Podcast Notes Playlist: Latest Episodes

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  • #274: Alexis Ohanian on Building and Investing in the Modern Digital World
    Alexis Ohanian is the Co-founder of Initialized Capital, a half-billion dollar early stage venture capital firm. He is also the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Reddit, one of the most popular websites in the world. In this conversation, Anthony and Alexis discuss the founding story of Reddit, what Alexis learned as a Partner at YCombinator, whether he has ever beat Serena at anything athletic, what industries should benefit from behavior shifts due to the virus, and what org structure and internal tools allow Initialized to operate at such a high level. 
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    1 hr 25 min
  • Shane Parrish: A Former Spy On How To Think Smarter
    “Stop chasing better outcomes and start focusing on a better process.”Shane Parrish

    Every single day you make about 35,000 decisions.

    You decide to get up or hit snooze. You decide to challenge yourself or take the back seat. You decide to learn from mistakes, or not.

    Our lives truly are the sum of our decisions compounded. What we do and what we decide quite literally defines who we are.

    In this destabilizing moment of fear and uncertainty -- when lives quite literally hang in the balance -- the nature and quality of our decision making is paramount. 

    It is thus incumbent upon us all, now more than ever, to optimize our decision making skills.

    So how precisely do we do this?

    It’s a question that became an obsession for Shane Parrish, a former computer scientist and spy who began to ply his curiosity and copious analytical aptitude to create a canonical roadmap to drive better judgment, better decisions, and ultimately better life outcomes for himself and others.

    According to Shane, the key is expanding our mental models, the frameworks we craft and rely upon to simplify complexity and understand the world. Prioritizing objective reasoning, mental models help to better frame the decision-making process, putting us in a better position to create relevancy and succeed in life.

    One of the biggest influencers across Wall Street, Silicon Valley and professional sports, Shane is a former cybersecurity expert for Canada’s version of the NSA and the founder of Farnam Street — a curated collection of research and musings to sharpen your mind, help you make smarter decisions, and ultimately live better.

    Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Economist, Shane also hosts The Knowledge Project podcast (always high in my personal rotation), pens the Brain Food weekly newsletter and is the author of The Great Mental Models Vol. 1: General Thinking Concepts and The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology — the first two releases in a series of books designed to improve your decision making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

    We begin today's exchange with Shane’s prior career at Canada’s top intelligence agency. His take on cybersecurity in a post 9-11 world. And the lessons he learned from his time as a spy.

    It's a conversation about the importance of reading and deep learning— training yourself to remember everything you read and how to apply it to your life.

    And it’s about developing your mind and thought processes to create a competitive advantage.

    But more than anything, this is a conversation about distilling wisdom into teachable formulae for living a better, more fulfilling, more wholesome life.

    Because how we decide is how we live.

    The visually inclined can watch it all go down on YouTube. And as always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

    Note: this conversation was recorded on February 11, 2020 -- weeks prior to the alternate reality we find ourselves in today. Therefore, there is no talk about the pandemic. Nonetheless, Shane's wisdom and experience is both timeless and timely. I suspect you will find this exchange instructive and helpful in navigating the perils of our current situation.

    If you are interested in Shane's pandemic related thoughts, he recently penned an excellent piece on Farnam Street entitled What You Truly Value.

    I’m grateful for this exchange and am better for it. My hope is that you find Shane as dynamic and helpful as I did.

    Peace + Plants,

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    SHOW NOTES

    • Connect With Shane: Twitter | Instagram
    • Farnam Street: fs.blog | What You Truly Value
    • The Knowledge Project Podcast: Apple | fs.blog
    • Brain Food Newsletter: fs.blog/newsletter
    • Book: The Great Mental Models Vol. 1: General Thinking Concepts*
    • Book: The Great Mental Models, Vol. 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology*
    • NY Times: How a Former Canadian Spy Helps Wall Street Mavens Think Smarter
    • Forbes: Where To Find The Biggest Ideas For Your Business
    • Business Insider: Shane Parrish Is Wall Street's Biggest Influencer
    • GQ: How to Read 80ish Books a Year (And Actually Remember Them)
    • Morning Brew: Wall Street Guru Shane Parrish Has Some Mental Models for You
    • Morning Brew: Shane Parrish Will Teach You How to Think

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    • RRP #401: James Clear On Why Habits Are The Compound Interest of Self-Improvement
    • RRP 422: Todd Herman On The Alter Ego Effect: Unlocking The Hero Within
    • RRP#347: James Altucher On The Art of Thinking Differently
    • RRP #476: Mark Manson On The Perils of Comfort

    Thanks to Jason Camiolo for production, audio engineering and show notes; Margo Lubin and Blake Curtis for video, editing and graphics; portraits by Ali Rogers; and theme music by Ana Leimma.

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  • Robert Kiyosaki: How to Become Wealthy in a Down Economy (The Rich Dad Poor Dad Guide)
    “Some people are looking for the challenge, some are looking for security.”
    QUESTIONS
    What were some wake moments for you as an entrepreneur? (1:25)
    Can one get rich without being bold? (11:28)
    What’s the next step to get through this pandemic market? (16:18)
    What does “define benefit” mean? (40:51)
    What’s your projection of real estate right now? (48:17)
    YOU WILL LEARN
    What Robert learned from his first big success and failure (6:42)
    How young people have a lot of opportunity due to the pandemic (14:21)
    The three types of people in this world (18:15)
    The difference between peacetime and wartime leaders (24:13)
    Robert’s feelings about the stock market (28:10)
    What the pandemic is doing to the economy (36:18)
    LINKS MENTIONED
    Who Stole My Pension?
    Rich Dad Poor Dad
    Cashflow Classic Game
    Patrick Bet-David
    George Gammon
    The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
    Investment Biker by Jim Rogers
    Dave Ramsey
    Antifragile by Nasium Taleb
    If you enjoyed this episode, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/943 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes
    1 hr 8 min
  • #1459 - Tom O'Neill
    Podcast Notes Key Takeaways
    • MKUltra was a CIA government program that ran experiments by administering LSD to mental patients, prisoners, drug addicts, and sex workers
      • “It was a mind control program, a brainwashing program. The CIA was trying to learn how to control people’s behavior without their knowledge.” – Tim O’Neil
    • The CIA’s main goal was to use drugs and hypnotism to create assassins who would kill on command and have no memory of their programming and not remember the act of killing
      • “Manson became exactly what the CIA was trying to create” – Tim O’Neil
    • What was the motive for the CIA to turn Charles Manson into a murderer?
      • The CIA believed hippies, along with other anti-war groups, would start a civil war in the US so to prevent that from happening, they took one of the most well-known hippies (Charles Manson) and turned him into a killer so that hippies would no longer be seen in a positive light
    • Operation Midnight Climax: The CIA would lure men into brothels, dose them up with LSD without their knowledge, and then study their behavior through a one-way mirror
    • After shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby was placed in jail. A doctor, who was actually a CIA agent, visited Jack Ruby in jail and 24-hours later after their meeting, Ruby went insane and his testimony in court was ruled out because he was incoherent
      • “My most important finding is that a CIA contracted agent or researcher for mind control…became that witness’ doctor right before he testified and told his story…and then he goes crazy” – Tom O’Neil


    Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



    Tom O’Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist and entertainment reporter whose work has appeared in national publications such as Us, Premiere, New York, The Village Voice and Details. His book,  was published by Little, Brown in the summer of 2019.
    3 hr 5 min
  • #421: Dr. Jane Goodall — The Legend, The Lessons, The Hope
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    “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” — Dr. Jane Goodall
    Dr. Jane Goodall (@JaneGoodallInst) was born on April 3rd, 1934, in London England. At the young age of 26, she followed her passion for animals and Africa to Gombe, Tanzania, where she began her landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild,­ immersing herself in their habitat as a neighbor rather than a distant observer. Her discovery in 1960 that chimpanzees make and use tools rocked the scientific world and redefined the relationship between humans and animals.
    In 1977, she established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) to advance her work around the world and for generations to come. JGI continues the field research at Gombe and builds on Dr. Goodall’s innovative approach to conservation, which recognizes the central role that people play in the well-being of animals and the environment. In 1991, she founded Roots & Shoots, a global program that empowers young people in nearly 60 countries to act as the informed conservation leaders that the world so urgently needs.
    Today, Dr. Goodall travels the world, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, environmental crises, and her reasons for hope. In her books and speeches, she emphasizes the interconnectedness of all living things and the collective power of individual action. Dr. Goodall is a UN Messenger of Peace and Dame Commander of the British Empire.
    The next chapter of Dr. Jane Goodall’s life’s work unfolds in a brand-new documentary, Jane Goodall: The Hope, premiering on Earth Day, April 22nd, at 9E/8C on Nat Geo, Nat Geo WILD, and Nat Geo Mundo. The two-hour special takes viewers through the chapters of Dr. Goodall’s journey in the 60 years since her groundbreaking discoveries researching wild chimpanzees in Gombe, including her activism, creation of her non-profit organization the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), and Roots & Shoots youth program, along with her current efforts to inspire the next generation.
    Dr. Goodall’s work through the Jane Goodall Institute is advanced through the generous support of people like you and me. To show your support, visit janegoodall.org/tim. 
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    1 hr 39 min
  • What Bitcoin Did: Jameson Lopp & Peter Todd on Libra: Technical Analysis
    Podcast Notes Key Takeaways
    • Ask yourself: What is the most important information to keep secure, and who might try to use my private information against me?
    • Services like privacy.com allow you to create throwaway digital credit cards to conceal your billing address
    • Connecting to public Wi-Fi networks? Use fake email addresses. Also, disconnect and “Forget” networks to prevent automatic re-connecting
    • Use VPNs and Ad-blockers, good ones include Brave, Ublock, and Privacy Badger
    • Check out all the tools developed by The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
    • Bitcoin’s transparency and audibility make it difficult to use privately.Coin mixers can help you obfuscate transactions
    • Hardware Wallets are the most effective way to protect against the majority of hacking attempts (The most popular are Trezor, Ledger, and Coldcard)
    • Every wallet gives you a 12-word seed phrase as a backup, safely store them offline
      • Check out CypherSafe, CryptoTag, and Billfodl for metal seed storage wallet
    • “Your node, your rules” – Run a Bitcoin full node to verify network rules for yourself
    • Never use phone numbers as a security mechanism (e.g., account recovery or 2FA)
      • Instead, use 2FA app like Google Authenticator, or Hardware-based like Yubico


    Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



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    Location: Skype
    Date: Sunday, 14th July
    Project: Casa & Independent Consultant
    Role: CTO & Applied Cryptography Consultant

    Libra promises to be the first distributed ledger to transition from a permissioned system to permissionless. However, it faces many significant technical challenges, many of which have yet to be solved by other cryptocurrencies.

    One of the main issues Libra faces is scalability. At launch, Libra is tipped to offer 1,000 transactions a second, but with a network of potentially billions of users, this will very quickly reach maximum capacity.

    Will Libra be able to solve its scaling issues? Will people care enough about Libra to want to use it? What happens when there are disagreements within the Libra foundation?

    In the second episode of the Libra series, I discuss these issues with Jameson Lopp and Peter Todd, as we take a deep dive into the technical side of Facebook's Libra.

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  • What Bitcoin Did: Bitcoin 2019 Review with Matt Odell
    Podcast Notes Key Takeaways
    • Bitcoin is a sovereign way to store wealth and the most scarce asset available 
    • Most important thing about owning Bitcoin: Secure your private keys
      • Good starting points: mobile-phone wallets (like Blockstream Green or Dropbit)
      • Upgrade: HW wallets to securely store your private keys even if your computer is hacked (Ledger, Trezor, and Coldcard are popular choices)
    • Every wallet gives you a 12-word seed phrase as a backup, keep them safe and always store them offline
    • Bitcoin payments are irreversible, always double-check receiver address
    • Buying and Spending Bitcoin depend on where you are
      • For Buying:Kraken and CashApp are popular choices, Bull Bitcoin is popular in Canada, Bisq and hodlhodl are geared towards privacy
      • For Spending: Websites like Bitrefill and Fold allow you to buy gift cards and use them at various stores. Additionally, Fold and Lolli offer Satsback reward program
    • If you are a merchant, BTCPayServer and Open Node let you accept bitcoin payments from anywhere in the world
    • Bitcoin is NOT anonymous, it’s pseudonymous; If your receiving addresses can be tied to your name, your payments can be tracked
      • Using CoinJoin services (like Wasabi) makes it harder to track your transactions
    • Running a Full node is essential to using bitcoin privately and with zero trust


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    Location: New York
    Date: Monday, 23rd December
    Project: Tales from the Crypt & Rabbit Hole Recap
    Role: Co-host

    The Bitcoin space moves fast, and 2019 has been no different. Starting the year at the bottom of a harsh bear market after hitting a low of $3,100, Bitcoin began 2019 trading close to $3600. While the price spiked at around $14,000, it has settled in the $7-8k range, representing an approximate 100% rise in price. Also, despite the volatility, the hashrate has reached an all-time high.

    Bitcoin has been featured widely in the media, and everyone from NFL player Russell Okung to Donald Trump and even President Xi have spoken about it. The Lightning Network has grown from strength to strength with Bitfinex now accepting Lightning deposits and the Tor Project accepting Lightning donations.

    The SEC is still yet to approve a Bitcoin ETF with Bitwise' proposal the latest to be rejected. Jack Dorsey launched Square Crypto, and Facebook made plans to launch a 'cryptocurrency' called Libra.

    With exchanges, Cryptopia was hacked and subsequently shut down, and QuadrigaCX suffered the same fate following the suspicious and shock death of its CEO Gerald Cotten.

    So 2019 has been a busy year in Bitcoin and my final interview of the year is with Matt Odell, co-host of the Tales from the Crypt and Rabbit Hole Recap. We take a look back at 2019, discussing Bitcoin only businesses, the most important projects and our predictions for 2020.

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  • #270: Mark Cuban on What He Would Do As President
    Mark Cuban is a billionaire entrepreneur and investor. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and chairman of AXS TV. He is also one of the main "shark" investors on the ABC reality television series, Shark Tank. In this conversation, Anthony and Mark discuss the current economic and health crises, the subsequent monetary policy decisions, how various asset classes will perform, what small businesses are doing to survive, whether corporations should receive bailouts, what privacy concerns people should be aware of, what will happen in the NBA, and what Mark's plan for the United States would be as President. 
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  • COVID-19 Q&A #1 with Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
    Podcast Notes Key Takeaways
    • COVID-19 targets the ACE2 receptor to gain entry into cells
    • COVID-19 viruses then inject their RNA into the cytoplasm of the cell to create RNA dependent RNA polymerase (a key ingredient in replication)
    • Counter-intuitively: Having less ACE2 receptors for the virus to bind to is actually a bigger problem and an effect of the virus spreading (at least as seen with SARS-COV1) – People who have decreased ACE2:
    • Vitamin D:Most people are deficient in Vitamin D which could play a key protective role in acute lung inujry and ARDS by regulating the Renin-Angiotensin System)
      • Most people lack enough vitamin D, in particular the Elderly, Obese and African Americans
    • No mothers do not pass COVID-19 to baby’s in utero
    • Do date we do not have any well controlled, sizable Randomized Clinical Trials to prove Hydroxychloroquine’s effect (they are underway now)
      • Hydroxychloroquine has been shown to be a Zinc Ionaphore which could block RNA polymerase which is required for the virus to replicate
      • Quercitin may help in a similar way
    • No direct data to support IV Vitmain C, Sauna or Melatonin for COVID-19, but some reasons to believe exist


    Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



    This episode features Dr. Rhonda Patrick answering some of the most popular questions related to COVID-19. Look for another COVID-19-focused Q&A, coming soon.

    Some of the questions we selected from the batch to cover in this episode include:

    • 00:02:36 - Are children and infants susceptible to COVID-19? Are some more susceptible to a more severe form of the disease? Are they carriers of it and possibly spreading transmission?
    • 00:11:00 - Can you explain a little about hydroxychloroquine as possibly treating COVID-19? How does it work? Does it have to do with it being a zinc ionophore?
    • 00:17:58 - Can you talk about quercetin's role as a zinc ionophore?
    • 00:20:51 - Is there any indication blood type influences COVID-19 risk?
    • 00:24:52 - Would you shed light on the conversation regarding vitamin D upregulating ACE2 receptors and vitamin D's influence on susceptibility to COVID19 infection?
    • 00:43:45 - Can you discuss whether sauna use might help prevent COVID19?
    • 00:52:55 - Is it true that high dose intravenous vitamin C might help treat COVID-19?
    • 01:04:35 - What are your thoughts on melatonin being a potential factor for impacting the severity of the virus via its effects on inflammation and oxidative stress?

    To supplement this podcast Q&A, we’ve also made a video, summary, timeline, and references. You can view all of these on the episodes page on my website at foundmyfitness.com/episodes/covid-19-qa-1.

    If you enjoy this question & answer format, consider joining my premium membership community! Non-COVID-19 related Q&As happen monthly, you get access to an an exclusive bi-weekly science digest email, and much more more! Click here to learn about premium.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Rich Roll Podcast: Todd Herman On The Alter Ego Effect: Unlocking The Hero Within



    “There's a big difference between interested and committed.”

    Todd Herman 



    What if I told you that one secret to success just might be adopting a secret identity?

    I know. It sounds weird. I too was skeptical. But today's guest sold me with one unique thought:

    What if your alter ego is a more accurate representation of who you really are?

    Pondering this left me wanting to learn more. So I invited high performance coach Todd Herman on the show to elaborate.

    An author, advisor, and entrepreneur, Todd has spent the last 2 decades helping professional and Olympic athletes, entrepreneurs, leaders, and executives unlock peak performance at the highest level to achieve wildly outrageous goals while enjoying the process.

    Featured on the Today Show, Sky Business News, Inc. Magazine and CBC National News, Todd is also the author of the recently released book, The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life*. Equal parts instructive and entertaining, it's a provocative exploration of the heroic self within as a means to overcome that which holds you back with one goal in mind — to empower greater expression of your inner best self.


    This conversation tracks the viability of Todd's alter ego thesis through the lens of successful case studies who have used this strategy to their advantage. It explores the fraught terrain of actualizing peak performance and the proven strategies to maximize human potential. And it's about how to best confront and overcome the hurdles that unnecessarily prevent the best of us – often repeatedly or in some cases continually – from inhabiting our most expressed selves.

    In addition, we explore the why behind Todd’s work. More specifically, Todd relates how confronting a severe childhood trauma helped him overcome profound feelings of guilt and shame that held him back for years. Impactful for anyone who suffers in silence, it's a powerful story of healing and empowerment (but perhaps inappropriate for the little ones among us — so fair warning).

    Very much in the vein of my recent podcast with James Clear (RRP #401), I found this conversation both fascinating and entertaining. My hope is that you will too.

    To view our conversation on YouTube, visit bit.ly/toddherman422. And don't forget we're also now on Spotify here: bit.ly/rrpspotify

    Peace + Plants,






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