• 28. The Content of Character, with Coleman Hughes
    Sep 17 2025

    Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host and musician. He is the author of The End of Race Politics, and is a regular contributor to The Free Press.

    (00:00:00) In this episode
    (00:00:22) Intro
    (00:05:50) Chapter 1: Making Sense
    (00:11:14) Chapter 2: The New Race Politics
    (00:36:18) Chapter 3: Identity: Race or Values?
    (00:46:05) Chapter 4: Race Politics in Corporate America
    (01:02:41) Chapter 5: The Victimhood Trap
    (01:09:23) Chapter 6: Rationalizing Religion

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • 27. The Edge of Reason, with Dr. Steven Pinker
    May 29 2025

    Dr. Steven Pinker is Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, whose books include The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, Enlightenment Now, and Rationality. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

    (00:00:00) In this episode

    (00:00:11) Intro

    (00:03:17) Chapter 1: Revisiting the Blank Slate

    (00:11:53) Chapter 2: Ideology, Progress, and Intellectual Resistance

    (00:21:11) Chapter 3: Is Rationality Uncool?

    (00:36:28) Chapter 4: Reason as a Moral Virtue

    (00:45:30) Chapter 5: Our Mismatch with the Modern World

    (00:52:12) Chapter 6: AI, Music, and Constructive Optimism

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 26. The Clash of Generations, with Dr. Jean Twenge
    Apr 9 2025

    Dr. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and the best-selling author of The Narcissism Epidemic and Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future.

    (00:00:00) In this episode
    (00:00:12) Intro
    (00:05:36) Chapter 1: Today’s Mental Health Epidemic
    (00:13:51) Chapter 2: The Rise of Individualism
    (00:24:43) Chapter 3: The Silent Generation
    (00:29:50) Chapter 4: The Baby Boomers
    (00:33:43) Chapter 5: Generation X
    (00:43:10) Chapter 6: Millennials
    (00:50:27) Chapter 7: Gen Z

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 25. The Mind in Motion, with Dr. Michael Mannino
    Mar 6 2025

    Dr. Michael Mannino teaches at the Institute for Data Science and Computing at the University of Miami and is the Chief Science Officer at the Flow Research Collective.

    (00:00:00) In this episode

    (00:00:06) Intro

    (00:04:30) Chapter 1: Neuroscience and Philosophy

    (00:18:40) Chapter 2: Mind Body Connection

    (00:28:26) Chapter 3: Levels of Embodied Consciousness

    (00:46:17) Chapter 4: The Cognitive Benefits of Movement

    (01:04:27) Chapter 5: Achieving Group Flow

    (01:21:37 ) Chapter 6: The Neuroscience of Spirituality

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • 24. Purpose and Flow, with Steven Kotler
    Jan 22 2025

    Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and The Art of Impossible.

    - Chapters -

    (00:00:00) In this episode
    (00:00:11) Intro
    (00:02:58) Chapter 1: What is Flow?
    (00:24:11) Chapter 2: Calibrating Challenges
    (00:33:47) Chapter 3: Purpose and Flow
    (00:41:14) Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Neurobiology of Wisdom

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    56 mins
  • 23. In the Maker's Lab, with James Altucher
    Dec 9 2024

    James Altucher is an entrepreneur, investor, best-selling author, and host of The James Altucher Show.

    - Chapters -

    (00:00:00) In this episode…

    (00:00:15) - Intro

    (00:06:27) Chapter 1: Experimental Entrepreneurship: When Great Success Meets Great Failure

    (00:23:21) Chapter 2: The Fear and Failure and The Ability to Reinvent Through Experimentation

    (00:46:49) Chapter 3: The Spokes and Wheel Approach and Intersectionality of Interests

    (01:02:02) Chapter 4: AI and The Revolution of the Creative Market

    (01:11:03) Chapter 5: The Decline of Cities & James Altucher’s Feud with Seinfeld

    (01:19:29) Chapter 6: Closing Remarks and What’s to Come

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 22. The Human Hive, with Claude Silver
    Oct 22 2024

    Claude Silver is the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerX.

    - Chapters -

    (00:00:00) In this episode…

    (00:00:16) Intro

    (00:02:31) Chapter 1: Queen of Hearts

    (00:16:32) Chapter 2: Caring with High Standards

    (00:28:18) Chapter 3: Purpose and Grit

    (00:38:05) Chapter 4: Empathetic truth-telling

    (00:43:43) Chapter 5: Of Chops and Culture

    (00:54:08) Chapter 6: The Balanced Life

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 21. The Divine Landscape, with Jonathan Pageau
    Sep 12 2024

    Jonathan Pageau is a religious iconographer, public speaker, and host of The Symbolic World podcast.

    - Chapters -

    (00:00:00) In this episode…

    (00:00:07) Intro

    (00:01:44) Chapter 1: The First Purpose

    (00:04:49) Chapter 2: Art and Meaning

    (00:14:40) Chapter 3: The Indifferent Universe

    (00:34:20) Chapter 4: On Miracles

    (00:43:44) Chapter 5: Fundamentalisms, Old and New

    (00:55:01) Chapter 6: Religion and Politics

    (01:08:34) Chapter 7: Purpose Externalities

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    1 hr and 19 mins