Annie Duke, former professional poker player and author of Thinking in Bets and How to Decide talks through decision making processes, the role of luck in all different types of outcomes and how to make big decisions on the public stage plus lots more. She was an incredible guest and her work and track record speaks for itself. 

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David Epstein, the brilliant author of Range and The Sports Gene talks to me about lots of topics from why children should sample lots of different sports from a young age, to why making mistakes as you learn leads to holding onto the knowledge longer and why being OK with being misunderstood as you navigate your career can lead to a more fulfilling job.

Some of the books that we mention are Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Grit.

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Matt Ridley, author of multiple books including The Rational Optimist talks about his background, his illustrious family history and how that motivates him. We also talk through why we as a population tend towards pessimism and what to do about it as well as how we as a society can be more innovative.

I really enjoyed talking to Matt and hope you enjoy listening too. Please rate and review us on iTunes and let me have any feedback on Twitter at @_rhoward.

You can follow Matt @mattwridley and check out his new book, How Innovation Works here. 

Stu Turton the bestselling and Costa Award winning author of The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and the new book The Devil and the Dark Water talks through everything from his need to write, his inability to relax, his method writing style and the whole process of creating a book from the actual plotting through to the marketing.

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Danny Finkelstein, writer at The Times and author of Everything in Moderation talks through his career, his parents impact on his and his siblings ambition, whether some recent PM's were 'Men of Destiny' and the theory of laddering in political messaging PLUS much more.

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Hi,

This is the very brief introduction to my new podcast Zero2Something where I interview the people who create something from nothing whether that's inventors, writers or entrepreneurs. 

I hope you enjoy and please subscribe and share!

Richard