Podcasts

The Tim Ferriss Show
Entrepreneur, Startup investor, author, health/fitness enthusiast and human ‘guinea pig’. He interviews a lot of people of similar backgrounds in a conversational style.

Favorite Episodes (sorry, there’s a lot!):
#36 – Alexis Ohanian – Co-founder of Reddit
#48 – Marc Goodman – FBI Futurist
#61 – Matt Mullenweg – Creator of WordPress (backbone of this site!)
#81 – Bryan Johnson – Entrepreneur/Investor
#96 – Kevin Kelly – Perhaps ‘The Most Interesting Man In The World’
#102 – Wim Hof – The Iceman!
#121 – BJ Novak – Actor/Writer/Comedian
#124 – Jamie Foxx – Musician/Actor
#125 – Derek Sivers – Entrepreneur/Philosopher
#138 – Seth Godin – Author/Marketer
#145 – Cal Fussman – Master Interviewer
#179 – Ryan Holiday – Author/Marketer
#195 – DHH – Founder of Basecamp/Ruby on Rails
#216 – Arnold Schwarzeneger – The Governator!
#287 – Terry Crews – Actor
#323 – Max Security Prison
#325 – Lessons from Richard Branson, Tony Robins, and other

The Joe Rogan Experience
Comedian, Former TV Show host, MMA expert, and general life long learner. Interviews mostly one-on-one and many are central to MMA or with comedians. I tend to stick to the episodes outside of those categories (as you’ll see).

Favorite Episodes:
#320 – Tim Ferriss – (no way! See above)
#928 – Arian Foster – Former NFL Running back
#1003 – Sean Carroll – Cosmologist/Physics professor
#1080 – David Goggins – Retired navy SEAL, now ultramarathoner
#1085 – Kyle Kulinski – Political activist
#1159 – Neil DeGrasse Tyson – Astrophysicist
#1127 – Jesse Itzler – Entrepreneur/Author/Founder
#1169 – Elon Musk – ‘Business Magnet’
#1171 – Nick Yarris – Writer/Professional Speaker
#1415 – Bari Weiss – Opinion Writer

Waking Up
Sam Harris’ podcasts where we speaks with (and typically argues with) other experts, sometimes taking the opposite standpoint of a important political/philosophical topic.

Favorite Episodes:
#126 – Tamler Sommers – In Defense of Honor
#130 – Andrew Yang – Universal Basic Income
#138 – Yuval Noah Harari – The Edge of Humanity

Stuff You Should Know
If you ever wanted to know more about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, and Rose Park, then look no further! Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Favorite Episodes:
– How the Scientific Method Works
– How the Placebo Effect Works
– How Itonman Triathlons Work
– Will Deepfakes Ruin the World?
– How the Spanish Flu Worked
– Dr. Seuss: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
– Seriously, What is Dark Matter?
– How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked
– How Ponzi Schemes Work
– Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius?