Frances Haugen is the Facebook whistleblower whose story inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Social Reckoning.
This compilation revisits my 2023 conversation with Frances, then turns to Jonathan Haidt, Max Fisher, and former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
We discuss the falseness of the free speech vs. safety binary, the run-up to January 6, what smart ... Show More
Oct 12
Joe Manganiello On Getting Sober, The Mystery Illness That Almost Killed Him & The Trauma We Inherit
Joe Manganiello is an actor (True Blood, Magic Mike, One Piece) and author of Bloodlines. This conversation explores his odyssey of pain and suffering, self-discovery, and ultimately spiritual transformation – from a near-fatal illness to a family history that upended what he tho ... Show More
2h 50m
Oct 5
Journalist Anand Giridharadas On The Lost Art Of Empathy, Compassion, & Understanding Each Other
Anand Giridharadas is a New York Times bestselling author whose new book is Man in the Mirror. This conversation explores the death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway, the story at the center of the book. We discuss Anand's return from punditry to reporting, how power actually ... Show More
2h 13m
Oct 1
Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris On Turning Down A $100 Million Netflix Deal, The Cost of Success & Curiosity As A Superpower With Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist and bestselling author. Kenya Barris is a writer, producer, and the creator of Black-ish. Together they host the Audible Original podcast The Unusual Suspects. This conversation explores opposite approaches to storytelling. Kenya mines his own lif ... Show More
1h 38m
Aug 2020
Ep. 264: What Is Your Everest? with Samir Patham
This week, Ashdin is joined by one of his closest friends - Samir Patham, Director, Adventure Pulse, and a mountaineer. Samir has climbed Mount Everest (yeah, that's right!), and he talks about that on this episode. They talk about Samir's journey from working for Infosys to beco ... Show More
1h 10m
Aug 2023
Aditya Gupta: Sports & Business Parallels
In this episode of The Habit Coach podcast, Ashdin Doctor is joined by Aditya Gupta, the visionary Founder of The Rug Republic, an accomplished Mountaineer, Author, and captivating TEDx speaker. Gupta delves into his early introduction to exhilarating treks, recounting his inaugu ... Show More
39m 38s
Aug 2015
Climber Conrad Anker on Suffering, Risk, Reward & The Allure of Meru
“Enlightenment isn't found on a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.”Conrad Anker
Imagine bivouacking in a portaledge — you and two other guys crammed into a small mountaineering tent pitched vertically and dangling on the side of a sheer Himalayan cliff 19,000 feet above solid gro ... Show More
2h 10m
Aug 2023
Interview with Guy Cotter, CEO of Adventure Consultants
<p>Today's episode is an interview with Guy Cotter, CEO of adventure consultants who has been mountaineering and guiding for over 3 decades. We talk about him starting out as a mountaineer, becoming a guide, and then becoming the CEO of Adventure Consultants. We talk about ho ... Show More
1h 2m