The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Shane Parrish

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225 episodes • 0 archived •

E225

#225 Outliers: Henry Singleton – Distant Force

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April 22

1 hr

E224

#224 Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier

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April 15

2h 11m

E223

#223 Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada

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April 13

1h 23m

E222

#222 Outliers: Cornelius Vanderbilt — The First Tycoon

E222·

April 8

1h 24m

E221

#221 Bruce Flatt on Value, Discipline, and Durability

E221·

April 1

1h 20m

E220

#220 Outliers: James Dyson — Against the Odds

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March 25

1h 12m

E219

#219 Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing

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March 18

2h 10m

E218

#218 Outliers: Estée Lauder — A Success Story

E218·

March 11

1h 21m

E217

#217 Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI

E217·

March 4

2 hours

E216

#216 Outliers: Andrew Mellon – America’s Secret Banker

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February 25

1h 18m

E215

#215 David Heacock: Managing and Marketing a $250M Business

E215·

February 18

2h 2m

E215

#214 Outliers: Timothy Eaton — The Original ‘Everything Store’

E215·

February 11

42 mins

E213

#213 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince

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February 4

58 mins

#212 Alfred Lin: How to Think (and Work) Like a World-Class Investor

January 21

2h 13m

#211 Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom

January 7

2h 7m

#210 Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year

Dec 24, 2024

1h 32m

E211

#209 Charlie Hoehn: Write Something People Want to Read

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Dec 10, 2024

1h 42m

E208

#208 Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself

E208·

Nov 26, 2024

1h 41m

E207

#207 Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint

E207·

Nov 12, 2024

1h 10m

E206

#206 John Mackey: Building Whole Foods

E206·

Oct 29, 2024

2h 12m

E205

#205 Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus

E205·

Oct 15, 2024

1h 38m

E204

#204 John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire

E204·

Oct 1, 2024

1h 28m

E203

#203 Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire

E203·

Sep 17, 2024

1h 5m

E202

#202 Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert

E202·

Sep 3, 2024

1h 58m

E201

#201 April Dunford: The Marketing Expert

E201·

Aug 20, 2024

1h 15m

E200

#200 Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company

E200·

Aug 6, 2024

1 hr

E199

#199 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire

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Jul 23, 2024

1h 17m

(#198) #1 Psychologist: Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals

Jul 9, 2024

48 mins

E197

#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make

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Jun 25, 2024

1h 12m

E196

#196 Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home

E196·

Jun 11, 2024

2h 15m

E195

#195 Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich

E195·

May 28, 2024

1h 38m

#194 Why the Kids Aren’t Alright with Abigail Shrier

May 21, 2024

1h 20m

Top Performance Psychologist: What it Takes to Win | Dr. Jim Loehr

Apr 30, 2024

1h 22m

The Architecture of Scale: Building a $200m Business | David Segal

Apr 16, 2024

1h 11m

Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living

Apr 2, 2024

1h 31m

#190 Brad Jacobs: How To Build a Billion Dollar Company

Mar 19, 2024

1h 36m

#189 Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth

Mar 5, 2024

2h 41m

#188 Bryan Johnson: Five Habits for Longer Living

Feb 20, 2024

1h 26m

#187 Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything

Feb 6, 2024

1h 56m

#186 Tom Gayner: Invest Like The Best

Jan 23, 2024

2h 8m

#185 Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone

Jan 9, 2024

1h 39m

#184 Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year

Dec 26, 2023

1h 34m

#183 Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears

Dec 12, 2023

1h 14m

#182 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

Nov 28, 2023

1h 43m

#181 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success

Nov 14, 2023

54 mins

#180 TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking

Nov 7, 2023

1h 14m

#179 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience

Oct 31, 2023

53 mins

#178 Jerry Colonna: The CEO Whisperer

Oct 17, 2023

1h 31m

#177 Shane Parrish: A Glimpse Into Clear Thinking

Oct 3, 2023

13 mins

#176: Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress

Sep 19, 2023

1h 10m

#175: Shreyas Doshi: Better Teams, Better Products

Sep 5, 2023

1h 20m

#174 Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success

Aug 22, 2023

1h 5m

#173 Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better

Aug 8, 2023

58 mins

#172 Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 2): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly

Jul 25, 2023

47 mins

#171 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017)

Jul 11, 2023

2h 2m

#170: TKP Insights: Philosophy

Jul 4, 2023

1h 6m

#169 Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 1): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly

Jun 27, 2023

57 mins

#168 Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success

Jun 13, 2023

53 mins

#167 Dr. Gina Poe: The Science of Better Sleep

May 30, 2023

1h 7m

#166 Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living

May 16, 2023

1h 14m

Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.

May 2, 2023

1h 34m

#164 Ravi Gupta: The Realities of Success

Apr 18, 2023

1h 44m

#163 Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life

Apr 4, 2023

1h 27m

#162 Nathan Myhrvold

Mar 21, 2023

59 mins

#161 Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity

Mar 7, 2023

1h 55m

#160 TKP Insights: Leadership

Feb 28, 2023

59 mins

#159 Dr. Anna Lembke: Between Pleasure and Pain

Feb 21, 2023

1h 7m

#158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work

Feb 7, 2023

1h 20m

#157 Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener

Jan 24, 2023

1h 20m

#156 Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm

Jan 10, 2023

1h 41m

#155 Best of 2022: Conversations of the Year

Dec 27, 2022

1h 55m

#154 Emily Balcetis: Setting and Achieving Goals

Dec 13, 2022

1h 27m

#153 Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad

Nov 29, 2022

1h 27m

#152 Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress

Nov 15, 2022

2h 39m

#151 Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together

Nov 1, 2022

1h 16m

#150 TKP Insights: Making (Even) Better Decisions

Oct 25, 2022

1h 21m

#149 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness

Oct 18, 2022

1h 57m

#148 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives

Oct 4, 2022

55 mins

#147 Reid Hoffman: Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes

Sep 20, 2022

55 mins

#146 Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought

Sep 6, 2022

2h 2m

#145 Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion

Aug 23, 2022

1h 21m

#144 Gary Klein: Insights For Making Better Decisions

Aug 9, 2022

1h 29m

#143 Andrew Wilkinson: Building an Empire

Jul 26, 2022

1h 15m

#142 Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership

Jul 12, 2022

1h 37m

#141 Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations

Jun 28, 2022

2h 20m

#140 TKP Insights: Sex and Relationships

Jun 21, 2022

55 mins

#139 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness

Jun 14, 2022

1h 42m

#138 Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire

May 31, 2022

2h 13m

#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance

May 17, 2022

1h 26m

#136 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process

May 3, 2022

1h 35m

#135 Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust

Apr 19, 2022

1h 3m

#134 Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State

Apr 5, 2022

2h 54m

#133 Andrew Huberman: The Science of Small Changes

Mar 22, 2022

1h 45m

#132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership

Mar 8, 2022

1h 22m

#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep

Feb 22, 2022

1h 53m

#130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts

Feb 8, 2022

1h 38m

#129 Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon

Jan 25, 2022

1h 20m

#128 Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life

Jan 11, 2022

1h 11m

#127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year

Dec 21, 2021

1h 48m

#126 Nancy Sherman: Soldiers and Stoics

Dec 14, 2021

1h 7m

#125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition

Nov 30, 2021

55 mins

#124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media

Nov 16, 2021

1h 7m

#123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life

Nov 2, 2021

1h 6m

#122 Robert Cialdini - The Principles of Persuasion

Oct 19, 2021

1h 4m

#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity

Oct 5, 2021

1h 8m

#120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness

Sep 21, 2021

1h 3m

#119 Todd Simkin: Making Better Decisions

Sep 7, 2021

1h 13m

#118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity

Aug 24, 2021

56 mins

#117 Kat Cole: The Power of Possible

Aug 10, 2021

1h 4m

#116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis

Jul 27, 2021

52 mins

#115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity

Jul 13, 2021

56 mins

#114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness

Jun 29, 2021

43 mins

#113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor

Jun 15, 2021

1h 3m

#112 Adam Grant: Rethinking Your Position

Jun 1, 2021

1h 4m

#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple

May 18, 2021

1h 2m

#110 Jim Collins: Relationships vs. Transactions

May 4, 2021

1h 13m

#109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior

Apr 20, 2021

1h 3m

#108 Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics

Apr 6, 2021

1h 23m

#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation

Mar 23, 2021

1h 4m

#106 Josh Kaufman: Maximizing Our Locus of Control

Mar 9, 2021

1h 17m

#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery

Feb 23, 2021

1h 24m

#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction

Feb 16, 2021

1h 22m

#103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness

Feb 9, 2021

1h 18m

#102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us

Feb 2, 2021

1h 37m

#101 Jane McGonigal: The Psychology of Gaming

Jan 19, 2021

58 mins

#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key

Jan 5, 2021

1h 25m

#99 Kris Cordle: Releasing the Ego

Dec 22, 2020

48 mins

#98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present

Dec 8, 2020

1h 10m

#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking

Nov 24, 2020

1h 28m

#96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership

Nov 10, 2020

1h 36m

#95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

Oct 27, 2020

1h 2m

#94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself

Oct 13, 2020

1h 26m

#93 Matt Holland: Zero Day

Sep 29, 2020

1h 27m

#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget

Sep 15, 2020

1h 20m

#91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence

Sep 1, 2020

1h 48m

#90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize

Aug 18, 2020

1h 18m

#89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry

Aug 4, 2020

1h 37m

#88 Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation

Jul 21, 2020

1h 45m

#87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms

Jul 7, 2020

52 mins

#86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change

Jun 23, 2020

1h 10m

#85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative

Jun 9, 2020

1h 34m

#84 Jennifer Garvey Berger: Creating Routine in Chaos

May 26, 2020

1h 31m

#83 Brian Koppelman: What Really Matters

May 12, 2020

58 mins

#82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up

Apr 28, 2020

1h 39m

#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk

Apr 14, 2020

1h 4m

#80 John Maxwell: Developing the Leader in You

Mar 31, 2020

1h 1m

#79 Esther Wojcicki: The “TRICK” to Raising Successful People

Mar 17, 2020

1h 26m

#78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19

Mar 13, 2020

1h 13m

#77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future

Mar 3, 2020

1h 34m

#76 Frank Stephenson: Pushing the Limits of Innovation

Feb 18, 2020

1h 31m

#75 Suzanne Iasenza: Rewriting Relationship Narratives

Feb 4, 2020

1h 12m

#74 Jeff Hunter: Embracing Confusion

Jan 21, 2020

1h 44m

#73 Steven Strogatz: Exploring Curiosities

Jan 7, 2020

1h 35m

#72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits

Dec 24, 2019

1h 42m

#71 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire

Dec 10, 2019

1h 17m

#70 Scott Adams: Avoiding Loserthink

Nov 26, 2019

58 mins

#69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes

Nov 12, 2019

1h 7m

#68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice

Oct 15, 2019

1h 6m

#67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion

Oct 1, 2019

2h 23m

#66 Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is the Measure

Sep 17, 2019

1h 21m

#65 Shep Gordon: Trust, Compassion, and Shooting Friends from Cannons

Sep 3, 2019

55 mins

#64 Greg Walton: The Big Impact of Small Interventions

Aug 20, 2019

51 mins

#63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game

Aug 6, 2019

1h 36m

#62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love

Jul 23, 2019

2h 3m

#61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad

Jul 2, 2019

1h 15m

#60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line

Jun 18, 2019

1h 49m

#59 Following Intellectual Curiosity with Thomas Tull

May 28, 2019

1h 11m

#57 Sheila Heen: Decoding Difficult Conversations

May 15, 2019

1h 28m

Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online

May 14, 2019

1h 35m

#56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success

Apr 16, 2019

1h 27m

#55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker

Apr 2, 2019

1h 23m

#54 Jason Fried: Doing the Enough Thing

Mar 19, 2019

59 mins

#53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers

Mar 5, 2019

1h 32m

#52 Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting with

Feb 19, 2019

1h 29m

#51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation

Feb 5, 2019

1h 12m

#50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future

Jan 22, 2019

1h 37m

#49 Brent Gilchrist: Goal Mining

Jan 8, 2019

52 mins

#48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)

Dec 26, 2018

1h 10m

#47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)

Dec 11, 2018

2 hours

#46 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau: Authenticity, Kindness, and Self Love

Nov 27, 2018

1h 5m

#45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right

Nov 13, 2018

1h 4m

#44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It

Oct 30, 2018

2h 3m

#43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders

Oct 16, 2018

1h 30m

#42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress

Oct 2, 2018

1h 20m

#41 Tobi Lütke: The Trust Battery

Sep 18, 2018

1h 45m

#40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World

Sep 5, 2018

1h 40m

#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking

Aug 21, 2018

56 mins

#38 Ali Almossawi: Thinking in Algorithms

Aug 8, 2018

19 mins

#37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong

Jul 25, 2018

1h 56m

#36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good

Jul 11, 2018

1h 5m

#35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time

Jun 27, 2018

1h 17m

#34 Amelia Boone: Learning How to Suffer

Jun 13, 2018

1h 9m

#33 Dan Ariely: The Truth About Lies

May 25, 2018

56 mins

#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes

May 2, 2018

1h 49m

#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn

Apr 10, 2018

1h 33m

#30 Margaret Heffernan: Collaboration and Competition

Mar 13, 2018

1h 16m

#29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest

Feb 21, 2018

1h 19m

#28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi

Jan 23, 2018

1h 16m

#27 Chris Voss: The Art of Letting Other People Have Your Way

Jan 3, 2018

1h 22m

#26 Warren Berger: Improving The Questions You Ask

Dec 14, 2017

1h 22m

#25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us

Nov 30, 2017

1h 43m

#24 Susan Cain: Leading the Quiet Revolution

Nov 1, 2017

56 mins

#23 Ray Dalio: Life Lessons from a Self-Made Billionaire

Oct 11, 2017

1h 31m

#22 Adam Grant: Givers, Takers, and the Resilient Mind

Sep 21, 2017

1h 27m

#21 Ed Latimore: The Warrior Poet

Aug 9, 2017

1h 1m

#20 Marc Garneau: The Future of Transportation

Jul 2, 2017

59 mins

Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising

May 30, 2017

1h 56m

#18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher

Apr 11, 2017

2 hours

Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History

Jan 5, 2017

1h 3m

Santorini Wine with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou

Jan 5, 2017

29 mins

#15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge

Nov 28, 2016

46 mins

#14 Morgan Housel: Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning

Oct 24, 2016

58 mins

#13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines

Aug 30, 2016

1h 2m

#12 Véronique Rivest: Wine Lessons

Jul 24, 2016

1h 2m

#11 Ryan Holiday: The Stoic Whisperer

May 16, 2016

45 mins

Are we too busy to pay attention to life?

Mar 30, 2016

43 mins

#9 Maestro Alexander Shelley: The Architecture of Music

Mar 18, 2016

56 mins

#8 Julia Galef: The Art of Changing Minds

Feb 20, 2016

53 mins

#7 Venkatesh Rao: The Three Types of Decision Makers

Jan 28, 2016

1h 6m

#6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future

Dec 8, 2015

46 mins

#5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital

Nov 13, 2015

55 mins

#4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ

Oct 19, 2015

1 hr

#3 Sanjay Bakshi: Why Mental Models

Sep 18, 2015

53 mins

#2 Michael Lombardi: Leadership on the Field

May 29, 2015

32 mins

#1 Michael Mauboussin: When To Trust Your Gut

Apr 28, 2015

38 mins

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