The Danny Miranda Podcast

A year-end reflection on lessons from podcasting, creative persistence, finding work that sparks joy, and building relationships with inspiring people. He celebrates the show’s growth, shares plans for more content and coaching, and sets ambitious goals for 2023, from daily reading to lifting, yoga, and running.

Michael Girdley shares the winding path from a family fireworks business to building a portfolio of companies. He reflects on confidence, aging, parenthood, and the courage it takes to try things you might be bad at. The conversation also wanders through learning Spanish, finding friends as an adult, business coaching, and why people are drawn to communities bigger than themselves.

Tej Dosa and Danny Miranda explore creativity, the pull of routine, and what it means to meet each moment with presence. They get into feeling emotions in the body, surrender, fear of the unknown, and the tension between ambition and inner peace. They also discuss truth, mortality, and how podcasting and online platforms may evolve.

Thomas Shields is the creator of The Dink – the biggest pickleball media company in the world. In this conversation, we spoke about why pickleball is everywhere, how he got his first 1,000 subscribers, his biggest mistake, and the most exciting moments of building his company. (0:00) Intro (2:31) Starting A Pickleball Media Company (4:14) Why Has Pickleball Taken Over? (5:34) Gary V, Tom Brady, & Kevin Durant Buying Pickleball Teams (7:02) Going Into Other Sports? (9:41) Getting First 1,000 Subscribers (13:54) Life Before Starting The Dink (21:15) What Are You Optimizing For? (22:23) Getting MBA & Entrepreneur (25:45) The Dink Taking Off (27:50) What To Do On Bad Days (29:50) Most Exciting Moments (31:45 )Process For Making Money (33:34) Microacquire (36:13) Reasons Why The Dink Is Successful (39:23) Expanding On Pickleball (40:13) Why? (43:07) Training For Austin Marathon (46:01) Ideal Scenario In 1 Year (50:31) Biggest Mistake (53:03) Creator vs. Business (56:41) Challenge - Thomas’ Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/readmynewslettr Website: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/ + https://upswingsports.com/ - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - 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 and meditator Cory Allen explores how silence, meditation, and writing shape the way we relate to ourselves and others. The conversation turns to creativity with age, modern movies, and the subtle ways marketing and media compete for our attention. Plus, a challenge to connect with the person in front of you, not the story you’ve built about them.

David Senra reflects on a tough upbringing, finding the right role models, and the power of biographies to fuel ambition. He shares why he takes his research-heavy podcast so seriously, how audio can turn everyday moments into a classroom, and why podcasting may still be just getting started. Larry Bird, persistence, and mental toughness make memorable appearances.

A wide-ranging conversation explores René Girard’s ideas on imitation, desire, and why innovation often begins by borrowing from the past. They also discuss Buddhism and contemplation, the pressures of living in an always-connected world, and whether modern society’s fading restraints could bring us closer to catastrophe.

Ben Wilson is a podcaster and entrepreneur. He is the host of the incredible How To Take Over The World podcast, which covers great conquerors, explorers, inventors, and people who have taken over the world. He is also the producer of My First Million. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Affirmations (4:44) Becoming Friends With MrBeast (8:01) Producing My First Million (8:29) Sam Parr’s Historical Comparison (10:18) Shaan Puri’s Historical Comparison (11:50) Learning From Sam and Shaan (15:01) How To Take Over The World Research (21:20) Hitler, Napoleon, Stalin (23:55) Common Traits of World Conquerers (29:33) What Has HTTOTW Taught Ben? (32:30) Camp MFM Basketball Story (35:11) Who Does Ben See Himself? (36:23) PodRamp (42:01) Managing 5 Projects (43:40) Network States (Brigham Young) (47:01) Sperm Is Down 50% (52:31) Sauna (54:33) Read Biographies & Move (56:39) Parenting Advice (59:40) Losing Context (1:04:20) Challenge - Resources Mentioned Joe Rogan Experience #1638 with Dr. Shanna Swan – https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pLW2tMx4Kw5qaeAcxj0Lj?si=1be76ba37a5a43bd Thomas Edison (How To Take Over The World) – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GPkApesrhUpPJwsgvbOwM?si=35b483f5ef854300 Napoleon (How To Take Over The World) – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tCx0BdtmnJMDpRpLKf8Yt?si=3194f6c9a5174204 - Ben's Links Podcast: https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets Website: https://www.podramp.io - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - 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 and entrepreneur Dakota Robertson reflects on growing up without a father, caring for his mother, and coping with loss. He also shares his path from college dropout and odd jobs to writing online, building a massive social following, and navigating a changing Twitter under Elon Musk. Along the way: therapy, creative routines, business growing pains, and adventures abroad.

AnnemarieChase is a YouTuber with over 280,000+ subscribers. In this conversation, we spoke about her joy for writing, becoming a better listener, and if YouTube has increased her ego. (0:00) Intro (1:14) More Ideas, Less Things (3:45) Why People (6:12) Thoughts on Sneako (9:00) Anxiety (11:50) Perception Trumps Reality (13:26) Ur Mom’s House (17:21) Old Soul (21:10) Alaska vs. NYC (27:13) Writing (31:11) Bubbles (34:02) Becoming Better Listener (35:33) YouTube = Ego? (39:30) We Put Timeframes (41:01) The Content We Put Out (45:11) Should More People Create (47:31) Three C’s of Content Creation (53:15) Explore, Exploit (55:35) Annemarie’s New Podcast (59:24) Challenge - Annemarie's Links YouTube:  @annemariechase  Unemployed Millenial: https://sptfy.com/Mwwg - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – 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