Podcast Episodes

Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]

Episode 233

The job was editor-in-chief. The goal was to become the platform. And she did. 

Once she made it to the top, she didn’t just edit Vogue. She reinvented the power structures beneath it. This episode u…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

Episode 232

How do you build a high-performance culture without turning your company into the Hunger Games? Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, shares lessons from a career spent rewriting the r…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Episode 231

Harvey Firestone built one of America’s great industrial empires from scratch, transforming from a farm boy to Henry Ford’s key partner. This episode reveals timeless principles about building busine…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline

Episode 230

Eight Super Bowl rings. Six with the Patriots. And a mindset that goes far deeper than football. In this rare, wide-ranging conversation, Bill Belichick breaks down the invisible factors behind susta…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers]

Episode 229

Most people protect their identity. Andy Grove would rewrite his, again and again. He started as a refugee, became a chemist, turned himself into an engineer, then a manager, and finally the CEO who …

Published on 3 months ago

Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World

Episode 228

What if the world’s most connected tech investor handed you his mental playbook? Elad Gil, an investor behind Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase and Anduril, flips conventional wisdom on its head and prioritiz…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Knowledge Project Podcast: Trailer

Trusted by Fortune 500 CEOs and elite performers, this is where you go to think better, live better, and get ahead. Each week, Shane Parrish goes deep with the world’s sharpest minds—founders, econom…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]

Episode 227

Rose Blumkin didn’t just build a business. She revolutionized retail. After fleeing Russia with $66 in her purse, she opened a basement furniture store in Omaha at 43 years old—with no English, no ed…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Garry Tan: How Y Combinator Turns Ambitious Misfits Into Billion-Dollar Founders

Episode 226

Most accelerators fund ideas. Y Combinator funds founders—and transforms them. With a 1% acceptance rate and alumni behind 60% of the past decade’s unicorns, YC knows what separates the founders who …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Henry Singleton: The CEO Who Bought Back 90% of His Company's Shares [Outliers]

Episode 225

If Warren Buffett is the king of capital allocation—Henry Singleton is the ghost. Singleton built one of the most successful conglomerates in American history, transforming business while remaining v…

Published on 4 months ago