New York City
5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2021 by Joel Greenblatt · said 302 times in 104 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Shane Parrish (115), Adam Robinson (19), Christopher Davis (15), Rory Sutherland (8), Josh Wolfe (7), Jonathan Haidt (7), Blake Eastman (7), Scott Page (5)
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2026 33 mentions in 8 episodes 4 per episode
- John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
- Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
- The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen
- Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
- The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder
- Ray Kroc : How McDonald’s Took Over America
- The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs
- Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 97 mentions in 23 episodes 4 per episode
- Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]
- Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers]
- Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]
- Estée Lauder: A Success Story
- Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI
- Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers]
- Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World
- David Heacock: Building Filterbuy
- 15 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 36 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
- Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth
- Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone
- Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
- Maya Shankar: The Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals
- Tom Gayner: Invest Like The Best
- John Mackey: Building Whole Foods
- Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire
- Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 16 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
- Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success
- Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life
- Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm
- Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year
- Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
- Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living
- Nathan Myhrvold
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 13 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- #129 Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon
- Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought
- Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
- Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire
- Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
- Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
- Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
- #132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 14 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- #115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity
- #111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
- #110 Jim Collins: Relationships vs. Transactions
- #105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
- #103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness
- #127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
- #116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis
- #109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
2020 17 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
- #82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
- #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
- #98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present
- #96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership
- #92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget
- #91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence
- #88 Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation
- #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2020 →
2019 26 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
- #61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
- #55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
- #50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future
- #69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
- Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
- #71 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire
- #65 Shep Gordon: Trust, Compassion, and Shooting Friends from Cannons
- #60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 28 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
- #47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
- #45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right
- #48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)
- #37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong
- #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
- #35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time
- #32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes
- #28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2018 →
2017 9 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2016 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2015 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about New York City, oldest first
May 18, 2021 positive
Mar 8, 2022 neutral
Bloomberg Told McChrystal Only Elected Executives Invest in Long-Term Infrastructure
“I had Mayor Mike Bloomberg one day tell me that he thought that only executives, meaning elected mayors, presidents, and whatnot, are likely to do long-term infrastructure things. At the time he was talking about a project to make New York City more resilient …”
Mar 5, 2024
Davis: NYC pooper-scooper law raised dog-walking earnings to $100/week
“If I had been happy to charge 50 cents a walk that law came into place and I could charge five dollars, 10 dollars. People would pay me to come twice a day. And you know, all of a sudden, you know, I'm making, you know, a hundred bucks a week.”
Oct 7, 2025 neutral
Nov 11, 2025 neutral