I ask Roy about ego, reputation, the 2 year time period between getting rescinded from Harvard and transferring into Columbia, learning everything for the first time in front of the world, and more. 00:00 Authentic people are disliked5:00 Reputation with 10 vs 10 million people8:45 Risk framework when launching Interview Coder11:24 No regrets on burning bridges15:01 Looking down on people?16:23 Being a founder is not that hard22:53 Taking risk without rich parents25:23 The 2 years between Harvard & Columbia28:56 5 months of conscious comatose32:35 How to be shameless: Ego vs Arrogance 41:28 "I wanted everyone to recognize the person my ego thought I was"44:10 Why do controversial people (Trump, Kanye, Elon) win?49:55 Learning everything in front of the worldMore about WYRD: https://www.wyrd.show/manifesto

My conversation with Jackson Denka, founder of Azura.

Jackson on X: https://x.com/jacksondenkaSarah on X: https://x.com/srachaWYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/

Timestamps:0:33 Dropping out of UChicago with a full-ride scholarship

2:26 Falling through the cracks of society

9:12 Why AI is disturbing

13:38 Influencer culture was the most inefficient market of the last decade

15:05 Crypto is the only market with upside for the average person

21:56 No matter what outcome AI brings, you need to be taking more risk

25:04 Conviction in intercepting the world's trajectory

27:31 The top 1% warrants criticism

30:46 Everyone hates crypto but it's beautiful

If you don't hit a life crisis, it's coming for you. My conversation with Danielle Strachman, cofounder of 1517 Fund and Thiel Fellowship. 1:02 The terrifying role luck plays in success8:16 The pursuit of excellence is exhausting15:39 Finding her mission of bringing freedom & autonomy to young people24:56 Why is it so hard to attain clarity of desire25:31 People get threatened by others enacting on their desires31:07 Is there an age deadline to being exceptional?39:22 Incredible stories over the years ft. Shahed from Loom45:23 How to survive uncertainty50:33 The point is not to get what you want52:40 How does it feel that this is your lifeDanielle's X: https://x.com/DStrachmanWYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/

Viraj Ala is a 21-year old, San Francisco-based content creator. He creates vox-pop, street interview-driven content that democratizes Silicon Valley by bringing conversations with top founders, investors, and creators to aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals.Shout out to Viraj for allowing me to share such a vulnerable story, Matt Lo for being the goat editor, and Succinct for sponsoring this show!

Timestamps:0:44 Being a content creator is harder than being a founder

7:19 How to be patient for results and not go insane

11:18 Realizing he was a bum at 16

13:43 Passion + Shame = Greatness

20:22 Transferring to Berkeley

22:33 Big Tech, Consulting, & White House

24:45 Leaving Berkeley to pursue content

31:50 How to make the most exceptional content

35:40 Letting go of people from your past

40:51 When hard work produces no result

44:20 How Viraj gets opportunities to interview billionaires

48:10 Shame and passion in pursuing your pathViraj's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viraj.ala/WYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/Sponsor: https://www.succinct.xyz/

Ppl Pleasr, aka Emily Yang, is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Shibuya, a crowdfunding platform for bold, independent filmmakers. Her anime, White Rabbit, became the first crypto project to win an Emmy.

0:27 The World is a Giant Ponzi

5:52 The Ultimate Humiliation: Unemployment

9:28 Opportunity that skyrocketed her

12:31 Can Anyone be Special?

16:42 Emily's Evolution of Self-Esteem

19:45 The Same White Rabbit Before and After an Emmy

26:29 Euphoria of Creating

28:24 Tying Your Worth to the External World

29:15 What does it mean to follow your heart?

33:16 Storytelling in an AI future

Ppl Pleasr's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pplpleasr/

WYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/

Sponsor: https://www.succinct.xyz/

Iyan Moon Yang reveals the reality of modeling, engineering success, and struggles of chasing your dreams as a 20 year old.

0:53 Starting college after her weird gap year

2:45 Working at Sperm Racing as a girl?!

6:54 How she walked for Dior at 17

8:18 Engineering outlier success

11:46 Evolution of mindset and ego

14:48 You need to detach from what other's think of you

18:19 Struggles of living an unconventional life

23:50 Joining the herd, rejecting the herd, being outside the herd

28:43 Money problems in chasing your dream

31:12 Emotional scars from 4 months of not booking a single modeling job

33:51 Why 2025 was the hardest year of her life

36:13 We have so much time to figure it out

Shout out to Iyan for allowing me to share such a vulnerable story, Matt Loh for being the goat editor, and Succinct for sponsoring this show!

Iyan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iyanmoonyang/

WYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/

Sponsor: https://www.succinct.xyz/

Shane Fan graduated high school at 15, UC Berkeley at 18, is the founder & CEO of a stealth startup building onchain products, and is a creator with 7 million+ followers and 3 billion+ views. And he’s 23 years old : D

Timestamps:

1:25 25M views in 24 hours

4:44 How he gained viral-sense

6:54 Posting 30-50 videos everyday

11:37 Instagram Success

13:54 Juggling social media & companies

15:06 Being bullied after immigrating to America

18:11 Graduating Berkeley at 18

23:28 Uncertainty in college

29:04 How Lucy Guo changed his life

32:02 Sperm Racing?….

34:19 Do you regret the founder path?

Shout out to Shane for allowing me to share such a vulnerable story, Matt Loh for being the goat editor, and Succinct for sponsoring this show!

Shane Fan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanefanx/

WYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/

Sponsor: https://www.succinct.xyz/

a WYRD interview with Jayden Clark on being at the center of niche San Francisco technology culture1:58 Jester-maxxing5:54 Running a boutique media consulting firm13:12 Gym as his bridge to tech18:13 MOTS podcast, art or business?23:44 Personality as Edge28:32 Musician to B2B SaaS Founder to Podcaster46:38 Ragebait54:23 SF bubble1:12:57 How can one have a worthwhile existence in SF?Follow Jayden: https://x.com/creatine_cycleMore about WYRD: https://www.wyrd.show/Thank you to my sponsors:Succinct: Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability (https://www.succinct.xyz/)Kalshi: The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money (https://kalshi.com/)

My WYRD conversation with Dris Elamri.Dris is 18 and CEO at Instinct (60k+ creators). He previously blew up Cluely, grew a YouTube channel to 200K subs in 9 months, made $50K/mo dropshipping, and got kicked out of high school for hacking water fountains.We talk about fears of the permanent underclass, ethics of ragebait, why action beats everything, and the pursuit of building something timeless. Enjoy!0:49 Kicked out of HS, no money, no friends2:37 $50K/month dropshipping fake AirPod Maxes 4:42 How a cold DM to Roy Lee changed everything6:44 Why society is raising a generation of losers7:57 Moving to SF at 17 for Cluely16:57 Internal moments at Cluely that never went public19:08 Everyone unambitious will be in the permanent slave underclass23:37 Methods will save humanity, UGC creators making $10K+/month25:24 How AI will change ad tech and marketing33:37 How Methods support 60K+ creators35:29 Why you should never do business with people you don't trust39:23 The ethics of ragebait (and whether it's worth it)44:45 Why Dris wants to make something as timeless as a cupFollow Dris: https://x.com/elamriMore about WYRD: https://www.wyrd.show/Thank you to my sponsors:Succinct: Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability (https://www.succinct.xyz/)Kalshi: The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money (https://kalshi.com/)

My first WYRD interview with Skyler Chan, Founder of GRU Space. 00:28 - Why Skyler’s Building the First Lunar Hotel4:53 - Death at 166:43 - Learning at Berkeley & Tesla8:42 - YOLO: Help Make Humans Interplanetary 11:59 - Hiring when everyone wants to work in AI16:30 - Execute 18:43 - If we succeed, billions of humans will experience the beauty of lifeFollow Skyler: https://x.com/skyler_chan_More about WYRD: https://www.wyrd.show/Thank you to my sponsors:Succinct: Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability (https://www.succinct.xyz/)Kalshi: The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money (https://kalshi.com/)