The Knowledge Project (Episodes By Subject)

Here find episodes of The Knowledge Project organized by themes, such as investing, business, persuasion, relationships, and more.

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Topics

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

Business & Leadership

• Proven, Better, New: The Rules of Innovation | Mark Pincus | #279
• Playing to Win | Mario Harik | Episode #275
• The Business of Relationships | Michael Ovitz | Episode #267
• Lessons from Building Panera | Ron Shaich | Episode #254
• Building IAC | Barry Diller | Episode #248
• The Netflix Playbook for Culture, Judgment, and Scale | Reed Hastings | Episode #232
• The Guy Behind Silicon Valley’s Greatest Unicorns | Elad Gil | Episode #228
• Inside Y Combinator’s Startup Formula | Garry Tan | Episode #226
• Managing and Marketing a $250M Business | David Heacock | Episode #215
• The Art of Knowing What Sells | Mickey Drexler | Episode #213
• How to Think (and Work) Like a Billion Dollar Investor | Adam Karr | Episode #207
• The Whole Foods Revolution | John Mackey | Episode #206
• Mission, Mindset, and Mastery | Rob Fraser | Episode #205
• The Blueberry Billionaire | John Bragg | Episode #204
• The Mac and Cheese Millionaire | Erin Wade | Episode #203
• Scaling Culture from Startup to IPO | Brian Halligan | Episode #200
• Yearly Planning, Daily Action | David Segal | Episode #192
• Building a Business Empire | Brad Jacobs | Episode #190
• Better Teams, Better Products | Shreyas Doshi | Episode #175
• A Different Definition of Success | Rey Flemings | Episode #174
• Doing Less, Doing Better | Frank Slootman | Episode #173
• Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly (Part 2) | Dr. Julie Gurner | Episode #172
• Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly (Part 1) | Dr. Julie Gurner | Episode #169
• Competing with Time | George Stalk Jr. | Episode #165
• The Realities of Success | Ravi Gupta | Episode #164
• The Pillars of Integrity | Jim Dethmer | Episode #161
• TKP Insights: Leadership | Episode #160
• Change the Way You Work | Aaron Dignan | Episode #158
• Lessons from Life on the Railroad | Keith Creel | Episode #153
• Calm Progress | Tobi Lütke | Episode #152
• The Power Of Working Together | Alan Mulally | Episode #151
• 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

• A Glimpse into Clear Thinking | Shane Parrish | Episode #177
• Positioning Yourself for Success | Adam Robinson | Episode #168
• TKP Insights: Decision Making | Episode #150
• 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 Battery 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

• Dr. Giulia Enders: How to Nourish Your Gut | Episode #281
• Diet Essentials for Healthy Living | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Episode #191
• Five Habits for Longer Living | Bryan Johnson | Episode #188
• The Science of Better Sleep with Dr. Gina Poe | Episode #167
• Live a Healthier Life with Jason Karp | Episode #163
• Finding Inner Calm with Jack Kornfield | Episode #156
• 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 & Wealth

• Mental Models that Change How You Think | Bill Gurley | Episode #280
• Inside Brookfield’s Culture, Capital Allocation, and Competitive Edge | Connor Teskey | Episode #272
• Inside the Mind of Robinhood Co-Founder | Vlad Tenev | Episode #270
• The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen | Episode #268
• Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want | Morgan Housel | Episode #265
• The Bubble No One is Talking About | Anthony Scilipoti | Episode #252
• Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool | Episode #250
• The Trillion-Dollar Blueprint (Value, Discipline, Durability) | Bruce Flatt | Episode #221
• How to Think (and Work) Like a World-Class Investor | Alfred Lin | Episode #212
• Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom | Codie Sanzhez | Episode #211
• Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home | Brent Beshore | Episode #196
• Get Rich, Stay Rich | Morgan Housel | Episode #195
• Three Generations of Wealth | Chris Davis | Episode #189
• Short-Term Patience, Long-Term Results | Tom Gayner | Episode #186
• 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

• Alpha School and the Future of Education | Joe Liemandt | Episode #274
• How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear | Episode #263
• 7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy | Episode #256
• Write Something People Want to Read | Charlie Hoehn | Episode #209
• TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking | Episode #180
• 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

• TEAM Parenting | Michaeleen Doucleff | Episode #197
• The Parent-Therapy Trap | Abigail Shrier | Episode #194
• A Playbook for Better Parenting | Dr. Becky Kennedy | Episode #187
• The Realities of Success | Ravi Gupta | Episode #164
• 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

• How to Build a Cult | Lulu Cheng Meservey | Episode #246
• 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

• How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland | Episode #258
• How to Tell a Story So That Everyone Listens | Matthew Dicks | Episode #202
• 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

• How to Win the War with Yourself | Ryan Holiday | Episode #208
• TKP Insights: Philosophy | Episode #170
• Excellent Advice for Living with Kevin Kelly | Episode #166
• Setting and Achieving Goals with Emily Balcetis | Episode #154
• Simple Rules for Happiness with Neil Pasricha | Episode #149
• 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

• The Science of Identity | Maya Shankar | #198
• Change the Stories You Tell Yourself | Dr. Jim Loehr | #193
• See People, Read People | Blake Eastman | #185
• Unleashing Your Secret Identity | Todd Herman | #182
• The CEO Whisperer | Jerry Colonna | #178
• Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress | Dr. Leah Lagos & Joe Mazzulla | #176
• Between Pleasure and Pain with Dr. Anna Lembke | #159
• 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

• Unlocking the Secrets to Building Strong Relationships | Logan Ury | Episode #219
• TKP Insights: Sex and Relationships | Episode #140
• 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

• Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg | #277
• Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI | Greg Brockman | #276
• Why AI Isn’t What You Think | Benedict Evans | Episode #244
• A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier | Bret Taylor | Episode #224
• Human Advantage in the World of AI | Josh Wolfe | Episode #217
• 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
• Hacking with 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 2025
• The Best of 2024
• The Best of 2023
• The Best of 2022
• The Best of 2021
• Pierre Poilievre on the Role of Government, Freedom, and Affordability
• 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

• Inside the Mind of the NFL’s Greatest Coach | Bill Belichick | Episode #230
• Face Your Fear with Paul Assaiante | Episode #183
• Failure and Success with Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2) | Episode #181
• Discipline and Resilience with Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1) | Episode #179
• 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

Outliers

• Chung Ju-yung — The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
• Harrison McCain — How to Create Demand for Something Nobody Wants
• J.W. Marriott — Building an Empire Without a Master Plan
• Phil Knight — The Obsession That Built Nike
• Ray Kroc — How McDonald’s Took Over America
• Peter D. Kaufman — The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking
• The Outlier Playbook — The Patterns Behind Enduring Success
• Bernie Marcus — The Home Depot Story 
• Mary Kay Ash — The Greatest Saleswoman In History
• Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
• Steve Wozniak — The Engineer Who Built Apple
• Jim Clayton — Turning Competitors’ Mistakes Into $1.7B
• Hetty Green — The Witch of Wall Street
• Ed Stack — Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Fred Smith — The Story of FedEx 
• John Bragg — The Unknown Billionaire Who Controls Half the World’s Blueberries 
• Sol Price — The Godfather of Costco, Walmart, and Modern Retail
• Katharine Graham — The Washington Post
• Les Schwab — Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials
• Jimmy Pattison — Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials
• Anna Wintour — Vogue | Episode #233
• Harvey Firestone — Men and Rubber | Episode #231
• Andy Grove — Only the Paranoid Survive | Episode #229
• Rose Blumkin —Women of Berkshire Hathaway | Episode #227
• Henry Singleton—A Distant Force | Episode #225
• Cornelius Vanderbilt —The First Tycoon | Episode #222
• James Dyson —Against the Odds | Episode #220
• Estée Lauder —A Success Story | Episode #218
• Andrew Mellon —America’s Secret Banker | Episode #216
• Timothy Eaton —The Original ‘Everything Store’ | Episode #214