Sears: Cocaine Wine, Shotguns, and the World’s Tallest Tower
Richard Warren Sears started off selling pocket watches – then published a catalog full of hundreds and hundreds of products from shotguns to cocaine wine. Sears & Roebuck offered even…
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Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier has built a remarkable career as a multi-instrumentalist and arranger known for his complex harmonic approach and collaborative spirit. He first gained attention as a teenager posting multi-track…
Michael Lewis and Maya Talk “The Other Side of Change”
In today’s episode, “Moneyball” author Michael Lewis (and Maya’s friend) flips the script and interviews her—in front of a live audience in San Francisco. They discuss her new book in…
Decoding Psychedelics with Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley
What if psychedelics could transform the way we treat trauma, chronic pain, and insomnia? This week, neuroscientist and psychedelic researcher Grace Blest-Hopley joins the show to break down the research…
Episode 4: Outlaw Country
As Detective Brandenburg follows leads in the Aujay case, he finds himself with an unlikely ally. A young buck narcotics detective named Darren Hager, who’s trying to dismantle a meth…
The Surprising Science of Creativity (with Dr. George Newman)
We often think creativity comes from sudden flashes of genius within us. But what if ideas actually exist in the world around us — waiting to be discovered and shaped…
The WOW Machine Stops (Pt 2)
Tony Hsieh, the billionaire CEO of Zappos, is passionate about community. He pours his time, energy and fortune into building a network of like-minded people – first in Las Vegas,…
From Solar Pumps to Everything: Building a Market from Scratch
Samir Ibrahim is the co-founder and CEO of SunCulture. When he started the company, he thought he was solving a simple problem: How do you sell solar-powered pumps to help…
De-Nazifying the Love Bug: The VW Beetle Story Part II
It’s 1945. The Volkswagen factory has been bombed and members of the staff have been arrested as war criminals. So how did the company turn around in just a few…
Don Was
Don Was has had a remarkable career moving between different corners of the music world. In the 1980s, he fronted the eclectic band Was (Not Was), mixing funk, rock, and…
Why Chasing Success Can Leave You Feeling Stuck (with David Brooks)
It’s easy to fixate on the usual markers of success — your resume, your net worth, or how “impressive” you seem on paper. But how much do those things really…
Episode 3: Tweaker Talk
At the time of Jon Aujay’s disappearance, California is under siege by a meth epidemic and the Antelope Valley is the epicenter. So when investigators receive tips that Aujay was…