How can we achieve work/life balance when we're always so dang busy? Slow Productivity author Cal Newport helps us achieve without burning out here! What We Discuss with Cal Newport: Why we need to redefine what productivity means in an age of constant connection and unclear boundaries between work life and home life.

Dopamine Nation author Anna Lembke helps us understand why it's difficult to resist the temptations of a world designed to exploit our pursuit of pleasure. What We Discuss with Anna Lembke: The neuroscience of addiction and the role dopamine plays in keeping us hooked. How modern society's unrestricted indulgence in pl

What hurdles must humanity face before it can inhabit the final frontier? A City on Mars co-author Zach Weinersmith is here to ground us with the facts. What We Discuss with Zach Weinersmith: How tethered to reality are Elon Musk's grand plans for the human colonization of Mars? Shouldn't we focus on ensuring the susta

What unknown frontiers reside inside the human brain? Dr. David Eagleman, host of the original iHeart podcast Inner Cosmos, helps us chart a course here! What We Discuss with David Eagleman: The reason we might view particularly intense situations in slow motion. The phenomenon of synesthesia: why some people hear colo

On episode #188 of Kickoff Sessions, we sat down with Jordan Harbinger, a former Wall Street lawyer turned podcast king and social dynamics master. In this episode, Jordan shares his insights on human behavior from his experiences in North Korea, revealing how actions can end suffering and the challenges of shedding hi

We continue a special, short series on What Drives You with some interesting people. People who got clear on what they wanted, and why, which is what creates authentic drive, knowing what you want and why. This is the focus of my book, What Drives You. Here I bring you Jordan Harbinger. Jordan is podcasting royalty. He