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CEO and founder of Snipd, an AI-powered podcast app reinventing how we interact with podcasts. Especially focused on knowledge extraction and learning.

Author, educator, entrepreneur, and chess master; co-founder of The Princeton Review and advisor to major hedge funds.

Co-founder of Instagram and Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. Focuses on building AI products that are useful and safe.

Entrepreneur and restaurateur, co-founder of the Alinea Group and reservation platform Tock, participating in the conversation as co‑host and practical-business experimenter.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love. Her work explores themes of creativity, spirituality, and personal growth.

Clinical psychologist passionate about making the tools of therapy accessible to all. Author of the number one Sunday Times bestseller Why Has No One Told Me This Before?

45th and 47th President of the United States. Businessman, real estate developer, and former television personality. Former host of The Apprentice and founder of Trump Organization.

Leading computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, widely recognised as the ‘Godfather of AI’ for his pioneering work on neural networks and deep learning. He received the 2018 Turing Award.

Co-founder and CEO of 37signals. Advocates for a more focused and deliberate approach to work and business.

Expert on breathing and respiratory health. Dedicated to uncovering the profound effects of proper breathing on mental and physical well-being.

Behavioral expert specializing in interrogation, influence, and deception detection. Founder of NCI (Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence) and teaches advanced behavior analysis techniques.

Physical therapist, strength coach, and founder of ATHLEAN-X, a fitness brand blending science-based training with real-world results. He is also the author of ‘AthleanX's Train Like an Athlete: Intelligent Training to Build the Ultimate Body’.

Co-founder and CEO of Stripe, a financial technology company. Advocate for progress in areas such as housing, medicine, and science.

Former CIA officer and intelligence consultant who discusses modern spycraft, influence operations, and global conflicts; co-author of the memoir Shadow Cell.

Venture capitalist and founder of Long Journey Ventures, known for her contrarian investment strategies.

Serial entrepreneur, investor, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who hosts The Martell Method; founder of Martell Ventures and advisor to AI and SaaS companies, with experience building businesses generating over $100M in revenue.

Celebrated performance psychologist with extensive experience coaching top athletes and entrepreneurs in discipline and resilience.

Podcast host and NYT bestselling author of 'The School of Greatness' and 'The Mask of Masculinity'. Lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach and keynote speaker. Former professional Arena Football player and two-sport All-American.

Comedian known for stand-up specials and podcasts. Appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show for an in-person interview.

Mathematician, former Managing Director of Thiel Capital, and host of the podcast ‘The Portal’. Known for his work on Gauge Theory and Geometric Unity.

Founder of Cognition, a company developing AI-powered tools for software engineers.

Biologist and professor of genetics. Explains the effects of substances like alcohol and tobacco on the body.

Professor of psychology at Stanford and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Author of Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.

Researcher at Anthropic, specializing in mechanistic interpretability to understand how AI models work.

Entrepreneur, author, and endurance athlete. Known for founding Marquis Jet and for his unconventional experiences.

Economist, former Treasury Secretary under Clinton, and former Director of the National Economic Council under Obama. Served as President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.

Practicing physician, former science teacher, and co-founder of the Conjecture Institute. Promotes critical rationalism and the work of Karl Popper and David Deutsch.

Has led product teams at OpenAI, Instagram, Uber, Facebook, Airtable, and Oculus and helped build products used by billions. Currently he’s investing in early-stage founders at Felicis.

Board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep medicine. Co-founder of MedCram, an online medical education company.

Serial entrepreneur known for building in public and living as a digital nomad. Founder of Nomad List and Remote OK, generating over $3 million per year as a bootstrapped founder.

Professor at Harvard Business School, specializing in negotiation and communication. Author of the bestselling book "Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves."

Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of FLOODGATE, a leading seed stage fund in Silicon Valley.

Comedian, writer, and television host. Known for his dark humor, distinctive laugh, and appearances on British panel shows.

Stand-up comic, actor, and podcast host of "The Tim Dillon Show". Recently released comedy special, "Tim Dillon: I'm Your Mother," is available on Netflix.

Former Chief Business Officer at Google X and author of "Solve for Happy". He is focused on applying his engineering and business expertise to solve global problems and improve human well-being.

Board partner at A16Z and former president of Microsoft's Windows division. He led major efforts behind Office, Windows, and the introduction of Surface.

Harvard professor, social scientist, and bestselling author. Known for his work on happiness, meaning, and purpose in life.

Computer scientist, AI safety researcher, and professor at the University of Louisville. Author of 'Considerations on the AI Endgame' and 'AI: Unexplained, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable'.

Former director of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI. He is known for his work on deep learning, computer vision, and self-driving cars.

Director of Relationship Science at Hinge and a dating coach. She is also the author of "How Not to Die Alone".

Bestselling fantasy author and founder of Dragonsteel Entertainment; regular host/guest on the Intentionally Blank podcast and the primary figure discussed in the episode's promotions.

Veteran journalist and best-selling author. Host of the podcast 10% Happier.

One of the world’s leading voices on conscious leadership. Co-founder of Conscious Leadership Group and co-author of the #1 best-selling book on conscious leadership, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.

Physician and scientist known for his work on angiogenesis, diet, and disease prevention. Author of 'Eat to Beat Disease'.

Founder of Airtable, a company valued at around $10 billion. Early user of Mint and YC company E-Tax founder.

Best-selling author known for biographies on Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Steve Jobs. His latest book explores gene editing.

Author of more than 25 books who speaks beautifully about the creative process as he writes. Best known for his works on writing and ancient warfare.

Covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on legal developments, for The New York Times.

Legendary investor and co-founder of Oaktree Capital. Known for his sharp memos, contrarian thinking, and risk-focused approach to investing.

Partner at NGP Energy Partners, investing in the energy transition for 30 years. Shares expertise on data centers and energy.