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Interviews with some of the smartest & most interesting people in the world of ideas. Two questions I'm always asking: (a) "How does the world work?" and (b) "How can we do a better job of living in it?"
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1I talk with former professional poker player (and champion) Annie Duke about her latest book, "Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts".
Award-winning author and journalist David Quammen comes on the podcast to talk about his latest book, "The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life".
Damian Stamer, a internationally-respected professional painter, comes on to talk about his creative routines, major life influences, the insider's view of the art world, and much more!
Barbara Oakley runs the world's largest MOOC (Massively Only Open Course), with over 2.3 million attendees. She joins me to talk about her newest book, "Learning How to Learn".
Legendary strength coach Mark Rippetoe joins me for a conversation that goes well beyond strength. We talk about bad science, rejecting arguments from authority, intellectual courage, and much more.
Debra Mashek, Executive Director of Heterodox Academy, joins me to talk about the importance of viewpoint diversity. Deb left a tenured position at Harvey Mudd College due to a worrying trend that's going on in the universities: It's getting harder and harder to speak your mind.
The debate around religion is more interesting that it may seem. Stephen Asma joins me to talk about his new book, "Why Need Need Religion."
For the first time in history, it's possible to live and work from almost any country in the world. Joining me to talk about this way of life is Nathan Sudds, who says he does not plan on returning to his home country of Canada.
Professor Nathan Lents joins me to talk about his new book, "Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes".
Dr. Emeran Mayer talks with me about his recent book, "The Mind-Gut Connection". Dr. Mayer is a pioneering researcher in the field of brain-gut interactions. We talk about optimal health, paradigm shifts in science, some surprising features of the gut, and much more.
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Very interesting and fun conversation. Looking forward to reading that book.