
#109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
Angela Duckworth is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Founder and CEO of Character Lab, a not-for-profit whose mission is to advance the s...
20 Apr 20211h 3min

#108 Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics
Thomas Zurbuchen is currently Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, where he seeks answers to big questions about the universe and our place in it. Previously, he was a ...
6 Apr 20211h 23min

#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
Matt Ridley is the author of several books related to science and human progress, biologist, newspaper columnist and member of the House of Lords in the UK. Matt and Shane discuss writing books about ...
23 Mar 20211h 4min

#106 Josh Kaufman: Maximizing Our Locus of Control
Author of one of the best business books of all time, The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman chats with Shane about rapid skill acquisition, mental models, decision making, overcoming fear and so much more. ...
9 Mar 20211h 17min

#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
Seth Godin is the author of 20 bestselling books, founder of altMBA, the Akimbo podcast and runs one of the most popular blogs in the world. Seth and Shane chat about creative work, fear, shame, trust...
23 Feb 20211h 24min

#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction
Bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable, Nir Eyal was dubbed by The M.I.T. Technology Review as, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” In this episode, Shane and Nir discuss regaining con...
16 Feb 20211h 23min

#103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness
Loch Kelly is an author, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Shane and Loch do a deep dive into mindfulness, consciousness, how to not let your em...
9 Feb 20211h 18min

#102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us
Sendhil Mullainathan is the Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the author of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. Sendh...
2 Feb 20211h 38min




















