Best David Perell Podcasts (2024)

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The Cultural Tutor: Two Kinds of Writing (Which One Are You?) 1:16:24

8h ago1:16:24

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Your success as a writer boils down to your style. And today, you’re going to learn how to master the two different types of style — minimalism vs. maximalism — from the style-king himself: The Cultural Tutor. Minimalism is clear, concise, and direct. It distills an idea. Maximalism captures the texture, the nuance, the beauty of life. It creates a…

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Mark Forsyth: How to Make Your Writing Memorable | How I Write Podcast 56:39

25m ago56:39

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What do Katy Perry, Charles Dickens, and the Bible all have in common? They’re responsible for some of the most famous lines in history. And in this episode, you’ll find out why. Mark, an author and mad scientist of language, reveals the secret sauce to memorable writing: rhetorical devices. Chiasmus. Anaphora. Antithesis. Synecdoche. Writing today…

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#199 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire (2019) 1:17:59

9d ago1:17:59

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Few episodes in The Knowledge Project’s nine-year history have impacted people’s relationships and lives more than when Esther Perel shared her infinite wisdom for the first time in 2019. Shane and Esther discuss how the stories you tell yourself shape how you see the world (and what to do about that), the important conversations to have at the beg…

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Learn Great Copywriting in 76 Minutes | Harry Dry 1:16:05

6d ago1:16:05

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Harry is a master copywriter — and that’s not hyperbole. With Marketing Examples, he’s taught over 100,000 people how to write copy that rips. And guess what? You’re next. Copywriting is the wrapper of success for every company. It’s the difference between Snickers, the bestselling chocolate bar in the world (“You’re not you when you’re hungry”) an…

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Why GTRevival is now 'Project Motor Racing' with Ian Bell and GIANTS Software 26:53

3d ago26:53

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GTRevival is now called Project Motor Racing and will be published by Farming Simulator custodians GIANTS Software. Hear from, first, GIANTS Founder and CEO Christian Ammann about why the independent Swiss firm is entering sim racing and then from Ian Bell. The former lead of GTR, Need for Speed: Shift and Project CARS (among others) explains proje…

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How to Write Fearlessly (like Scott Galloway) 1:24:36

3d ago1:24:36

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Scott is a cocktail of crass humor, brutal honesty, and millionaire advice. He spent ten years wanting to write a book, and when he finally did, everything he learned could be summed up into two words: Be fearless. So buckle up — because today, you’re going to learn how to write fearlessly. In this episode, we break down the nitty-gritty mechanics …

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#198 Maya Shankar: The Science of Identity 48:07

4d ago48:07

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Shane Parrish and Maya Shankar dive into the complexities of identity and personal transformation. They explore how significant life changes can reshape one's sense of self and explain how to navigate these transitions. Maya shares her personal stories and tips on making proactive choices and keeping a flexible, layered sense of self. They also dis…

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84. Should we ban social media for kids? Mentioning Jon Haidt, Seymour Skinner, Marc Andreessen... 1:03:51

7d ago1:03:51

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Jon Haidt's main points:- No smartphones before high school. Parents should delay children’s entry into round-the-clock internet access by giving only basic phones (phones with limited apps and no internet browser) before ninth grade (roughly age 14). - No social media before 16. Let kids get through the most vulnerable period of brain development …

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Everything Nat Eliason Learned Writing His First Book 1:39:16

10d ago1:39:16

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Two words: Storytelling. Masterclass. Yeah, yeah, we know — “become a better storyteller” is probably the most basic writing advice out there. But this episode is far from basic. It’s all about the storytelling advice you actually need that you didn’t get in school. Once upon a time, Nat wrote online SEO blogs: simple, generic, and kind of boring. …

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How to Write a Book Like Ryan Holiday 1:14:46

30d ago1:14:46

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Sign Up for "Writing Examples" and Learn From The Best Writing of All Time: https://www.writingexamples.com Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s most prolific writers. He’s published sixteen books, written a daily email newsletter every day for the past eight years, has 1.7 million YouTube subscribers, and runs his own creative agency. (Reciting that…

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#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: TEAM Parenting 1:12:23

18d ago1:12:23

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It's surprising how often we give our kids orders: "Do this!" "Don't do that!" But if we want to raise resilient and independent kids, is this the right approach? Michaeleen Doucleff argues there's a better way, and in this conversation, she explains why and shares practical strategies for solving the parenting "crisis" in the modern world. In this…

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Behind the Scenes of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's Creation - Developer Interview 40:19

28d ago40:19

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Ahead of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's release in September, we spoke to its Game Director, Guillaume Guinet. Why is it an always-online MMO? What will change from the demo to the final version in three months time? What are the post-release plans? Nintendo Switch? VR? Bikes? It's all answered here... Let us know which other developers you'd l…

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Jerry Seinfeld’s Rules for Writing | How I Write Podcast 41:35

2M ago41:35

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Jerry Seinfeld taught me more about writing than all my English teachers combined. People forget that comedians aren’t just jokesters — they’re writers. And with 10 Emmy Awards, 3 Golden Globes, and a TV show that’s generated over three billion in revenue, it’s safe to say that Jerry Seinfeld is a dang good one. In this episode, I share the top ten…

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#196 Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home 2:15:53

1M ago2:15:53

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Succeeding in both life and business is very difficult. The skills needed to scale a company often clash with those required to cultivate a thriving home life. Yet, Brent Beshore seems to have cracked the code—or at least he's actively working on it. In this conversation, he spills his secrets on excelling in both arenas. This episode is split into…

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Motorsport Games Explains Le Mans Ultimate DLC and Cancelled IndyCar Game - CEO interview 1:11:12

2M ago1:11:12

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Le Mans Ultimate's DLC and possible subscription extras. What happened to the IndyCar Game? The rebirth of Motorsport Games. Your questions answered (consoles, VR, co-op within LMU). Stephen Hood, CEO, discusses this and more in this Traxion Podcast episode. It's Motorsport Games unleashed, no holds barred. The BTCC relationship, a possible rFactor…

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Addicted to Distraction | Ted Gioia | How I Write Podcast 1:55:01

2M ago1:55:01

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You may know Ted as a music historian, and the go-to expert on jazz. Or, you may know him as The Honest Broker on Substack. Either way, he’s the most erudite guest this show has ever seen. Ted gives a masterclass on the state of our culture at large. What’s up with our obsession with minimalism? Why do we value speed over beauty? Do we even realize…

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#195 Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich 1:38:50

2M ago1:38:50

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The skills it takes to get rich are drastically different from the skills it takes to stay rich. Few understand this phenomenon more than Morgan Housel. He's identified unique lessons about wealth, happiness, and money by studying the world's richest families and learning what they did to build their wealth and just how quickly they squandered it a…

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83. Do humans need meaning? Are wokeness and Trumpism new age religions? Mentioning Yuval Harari... 1:00:58

2M ago1:00:58

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http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html“Religion is an attempt to find meaning in events, not a theory that tries to explain the universe.” It exists because we humans are the only species, so far as we can know, who have evolved to know explicitly that, one day in the future, we will die. And this existen…

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How Writing Helped Jason Fried Build an 8-Figure Business 1:31:20

2M ago1:31:20

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Get ready to swap everything you know about business-writing for an unconventional approach that actually works. Basecamp CEO Jason Fried is one of the world’s most successful software entrepreneurs. And he’s unique for the way he challenges the tenets of Silicon Valley startups. He’s bold like Bezos, but relaxed like Buffett. He cares less about “…

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Peter Gallagher’s Marriage Advice? Don’t Get Divorced. 29:56

3M ago29:56

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Actor Peter Gallagher (Sex, Lies, & Videotape and The O.C.) met his wife, Paula Harwood, over forty years ago in college in a stairwell meet-cute. Since then, they’ve maintained a loving marriage and managed to raise a family while navigating the world of show business. We talked to Peter on his 41st wedding anniversary, and he read us the Modern L…

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#194 Abigail Shrier: The Parent-Therapy Trap 1:20:06

2M ago1:20:06

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Over the last decade, therapy has become the de facto solution to solve all sorts of problems for all sorts of people. Everyone has slowly accepted that therapy is normal and a net benefit to society. But instead of helping kids work through difficult circumstances, what if it's just making the problems worse? That's what Abigail Shrier thinks is h…

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Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life 30:45

3M ago30:45

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On the Emmy- and Peabody-winning series “The Bear,” Liza Colón-Zayas plays Tina Marrero, a cook at the Chicago restaurant at the center of the story. Tina and her fellow workers are in a constant struggle for the survival of their restaurant, and they fight just as fiercely with one another. Only at rare moments do we see them drop the tough exteri…

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What’s Wrong with Writing Education? | Ana Lorena Fabrega | How I Write Podcast 48:49

3M ago48:49

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From frustrated middle school teacher to Chief Evangelist at Synthesis School. From 46 email subscribers to 165,000. From hating writing to publishing her first book with a major publishing house: The Learning Game. What made all of this possible for Ana Fabrega? She unlearned how to write. In this episode, Ana shares the seven writing principles y…

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¡Hola Papi!, Does My Grandmother Need to Know I’m Gay? 25:42

3M ago25:42

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John Paul Brammer writes the “¡Hola Papi!” advice column for The Cut at New York magazine, answering questions like, “Why am I dreaming about sex with a man when I’m a lesbian?” Or, “What if my partner judges me for writing smut?” This candor has given John Paul an intimate connection with his readers. However, as today’s episode reveals, he doesn’…

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Sam Corcos: How Writing Helped This CEO Build a $300m+ Company 1:38:55

3M ago1:38:55

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This is business writing like you’ve never seen it before. Sam Corcos is the founder of a $300 million company called Levels. He’s built a culture of intellectual rigor by hiring excellent writers and giving them time to think on paper. But don’t get it twisted — a successful “writing-first work culture” is far more than grammatically correct Slack…

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Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice 30:04

3M ago30:04

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Emily Ratajkowski is doing a balancing act many famously beautiful women have to perform. In her 2021 book “My Body,” she reflects on what it’s been like to build a career based on her public image, and her struggle to control that image in an industry largely run by men. Since getting divorced a few years ago, she’s been thinking a lot about gende…

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#193 Dr. Jim Loehr: Change the Stories You Tell Yourself 1:22:50

2M ago1:22:50

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What if reaching the next level of success wasn't determined by another skill, degree, or course but by something that changed on the inside? That's what Dr. Jim Loehr believes, and in this episode, he reveals everything he knows about mental toughness and winning the mind game. Shane and Loehr discuss the radical importance of the stories you tell…

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Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation 26:50

3M ago26:50

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Laufey, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter, has risen to prominence by taking the trials of today’s dating world — casual relationships, no labels and seemingly endless swiping on apps — and turning them into timeless love songs. Today, Laufey reads Coco Mellors’s essay, “An Anxious Person Tries to Be Chill,” which is about a woman trying to work th…

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Paul Millerd: Why Writing Is The Path For Self Discovery 1:06:23

3M ago1:06:23

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“I’m not writing for you.” This was Paul’s response to a scathing critique that came early in his writing career. Since then, Paul’s book, The Pathless Path, has sold over 50,000 copies and has spurred thousands of writers to forge their own path forward — scathing critiques and all. Writing isn’t about building the biggest readership possible. It’…

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Why John Magaro of ‘Past Lives’ Could Never Love a Picky Eater 34:37

4M ago34:37

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The actor John Magaro is picky about whom he goes to dinner with. Magaro is an adventurous eater. So whether he’s buying offal from the butcher, making stews from the 1800s or falling in love over a plate of rabbit, he says it’s important to him that the people he shares a meal with are willing to be curious. For Magaro, it’s about more than person…

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#192 David Segal: Yearly Planning, Daily Action 1:11:36

3M ago1:11:36

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Working in a business and working on a business are two different things. Without the former, nothing gets done; without the latter, the wrong things get done. David Segal has a unique way of managing that tension, and this episode, he reveals all his business operating secrets and explains how he failed along the way. Shane and Segal discuss what …

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Steph Smith: How to Make Your Writing Stand Out 1:35:33

4M ago1:35:33

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There is an intrinsic interestingness inside of you. But, you’re probably suppressing it. Welcome to 96-minutes of learning how to use your interestingness to stand out online. Speaking of standing out, Steph Smith: Hosts a16z, a top five technology podcast Taught herself to code and launched multiple websites that hit #1 on Product Hunt Sold over …

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Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows 28:01

4M ago28:01

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Over the last two decades, Esther Perel has become a world-famous couples therapist by persistently advocating frank conversations about infidelity, sex and intimacy. Today, Perel reads one of the most provocative Modern Love essays ever published: “What Sleeping With Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity,” by Karin Jones. In her 2018 essay, Jones…

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Brie Wolfson: How Writing Builds Billion-Dollar Companies | How I Write Podcast 1:06:35

4M ago1:06:35

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Writing is thinking, which means it’s like lighter fluid for business growth. Brie has played major roles at writing-rich companies like Stripe, and her expertise on writing-first culture is now used by giants like Amazon and Basecamp. As she says: “Reality has a surprising amount of detail.” Writing illuminates all the interesting details worth pu…

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The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke 25:25

4M ago25:25

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When Maya Hawke’s famous parents got divorced, she was just a little kid trying to navigate their newly separate worlds. Paparazzi aside, Maya’s experience of shuttling between two homes was still more common than the arrangement described in the essay Maya reads: “Our Kinder, Gentler, Nobody-Moves-Out Divorce,” by Jordana Jacobs. By staying under …

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#191 Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living 1:31:43

4M ago1:31:43

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Shane Parrish sits down with the renowned biochemist Dr. Rhonda Patrick to explore the intricate world of nutrition and health. Dr. Patrick provides a deep dive into the role micronutrients play in our daily health, detailing how deficiencies and insufficiencies in vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and amino acids can lead to serious health issues o…

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10 Lessons from the Best Writer in Tech | Paul Graham | How I Write Podcast 1:00:07

4M ago1:00:07

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Paul Graham is one of the most successful writers and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Sure, he sold a company to Yahoo and co-founded Y Combinator, which has created hundreds of billions of dollars in value. But more than that, Paul is a renowned essayist and his thoughts on what makes good writing are worth paying attention to. So, how has writin…

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Neil Strauss: Writing With Brutal Honesty | How I Write Podcast 1:22:19

4M ago1:22:19

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Neil writes about all the icky, taboo things you’re not supposed to say out loud. As the author of ten New York Times Bestselling books, he’s built his career on getting celebrities like Rick Rubin, Kevin Hart, and Jenna Jameson to open up in a way that most writers are too afraid to do. But don’t get it twisted — “being vulnerable” doesn’t mean “w…

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How to Be Real With Your Kids 30:37

4M ago30:37

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Penn Badgley has made a career out of playing deeply troubled characters. From his role as Joe Goldberg on the Netflix series “You” to Dan Humphrey on “Gossip Girl,” Badgley has shown many times over how obsession and delusion can destroy love. In his personal life, though, Badgley says he’s not doing too much brooding. He’s a father and a stepfath…

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Shaan Puri: 3 Principles to Master Storytelling | How I Write Podcast 1:48:30

5M ago1:48:30

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Every year, 25 million people download Shaan’s podcast. Sure, he’s a brilliant entrepreneur, investor, and writer, but there’s one skill in particular that keeps Shaan’s audience coming back for more: storytelling. And not the kind of storytelling that feels like an IQ contest. (I know you know what I mean.) Shaan tells stories that burst with aliv…

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Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’ 30:05

5M ago30:05

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The chef Samin Nosrat lives by the idea that food is love. Her Netflix series, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” and the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that inspired it, were about using food to build community and forge connections. Since then, all of her creative projects and collaborations have focused on inspiring people to cook, and eat, with their…

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