Mar 9
Ken Rideout On Why Everything You Want Is On The Other Side Of Hard
Ken Rideout is a masters world champion marathon runner, recovering opioid addict, and the author of the new memoir, “Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard.” This conversation explores the childhood trauma Ken spent decades outpacing, the addiction that nearly destroye ... Show More
1h 51m
Mar 2
The Handyman of High Art: Tom Sachs On Why Creativity Is The Enemy, Why Talent Is Overrated, & The Disciplines That Define A Life
Tom Sachs is a contemporary artist and cultural provocateur known for turning branded consumer objects into high art. This conversation explores the paradoxes that define Tom's art and his iconoclastic philosophy of living; why creativity is the enemy, the power of sympathetic ma ... Show More
1h 46m
Feb 26
Decoding Looksmaxxing: The Crisis Consuming Young Men & The Real Path To Self-Worth
Bone smashing. Steroids. Crystal meth. 13-year-olds letting AI judge their faces. It's called looksmaxxing – and it presents as self-improvement. Underneath, it's a deftly weaponized pipeline to nihilism, misogyny, and self-destruction, consuming millions of young men right now. ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 2021
Craig Foster - My Octopus Teacher, Winning an Academy Award, and Why We Need Nature
Today’s guest is Craig Foster, who I've been waiting a while to have on the show. Besides the fact that he's one of my personal heroes, he has the unique designation of being the first Slo Mo guest to have to reschedule his interview date because he unexpectedly won an Academy Aw ... Show More
42m 48s
Mar 2022
Tom Bilyeu | How to Create Massive Impact
<p>How’d a kid who loved movies and thought he’d be a filmmaker leave film school, and end up building a $1-billion healthy nutrition business, then exit and focus his energy back on the quest to build the next Disney, but with a focus not just on entertainment, but on impact?&nb ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2016
Sacha Gervasi & David de Rothschild: Chasing Dreams, Seeking Adventure & The Power of Story To Change The World
“Curiosity is one of the greatest drivers of change.”David de Rothschild
Two British ex-pats walk into a room. One, a writer and filmmaker. The other, a global adventurer and environmentalist. Upon cursory glance, it's an odd pairing — two exceedingly talented and accomplished ye ... Show More
1h 52m
Nov 2019
Edward Norton: Thoughts On Ego, Taking Big Swings & Speaking Truth To Power
“I think ego is the deepest addiction there is.”Edward Norton
One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, today Edward Norton graces the podcast to discuss his fascinating life and perspective on filmmaking, culture, politics and the nature of power.Over the course of his ... Show More
1h 50m
Dec 2022
Hal Elrod - How to Grow Immune to Suffering and the Steps to a Miracle Morning
Today's guest is Hal Elrod, who I interviewed in Austin, Texas. Meeting someone like Hal leads me to sick back in immense gratitude that I get to do this podcast and meet people like him. (Thanks to Brandon Fong, who interviewed me on 7-Figure Millenials, for introducing us.)Fir ... Show More
1h 22m
Sep 2022
Carlo van Lienden - How to Embrace the Suck, Fight the Fake, and Prepare for a Mixed Reality
I am once again in Amsterdam on this endless quest for wisdom to talk to you about a little history and little future with one of my great friends, Carlo van Lienden. Before we begin, consider watching this podcast on YouTube instead (or as well). It heavily complements the exper ... Show More
1h 25m
Oct 2021
Alan Cumming | Making Peace & Claiming Joy
<p>Surviving what he describes as a tormented childhood riddled with abuse, Alan Cumming turned to acting, before he knew it was acting, as a way to step out of the world he inhabited and into one of his own creation. One that was safe, where he made the rules. That impulse event ... Show More
46m 51s
Sep 2022
Advertising Will Save Us: Ending Gun Violence, with Leo Burnett’s Sam Shepherd and Ashley Geisheker
Can advertising’s immense power to change behaviour be used for good? In this brand new podcast, produced by Intelligence Squared, Myra Nussbaum, President and Chief Creative Officer at Havas Chicago and Dan Lucey, Chief Creative Officer at Havas New York, talk to the people who ... Show More
44m 49s
Feb 2022
Understanding Psychedelics and Fantastic Fungi
We all know the anti-drug propaganda, and we’ve all heard about “bad trips,” but how much of that is actually true? Today’s guest made the Netflix Documentary “Fantastic Fungi” and has a different viewpoint on psychedelics. In this episode, Louie Schwartzberg explains how many ps ... Show More
31m 59s
The James Bond of filmmaking, Louie Psihoyos is an Academy Award winning documentarian with a track record of putting his life at risk to create weapons of mass instruction designed to thrill—and forge positive change.
One of the most interesting people I have ever met, Louie took home the Oscar for The Cove, an Ocean's 11-esque thriller that powerfully expo ... Show More
