Podcast Episodes

How Your Brain Predicts Reality | Flow, Intuition & Mental Flexibility

Episode 178

Karl Friston is one of the most influential neuroscientists alive. He pioneered the methods that underpin modern brain imaging and developed the Free Energy Principle—considered by many neuroscientis…

Published on 20 hours ago

Flow in the AI Age: Your Last Human Advantage

AI is moving faster than most of us can comprehend. But what if our edge isn’t in outthinking machines—but in outflowing them?

In this episode, Steven Kotler sits down with two of the sharpest minds s…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Gut Instinct, Hard Science: The New Neuroscience of Intuition

What if your gut instinct was more than a hunch? What if it was your brain’s first navigation system—designed to reduce uncertainty, minimize surprise, and keep you alive?

In this episode of Flow Radi…

Published on 2 months ago

DIY and the Flow Code: How Punk Culture Built the Startup World

Episode 175

What do DIY entrepreneurship, peak performance, and punk rock have in common? Everything.

In this live Flow Radio episode, recorded at Summit at Sea 2024, New York Times bestselling author and FRC Exe…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Flow vs. the Victim Mindset: Trade Blame for Breakthroughs

Episode 174

No one is coming to save you—but staying stuck isn’t the only option.

Steven Kotler and Ryan Wickes welcome back Columbia professor and humanistic psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman—author of the ju…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Creative Leader’s Playbook

Episode 173

Creativity isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a survival skill.

In this episode of Flow Radio, Steven Kotler sits down with artist, designer, and serial entrepreneur Jody Levy for a conversation on how intuit…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Flow vs. the Machine: AI, Creativity & the Next Human Renaissance

Episode 172

What happens when AI takes center stage—and humans still want to create?

Steven Kotler returns to Peter Diamandis’s Moonshots to unpack the forces shaping our future: AI, abundance, creativity, and ho…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Next Step Won't Kill You: Flow Lessons from the Iron Cowboy

Episode 171

What happens when you reach such extreme states of pain that you start having out-of-body experiences?

Join us for a fascinating conversation with James Lawrence (aka the Iron Cowboy) about redefini…

Published on 7 months ago

Flow Radio Special: You Have Peak Performance Questions. We Have Answers. Safety Not Guaranteed.

Episode 170

Flow—your brain's gateway drug to the infinite game.

How far could you push your performance if you knew exactly what your brain was capable of?

In this special Ask Me Anything episode, Steven Kotl…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Afterthoughts: Flow—The Gateway Drug to Infinite Possibility

Episode 169

Flow—your brain's gateway drug to the infinite game.

In this episode of Afterthoughts, Steven Kotler reveals how flow states unlock doors to possibilities we never knew existed. Joined by neuroscien…

Published on 9 months ago