2018-05-02 #32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes
2018-04-10 #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
2018-03-13 #30 Margaret Heffernan: Collaboration and Competition
2018-02-21 #29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
2018-01-23 #28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi
2018-01-03 #27 Chris Voss: The Art of Letting Other People Have Your Way
2017-12-14 #26 Warren Berger: Improving The Questions You Ask
2017-11-30 #25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us
2017-11-01 #24 Susan Cain: Leading the Quiet Revolution
2017-10-11 #23 Ray Dalio: Life Lessons from a Self-Made Billionaire
2017-09-21 #22 Adam Grant: Givers, Takers, and the Resilient Mind
2017-08-09 #21 Ed Latimore: The Warrior Poet
2017-07-02 #20 Marc Garneau: The Future of Transportation
2017-05-30 Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising
2017-04-11 #18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
2017-01-05 Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History
2017-01-05 Santorini Wine with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou
2016-11-28 #15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge
2016-10-24 #14 Morgan Housel: Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning
2016-08-30 #13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines
2016-07-24 #12 Véronique Rivest: Wine Lessons
2016-05-16 #11 Ryan Holiday: The Stoic Whisperer
2016-03-30 Are we too busy to pay attention to life?
2016-03-18 #9 Maestro Alexander Shelley: The Architecture of Music
2016-02-20 #8 Julia Galef: The Art of Changing Minds
2016-01-28 #7 Venkatesh Rao: The Three Types of Decision Makers
2015-12-08 #6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future
2015-11-13 #5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital
2015-10-19 #4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ
2015-09-18 #3 Sanjay Bakshi: Why Mental Models
2015-05-29 #2 Michael Lombardi: Leadership on the Field
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