Best Scott Crouch Podcasts (2024)

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Meera Sodha: Dinner 33:56

24m ago33:56

33:56

This week, Gilly is with Meera Sodha, author of Made In India The Times’ book of the year in 2014, Fresh India, which won the 2017 Observer Food Monthly's Best New Cookbook Award, East which drew from her Guardian’s New Vegan column, and now Dinner, with a rather different story. This is about the food that helped her recovery from burn out, scribb…

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Scott Adams: Unpacking Former President Donald Trump’s Livestream with Elon Musk and how Trump and Kamala will shape the 2024 Election 1:25:41

21m ago1:25:41

1:25:41

In this episode, I delve into the current political climate in anticipation of the 2024 election. We analyze the past eight years, focusing on key figures like Trump, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and Kamala Harris, and discuss crucial issues such as cybersecurity and election integrity. Scott Adams joins us to share insights from his 'Coffee with Scott …

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Melissa Hemsley: Real Healthy 45:42

5d ago45:42

45:42

This week, we’re back at Rockwater, Hove talking LIVE with Melissa Hemsley, food writer of six best-selling cook books, including her latest, the Sunday Times bestseller, Real Healthy. A delicious reminder of how to unprocess our diet with easy, everyday recipes, the book is an antidote to ultra processed foods. Gilly chats to Melissa about everyda…

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Navigating New Frontiers: A Military Tech Overhaul with Chris Kirchhoff 1:09:21

7d ago1:09:21

1:09:21

A Note from James: Is our military way behind other countries in terms of using the latest technology with AI, with drones, with biotech, with cybersecurity? I think for many years we know we're behind on supersonic weapons. Are we behind on AI? How did Hamas send undetected a thousand or so paragliders into Israel without Israel detecting it? Are …

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Diana Henry: Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons 38:09

12d ago38:09

38:09

This week, we’re going back to London, 2002, a time before pomegranate molasses, when Nigella and Jamie were first on the telly and Ottolenghi had yet to chuck his flavour bombs into the salad bowl of British cuisine, to the publication of the very first Diana Henry book, Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons. Click here for Gilly's previous chats with Diana…

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The Realities of Entrepreneurship with Mike & Kass Lazerow 1:01:12

13d ago1:01:12

1:01:12

A Note from James: So, in 2006, I was starting this company called StockPicker. This random guy calls me out of the blue and says, "I want to be CEO of your company. I just sold Golf.com and now I'm figuring out what to do." So we meet for breakfast, and he gave me all these ideas that were great. I stole all of them, built up StockPicker, and sold…

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This Election is NOT What You Think 41:50

18d ago41:50

41:50

A Note from James: "So, you know, just like last week, I wanted to bring a somewhat neutral point of view to all the wild conspiracy theories, allegations, rumors, and actual facts about the Trump assassination attempt. I wanted to comment on the conspiracy theories. What are the facts? What could be our open questions? And just state the truth abo…

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Rachel Roddy: Five Quarters 55:30

19d ago55:30

55:30

This week, in the very first Cooking the Books LIVE at Rockwater in Hove, an audience with Guardian Feast columnist, Rachel Roddy. Rachel is the author of three books about her life in Italy including the multi award winning Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome which was first published in 2015 and now reissued in 2024. It’s the …

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Navigating Alternate Realities with Blake Crouch 1:01:05

21d ago1:01:05

1:01:05

A Note from James: I'm so excited. I'm like a fanboy of my favorite TV show of the year. It's called Dark Matter, and it's on Apple TV Plus. I don't know how to describe it. It's a thriller, it's drama, it's science fiction, and it's emotional. It's just a well-written show. Every episode's a cliffhanger, and it's based on one of my favorite novels…

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Carolyn Boyd: Amuse Bouche 25:24

26d ago25:24

25:24

This week, as the schools get ready for the long summer holidays, Gilly is with the woman everyone needs to pop in their suitcase if they’re heading to France, Carolyn Boyd, author of Amuse Bouche, How to Eat Your Way around France. Carolyn has guided Gilly through the best food destinations – and therefore THE best destinations in France for the l…

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Assassination Attempt on Trump: The Facts, Theories, Future of Democracy, and My Love Letter to America 47:31

27d ago47:31

47:31

A Note from James: "So during COVID, every single day, I was doing a podcast because I felt there was so much misinformation in the mainstream media. Everyone was saying conspiracy theories, and nobody was getting the math right on how infections like COVID-19 spread. I just wanted to make the information more correct every day, explain what was go…

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Su Scott: Pocha 34:57

1M ago34:57

34:57

This week, we’re off to Seoul with British-Korean writer, Su Scott. Su has lived in Britain longer than she lived in Korea where she grew up, and has raised her own daughter in London. But her latest book, Pocha tells the story of the country she left behind, her family and the food they shared, often in the pochas, the covered markets and food sta…

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How to Have Impossible Conversations when Facts Don't Matter! Peter Boghossian 1:25:07

1M ago1:25:07

1:25:07

A Note from James: You know, it's election season, and guess what? Everybody is annoyed right now. Do you know why? It's not that their opinions are annoying, I could care less, but everybody wants to know your opinions on everything. And you know what? It's a dangerous time right now. You could have opinions about who should be president, you coul…

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: How to Eat 30 Plants A Week 31:21

1M ago31:21

31:21

This week, as the UK (and France) go to the polls, Gilly chats to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about the best way to support the NHS, his latest book How to Eat 30 Plants a Week. Last time we met to talk about the River Cottage’s Good Comfort, his message was to swap out the less healthy ingredients for more, eating healthily not by taking stuff out…

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Chris Van Tulleken: Ultra Processed People 38:05

1M ago38:05

38:05

This week in an extra episode in the run up to the UK General Election to remind everyone why we must get the next government to fix the food system, Gilly meets Chris Van Tulleken, TV, radio and infectious diseases doctor who catapulted the term ultra processed food into the public consciousness in 2023 with his book Ultra Processed People. Now ou…

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Crypto Millions: Nat Eliason's Wild Crypto Journey and the Future of Digital Currency 1:17:58

1M ago1:17:58

1:17:58

A Note from James: Today, we have an incredibly exciting guest, Nat Eliason, author of the riveting book Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance. Tons of people have made millions, maybe even tens of millions, in the various crypto crazes of 2013, 2018, 2021, and now. In his book, Nat tells his own adventure …

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Drugs, Chess, and Rock & Roll | Brian Lawlor 1:07:18

2M ago1:07:18

1:07:18

A Note from James: Drugs, chess, and rock and roll—Brian Lawlor has seen it all. I didn’t include the sex part because I don’t know, but he's been to jail. We talk all about that: how, why, when. But I was concerned—how did he survive? Interestingly, part of the way he survived was through chess. Brian's story is riveting and valuable, touching on …

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Giulia Crouch: The Happiest Diet in the World 30:59

2M ago30:59

30:59

This week, we’re with Giulia Crouch to look at the diet of the Blue Zones that will make us not only live long and healthy lives, but is the Happiest Diet in the World. A little known fact: the very first book Gilly wrote back in 1993 on the back of a Channel 4 series called Food File was The Mediterranean Health Diet: the delicious way to lose wei…

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Mastering the Book Game: Charlie Hoehn's Playbook for Self-Publishing Success 1:40:36

2M ago1:40:36

1:40:36

A Note from James: Charlie Hoehn has quietly become the go-to expert on self-publishing your book. Charlie has worked with some of the best authors out there, like Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, David Goggins, Ramit Sethi, and Cody Sanchez. Charlie has touched every part of the book-making process—from coming up with the right idea to marketing the book …

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Facing Mortality and Beyond: Peak Performance in the Most Crucial Moments | Sebastian Junger 1:03:55

2M ago1:03:55

1:03:55

A Note from James: Imagine you are dying or you're about to die. Let's say you were hit by a car, you're bleeding out, you're on the way to the hospital but you just have this sense that you're not going to live, and you see visions of someone you knew in the past, maybe a mother or a father, and they're saying, "Don't worry, we're here for you." C…

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Anna Haugh: Cooking with Anna 29:52

2M ago29:52

29:52

This week, we’re with Irish chef, Anna Haugh to talk about her first cookbook, Cooking with Anna. Anna is a massive part of the story of British food culture, leaving Dublin as a young woman to cook in the steamiest kitchens in London – Shane Osborn’s Pied a Terre, Philip Howard’s The Square and Gordon Ramsay’s London House. But in 2019, she opened…

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How to Achieve Peak Performance in Any Field: Chess GM Hikaru's Life Lesson 1:44:18

2M ago1:44:18

1:44:18

A Note from James: Today, we have a fascinating story of resilience, transformation, and triumph. Imagine being the second-best player in the world in your field, only to see your ranking plummet over the years. Hikaru Nakamura experienced just that in the world of chess. Once the number two player globally, he saw his ranking drop below the top 20…

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Mark Diacono: Vegetables 31:55

2M ago31:55

31:55

This week, we’re talking to friend of the show, Mark Diacono about his latest book, Vegetables. This is a book packed with ideas about how to get more from food from the land, a journey through the seasons which Ottolenghi calls 'simple, soulful, seasonal.' Bee Wilson calls it 'joyful', and Julius Roberts says it's 'an inspiring veg bible'. But for…

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Superconvergence: The Dawn of Human-Engineered Intelligence with Jamie Metzl 1:19:15

2M ago1:19:15

1:19:15

Episode Description In this riveting episode of "The James Altucher Show," James welcomes back futurist Jamie Metzl to explore the groundbreaking themes from his new book, Superconvergence: How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform Our Lives, Work, and World. As one of the most frequent and insightful guests on the show, Jamie sh…

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The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024 23:35

2M ago23:35

23:35

In this special extra episode on the morning after the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2024, we leaf through some of the best food writing of the year in four of the 16 categories to explore what judges Laura Nickoll, Lyndon Gee, Kalpna Woolf and Fliss Freeborn were looking for in their shortlists. Click here for the Awards brochure and the full set o…

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Ryan Holiday’s Stoic Approach | How to Balance Self Improvement and Justice 1:12:42

2M ago1:12:42

1:12:42

A Note from James: Today, we've got a returning guest, a fan favorite, and someone whose work has consistently left a mark on this podcast—Ryan Holiday. We've talked about many of his books, from "Trust Me, I'm Lying" to his series on stoicism, including "The Obstacle is the Way". His latest work, "Right Thing Right Now: Good Values, Good Character…

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'Secret Altucher' | Negotiation lesson from Eminem, Life Lessons from Bill Murray, Choose Yourself with Mick Jagger, and Hero's Journey with Stan Lee. 31:52

2M ago31:52

31:52

Episode Description: In this special episode of "The James Altucher Show," James shares his unique commentary on surprisingly impactful media that has imparted valuable life and business lessons. Through an in-depth analysis of scenes from iconic movies and insights from legendary figures, James reveals how these media moments have influenced his t…

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Fuchsia Dunlop: Invitation to a Banquet 35:31

2M ago35:31

35:31

This week, we’ve been invited to a Chinese Banquet with the word on Chinese food, Fuchsia Dunlop. Her multi award winning book, Invitation to a Banquet is a huge and deep dive into Chinese life through the prism of food. After 30 years of writing about Chinese food culture, she has a seat at the table most of us can have no idea about. Click here t…

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Steve Forbes and the Billionaire's Mind 34:31

2M ago34:31

34:31

A Note from James: Today, we have a very special guest, Steve Forbes, who is arguably the world's leading authority on billionaires. Each year, Forbes magazine publishes the Forbes 400, listing the 400 wealthiest people on the planet. Although I sometimes disagree with the list, Steve always provides fascinating insights into what it takes to becom…

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Frankie Paz: Plant Feasts 30:34

3M ago30:34

30:34

This week, we’re off to the jungles of Colombia and... London with Modern Medicine Woman, Frankie Paz Her book Plant Feasts is about how to live in the concrete jungle or the madness of modern life with the wisdom of the ancients. It’s about slowing down and finding how to live – how to really live by connecting with friends, family and nature – ev…

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Secrets Unveiled: The Power of Hidden Truths with Andrew Gold 1:19:29

3M ago1:19:29

1:19:29

A Note from James: Today, we've got Andrew Gold back on the podcast. He's an investigative journalist and the author of "The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults, and Influencers" This book is riveting—every page dives into the intriguing world of secrets. What are secrets? What are the big secrets we know of? How do you tell …

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Whole Foods Market Founder, John Mackey’s Journey of Love, Life, and Capitalism: Hippie to Heavy Hitter: 1:10:44

3M ago1:10:44

1:10:44

A Note from James: Today, we have a remarkable guest, John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods. Whole Foods is my go-to place for groceries, whether I'm shopping in-store or ordering via Instacart. John’s story is fascinating. He started as a young, hippie-ish guy living in a commune and working in a food co-op. One day, he thought, "Hey, I could do…

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