Jon Acuff ( @jonacuff ) is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done . [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Jon Acuff: Why are only eight percent of new year’s resolutions realized? (Incidentally, that’s the same percentage of applicants accepted to Juilliard.) The harm perfect...
Mar 03, 2022•57 min•Ep 632•Transcript available on Metacast Amanda Catarzi survived a cult-dominated childhood and abuse at the hands of sex and labor traffickers. In the years since, she has helped law enforcement bust trafficking rings, written federal anti-trafficking legislation, and worked to save countless victims. What We Discuss with Amanda Catarzi: 70 percent of human trafficking victims are women, and 30 percent are men. They usually die (overdose or violence being primary causes) within seven years. How Amanda's upbringing in an isolated cult ...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep 631•Transcript available on Metacast A well-intended law in your state makes it impossible for victims of sexual abuse, or their loved ones, to get psychological help without triggering a mandatory report. In your situation, such a report would ruin the life of the offender -- who was a minor at the time and may not even remember committing the crime. How can your family seek the help it needs without initiating legal complications that will only make the overall situation worse for all parties -- including the victim? And in case ...
Feb 25, 2022•52 min•Ep 630•Transcript available on Metacast Jordan ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabe ( @GabeMizrahi ) take a deep dive into what you should do if you're looking for a new job or relationship and you want to know how to get your foot in the door -- while avoiding the mistakes that are liable to get that door slammed in your face. What We Discuss: How to make sure you're aligning the job you want to do with the employer who needs you to do it -- without wasting everyone's time in the process. Why you should use Ramit Sethi's B...
Feb 24, 2022•46 min•Ep 629•Transcript available on Metacast Amanda Montell ( @amandamontell ) is a language scholar and author of critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language . Her latest book is Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism , which explores how cults co-opt the words we use in order to control us and affect our behavior. What We Discuss with Amanda Montell: How the uncertainty of current times drives people toward the solace of community — and the sights of aspiring cult leaders and con artists. What persona...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep 628•Transcript available on Metacast You're an American citizen living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. The embassy just released a statement recommending you evacuate as the situation with Russia escalates, but you've considered staying there and becoming an independent journalist to cover what happens should armed conflict come to pass. Is this a foolhardy death wish disguised as a passion project, or a perfect time for a prudent career pivot? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn...
Feb 18, 2022•52 min•Ep 627•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Grant ( @AdamMGrant ) is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant , and the author of several New York Times Best Sellers . Here, he joined us to discuss Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success . [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Adam Grant: How to give to someone you don’t know without being awkward and transactional. W...
Feb 17, 2022•53 min•Ep 626•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Pink ( @DanielPink ) is the NYT -bestselling author of When and Drive . His latest book is The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us , about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret. What We Discuss with Daniel Pink: As uncomfortable as it can make us feel, regret is a universal, healthy part of being human. Understanding how regret works can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and bring greater ...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 625•Transcript available on Metacast You're concerned your 21-year-old daughter is making a mistake by moving abroad to be with her Bahrain beau of five years -- especially since they've only corresponded remotely and have never been face-to-face in real life. You can't outright forbid her to leave as she's an adult now, but is there any way you can get her to reconsider the gravity of what she may be getting herself into? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jo...
Feb 11, 2022•52 min•Ep 624•Transcript available on Metacast Ludacris ( @Ludacris ) is a Grammy-winning rapper, a SAG award-winning actor known for roles in Crash , The Simpsons , and the Fast & Furious franchise, and the philanthropic founder of Kid Nation and The Ludacris Foundation . What We Discuss with Ludacris: Does Ludacris really own a car from every Fast & Furious movie in which he's appeared? What was Ludacris' initial rap name ? Is Ludacris the Where's Waldo of hip-hop history ? How has Ludacris maintained much of the same support team ...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 623•Transcript available on Metacast Ishmael Beah ( @IshmaelBeah ) is a former child soldier, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel . His latest book is Little Family: A Novel . What We Discuss with Ishmael Beah: What the volatility of life in a warzone is really like from the perspective of a child. How desperation drives human beings to rationalize committing any number of atrocities to survive. Why trusting old neighbor...
Feb 08, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Ep 622•Transcript available on Metacast A "friend" who once admitted to having a crush on you came over to continue a night of drinking and crash on the couch. You pushed him away when he tried to kiss you because the crush isn't mutual and you have a boyfriend. Then you woke up in the middle of the night to him spooning, touching, and trying to make out with you. You pushed him away again and went back to sleep. Is this a form of sexual assault, or did you cheat by allowing yourself to get drunk and winding up in this situation? We'l...
Feb 04, 2022•49 min•Ep 621•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Clarke ( @ghsrm ) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism for the United States, and is the co-author of Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes . [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/620 What We Discuss with Richard Clarke: What is the Cassandra Coefficient? Discov...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 620•Transcript available on Metacast Danny Gold ( @DGisSERIOUS ) is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, long-form writer, and co-host (with Sean Williams) of the Underworld podcast , which covers organized crime around the world -- from Balkan warlords to Brooklyn wiseguys. What We Discuss with Danny Gold: How coming from a family of Holocaust survivors inspired Danny to pursue journalism and keep an eye on the world's most unsavory and unreported misdeeds. What it's like to get caught red-handed trying to secretly record a violen...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr•Ep 619•Transcript available on Metacast 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•48 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•2 hr 31 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•1 hr 1 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•55 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 ...
Jan 20, 2022•53 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 pred...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 21 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•54 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 ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 2 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 21 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•59 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 24 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 wit...
Jan 04, 2022•50 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...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 17 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•1 hr 2 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•2 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 &mda...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 603•Transcript available on Metacast 
