David Perell is a writer and the creator of Write of Passage - an online writing school focused on building the next generation of internet citizens. In March 2020, I stumbled across David’s account and was blown away by his tweets. They were thoughtful and insightful. So when he suggested interviewing me at his brand new studio, I was honored.   

In this conversation we spoke about some of my podcasting secrets, how I do my research, why I admire people like Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss, Chris Williamson, and Taylor Rooks, the biggest area I believe I need to improve as a podcaster, and what I’m usually doing on Sunday at noon. Some of what we talked about I’ve never shared publicly, and it’s only because of David’s ability as an interviewer to get it out of me.

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) My Research Process

(5:03) Gary Vaynerchuk Calls My Mom

(7:05) Coming Back To Writing

(9:01) Moving To Austin

(11:30) Long Island

(13:03) Ambition

(14:01) What Makes For A Great Podcaster?

(17:30) Who Do I Admire?

(20:02) Aesthetics

(21:22) How Am I Misunderstood?

(22:11) Grandparents

(25:40) How Can I Improve As A Podcaster?

(27:08) Negative Chatter?

(29:02) How Have I Changed?

(31:01) What Inspires Me?

(32:52) What Do You Worship?

(35:21) Discipline & Love

(37:00) The Enemy?

(38:50) Resistance

(40:43) Am I Prepared For Fame?

(42:11) Taylor Rooks

(43:33) Getting Stuff Out Of People

(44:40) Rick Rubin

(48:10) What Do I Disagree With Society On?

(50:30) Painful Setback

(54:09) Different Times

(56:40) How Do I Listen To Podcasts?

(59:19) Podcast Tips

(1:02:21) Writing About Conversation

(1:05:00) Food

(1:06:45) Music

(1:07:55) Manhattan

(1:09:40) Why Do Cities Imprint On Us?

(1:13:40) Bucket List

(1:14:50) What Got Me Into Podcasting?

(1:16:30) My Review of David’s Interviewing

David's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell

Website: https://perell.com

Write of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school

My Links

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