Smart People Podcast
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Smart People Podcast is a biweekly, interview-based podcast that features today's most well respected thought leaders engaging in authentic, insightful conversation for the benefit of the listener. The host, Chris Stemp, and his co-host/producer Jon Rojas, utilize their insatiable curiosity and relatable charm to provoke their guests into giving the interview of a lifetime. Every single guest has achieved a high level of recognition within their arena and in doing so has collected a wealth of experiences and insights that are brought to life in this top ranked podcast. Show topics include: psychology, leadership, education, technology, entrepreneurship, relationships, and much more.
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May 13, 2013 • 43min
Michael Moss
Michael Moss – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter; author of #1 NY Times Bestseller, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Look, we know you don’t need a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to tell you that junk food is bad for you, soda makes you fat, and the Western diet is causing an epidemic of...
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May 7, 2013 • 50min
Roman Krznaric
Roman Krznaric: How to Find Fulfilling Work; founding faculty member of The School of Life in London. ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS AND COUNTING! That’s right – in case you didn’t see it on Facebook or twitter (@smartpeoplepod), Smart People Podcast (SPP) just passed the one million downloads threshold on Friday. We then proceeded to pop some bubbly,...
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May 1, 2013 • 36min
Jonah Berger
Jonah Berger – Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On. Do you remember the first time you heard the song “Friday” by Rebecca Black? I do – I f’ing hated it. I also remember the first time someone told me to listen to “Gangnam Style” and “Thrift...
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Apr 22, 2013 • 35min
Dr. Paul Ruggieri
Dr. Paul Ruggieri – Author of Confessions of a Surgeon “Now I want you to count back from ten. 10…9…8…..” And that’s all you remember. Sure you might be a little sore, groggy or confused – but for the most part, you felt nothing. However, during that time, your mass is removed, your knee is...
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Apr 15, 2013 • 39min
David Shenk
David Shenk – Bestselling author of 6 books, including his most recent, The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ. Tune in to this weeks episode to learn how to unleash your inner genius, conquer your genetic shortcomings, and be the best at anything. But trust us, it ain’t easy....
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Apr 8, 2013 • 47min
Joe Peta
Joe Peta – Author of Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball I’m not even going to butter you up this time, trust me – you would rather just dive in. You’ll understand once I give you a little background on our guest for this weeks episode, Joe Peta. A few years...
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Mar 24, 2013 • 42min
Dan Pink
Daniel Pink – AMAZING! One of the most watched TED Talks of all time. Author of five provocative bestselling books about the changing world of work, including his most recent, To Sell is Human. Good to have you back! If you haven’t noticed, Smart People Podcast has been getting some real recognition these days! We...
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Mar 17, 2013 • 38min
Marlene Zuk
Marlene Zuk – author of Paleofantasy, professor of ecology Unless you’ve been living in a cave (best….pun….ever), you are probably well aware of the new fad diet, the paleo diet. The quick and dirty of the diet is you can eat anything that was available to our cave dwelling ancestors. So chow down on all...
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Mar 11, 2013 • 37min
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao: Author of Tempo: timing, tactics and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making & independent researcher. How many decisions do you think you make in a day? What about an hour? Well, if you want to do the math – go ahead, because all I know is you make about 1,400 decisions a MINUTE. With that many...
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Mar 4, 2013 • 43min
Dan Carlin
Dan Carlin – Host of the Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts, Political Commentator New media is coming for us. Well, if you are reading this, it already came for you – so congratulations on being ahead of the curve. New media is supposed to be the “democratization” of the creation, production, distribution and consumption of media by...
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