The Danny Miranda Podcast

David Perell is a writer and the creator of Write of Passage - an online writing school focused on building the next generation of internet citizens. In March 2020, I stumbled across David’s account and was blown away by his tweets. They were thoughtful and insightful. So when he suggested interviewing me at his brand new studio, I was honored.    In this conversation we spoke about some of my podcasting secrets, how I do my research, why I admire people like Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss, Chris Williamson, and Taylor Rooks, the biggest area I believe I need to improve as a podcaster, and what I’m usually doing on Sunday at noon. Some of what we talked about I’ve never shared publicly, and it’s only because of David’s ability as an interviewer to get it out of me. (0:00) Intro (2:24) My Research Process (5:03) Gary Vaynerchuk Calls My Mom (7:05) Coming Back To Writing (9:01) Moving To Austin (11:30) Long Island (13:03) Ambition (14:01) What Makes For A Great Podcaster? (17:30) Who Do I Admire? (20:02) Aesthetics (21:22) How Am I Misunderstood? (22:11) Grandparents (25:40) How Can I Improve As A Podcaster? (27:08) Negative Chatter? (29:02) How Have I Changed? (31:01) What Inspires Me? (32:52) What Do You Worship? (35:21) Discipline & Love (37:00) The Enemy? (38:50) Resistance (40:43) Am I Prepared For Fame? (42:11) Taylor Rooks (43:33) Getting Stuff Out Of People (44:40) Rick Rubin (48:10) What Do I Disagree With Society On? (50:30) Painful Setback (54:09) Different Times (56:40) How Do I Listen To Podcasts? (59:19) Podcast Tips (1:02:21) Writing About Conversation (1:05:00) Food (1:06:45) Music (1:07:55) Manhattan (1:09:40) Why Do Cities Imprint On Us? (1:13:40) Bucket List (1:14:50) What Got Me Into Podcasting? (1:16:30) My Review of David’s Interviewing David's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell Website: https://perell.com Write of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school 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

Brian Peters is a former NFL linebacker. Now he runs the Mindstrong Project and the Chasing Edges podcast - where he talks about the latest in high performance. In this conversation, Brian talked about high-performance habits, why journaling, breathwork, ice, and sauna have played such critical roles in his life, and what getting cut from the NFL taught him. (0:00) Intro (2:10) What’s It Like To Play In The NFL? (10:43) Be The Best Or Be Different (13:22) Unique Journey (15:15) Getting Cut (20:30) Biggest Adversity In Past Year (25:13) Journaling (36:12) Therapy (42:30) Put Yourself Under The Spotlight (47:30) Judging Winning For Creativity (52:38) Breathwork (1:02:02) Sauna & Ice (1:19:20) Challenge Thank you to Bryant Ferate for helping make this episode come to life. Brian's Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brian_peters10/ Podcast: https://chasingedges.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

Dr. Anthony Gustin is the founder of Zero Acre Farms, Perfect Keto & Equip Foods. He is also the host of The Natural State Podcast. In this conversation, Anthony helped break down why our food is poisoned, what he learned by spending 8 days in Tanzania, why taking a break from work didn’t solve his problems, why you should eat locally, and what he’s learned building his own farm. There are no ads on this podcast. So here’s my one ask: share the podcast. That’s how this grows. That’s how more people hear it. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (2:23) Living In Tanzania (6:44) Where To Begin? (10:00) Weird Modern Paradox (13:15) Issues With Nutrition (21:05) Seed Oils (29:00) What Should Average Person Do? (36:33) Anthony’s Path Towards Nutrition (41:32) From Internet To Farm (48:10) Relationships (50:39) Doing Hard Things (59:02) Our Story About Work (1:01:35) Gender Roles (1:03:10) What’s Modern Society Doing Right? (1:07:12) Could Anthony Be Wrong About? (1:09:21) Regenerative Agriculutre (1:14:15) “If You Are Alive, You Depend On Death” (1:16:55) Challenge Anthony’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/dranthonygustin Website: http://anthonygustin.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

Austin Rief is the cofounder and CEO of Morning Brew - a daily newsletter with over 4 million subscribers. In this conversation, Austin spoke about his content diet, who he admires, the one podcast everyone needs to listen to if they’re creating a startup, why he’s taking Twitter seriously in 2023, and much more. (0:00) Intro (2:30) Running A Successful Business (5:25) Stumbling Across Instagram Story Ad (7:18) MrBeast (11:23) Justin Bieber (12:35) Parasocial Relationships (15:34) Saying No (17:50) What Makes For Great Content (21:20) Taking Twitter Seriously (22:13) Who Does Austin Admire? (25:25) Why Did Traction Get Austin So Excited? (29:20) 80/20 Principle (32:20) Austin’s Proudest CEO Decision (34:08) Austin’s Ambition (39:03) Childhood? (41:18) Awareness (43:51) Who’s Inspiring Austin? (46:30) Content Diet (48:20) Socks (49:50) Challenge Resources How To Start A Startup – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Tb95ryXVQTEKhcKVmZa30?si=51cbf96665b648ed Traction by Gino Wickman – https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837 Austin’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/austin_rief Morning Brew: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily 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

Grace Smith is a hypnotherapist. In this conversation, we spoke about the story behind why she charges $1,000,000+ for her services, how hypnotherapy is more effective than meditation, how she's improved as a hypnotherapist, the story that set it all in motion, what it's like to work with Sam Parr, what a day-in-the-life of her spiritual practice looks like, and much more. (0:00) Intro (3:35) Eckhart Tolle (12:20) How Hypnotherapy Works (20:10) Get Into Flow (Alpha/Theta) (22:10) Expansion (24:15) Dealing With Copycats (25:30) Grace Before Hypnotherapy (28:10) Grace’s Voice (29:25) Wild Healing Story (34:45) Improvement As A Hypnotherapist (37:21) Psychotherapy vs. Hypnotherapy (42:18) Why Grace Charges $1,000,000 (48:45) Sam Parr (51:05) Working With Husband (Bernardo) (56:20) Finding The One (1:02:23) Traveling Abroad & To Myanmar (Burma) (1:08:04) Hypnotherapy With Children (1:12:22) Grace’s Day of Spirituality (1:16:02) Hypnosis Grace's Links App: https://getgrace.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracesmithtv/ Brain waves (beta/alpha/delta) – https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780128044902000026-f02-01-9780128044902.jpg 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

Episode 300. This is a solo episode featuring some of your questions like… How has life changed since experiencing some podcast success? What’s been my most important epiphany? Is podcasting saturated? What’s the best purchase I’ve made under $100? How do I use AI in my content? Why Austin? …and much more. These were awesome questions. Thank you to everyone who submitted one. Subscribe on YouTube here. Hit me up on Twitter here.

Morgan Housel is an author. His bestselling The Psychology of Money has sold over 2 million copies (and become one of my favorite books in the process!). In this conversation, we spoke about innovation, reading old newspapers, maintaining curiosity, how ChatGPT will impact writers, his interview with Ryan Holiday, how to get in contact with your heroes, and much more. (0:00) Intro (2:25) The Ski Trip That Changed Morgan’s Life (11:22) 90% Of Virality Is Luck (14:06) Obsessed With Writing? (16:05) Research Process (19:08) Choosing What To Read (22:53) Why Do Some Things Hit Us? (24:32) Morgan Starstruck By Jason Zweig (28:05) How To Get In Contact With Your Heroes (30:59) Downsides To Fame (34:05) Happiness & Meaning (43:33) Free Time Post-Retirement (48:25) Raising Children (55:10) Curiosity (58:20) Reading Old Newspapers (1:01:03) Optimism (1:02:44) Morgan’s Money Rule (1:07:06) Innovation (1:10:23) ChatGPT (1:13:08) You’re Not Special (1:14:46) Challenge - Morgan's Links: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/morganhousel • The Psychology of Money: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681 • Morgan's Writing: https://collabfund.com/blog/authors/morgan/ • Three Sides of Risk by Morgan Housel: https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/ - 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

Justin Welsh is an entrepreneur and writer. Over the last decade, Justin helped build two $50M+ ARR companies, teams of 150+ people, and raise over $300M in venture capital. Then, in late 2018, he burned out. Now, Justin is the creator who makes the bulk of his income from online courses teaching others how to systemize their content and grow online. Over the past three years, he’s built an audience of 290,000 on Twitter and 342,000 on LinkedIn. (0:00) Intro (3:15) Changing Niches (8:04) Long-Term Mindset (10:40) Core Skills (13:01) Panic Attack In 2018 (17:02) Leaving Massive Tips & Kindness (22:18) Customer Service (25:45) Anti-Goals (29:12) Cutting What’s “Working” (32:55) Creating More Space (35:35) Shiny Outcome Syndrome (41:30) Building In Difficulty (43:02) Writing Book (45:15) Democratizing Access To Success (50:34) Course Tactics (56:33) Best Conditions For Writing (59:12) Improving Craft (1:04:50 Harry Mack (1:08:03) Solopreneur On The Rise? (1:11:48) Challenge - Justin's Links Website: https://www.justinwelsh.me Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejustinwelsh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwelsh - 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

Aaron Alexander is a movement expert. But in this conversation, we didn't talk about movement. We spoke about how Aaron has found a greater understanding of himself through interviewing his family, a darkness retreat, and therapy. (0:00) Intro (1:03) What Does “Miranda” Mean? (2:30) Life Behind Bars (10:00) How Aaron Has Grown As A Podcaster (11:36) Why Interview Family (18:04) Darkness Retreat Learnings (38:20) Rite of Passage (49:23) Becoming More At Peace (52:45) When Does Aaron Feel Love For Himself? (1:01:35) Most Out Of Alignment (1:06:51) Selfishness (1:15:35) Therapy (1:20:31) Biggest Improvement to Mobility - Aaron's Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alignpodcast Website: https://alignpodcast.com Book: https://www.amazon.com/Align-Method-Movement-Principles-Stress-Proof/dp/1538716143 - 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

Noah Huisman is a writer and philosopher. In this conversation, he interviewed me. But because I got such joy from recording it, I figured I'd share it here. We talked about the price to pay to be great, what I would do if I was restarting online, what it means to deny the possibility of God, gaps of knowledge, and the importance of choosing the right rep range. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (2:01) Moving to Austin, Texas (3:34) Starting My Podcast (8:32) Price To Pay (13:03) Scholar-Athlete (14:59) Restarting Brand (17:30) Authenticity vs. Algorithm (19:32) Hero’s Journey (23:36) How To Build The Soul (32:33) The Risk of Nihilism (38:52) Gaps of Knowledge (Slavery) (42:53) Hero & Victim (49:10) Choose The Right Rep Range (55:32) 2023 Reflections & Plans - Resources Mentioned: • First episode with Noah (267): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqbfTPsnR2Q  • ThriveOnLife (CJ Finley and Noah Huisman): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2COnt4Zpv7ysl70mjJAB6L?si=49c21afde6674de5 • Training The Soul (Art of Manliness) – https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/training-the-soul/ - Noah's Links • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noahhuisman3 • Twitter: https://twitter.com/noahhuisman3 - 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