Powerful Podcasts
- Exponent Podcast – ~60 min podcast on intersection between business and tech. Pair with the Stratechery Blog by Ben Thompson
- 115- Business Matters – why a business plan matters in relation to technology. Focused on Uber and their strategies
- 169 – Family Friendly Disney – why Disney’s streaming strategy makes sense and how it fits into the overall business strategy of Disney
- 177- Principle stacks – Why it’s not just your principles that matter, but also the ordering of them
- 154 – Legacy Leverage – Microsoft’s acquisition of Github
- 180 – It’s been a week – Eulogizing the brilliant Clayton Christensen in terms of both his work and what it means to live
- Knowledge Project
- Episode 88 Derek-sivers – Wonderfully thoughtful person. Particularly love the idea of if you’re not a hell yes to something then your answer should be no
- Episode 27 Chris Voss episode titled “The Art of Letting other people have their way”. He’s an old FBI lead negotiator and it’s a beautiful podcast on empathy
- Episode 37 Annie Duke -describes how it is beneficial to think in probabilities
- Episode 68 Danny Kahneman – What can I say, I am a sucker for behavioral science and he is the literal foremost expert in the world and the father of the field
- Episode 61 Jonathan Haidt – describes issues facing parenting today, why kids need more freedom and why parents should be less protective
- Episode 47 Adam Robinson pod also does a great job describing learning
- 70 min YouTube debrief on semi conductors – technically not on the podcast, but it’s the most incredible description of an absolutely critical industry I’ve ever seen
- Invest like the Best
- Best Episodes of Invest like the Best
- Episode 32 Boyd Varty – How to live life like a tracker
- Episode 15 Eric Maddox – The person who helped catch Saddam Hussein on how to be a more empathetic listener and somewhat similar to the Chris Voss theory above
- Episode 117 Eugene Wei– Probably the most brilliant product person I have personally listened to and maybe the best place to start learning about it
- Episode 72 – Ali Hamed – Fascinating and unique way to think about cred
- Side note, but if you haven’t learned much about Crypto, the blockchain three part series (titled Hash Power) is a wonderful intro recommended by many people in that space including naval ravikant and a few other thought leaders there
- Episode 148 Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – Hear from the founders on Instagram about how to build a good product
- Episode 27 Peter Attia on how to live a healthy life
- The Art and Science of the Bundle – why bundling is incredibly powerful and often beneficial for all parties
- Episode 184 Kat Cole– Wonderful female business leader and wonderful perspectives on how to be a better leader and partner
- Episode 187 Katrina Lake – How to use data and ML within your business
- Episode 200 Nick Kokonas – Amazing entrepreneur in restaurant industry who talks about idea of how to manage businesses where time slots are critical
- The Drive by Peter Attia
- Episode 68 Marty Makary– simple(ish) description of how the US healthcare system works and the problems facing it
- Episode 156 Jake Muise – how to humanly and sustainably harvest Axis Deer in Hawaii