Dwarkesh Patel is the host of The Lunar Society – a podcast that interviews intellectuals, scientists, and founders. He's also a writer and an interesting thinker.  

In this post, we spoke about Dwarkesh getting followed by Jeff Bezos, what the future is going to be like, the most important problems, high volatility, and his interesting challenge to the audience.  

(0:00) High School Debate 

(4:10) Jeff Bezos Following Dwarkesh 

(9:36) Programming, Writing 

(11:23) Podcasting 

(14:26) Tyler Cowen 

(15:42) High Volatility 

(20:50) Dwarkesh’s Path 

(23:20) The Future 

(37:35) Important Problems 

(47:07) Quote From Dwarkesh 

(55:58) Changing Thinking 

(57:03) Dwarkesh’s Most Underrated Episode 

(58:22) Dwarkesh vs. Lex 

(1:00:58) Challenge   

Dwarkesh's Links 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp

Website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/ 

The mystery of the miracle year by Dwarkesh Patel – https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/annus-mirabilis 

My Links

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Nat Eliason is a writer. Over the past year, he went down the wild crypto rabbit hole and lived to tell the tale.   

In this conversation, we spoke about how he got $30,000 stolen from him, his new book deal, writers who've impacted him, how to get your first 10,000 subscribers, and much more.  

(0:00) Crypto Rabbit Hole 

(4:48) Stolen $30,000 

(10:08) Writing 

(22:23) New Book Deal 

(37:02) First 10,000 Subscribers 

(42:10) Online Writers 

(49:35) The Ideal 

(51:01) Role Models 

(58:21) Common Narrative of Fear 

(1:06:52) Challenge  

First episode with Nat Eliason (033) – https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda/episodes/033-Nat-Eliason--Ethical-Personal-Branding--No-Booze--Public-Contracts-e1io21h 

Nat's Links Website: https://www.nateliason.com

Substack: https://blog.nateliason.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nateliason 

My Links 

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Codie Sanchez is an entrepreneur and writer. She is a creator who is winning the game of content (amassing an audience of millions across Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube over the past two years). And if you listen to her in this interview, it's no surprise.  Before she ran boring businesses as an investor, she worked as a journalist and in private equity. But then she had a realization: in order to have an impact on the world... you need money.  

(0:00) Asymmetric Experiences 

(4:03) Curiosity 

(8:40) Content 

(10:12) Tombstone? 

(12:52) Delegate 

(16:16) Business Models 

(21:30) Monetization Strategies

(25:12) Investing = Freedom 

(28:34) Christopher Hitchins 

(30:50) Storytelling 

(32:20) Writing 

(35:21) No Meetings Before Noon 

(37:11) Burnout 

(39:02) Content 

(45:35) Fame 

(48:28) What’s Next? 

(50:31) Challenge  

Previous episode with Codie (episode 135): https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda/episodes/135-Codie-Sanchez---Journalism--Investing--and-Cannabis-e1io24l

Codie's Links 

Newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.co/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez/  

My Links 

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com (daily emails!)

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Joshua Becker is the author of Becoming Minimalist. It's a blog, a book, and a newsletter - that boasts over 1,000,000 readers every month. 

In this conversation, we spoke about how Joshua became a minimalist, how his work as a blogger had origins in theology, why creating happens after clearing space, jealousy, fame, and the first step you should take to minimalism.

(0:00) Choosing Theology

(4:08) Overcoming Fear

(5:48) Youth Pastor

(7:01) Knowing God

(10:31) Impactful Comments

(17:01) Pastor & Minimalism

(19:03) Finding Meaning

(24:42) Things That Matter

(28:41) Creating With Meaning

(32:42) Fame

(37:03) Jealousy

(42:28) 14 Years Ago

(46:01) First Step

(48:53) Success Stories

(53:01) Creation

(55:51) Reading

(1:00:58) Impactful Quote

Resources

Joshua’s Website: BecomingMinimalist.com

Joshua’s Latest Book: https://www.amazon.com/Things-That-Matter-Overcoming-Distraction/dp/B09C9SGRCT

My Links

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Zach Pogrob is a relentless human. He’s the most recurring guest on the podcast (four times!) because he’s a great friend and special human. He's also the owner of a luxury photo booth company.  

In this conversation, we spoke about creating online, finding your obsession, design, relentless humans, top creators, and how my Instagram has taken off in the past week since we’ve been here (20,000+ new followers!).  

(0:00) Most Recurring Guest 

(2:20) Loneliness 

(6:32) Stats 

(9:00) Design 

(15:45) New Paid Newsletter 

(19:09) Top Creators 

(22:58) Finding Obsession 

(28:35) Relentless Humans 

(33:33) Location 

(35:58) Hard Work vs. Obsession 

(38:50) Internal vs. External 

(39:35) Moving To Austin 

(44:15) Obsession Analysis  

Zach's Links 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachpogrob

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachpogrob 

Mentioned 

Noah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noahhuisman3

CJ Finley’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cj.finley

My Links 

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

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Andrew Murnane is a creator. In just two years, he's built a following of over 1,000,000 on TikTok and 150,000 on Instagram. Why? Because his videos are thought-provoking, interesting, and insightful.   

In this conversation, we went deep on some of Andrew's favorite topics: creating, death, flow state, letting go of the past, and becoming yourself online.  

(0:00) Leaving New York 

(3:30) Randy Dufrane 

(10:03) Trauma 

(17:38) Awareness 

(19:49) The Past 

(29:50) Growth As A Creator 

(42:50) Connection 

(51:11) Intermittent Fasting 

(55:03) Dots Connecting Backward 

(1:02:15) Certainty 

(1:04:15) Becoming Yourself Online 

(1:15:19) Death 

(1:20:13) Helping People 

(1:26:58) Tweets 

(1:32:21) Challenge  

My first episode with Andrew (Episode 225): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWmHK5uiQVQ 

Andrew's Links 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@notandrewmurnane  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notandrewmurnane/  

My Links 

🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

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Dulma Altan is a content creator. Her TikTok account has grown a loyal audience of almost 100,000 people (in one year) for her business breakdowns of women.

In this conversation, we spoke about what it means to be a skillful human, how Dulma wants to be remembered, how to express your gifts, the ups and downs of creating, why she's been procrastinating her podcast, and why you should romanticize the present moment.

(0:00) Discipline

(9:20) Self-Love

(11:50) Internal Intention

(14:40) Women Founders

(19:15) Qualifying Statements

(22:10) Leaving Bubble

(24:55) Skillful Human

(27:40) Procrastinating Podcast

(32:05) Downsides Of Audience

(36:40) Positives of Creating

(38:31) Looking At Yourself

(45:01) How To Express Gift

(51:20) Romanticize The Present Moment

(1:00:12) Writing A Book

(1:01:40) How To Be Remembered

(1:03:58) Challenge

Dulma's Links

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4khTBpy7e8YJuZGWhxb2o9?si=6549175ff3e940f8

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@iamdulma

My Links

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Iman Gadzhi is a 22-year-old entrepreneur. In just a few years, he's amassed a multi-million dollar fortune.   

And more recently, he's been putting the gas on his socials (100,000,000 views in August). He's built a following of over 600,000 subscribers on YouTube.  In this interview, he went deep on his specific social media strategy, his early childhood moments, his competitive streak, the questions deep in his head, and tapping into the divine.  

Recorded September 29, 2022  

(0:00) Instagram Deactivated 

(1:40) Social Media Takeover 

(13:14) Autoimmune Condition 

(21:03) Running Marathon 

(23:10) Questioning Authority 

(25:50) High School 

(32:32) Competitive Streak 

(37:24) Self-Awareness 

(42:10) Ego 

(48:01) Young People & Elders 

(56:10) Future Uncertainty 

(1:01:20) Starting Agency 

(1:04:53) Personal View

(1:09:40) Tapping Into Divine 

(1:15:31) Private Iman 

(1:17:18) Loyalty 

(1:20:04) Life As Chess 

(1:25:58) Full Circle Moments 

(1:33:58) Challenge  

Resources  

Part 1 with Iman (Episode 206): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRU57eeMq94 

Iman's Links 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imangadzhi/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ImanGadzhi 

My Links  

🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  

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Anthony Pompliano is an entrepreneur, investor, and learner. He's also a prolific creator. He writes a newsletter (The Pomp Letter) to over 225,000 people. He hosts The Pomp Podcast, where he's published over 1,000 episodes. He has also previously worked at Facebook.  

In this conversation, we spoke about the following topics:  

(0:00) Time 

(3:35) Lessons From War 

(9:06) Pomp’s Transition 

(16:50) Core Skill 

(19:00) Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg 

(23:23) Leadership 

(27:04) Military Skills 

(30:04) Content 

(34:35) Founder Traits 

(38:18) Social Media 

(45:02) Relationship 

(50:15) Good Conversations 

(52:40) Friends 

(55:00) Betting On Yourself 

(1:09:13) School 

(1:15:40) Privacy 

(1:18:50) The Future  

Anthony's Links 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/APompliano

Newsletter: https://pomp.substack.com/

Podcast: https://www.anthonypompliano.com/podcast 

My Links  

🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view      

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Sahil Bloom is a writer and entrepreneur. In this conversation, we spoke about insecurities, imposter syndrome, how his perception of fame has changed, his writing process, a few different challenges on living a better life, and how he met Bill Gates, Tim Cook, and Warren Buffett.   

(0:00) Why Sahil Writes 

(4:40) Fame 

(13:20) Purpose 

(16:03) Finding People 

(19:45) Technology 

(28:30) Twitter vs. Instagram 

(31:15) Writing Process 

(34:40) Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Warren Buffett  

(43:41) Sahil Bloom’s Unique Edge 

(47:36) External Pressure 

(50:10) Insecurity 

(51:30) Imposter 

(54:00) External vs. Internal 

(58:19) What’s Enough 

(1:04:50) 30 For 30 Challenge 

(1:08:47) Meditation 

(1:10:40) Creative Boredom Challenge

(1:17:35) Ice Bath 

(1:20:04) Life’s Short  

Sahil's Links 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sahilbloom

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sahilbloom/ 

My Links 

🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view     

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda     

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda      

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