/ Podcasts

I've listened to a lot of podcasts throughout the years. This is a list of podcasts I found especially sticky and useful to shape my thinking, feeling, and doing. I've often recommended particular episodes to others and they found them useful too.
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Insight Hour
Joseph Goldstein
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Heart Wisdom
Jack Kornfield
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Heart Wisdom
Jack Kornfield
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Metta Hour
Sharon Salzberg
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Tara Brach
Tara Brach
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Deep Questions
Cal Newport
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Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
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Clearer Thinking
Spencer Greenberg
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80000hours
Rob Wiblin
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Being Well
Rick Hanson
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The Drive
Peter Attia
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No Stupid Questions
Stephen Dubner & Angela Duckworth
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Actualized.org
Leo Gura
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Making Sense
Sam Harris
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Podcast
Host
Name
Episode 093: Accessing pure consciousness at any moment (with Loch Kelly)
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 082: The pre/trans fallacy, and why you should learn the skill of coaching (with Eben Pagan)
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 079: When is suffering good? (with Paul Bloom)
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 070: Why does psychotherapy work (when it works at all)? (with Scott Miller)
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 054: Self-Improvement and Behavior Change with James Norris
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 036: Scout and Soldier Mindsets with Julia Galef
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 035: Social Science and Science Journalism with Jesse Singal
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 030: Meditation and Ontology with Daniel Ingram
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
Episode 007: Death and Story-Telling with A.J. Jacobs
Spencer Greenberg
Clearer Thinking
#071 Peter Diamandis, MD, and Tony Robbins on strategies that promote longevity now – and in the very near future
Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
FoundMyFitness
Holism & Holistic Thinking - Part 1
Leo Gura
Holism & Holistic Thinking - Part 2
Leo Gura
The 9 Stages Of Ego Development - Part 1
Leo Gura
The 9 Stages Of Ego Development - Part 2
Leo Gura
The 9 Stages Of Ego Development - Part 3
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Areas Of Application
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Turquoise
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Yellow
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Green
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Orange
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Blue
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Purple
Leo Gura
Spiral Dynamics - Stage Red
Leo Gura
James Clear On Getting 1% Better Every Day
Ryan Holiday
Daily Stoic
#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman Podcast
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman Podcast
#103 – Ben Goertzel: Artificial General Intelligency
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman Podcast
#101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman Podcast
#575: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years to Do (Repost)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#560: Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#531: Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#520: Michael Pollan — This Is Your Mind on Plants
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#517: Dr. Peter Attia on Longevity Drugs, Alzheimer's Disease, and the 3 Most Important Levers to Pull
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#509: George Mumford, Mindfulness Coach to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, on Awareness, Compassionate Action, The Dizziness of Freedom, and More
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#498: Josh Waitzkin and Tim Ferriss on The Cave Process, Advice from Future Selves, and Training for an Uncertain Future
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#492: Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences Without Drugs, and Finding Inner Peace for Our Many Parts
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
#490: Dr. Jim Loehr on Mental Toughness, Energy Management, the Power of Journaling, and Olympic Gold Medals
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (with Esther Perel) (#241)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath (#361)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
Jim Collins on The Value of Small Gestures, Unseen Sources of Power, and More (#483)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying "No" to Millions (#125)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
Derek Sivers Reloaded – On Success Habits and Billionaires with Perfect Abs (#128)
Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Blessings of “Enough” - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (Part 1)
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
The Blessings of “Enough” - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (Part 2)
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
Taking ‘The Exquisite Risk': An Undefended Heart
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
Fierce Self-Compassion — A conversation — Tara Brach & Kristin Neff
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
A Conversation Between Tara and Mark Nepo
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
Trusting the Gold - A Celebration of Tara’s New Book, with guest, Rick Hanson
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
[Unedited] A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved
Center for Humane Technology
Your Undivided Attention
Ep. 159 – Kristin Neff
Sharon Salzberg
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Shane Parrish
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Learn Faster, Learn Smarter with Josh Kaufman
Dr. Rick Hanson
Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson
Authentic Happiness with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Dr. Rick Hanson
Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson
Michael Gervais | Creating a Living Masterpiece
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Lisa Feldman Barrett | Surprising Truths about the Human Brain
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Adam Grant | Think Again
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Chip Conley | Wisdom, Midlife, and Peak Experience
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Martin Seligman | From Learned Helplessness to Learned Hopefulness
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Roy Baumeister | Overcoming the Power of Bad
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Steven Hayes | Liberate Your Mind
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
[Rerun] Helen Fisher on Why We Love, Lust, and Live with Helen Fisher
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Steven Hayes | Get Out Of Your Mind and Live a Vital Life
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
#110 – Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#109 – Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#88 – Tristan Harris on the need to change the incentives of social media companies
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#79 - A.J. Jacobs on radical honesty, following the whole Bible, and reframing global problems as puzzle
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#72 - Toby Ord on the precipice and humanity's potential futures
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#71 - Benjamin Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#68 - Will MacAskill on the paralysis argument, whether we're at the hinge of history, & his new priorities
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#66 - Prof Peter Singer on being provocative, effective altruism, & how his moral views have changed
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#39 - Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questions
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#250 — Broken Conversations
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#228 — Doing Good
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#208 — Existential Risk
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#204 — A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#174 — Life & Mind
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#138 — The Edge of Humanity
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#194 - How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D.
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#193 - AMA #31: Heart rate variability (HRV), alcohol, sleep, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#188 - AMA #30: How to Read and Understand Scientific Studies
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#185 - Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#180 - AMA #28: All things testosterone and testosterone replacement therapy
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#179 - Jeremy Loenneke, Ph.D.: The science of blood flow restriction—benefits, uses, and what it teaches us about the relationship between muscle size and strength
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#176 - AMA #27: The importance of muscle mass, strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#175 - Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D.: The biology of aging, rapamycin, and other interventions that target the aging process
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#173 - AMA #26: Continuous glucose monitors, zone 2 training, and a framework for interventions
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#171 - Steve Austad, Ph.D.: The landscape of longevity science: making sense of caloric restriction, biomarkers of aging, and possible geroprotective molecules
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#163 - Layne Norton, Ph.D.: Building muscle, losing fat, and the importance of resistance training
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#153 - AMA #21: Deep dive into olive oil, high-intensity exercise, book update, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#152 - Michael Rintala, D.C.: Principles of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#148 - Richard Miller, M.D., Ph.D.: The gold standard for testing longevity drugs: the Interventions Testing Program
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#145 - AMA #19: Deep dive on Zone 2 training, magnesium supplementation, and how to engage with your doctor
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#144 - Phil Maffetone: Optimizing health and performance through maximal aerobic function
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#143 - John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.: Why most biomedical research is flawed, and how to improve it
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#132 - AMA #16: Exploring hot and cold therapy
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#127 - AMA #3 with sleep expert, Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Fasting, gut health, blue light, caffeine, REM sleep, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#126 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Sleep and immune function, chronotypes, hygiene tips, and addressing questions about his book
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#123 - Joan Mannick, M.D. & Nir Barzilai, M.D.: Rapamycin and metformin—longevity, immune enhancement, and COVID-19
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#120 - AMA with Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D., Part II of II: Ketosis for cancer and chronic disease, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and the effect of ketosis on female health
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#118 - Lloyd Klickstein, M.D., Ph.D.: Rapamycin, mTOR inhibition, and the biology of aging
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#116 - AMA with Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D., Part I of II: Ketogenic diet, exogenous ketones, and exercise
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#111 - AMA #14: What lab tests can (and cannot) inform us about our overall objective of longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#108 - AMA #13: 3-day fasting, exogenous ketones, autophagy, and exercise for longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#96 - David Epstein: How a range of experience leads to better performance in a highly specialized world
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#89 - AMA #11: All things fasting
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#70 - David Sinclair, Ph.D.: How cellular reprogramming could slow our aging clock (and the latest research on NAD)
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#47 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part I of III: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer's risk, mental health, memory consolidation, and more.
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.: Zone 2 Training and Metabolic Health (Ep. #85 Rebroadcast)
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive