Best Naval Ravikant Podcasts (2025)

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#28 | Why Billionaires Focus On Naval Ravikant's "Specific Knowledge" To Build Wealth They Can't Lose And How You Can Too 19:05

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What if the very things you’ve been taught to hide your weirdness, your obsessions, your non-traditional path are actually the keys to building wealth no one can copy? Most entrepreneurs are stuck chasing generalized advice, trying to become more “professional,” more “balanced,” or more like whoever’s trending this week. But billionaires don’t foll…

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#1037 - Life Hacks: A Christmas Special (2025) 2:10:40

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I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle upon Tyne, with Jonny, a virtual Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned this year, what their best hacks were, and their reflections on 2025. Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with you…

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The Replication Crisis Christmas Quiz w/ Mickey Inzlicht & Dave Pizarro 1:29:31

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In this festive descent into methodological despair, Chris and Matt convene a secret cabal of elite psychology podcasters within the Decoding Cloister, operating under the distant yet reassuring gaze of Arch-Wizard Paul Bloom, whose role is largely ceremonial but nonetheless morally binding. Joining them are Dave Pizarro (Very Bad Wizards) and Mich…

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DTG Christmas Quiz 2025 with Helen Lewis 1:26:32

3d ago1:26:32

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In this special Christmas episode, Helen’s annual Guru Quiz returns, lightly dusted with Trump, podcast tours, and the unsettling realisation that the Guru-sphere and the MAGA-sphere have quietly fused into a single, monetised, vibes-based organism. That's right, the regular decoding team are joined by renowned journalist, author, podcaster... and …

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#1036 - The Best Moments of Modern Wisdom (2025) 3:15:12

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2025 is nearly over, so I decided to put together a compilation of some of my favourite moments from the show over the last year. It was going to be a top 20, but I couldn't choose, so it's 23. Expect to learn Naval Ravikant's advice for overcoming self-esteem issues, Tom Segura on why Gen Z isn't a fan of drinking alcohol. The 3 most important dec…

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#32 | Why Billionaires Use The Lindy Effect Principle To Build Lasting Wealth While Everyone Else Chases Trends and How Buffett's INSANE $1.3B Coca-Cola Bet Paid Off 23:42

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What if the next big breakthrough in your business isn't something new—but something old you've been overlooking? Most entrepreneurs are trapped in a cycle of chasing trends, reinventing their strategy every quarter, and mistaking novelty for progress. But billionaires like Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault build generational wealth b…

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#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love 1:53:10

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Mark Rober is an engineer, science communicator, and YouTuber known for viral experiments and STEM education. Expect to learn what it was like to wor on the Mars Rover for NASA, how NASA rewired the way Mark thinks, what Mark’s relationship with failure is like, which engineering heuristics transfer best to everyday life, how can grown-ups rebuild …

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Supplementary Material 41: Ironic Nazis, Blustering Tories, and Ol' Squeaky's Lament 43:42

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In this tragic episode, we pay tribute to a fallen comrade and honour his memory with a Supplementary Material 41 00:00 Introduction and Swimming Update 02:34 The Tragic Tale of Old Squeaky 09:01 Sam Harris interpersonal bias & Megyn Kelly 26:05 Gary Stevenson vs Rory Stewart 36:26 Master Certificates and Jaffa Cakes 41:59 Dasha's Nick Fuentes Prob…

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#1034 - 23 Lessons from 2025 1:25:21

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It’s the end of 2025 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months. This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 23 insights from some of my favourite conversations, both inside and outside of the podcast. Expect t…

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#31 | Use This Simple Principled Thinking Framework Billionaires Use To Create Predictable Wealth Instead of Chasing Outcomes | Install This NEW Mental Model In 30 Days 17:03

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Feel like you're making smart choices… yet somehow still not building real momentum? The missing piece might not be effort, it might be the way you're deciding. If you're constantly re-evaluating what to do next, second-guessing decisions, or switching strategies based on what’s trending, you're likely trapped in reactive thinking. In this episode,…

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#1033- Judd Apatow - Why Comedies Suck Now 1:35:21

10d ago1:35:21

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Judd Apatow is a filmmaker, producer, comedian, and writer. The movies that shaped so many of us were unapologetically funny and often pushed boundaries. As the culture has changed and concerns around political correctness and cancellation have grown, how has that affected modern comedy, and what still feels possible? Expect to learn how to have gr…

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#30 | Why Billionaires Use Ray Dalio’s “Principled Thinking” To Eliminate Decision Fatigue & Accomplish Impossible Goals In Record Time and How You Can Too 18:35

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What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t a lack of opportunity—but that you’re making decisions the same way everyone else does? Most people chase outcomes: whatever worked last month, whatever’s trending, whatever looks profitable right now. Billionaires don’t. They build fortunes by following principles that work regardless of markets, timing, or …

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Gurometer: Stefan Molyneux Patreon Preview 32:51

12d ago32:51

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In this unlocked bonus episode, Chris and Matt complete their forensic/esoteric/scientific assessment of the charming Stefan Molyneux, consigning him (sadly) to the eternal archives of the Gurometer.

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#1032 - Joshua Citarella - The Dark Subcultures of Online Politics 1:53:37

12d ago1:53:37

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Joshua Citarella is an artist, writer, and cultural researcher focused on internet subcultures and online politics. We’ve all doom-scrolled our fair share of online politics, some of it funny, some unsettling, and some surprisingly insightful. But which internet subcultures are actually shaping political ideas, how serious are they, and do they tru…

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#29 | The Exact System Billionaires Use To Find Their Unfair Advantage To Charge Premium Prices and How You Can Do The Same In The Next 30 Days. 16:41

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What if the real reason you’re stuck charging commodity prices isn’t your skillset, but your positioning? And what if the fastest path to premium pricing was hiding in what makes you weird? Too many founders get trapped in the “expert hamster wheel”, doing great work but still competing on price. In this episode, you’ll discover why the entrepreneu…

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#1031 - Macken Murphy - 18 Harsh Realities of Modern Dating 2:41:33

15d ago2:41:33

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Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster. Modern dating is in the middle of a cultural reset. Attraction science is evolving, men and women are changing how they show up, and everyone is trying to build healthier relationships. What does the data actually say, and is a more balanced way of …

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#1030 - Brett Cooper - Inside the Conservative Civil War 1:53:01

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Brett Cooper is a political commentator, an actor and a YouTuber. What’s happening to the political Right? With promises kept and broken, the Left regaining momentum, internal fractures deepening, and young voters growing more disengaged than ever. What does this mean for the real state of politics, and how serious is the dysfunction underneath it …

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#1029 - Malcolm Gladwell - How to Convince the World of Bulls**t & Evil 1:15:00

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Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, podcast host and an author. Do contagious diseases, memetic epidemics, and drug epidemics spread through the same underlying pathways? The answer may explain why society keeps falling into the same contagious patterns, and how we might prevent future memetic epidemics before they happen. Expect to learn what the hi…

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Stefan Molyneux, Part 2: Back in the Moly Hole 1:31:36

21d ago1:31:36

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Cult Season continues, and much like Stefan himself, you may have hoped this would go away after Part 1. Unfortunately, like all persistent internet hauntings, Molyneux has returned. And this time, Chris and Matt venture even deeper into the Moly-Hole, a place where truth is redefined, callers are slowly gaslit into existential confusion, and every…

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#1028 - Peter Zeihan - The New World Order Is Here 1:22:30

22d ago1:22:30

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Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, speaker and author. What does the next decade really hold? Beneath every forecast about the future, one thing quietly determines everything else: energy. From globalization to warfare to artificial intelligence, how will the world be reshaped in the years ahead? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I …

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#27 | How To Rewire Your Brain To Think Like a Billionaire In 28 Days Using This Simple Identity Transformation System That Makes Wealth-Building Automatic 13:16

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What if the biggest reason you're stuck isn’t lack of skill, time, or strategy—but a hidden identity that keeps sabotaging your decisions? Most entrepreneurs are trying to upgrade their results without upgrading the self-concept driving their choices. They set goals, but their identity silently drags them back to short-term thinking, stress-based d…

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#26 | The Identity Principle Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos Use to Make Wealth Building AUTOMATIC and How You Can Do The Same 21:28

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What if the real reason you're not building lasting wealth isn't your strategy, habits, or effort, but the story you’re telling yourself about who you are? Most entrepreneurs are exhausting themselves trying to “stay disciplined” or “push through.” But the people who build generational wealth don’t rely on willpower, they operate from identity. Thi…

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#1027 - Mel Robbins - The Secret to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 1:48:27

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Mel Robbins is a motivational speaker, podcast host and author. If motivation can’t be trusted, what should you rely on instead? Bestselling author and top podcaster Mel Robbins explains why discipline and emotional control are the real keys to success, and how to build the mindset needed to follow through when it counts. Expect to learn why we cli…

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Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders, the Discourse Grind, and Sam Harris' Dinner Parties 42:54

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We set down the Chardonnay at the latest heterodox dinner party and lean in for some hearty ‘civil discourse’ to once again defend the trembling pillars of Western civilization. The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 13 minutes). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders…

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#1026 - Alison Armstrong - How to Treat Men Better 3:01:35

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Alison Armstrong is a relationship coach, speaker, and author. Are modern gender dynamics leaving men feeling ‘castrated’? While men are often blamed for today’s social problems, far less attention is given to how shifting expectations of women and relationships may also shape male identity. What role do women play in this dynamic—and how can it be…

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#1025 - Dr Paul Hewitt - Understanding the Psychology of Perfectionism 1:28:24

29d ago1:28:24

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Dr Paul Hewitt is a clinical psychologist, professor, and leading researcher on perfectionism. Why do so many of us struggle with perfectionism? For some, it started in childhood—but its impact as an adult can be exhausting. So how do you actually break the cycle and get comfortable with things being imperfect? Expect to learn what they archetypal …

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#25 | Use This Simple Ladder System To EXPLODE Your Sales Conversions TODAY | How Billionaires Use Commitment Ladders To Make Irresistible Offers 15:34

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What if the reason people aren’t buying from you isn’t because of your product, your price, or your content but because you’re skipping the one psychological step that makes the yes feel inevitable? If you’re tired of followers ghosting your offers, leads going cold, or launching with crickets — this episode flips the script. We’re diving into the …

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#1024 - Jon Bellion - The Art of an Authentic Comeback 2:45:38

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Jon Bellion is a singer-songwriter, producer, and artist. Fame has a gravity of its own, and once you’re in the spotlight, leaving it isn’t easy. Yet Jon Bellion found more truth in stepping behind the scenes to focus on creating. Now, as a new father and a renewed artist, what gives his life meaning, and what message does he want to share with the…

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#24 | Understand The Psychological Biases Billion Dollar Brands Like GymShark & Tony Robbins Use To Makes People Say Yes (Even When They Don't Want To) 18:21

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What if the reason your audience isn’t buying, signing up, or saying yes… isn’t because they don’t want what you’re offering — but because you’re asking for too much, too soon? If you're struggling to get traction with your offers, it's not a product problem, it's a psychology problem. The most successful brands and marketers don’t push harder; the…

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#1023 - I Prevail - The Trades You Make to Live Your Dreams 2:43:16

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Eric Vanlerberghe is a vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the band I Prevail. Gabe Helguera is a drummer, and co-founder of Drum Beats Online (DBO), and a member of the band I Prevail From the outside, the life of a heavy-metal band seems larger-than-life. But behind the scenes, the truth is far more raw. Eric and Gabe of I Prevail share …

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Stefan Molyneux, Part 1: A fun guy, who is here to help... 3:03:42

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Welcome back to Cult Season, where we continue our sincere attempt to make you feel a little bit worse about the world and everything in it. This week, we turn to Stefan Molyneux, online pioneer, prolific content creator, and self-proclaimed most popular philosopher in the world. Alternatively his wikipedia entry describes him as "an Irish-born Can…

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#1022 - Sheehan Quirke - How Did The Modern World Get So Ugly? 1:55:35

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Sheehan Quirke is a British writer and online educator, known as The Cultural Tutor for creating accessible posts on art, history, and literature. Why does modern life feel so devoid of beauty? For decades, efficiency has beaten out elegance. Cheap has replaced meaningful. When did we stop creating things built to last and meant to move us, and wha…

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#23 | Use These 3 Mental Models To EXPLODE Your Productivity TODAY | How Billionaires Use Parkinson's Law To Accomplish More In Half The Time 22:31

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What if your endless to-do list and 60-hour workweeks weren’t a sign of ambition—but proof you're working twice as hard for half the results? In Monday’s episode, you learned that work expands to fill the time available—but knowing Parkinson’s Law isn’t enough. If you don’t install the right constraints, your time, team, and scope will keep bloatin…

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Autism, Microbiomes, & Mice Burying Marbles with Kevin Mitchell 1:26:49

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This week, we are joined by Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, who has committed the unforgivable sin of pointing out that an entire academic and media hype cycle might be built on… well, very little actually. His new co-authored paper in Neuron politely dismantles the highly promoted link be…

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#22 | What Is Parkinson's Law? The Hidden Psychological Principle Billionaire Jeff Bezos Used To Build Amazon and Accomplish The IMPOSSIBLE 22:30

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What if your packed calendar and 60-hour workweeks aren’t a sign of hustle—but a warning sign you’re stuck in the exact trap that keeps high performers broke? Most entrepreneurs believe more time equals more productivity. But what if the opposite is true? What if the very abundance of time is destroying your ability to create results that matter—an…

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#1021 - Louise Perry & Mary Harrington - The Performative Male Epidemic 2:14:41

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Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author. Mary Harrington is a writer, columnist and author. Why are young people having less sex than ever? Has something in our evolution shifted, or has modern life become so confusing that we can’t even tell what we’re attracted to anymore? What’s reall…

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#1020 - Jessica Baum - Why We Fall for the Wrong People 1:14:49

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Jessica Baum is a psychotherapist, relationship expert, and author. What does it actually take to feel safe in a relationship? If you’ve had chaotic partners or a past where you never knew where you stood, safety can feel like work instead of something natural. So how do you rebuild that sense of security, and what steps help you learn to feel safe…

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#1019 - Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould - History is a Freakshow 1:32:43

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Fin Taylor is an English comedian, writer and podcaster. Horatio Gould is also an English comedian, writer, and podcaster. History is basically one long reminder that no matter how bad your day is, someone in the past was probably getting catapulted off a castle wall. Feel better? Good. Humanity may be a litany of disasters, but the past is packed …

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#21 | 5 Different Techniques To REWIRE Your Brain To Start Thinking In First Principles | The Mental Model Every Billionaire Use To Build Wealth 14:44

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What if the reason your biggest business challenge feels unsolvable isn’t the problem itself—but the assumptions you're blindly accepting? Most entrepreneurs are trying to out-execute competitors inside a broken system. They're tweaking headlines, optimizing funnels, or spending more on ads—without realizing they’re trapped in a mental cage of assu…

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#1018 - Peter Crouch - Behind The Bravado of Modern British Football 1:35:39

2M ago1:35:39

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Peter Crouch is a former professional footballer, sports pundit, and podcaster. What was it like playing in the Premier League alongside some of football’s most intense personalities? In an era where a goal celebration, whether it was the robot or a knee slide, showed your confidence as much as your skill, what was life like for Peter Crouch back t…

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#20 | First Principles Thinking Explained | The Secret Mental Model Billionaire Steve Jobs Used To Build The IPhone and Revolutionize Industries 25:14

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What if most of the problems people call “impossible” aren’t because they’re unsolvable, but because everyone is asking the wrong questions? What if the entrepreneurs creating rockets, curing diseases, and building trillion‑dollar industries aren’t smarter—they just know how to start from zero and rethink everything? In this episode of How Billiona…

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#1017 - Jonathan Anomaly - What Embryo Selection Means for Humanity 2:02:40

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Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher, professor and an author. What if you could design your own “super baby”? Imagine erasing genetic diseases, removing inherited conditions, and even selecting traits for beauty or intelligence. How close are we to making this possible, and what unintended consequences could this unleash? Expect to learn why embry…

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#19 | URGENT Quick Announcement | How Billionaires Think Is CHANGING 3:59

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Discover how to build wealth, unlock the habits of millionaires, and master how billionaires think using mental models, decision-making psychology, and elite performance psychology as we explore the wealth mindset, money mindset, and millionaire mindset that fuel generational wealth, financial freedom, and discipline and success—this is the financi…

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#1016 - Rob Henderson - Is Having a Boyfriend Cringe Now? 1:27:13

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Rob Henderson holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. When did having a boyfriend become cringe? For as long as men have been men and women have been women, finding a partner to share life with has been one of humanity’s oldest goals. So what changed? Why has wanting connection b…

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#18 | UPDATED Two Psychological Triggers Robert Cialdini Discovered That Control 90% Of Human Decisions | Social Proof & Authority Bias Explained 26:54

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What if most of your decisions aren’t really yours—but hijacked by two invisible forces long before your conscious mind kicks in? What if some entrepreneurs effortlessly attract customers and opportunities, not because they have better products, but because they understand which psychological shortcuts make people say “yes” automatically? In this e…

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Right to Reply: A Dialogos about Sensemaking with Alexander Beiner 1:12:10

2M ago1:12:10

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We are joined by Alexander Beiner, current founder of Kainos and former co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, to grapple with that eternally slippery concept: sensemaking. Naturally, this leads us through interdisciplinary adventurism, reflections on the (il)legitimacy of academia, and the recurring “meaning crisis” that haunts our times. Sense will be made,…

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#1015 - Alain de Botton - 16 Lessons from The School Of Life 1:29:31

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Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life. How can we truly understand ourselves? Most of us either ignore our emotions or overthink them, turning simple feelings into complex puzzles. So how do we navigate the minefield of emotion to grow and become better? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and re…

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Supplementary Material 39: Bad Guys, Panpsychists, and Sensemakers 37:58

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Chris and Matt walk into a bar with an atheist sensemaker, an Ayurvedic Guru, and a Christian Apologist, and predictable frivolities ensue. Featuring not one but two good-natured, robust exchanges of opinion between our two hosts. The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (1 hour, 42 minutes). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/Decoding…

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#1014 - Dr Marc Brackett - The Life-Changing Skill of Emotional Regulation 1:30:39

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Dr. Marc Brackett is a professor at Yale University, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and author. Why is it so hard to actually feel our emotions? In a world that tells us to “be more vulnerable,” many of us don’t even know what that really means. Are we being unregulated when we express emotion, or are we finall…

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#1013 - Scott Galloway - How to Fix a Culture of Emasculated Men 1:45:50

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Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author. Why are so many young men struggling today? In a world that often focuses on the oppression of others, it’s easy to forget that men are part of that story too. What’s actually being done to address men’s chal…