Best Cody Mac Podcasts (2025)

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Lulu Cheng Meservey: How To Build A Cult 1:49:21

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Lulu Cheng Meservey is one of the sharpest minds in communications and strategy. She has helped some of the best leaders through their hardest moments.We talk about why trust and conviction are contagious, how to win attention in a noisy world, and how to handle attacks without losing ground.-----About Lulu:Having been CCO and EVP of Corporate Affa…

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Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers] 52:10

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Fred Smith founded FedEx on an idea everyone told him would fail and built it into an $88 billion empire that changed how the world moves. In this episode, we dive into how he built FedEx and the lessons he learned along the way. This story proves that impossible is just another word for opportunity. ----- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (03:36) P…

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Benedict Evans: The Patterns Everyone Else Misses 1:13:24

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Benedict Evans has been calling tech shifts for decades. Now he says forget the hype: AI isn't the new electricity. It's the biggest change since the iPhone, and that's plenty big enough. We talk about why everyone gets platform shifts wrong, where Google's actually vulnerable, and what real people do with AI when nobody's watching. Evans sees patt…

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Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers] 1:08:00

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One man controls half the world's wild blueberries, built North America's largest private telecom, and did it all without ever leaving his hometown of 1,100 people. In this episode, we decode the counterintuitive playbook of patient capital, rural advantage, and why Bragg's refusal to sell a single share made him unstoppable. My interview with John…

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The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson 2:10:25

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This conversation will change how you handle your relationship starting tonight. The late Dr. Sue Johnson basically gave me a cheat code for relationships that not only last but amplify. She breaks down the real signals to look for in a partner. Why people actually cheat (not what you think) and how to spot it coming a mile away. Plus she offers a …

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Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Bezos & Walmart Their Secret Playbook [Outliers] 58:17

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The most influential retailer you’ve never heard of. How Sol Price invented the warehouse club and a philosophy that still runs Costco and Amazon. Have you ever wondered why you can still buy a hot dog and soda for $1.50 today at Costco? We can thank Sol Price for that. To him, keeping promises to customers mattered more than profit margins. Sam Wa…

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Ryan Petersen: How to Build a Global Logistics Engine 1:40:59

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Build the system behind the system. Flexport founder Ryan Petersen shows how to turn messy, multi‑party operations into a simple, scalable system that compounds growth without sacrificing trust. He explains: The iPhone clue: using public shipping data to predict launches—and create pull from zero Retention is destiny: the equilibrium math that caps…

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Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers] 57:36

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When Katharine Graham took over the Washington Post in 1963, she was a shy socialite who'd never run anything. By retirement, she'd taken down a president, ended the most violent strike in a generation, and built one of the best-performing companies in American history. Graham had no training, no experience, not even confidence. Just a newspaper bl…

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Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You 1:12:52

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Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize for proving we're not as rational as we think. In this timeless conversation we discuss how to think clearly in a world full of noise, the invisible forces that cloud our judgement, and why more information doesn't equal better thinking. Kahneman also reveals the mental model he discovered at 22 that still guides…

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Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers] 58:42

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They weren’t employees. They were partners. Les Schwab didn’t build a company. He built a culture. This episode reveals how one small-town tire dealer scaled to $3 billion by turning customers into evangelists and employees into owners. Somewhere between changing his first flat tire and opening his 410th Les Schwab Tire Center, Les discovered somet…

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Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year 1:47:56

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Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein reveals the one standard that actually scales your career and your family. Harley shares why stepping down as COO was his hardest choice, the family motto that guides his daughters, and what makes someone good at storytelling. They discuss AI's real advantage, the calendar system that keeps him accountable, and how he m…

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Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers] 1:11:12

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Jimmy Pattison still runs his $16 billion empire personally at 96 years old. He’s built The Pattison Group over the last 63 years without outside capital or a college degree. He owns 100% of car dealerships, grocery stores, billboards, radio stations and even Ripley’s Believe It or Not—with a philosophy of: "No partners, no shareholders, no relativ…

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Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top of PepsiCo—and the Cost of Getting There 1:34:38

3M ago1:34:38

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On her first day as CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi fired her general counsel. Then rehired him before dinner. It wasn’t a stunt. It was a signal. She ran a $200 billion empire the same way she ran her life: with surgical precision, uncompromising standards, and an allergy to corporate theater. But here's what separates this conversation from every oth…

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Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers] 1:10:06

3M ago1:10:06

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The job was editor-in-chief. The goal was to become the platform. And she did. Once she made it to the top, she didn’t just edit Vogue. She reinvented the power structures beneath it. This episode unpacks how a British girl who couldn’t type built the most bulletproof career in media, survived five decades of disruption, and made herself indispensa…

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Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment 1:10:25

3M ago1:10:25

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How do you build a high-performance culture without turning your company into the Hunger Games? Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, shares lessons from a career spent rewriting the rules—from severance as a management tool to “big-hearted champions who pick up the trash.” In this episode, he reveals how Netflix scaled trust, made b…

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Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers] 1:22:47

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Harvey Firestone built one of America’s great industrial empires from scratch, transforming from a farm boy to Henry Ford’s key partner. This episode reveals timeless principles about building businesses through booms, busts, and technological disruptions. This episode is based on the biography Men and Rubber: The Story of Business. Check out The F…

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Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline 1:13:23

4M ago1:13:23

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Eight Super Bowl rings. Six with the Patriots. And a mindset that goes far deeper than football. In this rare, wide-ranging conversation, Bill Belichick breaks down the invisible factors behind sustained excellence: discipline, preparation, and the mental edge that separates contenders from champions. He shares the surprising reason he kept Tom Bra…

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Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers] 1:21:18

4M ago1:21:18

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Most people protect their identity. Andy Grove would rewrite his, again and again. He started as a refugee, became a chemist, turned himself into an engineer, then a manager, and finally the CEO who built Intel into a global powerhouse. He didn’t cling to credentials or titles. When a challenge came up, he didn’t delegate, he learned. This episode …

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Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World 1:36:34

4M ago1:36:34

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What if the world’s most connected tech investor handed you his mental playbook? Elad Gil, an investor behind Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase and Anduril, flips conventional wisdom on its head and prioritizes market opportunities over founders. Elad decodes why innovation has clustered geographically throughout history, from Renaissance Florence to Silico…

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Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers] 43:58

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Rose Blumkin didn’t just build a business. She revolutionized retail. After fleeing Russia with $66 in her purse, she opened a basement furniture store in Omaha at 43 years old—with no English, no education, and no connections. Her formula? Sell cheap, tell the truth, don't cheat the customer. Nebraska Furniture Mart would survive depressions, fire…

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Garry Tan: How Y Combinator Turns Ambitious Misfits Into Billion-Dollar Founders 2:20:14

5M ago2:20:14

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Most accelerators fund ideas. Y Combinator funds founders—and transforms them. With a 1% acceptance rate and alumni behind 60% of the past decade’s unicorns, YC knows what separates the founders who break through from those who burn out. It's not the flashiest résumé or the boldest pitch but something President Garry Tan says is far rarer: earnestn…

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Henry Singleton: The CEO Who Bought Back 90% of His Company's Shares [Outliers] 58:47

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If Warren Buffett is the king of capital allocation—Henry Singleton is the ghost. Singleton built one of the most successful conglomerates in American history, transforming business while remaining virtually unknown. While Wall Street chased fads, Singleton, who could play chess blindfolded, quietly turned industrial conglomerate Teledyne into a bu…

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Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier 2:08:14

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What happens when one of the most legendary minds in tech delves deep into the real workings of modern AI? A 2-hour long masterclass that you don’t want to miss. Bret Taylor, current chairman of OpenAI, unpacks why AI is transforming software engineering forever, how founders can survive acquisition (he’s done it twice), and why the true bottleneck…

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Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada 1:21:27

5M ago1:21:27

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Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, reveals a roadmap for restoring opportunity and unity across the country. From unleashing innovation by cutting red tape, to reigniting upward mobility and building a powerhouse economy, Poilievre’s message goes beyond borders. If you care about restoring opportunity, strengthening democracy,…

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Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers] 1:22:31

6M ago1:22:31

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was a force in 19th century America, playing a pivotal role in transitioning the U.S. economy from rural mercantilism to industrial corporate capitalism. Vanderbilt didn't just compete—he dominated; and didn’t just dominate one industry—he conquered three: ferries, steamships, and railroads. He understood that power lay in cont…

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Lulu Cheng Meservey: How To Build A Cult 1:49:21

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Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers] 52:10

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Benedict Evans: The Patterns Everyone Else Misses 1:13:24

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Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers] 1:08:00

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The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson 2:10:25

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Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Bezos & Walmart Their Secret Playbook [Outliers] 58:17

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Ryan Petersen: How to Build a Global Logistics Engine 1:40:59

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Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers] 57:36

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Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You 1:12:52

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Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers] 58:42

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Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year 1:47:56

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Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers] 1:11:12

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Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top of PepsiCo—and the Cost of Getting There 1:34:38

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Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers] 1:10:06

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Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment 1:10:25

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Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers] 1:22:47

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Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline 1:13:23

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Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers] 1:21:18

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Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World 1:36:34

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Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers] 43:58

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Garry Tan: How Y Combinator Turns Ambitious Misfits Into Billion-Dollar Founders 2:20:14

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Henry Singleton: The CEO Who Bought Back 90% of His Company's Shares [Outliers] 58:47

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Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier 2:08:14

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Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada 1:21:27

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Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers] 1:22:31