Episodes
12 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
25 episodes in 2026
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1h 3m What 12 Years of Failure Taught Steve Jobs About Success
In this extensive discussion, host Shane Parrish and the Author explore Steve Jobs' grueling twelve-year wilderness period between his 1985 ouster from Apple and his 1997 return. They examin…
2 statements 2 assessments
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46m Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First
Roblox CEO David Baszucki discusses the profound connections between metabolic health, cognitive optimization, and executive decision-making with host Shane Parrish. He shares the foundation…
21 statements 6 featured 3 assessments
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1h 39m The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs
In this in-depth interview with Shane Parrish, serial entrepreneur and investor Brad Jacobs breaks down his repeatable playbook for building billion-dollar enterprises through disciplined M&…
33 statements 13 featured 4 assessments
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2h 50m John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
This episode of Outliers hosted by Shane Parrish explores the life, disciplined principles, and enduring contradictions of John D. Rockefeller, detailing his transformation from a meticulous…
38 statements 13 featured 22 assessments 2 contradicted
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54m Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain
In this interview with Shane Parrish, Opendoor executive Kaz Nejatian outlines his aggressive corporate turnaround playbook, emphasizing first-principle operational truth, friction reduction…
36 statements 14 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 8m The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante
Dr. Gio Valiante joins Shane Parrish to explore the psychology of peak performance, explaining how individuals can overcome biological limits, master their internal dialogue, and cultivate i…
19 statements 6 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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55m How to Repair and Nourish Your Gut | Dr. Giulia Enders
In this insightful interview, host Shane Parrish and gastroenterologist Dr. Giulia Enders explore the central role of the gastrointestinal system in overall physical and psychological health…
42 statements 10 featured 20 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 1m Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley
In this in-depth conversation, legendary venture capitalist Bill Gurley breaks down the foundational mental models, systems thinking principles, and market dynamics that have guided his care…
22 statements 6 featured 2 assessments
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1h 9m You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful | FarmVille Creator
In this in-depth conversation with Shane Parrish, Zynga founder Mark Pincus shares his core mental models for designing iconic consumer products, overcoming career setbacks, and scaling mult…
36 statements 11 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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2h 17m The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
Host Shane Parrish explores the extraordinary life of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung, chronicling how an impoverished runaway farmer with a sixth-grade education built a global industrial emp…
47 statements 13 featured 40 assessments 3 contradicted
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1h 3m Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg
In this in-depth interview with Shane Parrish, Harvey co-founder and CEO Winston Weinberg details his frameworks for ruthless prioritization, high-conviction decision-making, and building re…
20 statements 7 featured 1 assessments
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1h 12m Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
In this in-depth conversation with Shane Parrish, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman examines the founding vision, technical breakthroughs, and boardroom turmoil behind OpenAI rise, while detai…
39 statements 13 featured 9 assessments
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1h 39m The Magic of Thinking Big | XPO CEO Mario Harik
In this in-depth conversation, XPO CEO Mario Harik explains how applying an engineering mindset to executive leadership enables disciplined capital allocation, frontline operational innovati…
42 statements 11 featured 5 assessments
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2h 13m Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Entrepreneur Joe Liemandt joins Shane Parrish to discuss Alpha School's revolutionary educational model, which leverages mastery-based AI tutoring and uncompromising standards to compress co…
41 statements 16 featured 6 assessments 2 contradicted
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39m Harrison McCain: The Potato Farmer who Went Big
This video chronicles the rise of McCain Foods from a small-town New Brunswick startup into a sixteen-billion-dollar global french fry empire, driven by co-founder Harrison McCain's bold lea…
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1h 25m Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management
In this in-depth interview, Brookfield Asset Management CEO Connor Teskey joins Shane Parrish to unpack how the firm manages over one trillion dollars across global markets. Teskey details B…
19 statements 6 featured 2 assessments
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39m An Unlikely Empire | J.W. Marriott
This biographical case study examines how J. Willard 'Bill' Marriott transformed a modest nine-stool root beer stand into a multi-billion-dollar global hospitality empire through operational…
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1h 50m The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder
Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev joins Shane Parrish to discuss managing through high-stakes market crises, transforming Robinhood into a diversified financial super app, and pioneeri…
37 statements 10 featured 13 assessments
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37m The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
This video analyzes Phil Knight's memoir 'Shoe Dog', exploring the foundational mindset, managerial principles, and high-stakes history that turned Nike from a precarious trunk-selling start…
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1h 2m The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen
In this in-depth conversation, Shane Parrish interviews Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, exploring macroeconomic realities, contrarian investment strategies…
30 statements 10 featured 3 assessments
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1h 35m Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
In this in-depth conversation with Shane Parrish, legendary entertainment executive and venture investor Michael Ovitz reveals the operational discipline, intellectual curiosity, and packagi…
32 statements 11 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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50m Ray Kroc : How McDonald’s Took Over America
Hosted by Shane Parrish on Outliers, this episode analyzes how Ray Kroc leveraged three decades of grueling sales experience to turn the McDonald brothers' revolutionary fast-food concept in…
20 statements 7 featured 13 assessments
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1h 57m Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
In this in-depth conversation, bestselling author Morgan Housel and host Shane Parrish explore the psychological mechanics of wealth, arguing that true financial independence is achieved by …
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25m The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking | Peter D. Kaufman [Outliers]
Shane Parrish deconstructs Peter Kaufman's multidisciplinary mental models, exploring the 'Three Buckets' framework and the foundational rule for life, leadership, and compounding success: g…
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2h 16m How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear
In this in-depth conversation with Shane Parrish, bestselling author James Clear details the foundational mechanics of habit formation, identity-based behavior change, and strategic life des…
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