“There’s something fun about knowing you kind of ‘got one’ over the system.”
— Chris Hutchins

Chris Hutchins is the creator and host of All the Hacks, a podcast that helps people upgrade their life, money, and travel. He previously founded Grove (acquired by Wealthfront) and Milk (acquired by Google), led New Product Strategy at Wealthfront, and was a Partner at Google Ventures.

Most importantly, he is the person Kevin Rose and I call if we want to figure how to get a better deal on just about anything in the world or if we just want to learn about his latest hijinks doing things like getting $200 flights to Japan, running gold pseudo-arbitrage at retail, or booking dirt-cheap trips to Bora Bora. We cover all three and more in this conversation.

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This episode is brought to you by AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement; Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business; and Ramp easy-to-use corporate cards, bill payments, accounting, and more.

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Want to hear the last time Chris came on the show to help our audience’s aspiring podcasters get started on the right foot? Listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed contingency plans for inevitable technical SNAFUs, gear we use, pros and cons of recording a podcast on video, prioritizing good guests over well-known guests, the magic of recording long and editing liberally for fixing imperfect sessions, the painful but positive effects of soliciting feedback, prep tips,