Best Mehdi Yacoubi Podcasts (2024)

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Training for the Long Game with Mehdi Yacoubi 42:00

1+ y ago42:00

42:00

Mehdi Yacoubi joins to explore the transformative nature of strength training and the power of playing the long game. We discuss how to make exercise enjoyable, the downsides of health optimization, and ways to overcome resistance. Mehdi highlights how he balances intense training with his roles as a new father and founder of Vital, a social networ…

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The Mystical in the Mundane with Tracy Townsend 1:07:22

1+ y ago1:07:22

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Dr. Tracy Townsend joins to discuss her experiences with psychedelics as a tool for transformation and healing. She explains why she is leaving a career as an orthopedic surgeon to launch, Eleusia Health, a start-up focused on psychedelic medicine and holistic care. We cover the use cases and potential impact of psychedelics, especially when incorp…

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Creative Experiments with Charlotte Grysolle 48:40

1+ y ago48:40

48:40

Charlotte Grysolle joins to share about her experiences exploring the nervous system, writing online, and completing a year of creative experiments. We chat about how she applies nerdy concepts like neuroplasticity and myelination in her own life. Charlotte gives practical tips on how individuals can reframe stress, unlock creativity, and cultivate…

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Self-unfolding and Slow Change with Steve Schlafman 1:12:12

2y ago1:12:12

1:12:12

Steve Schlafman, a professional coach and writer, joins to share his perspective on change. He tells stories from his own life including his journey with addiction, pivot from a successful career in VC, and experience coaching high achievers. We discuss habits to support recovery, change as a slow wave, and the power of self-unfolding. Steve shares…

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Move Better, Hurt Less with Sam Martin 1:13:05

2y ago1:13:05

1:13:05

Sam Martin joins for a deep dive on the human body and movement patterns. We talk about why so many of us have restricted or painful movement and what we can do to address it. Sam discusses the key movements that all humans should be able to do and practical approaches to regaining these natural capacities without getting overwhelmed. We dig into n…

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Productivity as Emotion Regulation with Dan Shipper 1:09:53

2y ago1:09:53

1:09:53

Dan Shipper, Co-Founder of Every, joins to explore productivity through the lens of emotion regulation. We talk about how beneath the tools and technology, it’s really about psychology, neuroscience, physiology, relationships, and our environment. Dan highlights examples of how he applies these ideas in building a company and living a meaningful li…

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Breaking Free of Old Scripts and Discovering New Paths with Paul Millerd 1:21:03

2y ago1:21:03

1:21:03

Paul Millerd joins to share his perspective on the societal pressures that box us in and strategies to break free. Author of the Pathless Path and Creator of Strategy U, Paul is carving his own unique path and inspiring others to do the same. We talk about the power of identity, incentives, system dynamics, and scripts. We explore legible vs. illeg…

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Driving Change Within Big Companies with Cécile Marion 1:23:24

2y ago1:23:24

1:23:24

Cécile Marion shares her experiences on her journey through the corporate world. She offers her perspective on how individuals can thrive within large organizations, the skills that enable some people to drive change at scale, and what makes certain organizations more capable of innovation and renewal. We discuss what has emerged during Cécile's sa…

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Growing Life-Giving Landscapes with Kristin Haaf 1:13:01

2y ago1:13:01

1:13:01

Kristen Haaf joins to share her wisdom and experiences as a landscape architect. As the founder of Roots First, she brings her background in permaculture design and environmental planning to help her clients create life-giving landscapes. Kristen lives in the piedmont region of North Carolina where she grows an abundant food forest on her 1/4 acre …

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Discovering Intuitive Exercise with Case Bradford 1:01:59

2y ago1:01:59

1:01:59

Case Bradford joins to discuss Sam's favorite topic: intuitive exercise. He share's his journey ditching the gym for a nature-based approach to movement and life. He explains how he built his physique with just his body by using "nature's performance enhancing drugs". They chat about non-doing with physical movements, conscious vs. unconscious skil…

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Cultivating Resilience and Rising Out of Reactivity with Jonny Miller 1:03:51

2y ago1:03:51

1:03:51

Jonny Miller joins the podcast to take us on a sensory adventure and explore the nervous system. He shares stories from his own life as a start-up founder, meditation teacher, and breathwork facilitator including his experience spending 10 days in total darkness. We discuss the impact of breathwork, the power of our environment, how nervous systems…

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From Rigidity to Fluidity with Rob Hardy 1:16:11

2y ago1:16:11

1:16:11

Rob Hardy joins to discuss how his work helping build joyful internet businesses is really about inner transformation. We cover how to reconnect to our intuition to create work that is full of life. He shares many stories from his own journey and highlights a few areas where he is encountering renewal in his own life. Connect with Rob: Writing & Co…

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Future of Work | Laetitia Vitaud 1:09:10

3+ y ago1:09:10

1:09:10

For today's episode, I have with me Laetitia Vitaud. She is a writer and a prominent speaker about the future of work. Laetitia is also an editor in chief of the HR media, Welcome to the Jungle, a leading media that helps companies develop, in her own words, 'employer branding for the new work generation'. She has also constantly published her work…

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#12: Patri Friedman on Competitive Governance and Technology 1:03:08

3+ y ago1:03:08

1:03:08

My guest today is Patri Friedman, a political theorist and the General Partner at Pronomos Capital, the world's first charter city VC fund. Patri is on a mission to increase competition in government. In 2008, Patri founded the Seasteading Institute with a mission to create sovereign ocean colonies and “establish permanent, autonomous ocean communi…

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#11: Mwiya Musokotwane on Building the Future of Africa, Charter Cities, Innovation and Institutions 58:07

3+ y ago58:07

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My guest today is Mwiya Musokotwane. Mwiya is the co-founder and CEO of Thebe Investment Management, a Zambian private investment firm that is the developer of Nkwashi; a 3100-acre satellite town that will be home to up to 100,000 residents. Thebe Investment Management has US$1.5bn of project pipeline under development. In this conversation, we tal…

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#10: Brennen Hodge on the US Healthcare System and How to Fix it 1:04:06

3+ y ago1:04:06

1:04:06

My guest today is Brennen Hodge. Brennen is the co-founder and CEO of Citizen Health, a health cooperative leveraging direct care and blockchain to build a better healthcare system. He's an expert on everything related to healthcare. In this conversation, we talk about the US healthcare system's problems, but we try to focus on the solutions. Brenn…

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#9: Samuel Gil on the Spanish Tech Ecosystem, Finding Great Founders and Longevity 1:00:55

4y ago1:00:55

1:00:55

My guest today is Samuel Gil. Samuel is a partner at JME Ventures, a Spanish Venture Capital firm that invested in Flywire and 21 Buttons, to name a few. He is also the founder of the excellent newsletter Suma Positiva that covers technology and how innovation can be positive-sum. I discovered Samuel through his series on longevity and his interest…

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#8: Vedica Kant on Reliance, Jio and the Indian Tech Ecosystem 59:41

4y ago59:41

59:41

My guest today is Vedica Kant. Vedica is a historian of South Asia and the Middle East, and she is the author of India and the First World War. Vedica is also the co-creator of the excellent newsletter Keeping Up With India about the Indian Tech ecosystem. Currently, she is a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. We start the conversation talk…

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#7: Joey Krug on the Present and Future of Prediction Markets 43:51

4y ago43:51

43:51

My guest today is Joey Krug. Joey is the co-founder of Augur, the co-founder of Eco, a new cryptocurrency, and the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital, one of the largest cryptocurrency and blockchain-focused asset managers. Joey is the specialist for everything related to crypto and prediction markets. Augur, the decentralized betting p…

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#6: Mark Lutter on the State of Charter Cities and the Future of American Governance 59:47

4y ago59:47

59:47

My guest today is Mark Lutter. Mark is the founder of the Charter Cities Institute, which is building the ecosystem for charter cities. He is also the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for the Victoria Harbour Group, a firm building a new city for the people of Hong Kong. Before this, he worked as Lead Economist for a fund investing in early-st…

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#5: Paul Kohlhaas on Decentralizing Research Funding and the Future of Science 1:00:11

4y ago1:00:11

1:00:11

My guest today is Paul Kohlhaas. Paul is the co-Founder and CEO of Molecule, a software platform to accelerate innovation in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. It connects scientists, patients, and industry to advance drug development and therapeutics in an open market. To achieve this, Molecule employs Web3 and blockchain technology to lever…

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#4: Arnaud Castaignet on Estonian e-Residency, Digital Societies and the Future of Governance 1:00:11

4y ago1:00:11

1:00:11

My guest today is Arnaud Castaignet. Arnaud is the head of communications & policy at Skeleton Technologies and the former head of public relations of the Estonian e-Residency. Arnaud is also the former digital communication officer of former French President François Hollande. Estonia is a fascinating country, well known for its digital society, a…

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#3: Robert Miller on Bio Meets Crypto, Kierkegaard, and Health Optimization 59:21

4y ago59:21

59:21

My guest today is Robert Miller. Robert is a friend of mine; we share a lot of the same interests. He writes an excellent newsletter about business, data, and emerging technologies in healthcare. He is an expert on Crypto, Blockchain, and all things related to healthcare, and he is a great thinker. He studied Economics at The London School of Econo…

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#2: Anirudh Pai on Aging, Charter Cities, China and Utopias 1:03:12

4y ago1:03:12

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My guest today is Anirudh Pai. Anirudh is the co-founder of the Conservative Curious podcast and the creator of the Dreams of Electric Sheep newsletter. Anirudh is extremely knowledgeable about the challenges of our time, he is one of the smartest people I met. His newsletter is one of the best out there, covering topics like aging, charter cities,…

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#1: Nicolas Colin on Making Europe Great Again 1:13:20

4y ago1:13:20

1:13:20

My guest today is Nicolas Colin. Nicolas is the co-founder of The Family and the author of multiple books, including Hedge — A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age. He also writes the excellent newsletter European Straits about the European Tech ecosystem. I'm a big fan of Nicolas's work. He has a unique understanding of European tech and…

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Future of Ageing | Mehdi Yacoubi 1:21:21

4y ago1:21:21

1:21:21

Mehdi Yacoub is an engineer and entrepreneur from Paris, passionate about optimizing health, longevity and well being. Through Lifetizr, he is building a solution to help people optimize their metabolic health, prevent chronic diseases, and live healthier and longer. Mehdi also writes a weekly newsletter (The Long Game), were he shares the best stu…

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Future of Unschooling | Che Vanni Beon Davids 2:23:34

4y ago2:23:34

2:23:34

Introducing Che Vanni, Founder of Reimagined Leaning Centre based out of South Africa. So, Che is an active participant of the unschooling network. His Reimagined Learning Centre is based on the philosophy of putting children in the drivers seats of their own lives. They consider children as complete autonomous human beings, participating and invol…

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Future of Mental Health Resillience | Kavya Rao 58:48

4y ago58:48

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Today, for this episode of Shake Up The World Podcast, we have with us Kavya Rao who has taken up many hats in the past. She has worked as a consultant psychologist, teacher and also as a skill trainer for adolescents. Currently, Kavya works with Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child, an organisation based in India where she develops awarenes…

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Future of Equity | St. Ludovick Peters 1:01:34

4y ago1:01:34

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Ludovick is the Founder and CEO of SLIOC which is aimed at providing access to education and shelter for albino children in Tanzania. In Tanzania, East Africa, people with white skin (known as albinos) are hunted like animals for their body parts which are widely believed to have magical and superstitious properties. As a result, between 2000 and 2…

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Future of Rural Innovation | Thabiso Blak Mashaba 1:18:39

4y ago1:18:39

1:18:39

SHOW LESS Thabiso is double major degree holder in Economics and Accounting from the University of Botswana. He is a completing global master’s degree in development practice programme (MDP) student under the prestigious Socio-Economic Development, Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited Trust Professor Thomas Tlou scholarship, with the same institutio…

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Future of Tacit Knowledge | Celeste Volpi 1:13:00

4y ago1:13:00

1:13:00

For this episode, We have Celeste Volpi, Design Researcher from TU Delft exploring various aspects of tacit knowledge through her graduation thesis. This is a deep dive into the value in discovering tacit knowledge and on methods to unveil it through various design techniques. Although Tacit knowledge has been well researched in the past, Celeste c…

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