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186: David Smalley | Why You Should Challenge Your Beliefs

Podcast Episodes

Apr 15, 2019

David Smalley (@davidcsmalley) is an actor, comedian, and host of the Dogma Debate podcast, in which he — as an atheist — regularly discusses religion and politics with preachers, pastors, comedians, and people who hold different world views. What We Discuss with David Smalley: How David Smalley went from spiritual believer to secular atheist. Why […]

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184: Naveen Jain | How Moonshot Thinking Will Save the World

Podcast Episodes

Apr 10, 2019

Naveen Jain (@naveen_jain_ceo) is an entrepreneur driven to solve global grand challenges through innovation. He is the founder of Moon Express, Viome, Bluedot, TalentWise, Intelius, and InfoSpace, and the co-author of Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance. What We Discuss with Naveen Jain: How Naveen and his siblings all became wildly successful professionals in spite […]

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181: How to Stop Blaming Other People | Deep Dive

Deep Dive

Apr 3, 2019

Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) joins us for this deep dive into why the impulse for blaming other people is a phenomenon familiar to most of us, and how we can curb it in ourselves without defaulting to always taking the fall when it’s undeserved. What We Discuss with Gabriel Mizrahi: Why the externalization of blaming other […]

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177: Beau Lotto | Why You See Differently When You Deviate

Podcast Episodes

Mar 25, 2019

Beau Lotto (@beaulotto) is a world-renowned neuroscientist who specializes in the biology and psychology of perception. He is the author of Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently. What We Discuss with Beau Lotto: Why our brains evolved to experience the world differently from reality. What Beau means when he says: “Choose your delusion or it […]

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174: A.J. Jacobs | Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

Podcast Episodes

Mar 18, 2019

A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is a journalist, lecturer, human guinea pig, and best-selling author; his latest book is Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey. What We Discuss with A.J. Jacobs: What’s the difference between true gratitude and positive thinking? How acknowledging the role of luck in our lives allows us to have compassion for and empathize […]

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172: Clint Watts | Surviving in a World of Fake News

Podcast Episodes

Mar 13, 2019

Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Center For Cyber and Homeland Security at The George Washington University, and author of Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News. What We Discuss with Clint Watts: […]

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