The Danny Miranda Podcast

John Coogan is the co-founder of Lucy and co-founder and CTO of Soylent. He is also the creator of a YouTube channel ( @JohnCooganPlus ) with over 257,000 subscribers. In this conversation, we spoke about why Paul Graham played a pivotal role in John's life, early stories from his days at YCombinator, what his YouTube channel has given him, why he's optimistic about technology, and much more. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – https://www.youtube.com/@AarthiAndSriram Resources • Founders At Work by Jessica Livingston – https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1430210788 • Paul Graham’s Essays – http://www.paulgraham.com John's Links • YouTube:  @JohnCooganPlus  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 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

Writer Paul Millerd reflects on the unexpected success of his book, taking sabbaticals, and building a career beyond the usual office-and-paycheck script. He shares the winding, years-long road behind his work, how putting ideas in public can open doors, and why creative experiments, long walks, and making room for play matter along the way.

Cole Hastings is a YouTuber. In this conversation, we spoke about how he knew he was going to make it, what makes for a good YouTube video, his most important habits leading to his success, what it was like to write a book, how much he is his real self online, and much more. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show ( @AarthiAndSriram ). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vee and more – https://www.youtube.com/@AarthiAndSriram (0:00) Intro (2:39) Early Obsession (Cupstacking) (5:22) Becoming Comfortable With Self (10:50) Friends' Reactions To Cole’s YouTube (14:28) “I Just Knew YouTube Would Work Out” (21:55) Affirmations (25:43) Relationships (30:26) Meditation (36:38) Compounding (39:34) Teaching Others (44:30) Shadow Work (46:28) Hamza Cringe (49:30) YouTube Cole Hastings Vs. Real Life Cole (59:22) What Makes A Good YouTube Video? (1:07:38) Creating For An Audience Above You (1:12:43) Writing A Book (1:20:52) Challenge Cole’s Links YouTube:  @ColeHastings  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colehastings_ Website: https://cole-hastings.com My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 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

YouTuber Akta explores joy, slowing down, and the surprise of having Matt D’Avella share her work. She reflects on social anxiety, finding confidence through creating online, and the gap between how life looks on social media and how it feels. The conversation also touches on empathy, loneliness, and showing up authentically.

A wide-ranging conversation about career changes, early entrepreneurial experiments, and spotting human patterns in real estate. Chris explores building an online presence, optimism, envy, generosity, and the messy lows of entrepreneurship. He also shares candid thoughts on parenting, marriage, protecting family time, and finding mentorship.

A rapid-fire collection of memorable moments from January’s conversations, touching on interviewing your family, defining what’s “enough,” hypnotherapy, building online, and the power of consistent action. Also in the mix: asking weird questions, blending creativity with discipline, being fully present, and imagining a future that could reshape everything.

Bryan Johnson explores how AI could reshape humanity, whether technology deserves its ominous reputation, and what it means to build a better future together. He also discusses parenting, his personal transformation, kindness toward critics, and a way of thinking he calls “zero-principle thinking.”

Writer and entrepreneur Dickie Bush discusses building an online writing business, turning a 30-day challenge into a thriving community, and drawing inspiration from fitness YouTubers. They explore journaling, long-term goals, relationships, and the questions he uses to shape compelling content.

Elliot Bisnow is an entrepreneur. He is the co-creator of Summit and Summit At Sea - an international conference that has featured speakers like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Gary Vaynerchuk. Bisnow has invested in almost 50 early-stage startups, including Uber, Coinbase, Warby Parker & Allbirds. He is the co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community I stumbled across Elliott because he is the featured mentor in The Third Door by Alex Banayan. Learn why he got into business, why people don’t change, how to live in gratitude, mentoring, balance, hosting a dinner party, and why he messed up his interview with Eric Schmidt. (0:00) Intro (3:12) Finding Out About Business (13:20) Dropping Out Of School (22:45) Living In Gratitude (27:14) Family Business (31:42) Seeing People As They Are (34:14) Why Don’t People Change? (40:08) Storytelling (44:50) Interviewing Kobe Bryant (49:31) Why Do People Hit Us? (51:16) “I Like People Who Create” (54:51) Forbes 100 For Balance (57:18) Meditation (1:07:40) Nature (1:11:02) The Rat Race (1:19:42) Less Is More (1:26:02) Parenting (1:28:41) Mentoring (1:36:15) Questions (1:40:09) Interviewing Google CEO (1:42:33) Jeff Bezos Cell Phone (1:43:30) Mastered & Still Learning (1:46:05) Hosting A Dinner Party (1:48:20) Challenge Make No Small Plans by Elliott Bisnow, Jeremy Schwartz, Jeff Rosenthal, Brett Leve – https://www.amazon.com/Make-Small-Plans-Achieving-Impossible/dp/1984822640  The Third Door by Alex Banayan – https://www.amazon.com/Third-Door-Uncover-Successful-Launched/dp/0804136661 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 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

Represent founder George Heaton reflects on building a fashion brand, finding a creative identity, and turning setbacks into momentum. He discusses setting ambitious goals, making room for inspiration, and how personal growth has shaped both his work and daily routines. Plus, he shares the story behind a celebrity wearing Represent and his take on aliens.