
The Fred Pinto Podcast
Can we harness our ingenuity to elevate the human experience? Join technology lawyer and entrepreneur Fred Pinto as he explores the mindsets, stories and insights of leading entrepreneurs, thought leaders and innovators. https://fredpinto.com/
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Apr 9, 2025 • 1h 2min
26. The Clash of Generations, with Dr. Jean Twenge
Dr. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and the best-selling author of The Narcissism Epidemic and Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future.(00:00:00) In this episode(00:00:12) Intro(00:05:36) Chapter 1: Today’s Mental Health Epidemic(00:13:51) Chapter 2: The Rise of Individualism(00:24:43) Chapter 3: The Silent Generation(00:29:50) Chapter 4: The Baby Boomers(00:33:43) Chapter 5: Generation X(00:43:10) Chapter 6: Millennials(00:50:27) Chapter 7: Gen ZFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Mar 6, 2025 • 1h 38min
25. The Mind in Motion, with Dr. Michael Mannino
Dr. Michael Mannino teaches at the Institute for Data Science and Computing at the University of Miami and is the Chief Science Officer at the Flow Research Collective.(00:00:00) In this episode(00:00:06) Intro(00:04:30) Chapter 1: Neuroscience and Philosophy(00:18:40) Chapter 2: Mind Body Connection(00:28:26) Chapter 3: Levels of Embodied Consciousness(00:46:17) Chapter 4: The Cognitive Benefits of Movement(01:04:27) Chapter 5: Achieving Group Flow(01:21:37 ) Chapter 6: The Neuroscience of SpiritualityFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Jan 22, 2025 • 56min
24. Purpose and Flow, with Steven Kotler
Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and The Art of Impossible. - Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode (00:00:11) Intro(00:02:58) Chapter 1: What is Flow? (00:24:11) Chapter 2: Calibrating Challenges (00:33:47) Chapter 3: Purpose and Flow (00:41:14) Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Neurobiology of Wisdom For more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Dec 9, 2024 • 1h 23min
23. In the Maker's Lab, with James Altucher
James Altucher is an entrepreneur, investor, best-selling author, and host of The James Altucher Show.- Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:15) - Intro(00:06:27) Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship: a Series of Experiments(00:23:21) Chapter 2: Reinvention and Problem-Solving(00:46:49) Chapter 3: The Spokes and Wheel Approach(01:02:02) Chapter 4: AI’s Creativity Revolution(01:11:03) Chapter 5: The Decline of Cities (01:19:29) Chapter 6: The Chess Game of LifeFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Oct 22, 2024 • 1h 8min
22. The Human Hive, with Claude Silver
Claude Silver is the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerX.- Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:16) Intro(00:02:31) Chapter 1: Queen of Hearts(00:16:32) Chapter 2: Caring with High Standards(00:28:18) Chapter 3: Purpose and Grit(00:38:05) Chapter 4: Empathetic truth-telling(00:43:43) Chapter 5: Of Chops and Culture(00:54:08) Chapter 6: The Balanced LifeFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Sep 12, 2024 • 1h 19min
21. The Divine Landscape, with Jonathan Pageau
Jonathan Pageau is a religious iconographer, public speaker, and host of The Symbolic World podcast.- Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:07) Intro(00:01:44) Chapter 1: The First Purpose(00:04:49) Chapter 2: Art and Meaning(00:14:40) Chapter 3: The Indifferent Universe(00:34:20) Chapter 4: On Miracles(00:43:44) Chapter 5: Fundamentalisms, Old and New(00:55:01) Chapter 6: Religion and Politics(01:08:34) Chapter 7: Purpose ExternalitiesFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Jun 26, 2024 • 1h 29min
20. Others: Heaven or Hell? With Dr. Daniel A. Yudkin
Dr. Daniel A. Yudkin is a Fellow in Social and Behavioural Science at the Wharton School and Director of Research at More in Common. - Chapters-(00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:42) Chapter 1: Exiting Academia(00:17:10) Chapter 2: Hidden Tribes(00:50:49) Chapter 3: Society and Morality(01:14:10) Chapter 4: Diversity and Shared Norms(01:23:32) Chapter 5: Future ProjectsFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

May 14, 2024 • 1h 31min
19. The Price of Truth, with Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is an award-winning journalist, author and constitutional lawyer. His reporting on the global surveillance programs won a Pulitzer Prize for The Guardian. He hosts the daily show System Update on Rumble. - Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:20) Intro(00:02:57) Chapter 1: The political spectrum(00:07:24) Chapter 2: Journalism and knowledge of the law(00:13:23) Chapter 3: Snowden’s legacy(00:22:38) Chapter 4: Fear and civil liberties(00:58:15) Chapter 5: Political hypocrisies(01:25:41) Chapter 6: The cost of truthFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Apr 8, 2024 • 54min
18. UFC Crossroads, with Ariel Helwani
Ariel Helwani is a sports journalist and the host of the MMA Hour. He’s won MMA Journalist of the Year at the World MMA Awards every year since 2010.- Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:33) Chapter 1 - Back to Montreal(00:13:20) Chapter 2 - Journalistic Ethics(00:21:30) Chapter 3 - Truth vs Spectacle(00:33:16) Chapter 4 - The Future of the UFC(00:42:53) Chapter 5 - Thicker SkinFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.

Apr 2, 2024 • 1h 20min
17. Roads to Progress, with Dr. Bjørn Lomborg
Dr. Bjørn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus, the best-selling author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Best Things First, and a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. He’s been named one of the top 100 public intellectuals by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines and was listed among TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world. - Chapters - (00:00:00) In this episode…(00:00:19) Intro(00:03:34) Chapter 1: Go Check the Data(00:16:36) Chapter 2: The UN Climate Panel View(00:20:46) Chapter 3: Fighting the Apocalypse(00:39:30) Chapter 4: Economic Development and Progress(00:46:37) Chapter 5: Best Things First(01:01:25) Chapter 6: The Value of LifeFor more podcasts, check out https://fredpinto.com/podcast or subscribe to Fred's Substack.
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