Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMurakami vs Rosberg: Minimum Effective Dose vs Maximum Tolerable Dose | Daily Essay
Episode 212
Five days after he won the 2016 Formula 1 world title, Nico Rosberg retired. To beat Lewis Hamilton he had pushed like crazy in every area, while Har…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Economics of Losing Money on Purpose | Daily Essay
Episode 211
Uber lost over $1 billion a year in China and sold out to its rival. In the US, the same bet won. When the winner takes most of a market, losing mone…
1 week, 3 days ago
Remove Choices to Save Your Willpower | Daily Essay
Episode 210
Each use of your willpower draws from the same depletable reservoir. Ray Bradbury, Ed Viesturs and Andie MacDowell show three ways to save it: change…
1 week, 4 days ago
I Launched a Product a Day for 17 Days (Then Burned Out) | Daily Essay
Episode 209
I launched a product a day and burned out 17 days in, because the habit counted launches and rewarded nothing else. An Output Habit counts what you f…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Psychology of Getting Comedy From Failure | Trevor Noah | Daily Essay
Episode 208
Comedians get better after a bad night because whatever happens to them becomes stories for the next set. Trevor Noah tries new things knowing they'l…
1 week, 6 days ago
The Viral Trap: How Social Media Keeps What You Make | Daily Essay
Episode 207
Reddit priced the Apollo app out of business, Kayla Newman was never paid for "on fleek," and Nipsey Hussle bought the strip mall he once sold CDs in…
2 weeks ago
The 4 Habit Levels Where Results Get Insane | Daily Essay
Episode 206
Bryson DeChambeau's first year of bulking bought him about 20 yards. His second bought him less than two. Anatoly Karpov led Garry Kasparov 5-0 in th…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
When You're Winning... And Lose Everything | Daily Essay
Episode 205
A man from Poland and I each had five minutes to checkmate the other. He took one of my pawns. He was still up on points when he lost.
Featuring: Lin…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Chinese Mastermind Group Behind Volvo | Daily Essay
Episode 204
Before Li Shufu spent $1.8 billion on Volvo, he asked 20 other Chinese founders in his club to argue about it. Paul Jarvis, Nathan Barry and Warren B…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
You've Read Enough. It's Time to Start Using It. | Daily Essay
Episode 203
Calcium makes bones stronger only once they carry weight, and what you learn builds a skill only once you try to use it. Jim Koch had three Harvard d…
2 weeks, 4 days ago