Brian Klaas is a political scientist, a professor at University College London and an author.
Small, seemingly insignificant events can have profound effects on the world. But how much of our fate is truly determined by chance, and if chaos plays such a huge role, how much control do we actually have over anything?
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Why Life Feels So Dull All The Time (and how to fix it) - Robert Greene - #1162
Robert Greene is an author and historian. Expect to learn why Robert chose to write about the ‘Sublime’, why you feel so miserable all of the time, and how to make life feel magical again, if we’re mistakenly trying to recover childhood through novelty, travel, drugs and stimulat ... Show More
2h 21m
Oct 10
The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161
Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org Expect to learn the most valuable lessons from over 500+ personal development books, why understanding values are so hard, which popular self-help advice turned out to have surprisingly little sub ... Show More
1h 27m
Oct 8
CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” - John Kiriakou - #1160
John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, intelligence whistleblower, journalist, and author. Expect to learn who’s actually controlling the US government, what John thinks of the new Paramount/Warner Bros. Skydance Merger, why we should be worried about and taking ... Show More
2h 36m
Jan 2024
417: A professor of global politics at University College London, Brian Klaas. FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
<p dir="ltr">Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 417, an interview with the author of <em>Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters,</em> Brian Klaas. In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas deep-dives into the phenomenon of randomness, unpicking our ne ... Show More
47m 12s
May 2025
314 - Fluke - Brian Klaas (rebroadcast)
<p>In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, and get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived (once one finally accepts the power and influence of randomness, chaos, and chance). In addition, we learn not to fall prey to proporti ... Show More
54m 19s
Jul 2024
Cause and Effect on a Global Scale
Barry Ritholtz speaks to Brian Klaas, associate professor of global politics at University College London and affiliate researcher at the University of Oxford. He is the author of five books, including Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters and Corruptible: Who Ge ... Show More
1h 22m
Nov 2021
How Power Changes Us, with Brian Klaas
Does power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to power? It’s a question that runs through the heart of the work of Brian Klaas, professor of global politics at University College London and Washington Post columnist. His latest book is 'Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Ch ... Show More
50m 51s