Your fiancée knows her weed habit triggers your own addictive tendencies, but keeps it in her daily routine anyway. Now she's giving you flak for your recent lapse in sobriety, and this is making you wonder if getting married next month is really the best move for both of you. What should you do? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take y...
Jan 28, 2022•44 min•Ep 618•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Levin is an attorney, political commentator, and author of Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful and Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East . What We Discuss with Daniel Levin: How the Syrian regime kidnaps westerners and blames the opposition , keeping them in captivity -- often for years -- as bargaining chips. How Daniel became the go-to person for hunting down a missing person in Syria when no government, embassy, or intelligenc...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep 617•Transcript available on Metacast Martin Kove ( @MartinKove ) is a prolific actor best known for his portrayal of the evil karate sensei, John Kreese, in The Karate Kid trilogy and Netflix's Cobra Kai series. Be on the lookout as he hosts the upcoming Kicking It with the Koves podcast with his kids Jesse and Rachel. What We Discuss with Martin Kove: How Martin nailed his audition for The Karate Kid by channeling his anger at not having ample time to prepare for it. Why we need more role models for leadership and personal respons...
Jan 25, 2022•55 min•Ep 616•Transcript available on Metacast You'd love to invite your dad to your wedding, but he has a habit of getting drunk at gatherings and making a spectacle of himself. Is there a way to politely request sobriety as a condition of his invitation? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to an...
Jan 21, 2022•50 min•Ep 615•Transcript available on Metacast Shawn Achor ( @shawnachor ) is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success, and is the author of Big Potential , Before Happiness , and The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life . What We Discuss with Shawn Achor: What did Shawn have to teach Pentagon bigwigs about happiness? The science behind the contagiousness of happiness. The importance of mirror neurons. What is the 10-5 Way , and how can it improve your life? At wha...
Jan 20, 2022•50 min•Ep 614•Transcript available on Metacast Ray Dalio ( @RayDalio ) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates — the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world — and author of New York Times bestseller Principles: Life and Work . His latest book is The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail . What We Discuss with Ray Dalio: What an investor like Ray Dalio is uniquely poised to observe about the ebb and flow of history and the repeating patterns that make the future somewhat predictable. Why transitional (and often painf...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 613•Transcript available on Metacast Your mom and stepdad split up when she caught him trying to take pictures of you -- at age 16 -- in the shower. Now he's remarried with new stepchildren and a baby on the way. How can you warn his new family about his predatory proclivities before he ruins their lives too? This and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right he...
Jan 14, 2022•49 min•Ep 612•Transcript available on Metacast Reid Hoffman ( @reidhoffman ) is a co-founder of LinkedIn , investor at Greylock Partners , host of the podcast Masters of Scale , and co-author of Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs . What We Discuss with Reid Hoffman: What Reid means when he calls himself a "six-person-or-less extrovert." Why fostering diversity is important for any company that wants to be relevant tomorrow. How to identify the five kinds of "no" and what they can each teach you...
Jan 13, 2022•55 min•Ep 611•Transcript available on Metacast Bill Sullivan ( @wjsullivan ) is a professor of pharmacology and microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, an award-winning researcher, teacher, science communicator, and author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are . What We Discuss with Bill Sullivan: What we're just now learning in the field of epigenetics -- the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Why ...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 610•Transcript available on Metacast The tenant renting your upstairs room has become so paranoid and delusional that you and your spouse no longer feel safe in your own home. On top of this, he has no job, no car, and he's behind on the rent. You don't want to be the heartless landlord who evicts someone so clearly in need of help, but you also don't want to wait until his erratic outbursts become violently directed toward you or your wife. So what's the right thing to do here? We'll try to find answers to this and more on this, o...
Jan 07, 2022•53 min•Ep 609•Transcript available on Metacast Jocko Willink ( @jockowillink ), commander for the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War, joins the show to talk about taking responsibility, discipline, intensity, and leadership to the next level as outlined in Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win . [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Jocko Willink: When making a decision, worrying about variables that...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep 608•Transcript available on Metacast Dwyane Wade ( @DwyaneWade ) is a retired NBA All-Star, host of The Cube on TBS, and author of Dwyan e and A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball . What We Discuss with Dwyane Wade: How to know the difference between giving your kids the opportunity to excel in areas that will enrich their lives versus pushing them into things they don't want to do. Lessons Dwyane learned from the basketball court that he now applies to his most important job: parent. How Dwyane dealt with impo...
Jan 04, 2022•45 min•Ep 607•Transcript available on Metacast David M. Rubenstein is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group , host of The David Rubenstein Show , and author of How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers and The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream . What We Discuss with David Rubenstein: Why David was one of the original signers of The Giving Pledge , a promise to give away the majority of his wealth instead of just building a stockpile of money for his heirs. The many ways David ...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 606•Transcript available on Metacast Aaron Levant is the founder and CEO of NTWRK , the curated livestream shopping company some have called "QVC for the YouTube Generation." What We Discuss with Aaron Levant: What drew Aaron to graffiti art counterculture in his rebellious youth, and how he pivoted this interest into wildly successful streetwear entrepreneurship. What society loses when it underestimates the intelligence and educational capacity of people -- like Aaron -- who struggle with dyslexia , and why we need to support the...
Dec 28, 2021•56 min•Ep 605•Transcript available on Metacast You're concerned that your foot fetish betrays the dedication you have to your significant other and makes you some kind of pervert in waiting. Is there anything you can do to course-correct your way back to decency, or should you just embrace this as an indelible part of yourself that you have the power to control? Or maybe no one should judge you for your foot fetish until they've walked a mile in your shoes? Welcome to Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ...
Dec 24, 2021•53 min•Ep 604•Transcript available on Metacast Mike Rowe ( @mikeroweworks ) of Dirty Jobs and The Way I Heard It podcast (and book ) fame joins us to talk about the skills gap, The mikeroweWORKS Foundation , authenticity, and life experiences possible outside the comfort zone. Just don't tell him he's following his passion. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Mike Rowe: Did you know Mike Rowe started his show business career in opera — to...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 603•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Wright ( @tomwrightasia ) is an award-winning journalist, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World , co-founder of journalism studio and production company Project Brazen , and host of the Fat Leonard podcast. What We Discuss with Tom Wright: A deep dive into the shadowy world of corruption, money laundering, and embezzling by the shadiest shysters among the elite. How does an investigative journalist uncover mi...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep 602•Transcript available on Metacast You've met someone who checks your boxes for marriage material, but there's one problem: medical issues may mean they've only got three years left to live. Should you propose and hope for a miracle? We'll examine this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, regist...
Dec 17, 2021•49 min•Ep 601•Transcript available on Metacast Metta World Peace ( @MettaWorld37 ) (aka Metta Sandiford-Artest, aka Ron Artest) is a former NBA All-Star, author of No Malice: My Life in Basketball or: How a Kid from Queensbridge Survived the Streets, the Brawls, and Himself to Become an NBA Champion , and host of the Mettaphorically Speaking podcast. What We Discuss with Metta World Peace: How did Ron Artest become Metta World Peace , what were some of the considered alternatives, and why did he later change his name to Metta Sandiford-Artes...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 600•Transcript available on Metacast Spencer Roberts ( @Unpop_Science ) is an ecologist, photovoltaic engineer, musician, and writer who specializes in exposing corporate science propaganda and greenwashing. What We Discuss with Spencer Roberts: Is there really such a thing as sustainable seafood in industrial nations ? Logistically, how "dolphin safe" can a can of tuna be (and how endangered is that tuna) ? Will the escalating amount of microplastics found in seafood lead to human extinction? Is the climate-rescuing promise of "re...
Dec 14, 2021•52 min•Ep 599•Transcript available on Metacast A medical issue has rendered your therapist colleague mentally (and ethically) incapable of providing care for others, but she hasn't accepted this. How can you support management's efforts to establish reasonable cause for termination without feeling so guilty? This and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every we...
Dec 10, 2021•43 min•Ep 598•Transcript available on Metacast Gary Vaynerchuk ( @garyvee ) is the chairman of VaynerX , the active CEO of VaynerMedia , and the author of several bestselling books, including #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness . What We Discuss with Gary Vaynerchuk: With so many platforms at his disposal, why does Gary continue to write books? Where does a workaholic like Gary stand on the concept of work/life balance? When do we quit if something isn’t working? How do you know if you’re hard...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 597•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Gold ( @andrewgold_ok ) is an award-winning BBC and HBO journalist who interviews the world's most controversial and inspiring figures in his On the Edge with Andrew Gold podcast. What We Discuss with Andrew Gold: What Andrew discovered while making a documentary about someone claiming to be a modern-day exorcist. Is professional wrestling "real?" What you can buy in an exorcist's gift shop to keep the "demons" at bay. The multitude of benefits Andrew enjoys when making documentaries abou...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 596•Transcript available on Metacast When your significant other confessed his bisexual tendencies, you began to wonder: can you ever really give him everything he needs to be satisfied in a relationship? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback...
Dec 03, 2021•41 min•Ep 595•Transcript available on Metacast Joshua Fields Millburn ( @JFM ) is best known as one half of The Minimalists , where he and Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff. Their latest book is Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works . What We Discuss with Joshua Fields Millburn: How Joshua found that having more stuff -- including more money -- really isn't the key to success or happiness. The average American throws away 81 pounds of clothing every year when 95% of that can be reused or ...
Dec 02, 2021•58 min•Ep 594•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Pinker ( @sapinker ) is a psychology professor at Harvard, one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind, and an author of several bestsellers. His latest is Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters . What We Discuss with Steven Pinker: Why, by most metrics, older generations are mistaken when they proclaim: "Things were better back in my day!" Alternatives we might consider if Universal Basic Income can't sustainably solve the problem of housing and ...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 593•Transcript available on Metacast Thinking back on how you've navigated your life, you're concerned that certain human interactions reveal a tendency toward behavior that our former guest, behavioral expert Thomas Erikson , might categorize as psychopathic. Weighing the evidence for and against, you really want an answer to this question: "Am I a psychopath?" We'll try to get to the bottom of this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi (...
Nov 26, 2021•48 min•Ep 592•Transcript available on Metacast Jordan digs into what it takes to push past the mental boundaries that keep you from realizing your full potential — with Chase Jarvis ( @chasejarvis ) of The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show . What Jordan and Chase Discuss: Handling debt after graduation. Zooming out on the timeline of your career and understanding why patience is key in the long term. Why nothing you do is ever wasted. Even if you’re working as a barista at Starbucks, you are building skills that can be applied in other areas later on. ...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep 591•Transcript available on Metacast Andy Norman ( @drandyno ) directs the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, is the founder of CIRCE , and is the award-winning author of Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think . What We Discuss with Andy Norman: Like our bodies, our minds and cultures have immune systems , and they can break down under certain conditions. How the root cause of contemporary divisiveness is a compromise of these mental and cultural immune systems. W...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 590•Transcript available on Metacast You dared to set a boundary with your parents: you would only communicate with them if they were respectful to you and your family. This means zero tolerance for name-calling, swearing, threatening, or yelling at you or your husband whenever there's a disagreement. Now they've leveled false accusations against your husband for being abusive, going as far as involving the CEO of your company and the police department! Of course you've cut them off completely since then, but you're wondering: will...
Nov 19, 2021•49 min•Ep 589•Transcript available on Metacast 
