The Danny Miranda Podcast

Zach Pogrob is an entrepreneur and writer. In this conversation, we spoke about why every creator is starting a cult, the importance of living in your own world, how to find big ideas, identity change, and why Zach cried during a movie. (0:00) Intro (2:33) Every Creator Is Starting A Cult (9:41) Zach’s First Obsession (11:13) Live In Your Own World (13:44) Voice Notes (20:12) 1,000,000 Followers (26:41) Lack Of Confidence (32:12) What’s Zach’s Bible? (35:33) Identity Change (39:03) New Opportunities (Hell Yes) (44:53) Inspirations For Obsession (47:55) The Voice (51:49) Exercise To Find Big Ideas (55:13) Crying During Air & Tetris (57:41) Challenge Zach's Links 10 Bullets Newsletter: https://zach.blog/bullets Instagram: https://instagram.com/behaviorhack Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachpogrob My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda(

Neema Naz, a comedian who has opened up for Russell Peters and has touched people like David Goggins & Alex Hormozi, discusses topics such as creating funny content, being shadow banned on Instagram, opening for idols, and the power of laughter and authenticity in comedy.

Lisa Ann is a former adult film actress and current author and radio personality. In this conversation, we spoke about challenges in the industry, communication, her relationship with her parents, living in survival, and her new book. (0:00) Intro (3:35) Writing (7:31) First Impressions (10:21) First Time Lisa Had Weed (11:49) Social Media (15:49) Peggy (Lisa’s Earliest Role Model) (21:45) Relationship With Parents (28:43) Survival To Self-Love (36:33) Leaving Porn (Minimalism) (46:14) Lisa Ann’s Morning Routine (53:41) Lisa’s Entrepreneurial Itch (1:02:02) Advice To Younger Version (1:04:39) Getting Into Sports Media (1:09:45) Communication (1:13:43) What Are You Running From/Toward? (1:21:54) Dating For Lisa Ann (1:27:10) The Life Back (1:33:03) Challenge Lisa's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/thereallisaann Instagram: https://instagram.com/thereallisaann Website: https://thereallisaann.com/ My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Leon Hendrix, YouTuber and entrepreneur, discusses early moments in his journey, creating a community, getting phone calls from MrBeast, spending time with billionaire Bryan Johnson, and having 500,000 subscribers. They also cover childhood traumas, self-improvement, discovering strengths, forgiveness, and the power of brain training.

Steph Smith is the host of the a16z Podcast. In this conversation, we spoke about the downsides to having a following, how to spot talented people, how to know if your content is working, and common mistakes new content creators make (0:00) Intro (2:10) Discipline vs. Flowing (4:22) How Steph Became The a16z Podcast Host (5:58) Becoming Better At Spotting Trends (8:09) Favorite Questions (10:54) Downsides Of Having A Following (15:21) Having A Smarter Sister (17:20) Parenting (20:51) Compliments (22:22) Scarcity (and Ice Cream) (26:13) Analyzing The World vs. Listening (30:18) Podcasting & Identity (37:49) Scholarships (41:39) How To Spot Talent (48:28) Convincing Husband To Code (50:33) Create Content To Sell Something Else (54:43) Falling Off The Non-Fiction Cliff (56:33) Building A Narrative (Fictional Influencer) (1:00:43) How Do You Know If Your Content Is Working (1:01:54) Common Mistakes New Tweeters Make (1:04:39) Steph’s Instagram Travel Account (1:07:09) Getting Better As A Traveler (1:11:55) Challenge Resources 11 Reasons Not To Be Famous by Tim Ferriss – https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous ConvertKit Summit Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_qfKeez8Q a16z Podcast | Lil Miquela episode – https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vKgyJDuqGmw2xxyilHvED?si=e5f10618cae240c5 Steph’s Book – https://doingcontentright.com NomadHub – https://nomadhubb.com/trips Steph's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio Website: https://stephsmith.io My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Steezy Kane is an independent filmmaker. In this conversation we spoke about the law of attraction, letting his team go, early days of creating, his father as an inspiration, the month he blew up, and his 1 hour ritual... (0:00) Intro (1:04) Steezy’s English Teacher (4:08) The Power of Imagining (8:03) Steezy’s 1 Hour Ritual (10:31) Why Does Law of Attraction Work? (11:58) Building A Persona (14:41) The Month Steezy Blew Up (September 2018) (21:03) Steezy Letting Team Go (24:33) Speaking Truth To Serve Yourself (31:45) Online vs. Offline (34:23) 10 Years To 1,000,000 Subscribers (42:02) Early Days of Creating (44:02) Manson’s Law of Avoidance (50:05) The Thoughts Create The Reality (53:36) Common Mistakes From Newer YouTubers? (56:56) Reprogramming Your Subconscious Mind (1:07:31) Seeking Truth (1:09:34) What Does Steezy Know For Sure? (1:13:42) Challenge  Steezy's Links YouTube: @SteezyKane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steezykane Twitter: https://twitter.com/steezykane My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube:  @dannymiranda   🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

This is a special episode of the podcast featuring... some of you! I put out on Twitter a special form asking listeners... What topic(s) do you want to discuss? Who's your favorite person in the world and why? What's a challenge you would leave people with to live a better life? If you were forced to ask me one question, what would it be? What is your level of familiarity with the podcast? Do you have anything you want to plug Anything else I should know? Then I got to dialing. It was an incredibly fun experience – and I hope to do it again.

Brad Lancaster is a YouTuber. He runs the channel Discover Connection, which has more than 570,000 subscribers. On the channel, he runs interesting experiments and documents them… like crossing America on $0, asking Mexicans to cook dinner at their home, getting a tattoo with a stranger, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:20) What Is Connection? (7:10) Brad’s Stress (9:39) Feeling Isolation (17:03) Working For Yes Theory (27:31) Where Does Insecurity Come From? (34:51) Free Car (37:01) There Are No Bad People  (41:01) Humanity Is All The Emotions (43:39) The Problem With Modern Communities (50:55) Feeling Not Wanted (55:58) Different Lenses (1:00:01) Meeting Random People (1:03:41) Getting A Stranger’s Face Tattooed (1:08:02) Creating Serendipity (1:12:00) Panic Attack In Mexico (1:15:02) Consuming Too Much (1:16:33) Loving Yourself (1:19:21) Growth = Friends Becoming Mentors (1:24:05) Challenge (1:25:52) Second Phone Resources: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson – https://www.amazon.com/Return-Love-Reflections-Principles-Miracles/dp/0060927488Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant – https://www.amazon.com/Love-Yourself-Like-Your-Depends/dp/0062968726 Brad's Links YouTube:  @DiscoverConnection  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverconnection My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Nicole Behnam is a founder and journalist. She is the creator of Beyond The Interview, a Beyond With Nicole, where she’s interviewed people like Chris Voss, Tom Bilyeu, and Robert Greene. In this conversation, we spoke about turning friends into mentors, how Naval Ravikant spoke at one of her events, overcoming insecurities, reconciling friendships, and her Oscars speech. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Family (5:00) LA Values (8:01) Turning Friends Into Mentors (Chris Voss) (15:03) Naval (17:31) Deep Convos vs. Red Carpet (20:19) Covering Andrew Schulz In 2018 (24:41) Nicole’s Brilliant Content Strategy (27:44) Voice vs. Text Communication (29:13) “Your Success Is Inevitable” (31:33) Advocating For More (33:31) Overcoming Insecurities (40:09) Why Interviews (42:06) Nicole 5 Years Ago (44:43) Twitter Spaces (49:01) Friendship & Beef With Leah Lamarr (57:59) Reconciling With Friends (1:01:31) What Do You Value? (1:03:21) What Would Your Oscars Speech Be? (Parenting) (1:16:32) More Experiences (1:18:03) Challenge Nicole's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleBehnam Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicolebehnam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beyondwithnicole My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Turner Novak is a venture capitalist. He is the creator of Banana Capital – a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from pre-seed to pre-IPO. He became known on Twitter through his legendary memes. In this conversation, we spoke about why investing, virality, common traits for successful founders, why crypto didn't make sense to him, and why he was so interested in video games.  (0:00) Intro (1:26) First Viral Moment (4:02) Skipping Class For Twitter IPO (7:10) Why Investing (11:20) Video Games (22:41) Venture Capital Fantasy Portfolio (33:41) Getting Into Venture Capital (40:49) Common Traits For Successful Founders (46:01) How Has Turner’s Thinking Evolved? (48:34) Crypto (“You’re Going To Get Me Cancelled”) (54:13) Grocery Delivery (58:02) Challenge Turner's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc The Split: https://www.thespl.it My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda