Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.
Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.
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Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.
Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!
Episodes
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Nov 4, 2026 • 38min
How to Feel Loved in a World That Feels Lonely with Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky, UC Riverside psychology professor and happiness researcher, explores why people can be loved yet still feel lonely. She discusses meaningful conversation, curiosity, vulnerability, introversion, and technology’s role in intimacy. Discover her five mindsets for connection and how asking, listening, and sharing can strengthen relationships and ease polarization.
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Oct 28, 2026 • 48min
Turning an Audience Into a Business in the AI Era with Marina Mogilko
Marina Mogilko, multilingual entrepreneur, educator, and creator of Linguamarina and Silicon Valley Girl, shares how she built a media and education business around her passions. She discusses turning followers into newsletter subscribers, using video podcasts to multiply reach, and applying AI to content strategy without losing human creativity. She also explores Silicon Valley culture, entrepreneurship, immigration, and preparing young people for an AI-shaped future.
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Oct 24, 2026 • 32min
Why Every Election Matters to Democracy with Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams, a politician, voting-rights advocate, author, and Fair Fight founder, discusses democracy’s hidden threats and modern voter suppression. She explores why state politics matters, how persistence outlasts political setbacks, and the role of curiosity in solving problems. Abrams also shares thoughts on AI, human judgment, and her fiction-writing alter ego, Selena Montgomery.
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Oct 21, 2026 • 53min
How to Make Climate Action More Enjoyable with Elizabeth & Jiaying Zhao
Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao, University of British Columbia psychology professors and co-authors of Leave the Lights On, reframe climate action through happiness. They explore joyful transportation, sustainable food, social connection, money, pets, charitable giving, and purposeful work. They also examine which choices truly matter, from clean energy and banking to voting, commuting, and where we live, while challenging guilt-driven environmentalism.
Oct 14, 2026 • 39min
Young People, AI, and the Fight for Human Agency with Sam Hiner
Sam Hiner, co-founder and executive director of the Young People’s Alliance, discusses how young Americans can shape politics and technology. He explores social media control, affordability, the New American Dream, and organizing across party lines. Hiner also examines AI tools versus emotionally dependent companions, warning about manipulation while advocating technology that strengthens human connection and agency.
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Oct 7, 2026 • 1h 7min
The Power of People: How Activism Really Works with Charlie Euchner
Charlie Euchner, an author, educator, and public-policy scholar, explores what makes activism work. He discusses grassroots organizing, listening before leading, focused agendas, and the overlooked community leaders who drive change. Hear why social media cannot replace human relationships, how rallies become sustained action, and what figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, and Fannie Lou Hamer can teach today’s movements.
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Sep 30, 2026 • 1h 5min
What Makes Humans Remarkable in the Age of AI with Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist, AI pioneer, entrepreneur, and author of Robot-Proof, explores what makes humans indispensable in an AI-driven world. They discuss becoming “robot-proof” through curiosity, humility, resilience, and judgment; using a “nemesis prompt” to challenge ideas; keeping a failure resume; and why human creativity thrives on unusual questions, uncertainty, and courageous thinking.
Sep 26, 2026 • 49min
Democracy Doesn’t Defend Itself with Jocelyn Benson
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s Secretary of State, election-law expert, and former law-school dean, discusses defending democracy under pressure. She recounts confronting threats, investigating hate, and standing up to powerful bullies. The conversation explores gerrymandering, citizen-led redistricting, civic courage, constitutional limits on law enforcement, federal power, and people-powered campaigning.
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Sep 23, 2026 • 57min
What Writers Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Creating with Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben, bestselling novelist and creator of Netflix thrillers, explores the messy art of making something remarkable. He talks about finding stories everywhere, turning inspiration into pages, and building a creative career through incremental ambition. They discuss emotion, flexible routines, plotting with an ending in mind, avoiding research as procrastination, embracing rough drafts, and adapting books for television.
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Sep 16, 2026 • 32min
How Wikipedia Can Survive the Age of AI with Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur and Wikipedia co-founder, examines how the encyclopedia can survive the AI era. He discusses human editors, fabricated citations, AI-assisted fact-checking, and Wikipedia’s role as a reality check for chatbots. Wales also explores his Seven Rules of Trust, transparency in AI, misinformation, free expression, and why empathy and human judgment still matter.
