629: Getting Your Foot In The Door | Deep Dive
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into what you should do if you...
628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Montell (@amandamontell) is a language scholar and author of critically acclaimed Wordslut: A...
627: Would I Be Insane to Report from Ukraine? | Feedback Friday
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You're an American citizen living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. The embassy just released a statemen...
626: Adam Grant | Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam...
625: Dan Pink | The Power of Regret
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) is the NYT-bestselling author of When and Drive. His latest book is The Po...
624: Is She Moving Abroad for a Friend or a Fraud? | Feedback Friday
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You're concerned your 21-year-old daughter is making a mistake by moving abroad to be with her Bahra...
623: Ludacris | Fast & Philanthropic
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ludacris (@Ludacris) is a Grammy-winning rapper, a SAG award-winning actor known for roles in Crash,...
622: Ishmael Beah | Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ishmael Beah (@IshmaelBeah) is a former child soldier, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and the New York ...
621: Are You at Fault for Being Sexually Assaulted? | Feedback Friday
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A "friend" who once admitted to having a crush on you came over to continue a night of drinking and ...
620: Richard Clarke | Warnings, Cassandras, and Catastrophes
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Clarke (@ghsrm) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, ...
619: Danny Gold | Breaking News from the Underworld
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, long-form writer, and co-host (wit...
618: Prescription for Friction: Marry into Addiction | Feedback Friday
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your fiancée knows her weed habit triggers your own addictive tendencies, but keeps it in her daily...
617: Daniel Levin | Finding a Missing Person in the Middle East
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Levin is an attorney, political commentator, and author of Nothing but a Circus: Misadventure...
616: Martin Kove | Kicking It in the Cobra Kai Dojo
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Kove (@MartinKove) is a prolific actor best known for his portrayal of the evil karate sensei...
615: Need Wedding Free from Dad's Drunken Spree | Feedback Friday
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You'd love to invite your dad to your wedding, but he has a habit of getting drunk at gatherings and...
614: Shawn Achor | Leveraging the Happiness Advantage
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shawn Achor (@shawnachor) is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happines...
613: Ray Dalio | Why Nations Succeed and Fail
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates — the largest and best-performing ...
612: Cautioning Creepy Dad's Current Clan | Feedback Friday
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your mom and stepdad split up when she caught him trying to take pictures of you -- at age 16 -- in ...
611: Reid Hoffman | Surprising Entrepreneurial Truths
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) is a co-founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of th...
610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Sullivan (@wjsullivan) is a professor of pharmacology and microbiology at the Indiana Universit...
609: Evicting a Boarder with a Dangerous Disorder | Feedback Friday
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The tenant renting your upstairs room has become so paranoid and delusional that you and your spouse...
608: Jocko Willink | The Winning Example of Extreme Ownership
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jocko Willink (@jockowillink), commander for the most highly decorated special operations unit of th...
607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dwyane Wade (@DwyaneWade) is a retired NBA All-Star, host of The Cube on TBS, and author of Dwyane ...
606: David Rubenstein | Patriotic Philanthropy and Leading Large
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David M. Rubenstein is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, host of The David...
605: Aaron Levant | NTWRK Shopping with Culture's Creators
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Levant is the founder and CEO of NTWRK, the curated livestream shopping company some have call...
604: Put Your Best Foot Fetish Forward | Feedback Friday
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You're concerned that your foot fetish betrays the dedication you have to your significant other and...
603: Mike Rowe | Dirty Jobs and Peripatetic Moments
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) of Dirty Jobs and The Way I Heard It podcast (and book) fame joins us to ...
602: Tom Wright | Billion Dollar Whale
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Wright (@tomwrightasia) is an award-winning journalist, co-author of the New York Times bestsell...
601: Should I Marry My Dying Girlfriend? | Feedback Friday
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You've met someone who checks your boxes for marriage material, but there's one problem: medical iss...
600: Metta World Peace | Mettaphorically Speaking
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Metta World Peace (@MettaWorld37) (aka Metta Sandiford-Artest, aka Ron Artest) is a former NBA All-...
599: Spencer Roberts | The Dirty Truth About Corporate Greenwashing
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Roberts (@Unpop_Science) is an ecologist, photovoltaic engineer, musician, and writer who sp...
598: Gently Sequestering a Questionable Counselor | Feedback Friday
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A medical issue has rendered your therapist colleague mentally (and ethically) incapable of providin...
597: Gary Vaynerchuk | Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) is the chairman of VaynerX, the active CEO of VaynerMedia, and the author...
596: Andrew Gold | Exorcisms On the Edge
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Gold (@andrewgold_ok) is an award-winning BBC and HBO journalist who interviews the world's m...
595: My Bi Guy: Am I Enough to Satisfy? | Feedback Friday
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When your significant other confessed his bisexual tendencies, you began to wonder: can you ever rea...
594: Joshua Fields Millburn | Love People, Use Things
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) is best known as one half of The Minimalists, where he and Ryan Nicode...
593: Steven Pinker | Why Rationality Seems Scarce
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Pinker (@sapinker) is a psychology professor at Harvard, one of the world's leading authoriti...
592: Do the Math: Am I a Psychopath? | Feedback Friday
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking back on how you've navigated your life, you're concerned that certain human interactions re...
591: Chase Jarvis & Jordan Harbinger | Your Network Insurance Policy
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan digs into what it takes to push past the mental boundaries that keep you from realizing your ...
590: Andy Norman | The Search for a Better Way to Think
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Norman (@drandyno) directs the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, is the founde...
589: Persevering Past Paranoid Parental Persecution | Feedback Friday
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You dared to set a boundary with your parents: you would only communicate with them if they were res...
588: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part Two
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-co...
587: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part One
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-co...
586: Guarding Grandpa from a Grubby Grift | Feedback Friday
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your grandpa is allowed to cope with the grief of recently losing your grandma in any way he sees fi...
585: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth-Century Lessons on Tyranny
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of...
584: Anderson Cooper | The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) is a broadcast journalist, political commentator, 18-time Emmy Awa...
583: Mentor-Mentee Fantasy Can Only End In Misery | Feedback Friday
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happily married for 20-something years, you've started to fixate on what it might be like to be marr...
582: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part Two
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and stra...
581: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part One
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and stra...
580: Seeking Relief from Your Unending Grief | Feedback Friday
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grieving the loss of a sibling while still finding your footing at a new job is making it impossible...
579: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom Part Two
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are ...
578: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Part One
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are ...
577: I Wish It Were Cheaper to Be My Sister’s Keeper | Feedback Friday
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your narcissistic sister with special needs thinks nothing of "borrowing" thousands of dollars from ...
576: General Michael Hayden | American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
General Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) is a retired United States Air Force general, former Director o...
575: Benjamin Hardy | Minding the Gap and the Gain
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Hardy (@BenjaminPHardy) is an organizational psychologist and author of books about willpow...
574: Can There Be Merit in the Extramarital? | Feedback Friday
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You've been secretly chatting with an old flame whose torch you still carry, and you even met in per...
573: David Buss | When Men Behave Badly
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Buss (@profdavidbuss) is considered the world’s leading scientific expert on the evolutionar...
572: Tamer Elnoury | Undercover with a Muslim FBI Agent
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tamer Elnoury is an Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a longtime elite counterterrorism undercover ag...
571: Pastor Past Makes You An Outcast | Feedback Friday
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As an exemplary member of the clergy for 29 years, you'd think honesty to your superiors would be re...
570: Marc Fennell | Cracking California's Nut Jobs
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Fennell (@MarcFennell) is an award-winning journalist, interviewer, author, and documentary mak...
569: Rick Ross | How to Boss Up and Build an Empire
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Ross (@RickRoss) is a multi-platinum-selling, multi-Grammy-nominated rapper, artist, songwriter...
568: Sugar Daddy's Ambition is a Savory Transition | Feedback Friday
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You're a bit embarrassed to say you went through a debaucherous sugar daddy phase, but your sweet to...
567: Kai-Fu Lee | Ten Visions for Our Future with AI
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kai-Fu Lee (@kaifulee) is an AI expert, CEO of Sinovation Ventures, former President of Google China...
566: Brian Chesky | Lessons Airbnb Learned to Survive the Pandemic
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Chesky (@bchesky) is co-founder and CEO of the peer-to-peer lodging service Airbnb, named as o...
565: My Manipulative Sister: How Can We Resist Her? | Feedback Friday
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You have a manipulative half-sister who disrespects your father by referring to him as "bio-dad" and...
564: A.J. Jacobs | It’s All Relative
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is a New York Times best-selling author who went on a quest to help build th...
563: Bobby Hall (aka Logic) | This Bright Future
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Hall (aka Logic) (@Logic301) is a Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling recording artist, actor, ...
562: Old Ex-Con Mister Eloped with My Young Sister | Feedback Friday
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your family helped a 62-year-old convict who was "wrongfully convicted" of the statutory rape of his...
561: Charles Duhigg | The Secrets of Being Smarter Faster Better
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Duhigg (@cduhigg) is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter at The New York Times and author of ...
560: Dan Carlin | Apocalyptic Moments in Hardcore History
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Carlin (@hardcorehistory) is the host of the wildly popular Hardcore History and Common Sense po...
559: How to Say Yes to Post-Traumatic Success | Feedback Friday
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you find your way back to high achievement when coping with the aftermath of extreme trauma k...
558: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part Two.
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western ...
557: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part One
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western ...
556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You live in an extended family situation and the only contribution one member makes to the collectiv...
555: Jessica Tracy | Why Pride is the Deadly Sin of Success
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Tracy (@ProfJessTracy) is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in...
554: Laurie Santos | Practical Lessons from The Happiness Lab
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie Santos (@lauriesantos) is a professor of psychology at Yale University, instructor of Courser...
553: Is Friend's Fiancé Despotic or Simply Erotic? | Feedback Friday
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your best friend speaks glowingly about her fiancé, but she lives far away and your recent communic...
552: Will Storr | Understanding Social Position and the Status Game
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will Storr (@wstorr) is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author. His lates...
551: T-Pain | You Can't Auto-Tune Your Way to Happiness
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
T-Pain (@TPAIN) is a rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer known for popularizing auto-tune in ...
550: Conscience Contorted by Dad’s Abuse Unreported | Feedback Friday
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your father was physically violent toward you and your brother on at least two occasions that would ...
549: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part Two
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Royal (@mickey_royal) is a former gangster, drug dealer, pimp, mob enforcer, and bestselling ...
548: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part One
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Royal (@mickey_royal) is a former gangster, drug dealer, pimp, mob enforcer, and bestselling ...
547: Stopping a Swami from Swindling Our Mommy | Feedback Friday
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When your stepfather passed away and your mother posted about it on Facebook, an old friend -- a sel...
546: Scott Adams | Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) of Dilbert fame revisits us to discuss his book Win Bigly: Persuasion ...
545: Rachel Nuwer | Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Nuwer (@RachelNuwer) is an award-winning freelance journalist who reports about science, trav...
544: Psycho Scammer Landlord Alert | Feedback Friday
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You stopped renting from a violent, paranoid landlord as soon as you saw the warning signs, but you ...
543: R. Douglas Fields | Understanding Why We Snap
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
R. Douglas Fields (@RDouglasFields1) is a neuroscientist specializing in the cellular mechanisms of ...
542: Nicole Perlroth | Who's Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race?
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) is an award-winning cybersecurity journalist for The New York Time...
541: Spare the Pity Party; My Life is Just Restarting | Feedback Friday
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Four years ago, you lost your spouse and child in a tragic car crash that you barely survived. Now, ...
540: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part Two
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, a...
539: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part One
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, a...
538: Already Dreading Your Abusive Brother's Wedding | Feedback Friday
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's not a request; it's a demand from the brother who sexually abused you when you were eight in a ...
537: Kevin Kelly | 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is the founding editor of Wired magazine and author of The Inevitable: Un...
536: Julia Galef | Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Galef (@juliagalef) is the host of the Rationally Speaking podcast, co-founder of The Center f...
535: Should Siblings Unite to Confront Abusive Parents? | Feedback Friday
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You and your five siblings aren't close, but you all have one thing in common: you endured a childho...
534: Greg McKeown | How to Make What Matters Effortless
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) is the host of the What’s Essential podcast, and author of the New...
533: Tristan Harris | Reclaiming Our Future with Humane Technology
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tristan Harris (@tristanharris) is a former Google design ethicist, primary subject of the acclaimed...
532: A Veteran Fights to Be Free from Smack and PTSD | Feedback Friday
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You're a veteran who's been lucky enough to return home from war in one piece only to fight a new ba...
531: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part Two
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Arno is a comedy pickpocket and criminologist specializing in global street crime, is the co-aut...
530: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part One
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Arno is a comedy pickpocket and criminologist specializing in global street crime, is the co-aut...