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Let's chat about Tim Urban's "What's Our Problem"; Mckay Coppins "Romney", and the passing of country legend Toby Keith. There's a punchline in there worth a moment of pause.

As dry January comes to an end in 2024, how should we reconsider our relationship with alcohol? I speak with my friend Jess Britt on our respective journeys to mocktails. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol abuse, you should consider reaching out to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at 1-800-662-4357  for resources in your area. 

A review of the book "Ear Hustle" and 2024 reading tips

Dr. Michael Greger of NutritionFacts.org returns to discuss healthy aging with diet & lifestyle. I'm also joined by Roy Langdell, my neighbor, and my role model for a life well lived.

Charlie Engle is a world renowned endurance and adventure athlete, known for incredible accomplishments like running across the Sahara Desert, and winning numerous ultra marathons. But his story is so much deeper. It's a story of addiction, prison, the unfairness of the justice system and the financial crisis...but most of all, it's a story of redemption and the human spirit. I loved this book, and highly recommend it to all my listeners. Charlie is a good man doing good work, I'm proud to share this interview with you.

Two books on vital technologies, providing us Mutually Assured Destruction and Individually Designed Creation. Take a moment to listen to our takeaways from American Prometheus & The Code Breaker.

Free Solo, The Dawn Wall, Meru and the barrage of climbing documentaries continue to captivate audiences around the world. The books on which the documentaries are based thrilled me even more. In this episode, I speak with professional climber Augy Cohn about how the new wave of interest in rock climbing has affected the sport.

What makes Suneel special are not his vast accomplishments, which we’ll cover in the conversation…but the openness with which he discusses his personal and professional failures.  He talks more openly about his failures than pretty much any successful person I know.  And through that openness, he’s become a role model and coach for me. 

Suneel is out with a new book called “EveryDay Dharma”. Dharma is a Hindu term used to describe one’s spiritual duty. It’s a term that I struggled with as I read the book in two ways. First, I have no idea what my dharma is. But two, I have a tense relationship with my own Hindu American identity, I wasn’t sure how open I would be to receiving the book’s message rooted in Hindu philosophy. In this episode, you’ll hear Suneel coach me on finding my own personal dharma and why he chose to root the book in these ancient terms and philosophies. I was deeply moved, and I think you will be too. 

John C. Bogle is the founder of Vanguard and the creator of the Index Fund. It's a boring, inexpensive way to match the market year after year, which it turns out, is the best outcome the average investor can hope for. Why on earth do some people pick their own stocks? Or even worse, give their money to private managers who slice off percentage points of fees off your nest egg? I speak with investor & entrepreneur Jeff Khadavi on the wisdom of Buffett, Bogle, and the Index Funds.