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Jerrod Carmichael – Uber-Productivity and Dangerous Comedy (#222)

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“Everyone’s looking for rules to follow, and the sooner you realize there aren’t any, the better art can be.” – Jerrod Carmichael Jerrod Carmichael is pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film. Now just 29 years old, what this driven North Carolina native has accomplished is mind-boggling, and …

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Dom D'Agostino on Disease Prevention, Cancer, and Living Longer (#188)

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“The pursuit of size and strength really contradicts what we want to go after for longevity.” – Dominic D’Agostino Dr. Dominic “Dom” D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is one of my most popular guests, and I’m happy to have him rejoin the show for the third time. (You can listen to Dom’s first appearance here, and his second appearance …

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On Zero-to-Hero Transformations (#155)

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  In this episode, we don’t have any special guests, unless you count the multiple personalities in my own head. We are not talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger, black-market chemists, Josh Waitzkin, Jamie Foxx or anyone else per our regular interviews. Today, I’ll be responding to questions you upvoted on Reddit. This episode includes gems like: My favorite books Learning …

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My 10 Favorite Purchases in 10 Months

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I love testing new gadgets and products. It’s an obsession. For The 4-Hour Chef alone, I tested well over $100,000 worth of gear. OCD + Amazon Prime = expensive. Why on earth do I do it? Simple–I love sharing the 5-10 things out of 500-1,000 that really work. Strange fetish, perhaps, but I get off on it. …

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Meet "Scorpion," The Real-Life Santa Claus

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“I believe that peace means that one person has the biggest stick. I build those sticks.” – Walter O’Brien UPDATE: This episode ended up sparking a lot of controversy. Many skeptics asked pointed questions about Walter’s background, claims, and credentials (often pointing to pages like this or this). This is the first time I’ve run into such an …

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Inside an "Anything Goes" Sex Club

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“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.” – Mae West In this post, we’ll look two alternatives to monogamy: an “anything goes” sex club and living with three lovers at once. It’s very graphic, definitely not suitable for work (NSFW), and guaranteed to offend most of you. If you’re chomping at the …

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Matt Mullenweg on Polyphasic Sleep, Tequila, and Building Billion-Dollar Companies (#61)

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Matt Mullenweg has been named one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. In this episode, I attempt to get him drunk on tequila and make him curse. Matt is most associated with a tool that powers more than …

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Human Foie Gras — A Golden Opportunity

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To kick things off, what is foie gras? It can be explained with a short missive from our friend Wikipedia: The California foie gras law, California S.B. 1520, is a California State statute that prohibits the “force feed[ing of] a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird’s liver beyond normal size”… Former Senator John …

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