The 10 Best The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish Podcast Episodes
1) #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
Just when I start to think I’m using my time well and getting a lot done in my life, I meet someone like Barbara Oakley. Barbara is a true polymath. She was a captain in the U.S. Army, a Russian trans...Show More
2) #61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
Jonathan Haidt is an author, social psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts in moral psychology. On the show we discuss helicopter parenting, the rise of the “call out culture,” and the da...Show More
3) #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
Speaker, author and radio journalist Celeste Headlee has had decades of experience fine tuning the recipe for engaging and rewarding conversation. She shares some tips to help us instantly improve our...Show More
4) #121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
What do Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Jennifer Doudna all have in common? Celebrated journalist and author Walter Isaacson calls upon his years of research to explain how curios...Show More
5) #18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. He’s invested in more than 100 companies, including Uber, Twitter, Yammer, and many others. It’s difficult to nail down exactly what we discuss i...Show More
6) #102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us
Sendhil Mullainathan is the Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the author of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. Sendh...Show More
7) #55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
On this episode, Scott Page, 5x Author and Professor of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan explains the power mental models have in how we view the world, discover creative solutions and so...Show More
8) #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
Today’s guest is Stratechery author and founder Ben Thompson. If you’re an investor in Silicon Valley, work at a tech start-up, or just love to geek out on technology and business analysis, odds are g...Show More
9) #131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep
Renowned sleep scientist Matthew Walker discusses everything you need to know about what a better night’s sleep can do for your life, and how to prioritize and perfect the way you sleep. Walker breaks...Show More
10) #99 Kris Cordle: Releasing the Ego
For over a decade, Kris Cordle worked directly with the CEOs at Yahoo, Twitter, and Slack. She joined Twitter and Slack early and helped them scale into public companies. Most recently she was Chief o...Show More