The Knowledge Project Episodes By Subject

Below find episodes of The Knowledge Project organized by main themes like business, decision making, investing, relationships, and more.

Each episode draws out key lessons and timeless insights so you can master the best of what other people have figured out.

Episodes in bold are some of the ones I find myself going back to over and over.

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• Business & Leadership
• Decision Making
• Health & Longevity
• Investing
• Learning & Thinking
• Parenting
• People
• Persuasion
• Philosophy
• Psychology & Behavioral Science
• Relationships & Sex
• Science & Technology
• Special Episodes
• Sports
• Arts and Food

Business & Leadership

• Entrepreneurial Insights | Andrew Wilkinson | Episode #143
• The Essentials of Leadership | Marshall Goldsmith | Episode #142
• Core Human Motivations | Kunal Shah | Episode #141
• The Foundation of Trust | Sarah Jones Simmer | Episode #135
• The Essence of Leadership with Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal | Episode #132
• Trusting Your Instincts with Diana Chapman | Episode #130
• Leading with Integrity with Doug Conant | Episode #118
• The Power of Possible with Kat Cole | Episode #117
• Leadership in a Crisis with Jeff Immelt | Episode #116
• Hospitality and Humanity with Danny Meyer | Episode #115
• Maximizing our Locus of Control with Josh Kaufman | Episode #106
• Relationships versus Transactions with Jim Collins | Episode #110
• Collaboration is Key with Matt Mullenweg | Episode #100
• Releasing the Ego with Kris Cordle | Episode #99
• Observing the Present with Sahil Lavingia | Episode #98
• Forward Thinking with Roger Martin | Episode #97
• The Essence of Leadership with Randall Stutman | Episode #96
• Crafting a Narrative with Bethany McLean | Episode #85
• Creating a Routine in Chaos with Jennifer Garvey Berger | Episode #84
• Developing the Leader in you with John Maxwell | Episode #80
• Embracing Confusion with Jeff Hunter | Episode #74
• What it Takes with Stephen Schwarzman | Episode #69
• Keeping the Flywheel in Motion with Jim Collins | Episode #67
• Leading Above the Line with Jim Dethmer | Episode #60
• Catalyzing Success with Daniel Gross | Episode #56
• Doing the Enough Thing with Jason Fried | Episode #54
• The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders with Jennifer Garvey Berger | Episode #43
• Collaboration and Competition with Margaret Heffernan | Episode #30
• Leadership on the Field with NFL Coach Michael Lombardi | Episode #2

Decision Making

• Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes with Reid Hoffman | Episode #147 
• Insights For Making Better Decisions with Gary Klein | Episode #144
• Making Better Decisions with Todd Simkin | Episode #119
• Less Certainty, More Inquiry with Maria Konnikova | Episode #89
• The Trust Batter with Tobi Lütke | Episode #41
• Getting Better by Being Wrong with Annie Duke | Episode #37
• Earning your Stripes with Patrick Collison | Episode #32
• Return of the Decision Making Jedi with Michael Mauboussin | Episode #28
• The Three Types of Decision Makers with Venkatesh Rao | Episode #7
• Predicting the future with Philip Tetlock | Episode #6
• When to Trust your Gut with Investor Michael Mauboussin | Episode #1

Health & Longevity

• Reversing the Aging Process with Dr. David Sinclair | Episode #136
• The Science of Small Changes with Dr. Andrew Huberman | Episode #133
• The Power of Sleep with Matthew Walker | Episode #131
• The Crisis of Loneliness with Noreena Hertz | Episode #114
• Effortless Mindfulness with Loch Kelly | Episode #103
• Balancing the Brain Budget with Lisa Feldman Barrett | Episode #92
• Self Love with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau | Episode #36
• Is Sugar Slowly Killing us with Gary Taubes | Episode #25

Investing

• Interview with an Icon with Marc Andreessen | Episode #129
• The Value of Intellectual Rigor with Sarah Tavel | Episode #113
• Investing Made Simple with Joel Greenblatt | Episode #11
• Coachability is Critical with VC Code Cubitt | Episode #95
• Understanding Yourself with Chamath Palihapitiya | Episode #94
• Getting Back up with Bill Ackman | Episode #82
• Intelligent Risk with Jason Calacanis | Episode #81
• Living in the Future with Mike Maples | Episode #77
• Luck, Risk, and Avoiding Losers with Howard Marks | Episode #53
• Inventing the Future with Josh Wolfe | Episode #50
• Principles and Life Lessons from Ray Dalio | Episode #23
• Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning with Morgan Housel | Episode #14
• The State of Venture Capital with a16z’s Chris Dixon | Episode #5
• A value packed discussion with investing journalist Jason Zweig | Episode #4
• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning with Sanjay Bakshi | Episode #3

Learning & Thinking

• Set The Right Objectives with Kenneth Stanley | Episode #148
• Rethinking your Position with Adam Grant | Episode #112
• Avoiding Loserthink with Scott Adams | Episode #70
• Putting Your Intuition on Ice with Daniel Kahneman | Episode #68
• Becoming a Mental Model Thinker with Scott Page | Episode #55
• Winning at the Great Game (Part 2) with Adam Robinson | Episode #48
• Winning at the Great Game (Part 1) with Adam Robinson | Episode #47
• Thinking about Thinking with Tyler Cowen | Episode #39
• Learning How to Learn with Barbara Oakley | Episode #31
• The Art of Changing Minds with Julia Galef | Episode #8

Parenting

• The “T.R.I.C.K.” to Raising Successful People with Esther Wojcicki | Episode #79
• Peaceful Parenting with Dr. Laura Markham | Episode #52
• The Kids are Worth it with Barbara Coloroso | Episode #44

People

• The Perils of Modern Media with Douglas Ruskoff | Episode #124
• Curiosity Fuels Creativity with Walter Isaacson | Episode #121
• Failing on our Way to Mastery with Seth Godin | Episode #105
• Process Versus Prize with Apolo Ohno | Episode #90
• What Really Matters with Brian Koppelman | Episode #83
• Shooting Friends from Cannons with Shep Gordon | Episode #65
• Winning the Self-Publishing Game with Hugh Howey | Episode #63
• Following Intellectual Curiosity with Thomas Tull | Episode #59
• Perpetual Progress with Atul Gawande | Episode #42

Persuasion

• The Principles of Persuasion with Robert Cialdini | Episode #122
• Decoding Difficult Conversations with Shelia Heen | Episode #57
• The Art of Letting Other People have your Way with Chris Voss | Episode #27
• Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and Mather, on Persuasion | Episode #19

Philosophy

• A Stoic Life with Ryan Holiday | Episode #128
• Soldiers and Stoics with Professor Nancy Sherman | Episode #126
• How to Live a Stoic Life with William Irvine | Episode #123
• Innovation Versus Imitation with Derek Sivers | Episode #88
• Happy Habits with Neil Pasricha | Episode #72
• The Dying art of Conversation with Celeste Headlee | Episode #51
• Doing Good with William MacAskill | Episode #36
• Alive Time vs. Dead Time with Robert Greene | Episode #35
• The Warrior Poet with Ed Latimore | Episode #21
• The Angel Philosopher with Naval Ravikant | Episode #18
• The Stoic Whisperer with Ryan Holiday | Episode #11

Psychology & Behavioral Science

• Action Shapes Thought with Barbara Tversky | #146
• The Pursuit of Happiness with Laurie Santos | #139
• Mastering Indistraction with Nir Eyal | Episode #104
• Grit and Human Behavior with Angela Duckworth | Episode #109
• The Chaos Inside Us with Sendhil Mullainathan | Episode #102
• The Pursuit of Presence with the co-founder of Enneagram Institute Russ Hudson | Episode #91
• Creating Lasting Change with BJ Fogg | Episode #86
• The Big Impact of Small Interventions with Greg Walton | Episode #64
• When Good Intentions go Bad with Jonathan Haidt | Episode #61
• The Truth about Lies with Dan Ariely | Episode #33
• Survival of the Kindest with Dacher Keltner | Episode #29
• Learning to ask better questions with Warren Berger | Episode #26
• Susan Cain on Leading the Quiet Revolution | Episode #24
• Givers and Takers with Adam Grant | Episode #22

Relationships & Sex

• Rewriting Relationship Narratives with Suzanna Iasenza | Episode #75
• Cultivating Desire with Esther Perel | Episode #71
• Pleasure is the Measure with Emily Nagoski | Episode #66
• Cracking the Code of Love with Dr. Sue Johnson | Episode #62

Science & Technology

• The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan | Episode #134
• Infinite Innovation with Matt Ridley | Episode #107
• Adventures in Astrophysics with Thomas Zurbuchen | Episode #108
• The Psychology of Gaming with Jane McGonigal | Episode #101
• Zero Day with Field Effect Security founder and CEO Matthew Holland | Episode #93
• The Role of Algorithms with Hannah Fry | Episode #87
• Pushing the Limits of Innovation with legendary car designer Frank Stephenson | Episode #76
• Exploring Curiosities with Steven Strogatz | Episode #73
• Popping the Filter Bubble with Gabriel Weinberg | Episode #58
• Thriving in a Digital World with Ben Thompson | Episode #40
• Thinking in Algorithms with Ali Almossawi | Episode #38
• Future-Proofing Your Knowledge with Samuel Arbesman | Episode #15
• A.I. Expert Pedro Domingos | Episode #13

Special Episodes

• The Best of 2021
• Nutrition with Tom Brady’s private Chef Allen Campbell
• Private Equity and the Economy with David Rubenstein
• What History Teaches us with John Lewis Gaddis
• Artificial Intelligence: The Quest for Common Sense
• Semiconductors: Everything You wanted to know
• Exploring COVID with Balaji Srinivasan | Episode #78

Sports

• Building a Champion with Les Snead | Episode #145
• Peak Mental Performance with Justin Su’a | Episode #137
• Confidence and Competition with Paul Rabil | Episode #125
• Hunger and Greatness with hall of famer Chris Bosh | Episode #120
• Goal Mining with Brent Gilchrist | Episode #49
• Learning how to Suffer with the Queen of Pain Amelia Boone | Episode #34

Arts & Food

• Taking Your Time to Get it Right with Dan Kluger | Episode #45
• Wine Lessons from World Class Sommelier Véronique Rivest | Episode #12
• The Architecture of Music with Alexander Shelly | Episode #9