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    The Jordan Harbinger Show – Jordan Harbinger

    (Apple’s Best of 2018) In-depth conversations with people at the top of their game. Jordan Harbinger unpacks guests’ wisdom into practical nuggets you can use to impact your work, life, and relationships. Learn from leaders (Ray Dalio, Simon Sinek, Mark Cuban), entertainers (Moby, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Dennis Quaid), scientists (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye), athletes (Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Tony Hawk) and an eclectic array of fascinating minds, from art forgers and arms traffickers to spies and psychologists.

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    672: Toothpaste | Skeptical Sunday May 22, 2022

    Two or three times a day, every day, for most of your life, you use toothpaste. But what’s in it? Is it actually good for you? And why is there a scary label on the back warning you not to swallow it? If you want to know the answers to these questions and more about toothpaste, nine out of 10 dentists (might very well) recommend this episode!

    Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions.

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/672

    On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:

    • If toothpaste is supposedly safe enough to put in your mouth three times a day, why is there a warning to call your local poison control center if you happen to swallow it?
    • Fluoride can strengthen teeth and reduce the risk of cavities, but too much exposure can cause problems from bone disease to certain cancers. So why is it in most toothpaste and 70% of our drinking water, and how is it regulated?
    • What sneaky loophole allows toothpaste manufacturers to bypass the legal disclosure of certain ingredients in their products that might cause us to think twice about using them?
    • What are some of these rarely listed ingredients, and what are the hazards of using them?
    • How can we keep our teeth and gums clean and healthy without exposing ourselves to potential toxins?
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on Skeptical Sunday, drop Jordan a line at jordan@jordanharbinger.com and let him know!
    • Connect with David at his website, on Twitter, on Instagram, on TikTok, and on YouTube, and make sure to check out The David C. Smalley Podcast here or wherever you enjoy listening to fine podcasts! If you like to get out of your house and catch live comedy, keep an eye on David's tour dates here and text David directly at (424) 306-0798 for tickets when he comes to your town!

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    671: Cheating Husband Caught in His Own Clap Trap | Feedback Friday May 20, 2022
    670: Vanessa Van Edwards | The Science of Succeeding with People May 19, 2022

    Vanessa Van Edwards (@vvanedwards) is the lead investigator at human behavior research lab Science of People and the author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Vanessa Van Edwards:

    • How can nonverbal communication affect the first impression you make to someone — even if they’re just hearing your voice over a telephone call?
    • Explore the science of popularity — what makes the cool kids so cool?
    • Understand the difference between social attraction and romantic attraction — and why they both matter.
    • Find out what we can learn about people from their photographs — especially on dating sites.
    • What interesting patterns turn up in researching episodes of reality television shows Blind Date and Shark Tank?
    • And much more…

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/670

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our conversation with FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss? Catch up with episode 165: Chris Voss | Negotiate as If Your Life Depended on It here!

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    669: Dallas Taylor | The Psychology of Sound Design May 17, 2022

    Dallas Taylor is the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. He is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound, a TED mainstage speaker, a regular contributor to major publications, and a respected thought leader on the narrative power of sound.

    What We Discuss with Dallas Taylor:

    • How sound designers create audio more in line with what our brains expect to hear when capturing it in reality would fall short.
    • How the tricks of sound design are akin to a magician's ability to invisibly manipulate our emotions.
    • Why we hear certain sounds recycled in movies and trailers to the point of cliché.
    • With the perspective-bending nature of sound design occupying so many of his waking hours, does Dallas find elements of the job extending into off-the-clock parts of his life?
    • Analog vs. digital (and why many prefer to rely on the older technology).
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/669

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss the show we did with Moby — musician, singer, songwriter, producer, animal rights activist, and author? Catch up here with episode 196: Moby | What to Do When Success Makes You Miserable!

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    668: Tipping | Skeptical Sunday May 15, 2022
    667: Friend's Sicko Spouse Keeps Infecting Our House | Feedback Friday May 13, 2022

    Your inseparable friend's perpetually ill spouse seems to get a sick kick out of infecting your family on the regular and refuses to respect any boundaries you've tried to establish that might keep her and her nasty cooties at bay. If you didn't know any better, you'd suspect she was doing it on purpose! What can you do to protect the health of your household from this physically -- and perhaps mentally -- unwell woman? We'll try to find a remedy to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/667

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your friend's perpetually ill spouse seems to get a sick kick out of infecting your family on the regular. How can you keep her and her nasty cooties at bay?
    • Must you bid your love adieu to dodge her herpes simplex 2?
    • Is it time to cut loose the "friend" who ghosts you profusely?
    • How can you remain an influential, vital part of your child's life when they live with your ex on the other side of the world?
    • You suspect you're clinically depressed, but how can you ask for help when the thought of therapy just adds to your stress?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

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    666: How to Ask for a Promotion | Deep Dive May 12, 2022

    Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into their tried-and-true approach to asking for a promotion, maximizing your chances of landing it, and building on it to create a thriving career.

    What We Discuss:

    • The important questions to ask yourself before approaching your boss for a raise or a promotion.
    • What you can start doing to ensure you get a raise or promotion next time around if you can't quite justify one yet.
    • How to build your case for a raise or promotion when you're ready to take one on.
    • The best practices for negotiation when the floor is yours.
    • What to do if you don't get the raise or promotion on the first try.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/666

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Did you miss our deep dive into what you should do if you’re looking for a new job or relationship and you want to know how to get your foot in the door — while avoiding the mistakes that are liable to get that door slammed in your face? Catch up with episode 629: Getting Your Foot in the Door | Deep Dive here!

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    665: Luis Navia | 25 Years Inside the Narco Cartels May 10, 2022

    Luis Navia worked for nearly 25 years as a cocaine trafficker for the deadliest Colombian and Mexican cartels until the law caught up with him in 2000. He is the co-author (with Jesse Fink) of Pure Narco: One Man's True Story of 25 Years Inside the Cartels.

    What We Discuss with Luis Navia:

    • Why did Luis Navia -- a Georgetown student and the privileged son of an affluent sugar trader -- get involved in the illicit international cocaine trade with the most ruthless and infamous Mexican and Colombian drug cartels?
    • How did Luis move between 200 to 300 tons of cocaine (roughly worth $10 billion) over the course of 25 years -- and live to tell the tale?
    • Why did Luis insist on carrying out his business without a weapon -- in spite of being regularly surrounded by the perpetrators of unimaginably brutal violence?
    • What are the logistics for smuggling massive amounts of cocaine over international borders with limited space and personnel?
    • How did Operation Journey, an anti-narcotics effort coordinated across 12 nations and led by the United States and Great Britain, finally put an end to Luis' lucrative cocaine trafficking career?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/665

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our two-part conversation with the Caravaggio of currency counterfeiting? Catch up by starting with Episode 488: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part One here!

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    664: Reiki Healing | Skeptical Sunday May 08, 2022

    Is Reiki -- the not-so-ancient Japanese energy healing technique by which your psychic empath aunt swears -- a legitimate way to treat ailments like cancer, diabetic neuropathy, anxiety, lactose intolerance, and cooties? Or is it nothing more than a placebo that, at best, might offer you a relaxing way to spend an hour of your day -- and a day of your savings? Here on Skeptical Sunday, it's all hands on deck to discover the truth about the controversial practice of Reiki healing.

    Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions.

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/664

    On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:

    • How "ancient" is the hallowed practice of Reiki healing?
    • With over 800 hospitals in the world offering Reiki -- including Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic -- there must be some tangible benefit to this energy healing technique, right?
    • What scientific evidence do we have to support the efficacy of Reiki healing?
    • How [much] does someone [have to pay to] become a Reiki practitioner?
    • What can (and what can't) Reiki do for you?
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on Skeptical Sunday, drop Jordan a line at jordan@jordanharbinger.com and let him know!
    • Connect with David at his website, on Twitter, on Instagram, on TikTok, and on YouTube, and make sure to check out The David C. Smalley Podcast here or wherever you enjoy listening to fine podcasts! If you like to get out of your house and catch live comedy, keep an eye on David's tour dates here and text David directly at (424) 306-0798 for tickets when he comes to your town!

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Like this show? Please leave us a review here...

    663: Thinking of Another Dude: Is Marriage Screwed? | Feedback Friday May 06, 2022
    662: Daniel J. Levitin | How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era May 05, 2022

    Daniel J. Levitin (@danlevitin) is a cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, record producer, and author of Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Daniel J. Levitin:

    • The most important quality for anyone who wants to be an evidence-based, critical thinker.
    • Why even society’s smartest people fall victim to misinformation.
    • The first step to making good decisions.
    • How to dismantle bad arguments on the fly.
    • Why you need to look beyond averages when making a case.
    • And much more…

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/662

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss the show we did with award-winning cybersecurity journalist Nicole Perlroth? Catch up with episode 542: Nicole Perlroth | Who’s Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race? here!

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    661: Rachel Zoffness | Managing Pain In Your Body and Brain May 03, 2022

    Dr. Rachel Zoffness (@DrZoffness) is a pain psychologist, international speaker, medical consultant, educator, and author of The Pain Management Workbook: Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life.

    What We Discuss with Dr. Rachel Zoffness:

    • Pain lives in the brain, not the body (which is why amputees often report sensing it in limbs they no longer have).
    • The overlap between physical and emotional pain, and why they co-occur 100% of the time.
    • How the "pain dial" in your brain works: what turns it up, and what turns it down.
    • The ways in which trauma, anxiety, and depression amplify pain.
    • Why pain medicine is broken and how we can fix it.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/661

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss the show we did with Jack Barsky — author of Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America? Catch up here with episode 285: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America!

    Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

    660: Chemtrails | Skeptical Sunday May 01, 2022
    659: Her Spouse Raped You. Can Friendship Stay True? | Feedback Friday Apr 29, 2022

    Can your friendship with the woman whose husband raped you on their wedding day ever recover? Perhaps a better question to ask is: should it? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/659

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Can your friendship with the woman whose husband raped you on their wedding day ever recover? Perhaps a better question to ask is: should it?
    • How can you communicate with your Russian parents when they've been brainwashed by state propaganda?
    • Are your friends trying to grow their network, or are they trying to clandestinely rope you into their undercover MLM?
    • If management and law enforcement don't want to protect you and your coworkers from the dangerous, mentally unstable members of the homeless community camped across the street from your office, what can you do to ensure your safety?
    • When your last five roommate situations ended on a sour note, are you wrong to wonder if you might be the common denominator that invites neverending chaos into the equation?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

    658: Shanna Swan | The Reproduction Crisis and Humanity's Future Apr 28, 2022

    Dr. Shanna Swan (@drshannaswan) is the Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the author of Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race.

    What We Discuss with Dr. Shanna Swan:

    • Why has sperm count among men in Western countries decreased by over 50 percent in the past four decades?
    • What can increasing reproductive problems in the animal kingdom tell us about diminishing human fertility?
    • The same chemicals that cause reproductive decline are responsible for the obesity epidemic.
    • What are some of the best practices we can personally observe for recovering from some of the most common fertility issues we face?
    • What steps can society take today to ensure we have enough of a population to constitute a society tomorrow?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/658

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our conversation with Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier and New York Times bestselling author? Get caught up with episode 622: Ishmael Beah | Memoirs of a Boy Soldier here!

    Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

    657: Josh Peck | Happy People Are Annoying Apr 26, 2022

    Josh Peck (@ItsJoshPeck) is an actor (currently appearing as Drew on How I Met Your Father), comedian, YouTuber, and author of Happy People Are Annoying.

    What We Discuss with Josh Peck:

    • Why Josh considers it a blessing he grew up before social media dominated the landscape of adolescence.
    • How Josh went from wild child to grounded, friendly father (instead of becoming some kind of "drunk Hollywood jerkface") without knowing his own father until later in life.
    • What Josh did to overcome the food addiction that once had him tipping the scales at 297 -- when he was just a kid.
    • How Josh became a standup comedian at the tender age of 11, and what he did to relate to his significantly older audience.
    • How ego can turn someone into an imposter -- and how this is different from the common phenomenon of imposter syndrome.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/657

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our episode with spooky mentalist Derren Brown? Catch up with episode 150: Derren Brown | Using the Power of Suggestion for Good here!

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    656: Your Stalker's Sister is Dating Your Brother | Feedback Friday Apr 22, 2022

    Having a stalker is bad enough. But what happens when that stalker starts showing up at family functions because their sister is now dating your brother? Is it possible to ensure your safety without infringing on your sibling's relationship? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/656

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • A testimonial from a listener who secured a great job after following advice from our deep dive on how to get your foot in the door!
    • How can you help the people of Ukraine as they continue to suffer the atrocities of invasion by Russian forces? Here’s a list.
    • What do you do when confronted with a romance like no other: your stalker's sister is dating your brother?
    • Your significant other hates their job, feels stuck because their current skill set doesn't offer any alternatives, and brings this negativity home every night. How can you address the effect their work is having on your relationship without making them feel even more hopeless?
    • You fear your tendency to cry when discussing things that are unfair or unjust may be holding you back and keeping others from taking you seriously, but therapy has thus far been unsuccessful in keeping these involuntary tears in check. So what can you do? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • Your spouse once lived a chaotic life of addiction and sometimes homelessness in her hometown, but found the road to recovery that led to you and an amazing job in another state. Now her lonely father is encouraging her to move back, but you worry that leaving her job and relocating to the very place that marks her troubled history could trigger a relapse. What's the best way to guide her in the right direction?
    • When your bosses constantly ignore your advice that turns out later to have been the right course, how can you resist saying "I told you so" and, instead, use these incidents to reinforce their confidence in what you suggest?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger...
    655: David Eagleman | How Our Brains Construct Reality Apr 21, 2022

    David Eagleman (@davideagleman) is a Stanford neuroscientist, host of Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC series The Brain, and author of many leather-bound books, including Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, The Brain: The Story of You, and Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with David Eagleman:

    • Why our conscious brain should be grateful for its separation from the subconscious brain.
    • What is sensory substitution, and how might it allow the blind to “see,” the deaf to “hear,” and create completely new, superhuman senses altogether?
    • Your umwelt is not my umwelt: a shared environment is several realities, depending on how it’s being sensed.
    • Alien hands, intellectual flexibility, zombie routines, and smartphone symbiosis.
    • How might technology augment our brains in the not-too-distant future?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/655

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our conversation about the spooky nature of perception with world-renowned neuroscientist Beau Lotto? Catch up with episode 177: Beau Lotto | Why You See Differently When You Deviate here!

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    654: Chris Miller & Brandon Wheeler | News from Ukraine's Warfront Apr 19, 2022

    Former US Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and Freedom Research Foundation's Brandon Wheeler join us after meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's top general and intelligence officers to share fresh perspectives from the war front.

    What We Discuss with Chris Miller & Brandon Wheeler:

    • Putin's unintended consequence: how Russia’s actions have consolidated the entire Western world.
    • Why isn't there a no-fly zone over Ukraine?
    • Are sanctions against Russia working?
    • What else can the West do to contain Putin’s Russia?
    • Predictions about Russia's plans and strategies moving forward, and what Putin's likely ambitions beyond this invasion entail.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/654

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Have you heard our interview with Yuriy Matsarsky, a Ukrainian journalist turned civilian fighter against the Russian invasion? Catch up with episode 638: Yuriy Matsarsky | Fighting for Ukraine here!

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    653: Ear Candling | Skeptical Sunday Apr 17, 2022
    652: Sad About Dad's Sexist Thoughts Re: Assault | Feedback Friday Apr 15, 2022
    651: Anja Shortland | How Kidnap Insurance Works Apr 14, 2022

    Anja Shortland is a professor of political economy at King’s College, London who specializes in the economics of crime. She is the author of Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business and Lost Art: The Art Loss Register Casebook Volume One.

    What We Discuss with Anja Shortland:

    • How many people are kidnapped every year for ransom, and how many actually return from the ordeal alive?
    • What incentives do kidnappers have to treat hostages nonviolently and bargain for their release in good faith?
    • How do insurers keep vulnerable clients from letting down their guard once a policy has been obtained?
    • The protection theory that explains how crime organizations (e.g., the mafia) effectively stabilize the kidnap-for-ransom industry.
    • Why offering a higher ransom than demanded is the worst strategy for ensuring a hostage's safe release.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/651

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss our conversation with Somali pirate hostage Michael Scott Moore? Catch up with episode 115: Michael Scott Moore | What It’s Really like to Be a Pirate Hostage here!

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    650: Brian Klaas | The Corruptible Influence of Power Apr 12, 2022

    Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us.

    What We Discuss with Brian Klaas:

    • How accurate was historian Lord Acton's assessment that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"?
    • Why do people become corrupt? Is it the system working on them from the outside or something in human nature working on them from within?
    • What kind of people become corrupt? Is everyone susceptible to corruption's temptations?
    • When it comes to corruption, should our leaders be held to higher standards than the rest of us?
    • How can we create fair systems to incentivize people to resist corruption in favor of the straight and narrow?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/650

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

    649: Arranged Marriage Threatens Lesbian Couple | Feedback Friday Apr 08, 2022

    Parental plans for an arranged marriage threaten a lesbian couple's future. Welcome to Feedback Friday!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/649

    648: Susan Cain | Introverts Unite for a Quiet Revolution Apr 07, 2022

    Susan Cain (@susancain) is, in her own words, an "unlikely" award-winning speaker, and bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Her latest book is Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Susan Cain:

    • How “quiet” came to be a pejorative term as the West urbanized and placed more value on personality (extroversion) over character (introversion).
    • Better ways to understand our introverted friends (or selves).
    • Action steps for introverts to become more social.
    • Why being an introvert might actually be an advantage — in social situations, negotiation, and creative pursuits.
    • Why brainstorming doesn’t work and is mostly a social exercise vs. a creative one.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/648

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    Miss our conversation with producer, author, and Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey? Catch up with episode 455: Matthew McConaughey | Following Life’s Greenlights to Success here!

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    647: Karim Hijazi | When Cyber War Goes Kinetic Apr 05, 2022

    Karim Hijazi (@karimhijazi) is the founder, chairman, and CEO of cyber intelligence company Prevailion, and creator and host of The Introverted Iconoclast podcast.

    What We Discuss with Karim Hijazi:

    • How vulnerable is the Internet and how much of our current infrastructure would suffer if it were to go down tomorrow?
    • What are the biggest threats to the security of your privacy, your bank account, your company, and your country?
    • How cyber warfare can lead to kinetic (i.e., real) warfare with physical consequences.
    • Why the current efforts of companies and governments to mitigate digital security risks are woefully insufficient.
    • What are our best practices for staying as safe from cyber attacks as possible?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/647

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    Miss the show we did with award-winning cybersecurity journalist Nicole Perlroth? Catch up with episode 542: Nicole Perlroth | Who’s Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race? here!

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    646: Expiration Dates | Skeptical Sunday Apr 03, 2022
    645: Is a Bridesmaid Fight Worth a Disinvite? | Feedback Friday Apr 01, 2022

    Everyone knows that when tweetle beetles fight, it's called a tweetle beetle battle. But bridesmaids brawling at a bachelorette bash just make wedding plans more of a pain in the ass. Now, to fend off further fighting, the bride must decide who she's disinviting. Boo, hoo! But who? Which one gets the axe; which one gets to stay? We hope to find out this Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/645

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • After a brawl between two bridesmaids at the bachelorette bash, the bride now has to disinvite one to the wedding. But who should she choose?
    • Does Jordan Harbinger ever get tired of saying "Jordan Harbinger?"
    • Aside from this one, have Gabe or Jordan ever done any weird jobs?
    • Just because an oil is classified as "essential" doesn't mean it's necessary to put it on your family's food, right? Right?
    • Do we ever get generous offers from shady sponsors?
    • What’s the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to Jordan and Gabe (that they're willing to fess up to)?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    Miss our interview with Bar Rescue‘s Jon Taffer? Catch up with episode 142: Jon Taffer | Raising Your Bar and Crushing All Excuses here!

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    644: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part Two Mar 31, 2022

    Laowhy86 (@laowhy86) -- aka Matthew Tye, aka C-Milk -- shared the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of life as an American in China on his YouTube channel for 10 years until he caught the attention of the CCP and barely escaped. This is his story. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to listen to part one here first!]

    What We Discuss with Laowhy86:

    • What the Chinese social credit system is, the factors that increase or diminish someone's score, and the consequences someone with a low score faces.
    • How the Kremlin is cribbing the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda playbook for its own nefarious purposes.
    • Why, after 10 years of having mostly positive things to say about life in China, Laowhy86 suddenly found himself on the run from the authorities and barely escaping the country.
    • How Laowhy86 went from lifestyle vlogging to covering things mainstream journalists couldn't (or wouldn't) touch.
    • Myths perpetrated by the CCP that need to be dispelled.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/644

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    Miss our two-parter with wrongfully imprisoned Erik Aude? Catch up by starting with episode 147: Erik Aude | Imprisoned in Pakistan for a Crime He Didn’t Commit Part One here!

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    643: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part One Mar 29, 2022

    Laowhy86 (@laowhy86) -- aka Matthew Tye, aka C-Milk -- shared the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of life as an American in China on his YouTube channel for 10 years until he caught the attention of the CCP and barely escaped. This is his story. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for the second part later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Laowhy86:

    • What the Chinese social credit system is, the factors that increase or diminish someone's score, and the consequences someone with a low score faces.
    • How the Kremlin is cribbing the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda playbook for its own nefarious purposes.
    • Why, after 10 years of having mostly positive things to say about life in China, Laowhy86 suddenly found himself on the run from the authorities and barely escaping the country.
    • How Laowhy86 went from lifestyle vlogging to covering things mainstream journalists couldn't (or wouldn't) touch.
    • Myths perpetrated by the CCP that need to be dispelled.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/643

    Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

    Miss the conversation we had with scambuster Coffeezilla? Catch up with episode 368: Coffeezilla | How to Expose Fake Guru Scams here!

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    642: Living In Fear of the Fiend Who Lurks Near | Feedback Friday Mar 25, 2022

    Several violent encounters with your erratic, mentally ill neighbor over the years leave you constantly in fear of his return. In spite of being a repeat felon, the law doesn't seem to be doing much to keep him in check -- leaving him to run loose as a danger to himself and others. What can you do to keep your family safe from this menace to your community? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/642

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you keep your family safe from the violent maniac who lives in your neighborhood when the long arm of the law seems short-handed? [Thanks to attorney Corbin Payne for helping us field this one!]
    • How can you enjoy your passion for travel while maintaining strong relationships and creating new ones?
    • While you fear being alone, is it worth staying in a relationship that's guaranteed to lead to marriage when your partner's many flaws -- including that time they cheated on you -- give you cause for concern?
    • When faith forbids your attraction to people of the same sex, is it possible to "pray the gay away?"
    • You've been following along with the lessons from Six-Minute Networking, but you're only 16. Do the same strategies for networking as an adult apply to teenagers?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    Miss our two-part conversation with North Korean defector and activist Yeonmi Park? Start catching up with episode 578: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom Part One here!

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    641: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way | Deep Dive Mar 24, 2022

    Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) have helped a lot of people optimize their chances at landing dream jobs, but this is only half of the equation. It's also important to consider the way you end things with your soon-to-be ex-employer so you don't needlessly burn bridges you've built along the way. Don't be that person! Here's a deep dive into how to quit your job the right way.

    What We Discuss:

    • The important questions to ask before making the commitment to quit your job.
    • How to break the news to your employer in the right order.
    • How to set your team up for success long after you've made your exit.
    • Why you should take the time to craft a great goodbye email to your peers, and what you might say.
    • How to make quitting a transition to a new phase of your relationship with former employers and colleagues rather than a final farewell -- and why you should stay close and connected long past the time you've collected your last paycheck.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/641

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    Miss the show we did with prolific art forger Ken Perenyi? Catch up here with episode 282: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger!

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    640: Peter Zeihan | Why the World Should Care About Ukraine Mar 22, 2022

    Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan) is a geopolitical strategist and author of The Absent Superpower, The Accidental Superpower, Disunited Nations, and the upcoming The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization.

    What We Discuss with Peter Zeihan:

    • How did the Russian invasion of Ukraine become a "now or never" scenario for Putin?
    • Even if Russia "wins" this conflict by sheer numbers, how difficult will it be to maintain control of Ukraine -- and what can we expect Putin's next move to be?
    • What the US and its NATO allies are doing to keep the desperation of a nuclear confrontation at bay.
    • Why Peter believes Putin's ruthless pruning of threats to his personal power -- leaving no competent next-generation successors -- will ensure he's the last president of the Russian Federation as we know it.
    • Are China's designs on Taiwan likely to be deterred by the difficulty faced by Russia's forces in Ukraine?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/640

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    Miss the show we did with award-winning cybersecurity journalist Nicole Perlroth? Catch up with episode 542: Nicole Perlroth | Who’s Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race? here!

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    639: Dealing with Your Darling's DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) | Feedback Friday Mar 18, 2022
    638: Yuriy Matsarsky | Fighting for Ukraine Mar 17, 2022

    Yuriy Matsarsky is a Ukrainian journalist turned civilian fighter against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the incursion began, he's been keeping the world updated with events as they happen as the host of the daily podcast Fighting for Ukraine.

    What We Discuss with Yuriy Matsarsky:

    • Why did Yuriy -- and so many of his civilian countrymen and women -- turn in the tools of their trades for assault rifles to defend their homeland against the professional army tasked with invading it?
    • Why Yuriy considers these Russian invaders more heartless and brutal against civilians -- including women and children -- than even ISIS terrorists he's encountered in war zones.
    • What Yuriy hopes Westerners come to understand about this conflict sooner rather than later that often gets missed by mainstream media.
    • What day-to-day life and overall morale are like for Ukrainian defenders, and how Yuriy sees this conflict ultimately playing out.
    • Short of picking up a rifle and heading to Kyiv, what can you do to help Yuriy and his fellow defenders keep resisting the advances of their uninvited neighbors?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/638

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    Miss our interview with Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism author Nadya Tolokonnikova? Catch up with episode 118: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova | How to Read and Riot here!

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    637: Bill von Hippel | Where the Social Leap Lands Mar 15, 2022

    Bill von Hippel (@billvonhippel) is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland and the author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy.

    What We Discuss with Bill von Hippel:

    • What our eyes tell us about how humans evolved to cooperate with one another.
    • How a psychological phenomenon called the theory of mind makes us aware that mental states of others don't match our own, and why this trait gives human beings a unique advantage in the animal kingdom.
    • Why hunter-gatherer societies are more egalitarian than what we see in modern Western civilization.
    • Why so many of us hate the way we look in photographs.
    • Can animals lie?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/637

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    Miss the conversation we had with scambuster Coffeezilla? Catch up with episode 368: Coffeezilla | How to Expose Fake Guru Scams here!

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    636: Is It Wrong to Decline Guardianship of Family? | Feedback Friday Mar 11, 2022

    You and your spouse made the decision long ago not to have children of your own. So was it wrong to hesitate when your brother-in-law asked you to assume guardianship over his children should the unthinkable happen to him? We'll try to get to the bottom of this conundrum and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/636

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • First off: the good pastor from episode 571 shares what he's been up to since we last spoke.
    • Are you wrong to decline your brother-in-law's request to assume guardianship over his children should the unthinkable happen?
    • By happenstance, you did a favor for someone who turns out to be a bigwig at a company where your son would like to apply for a job. Is there a non-awkward way to approach this person for a possible lead?
    • Can there be such a thing as closure when a seemingly dandy keen college romance ends in a sudden, inexplicable breakup?
    • You adopted a puppy just a few weeks after losing the family dog you'd known since childhood. Now you find yourself having full-blown panic attacks worrying about all the things that could go wrong with the new pet. What can you do to ease this ever-present, crippling anxiety sooner rather than later?
    • You and your spouse speak multiple languages, and you'd like to pass them along to your newborn daughter. What can you do to ensure you're not unintentionally overwhelming her in the process?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    Miss the conversation we had with counterfeiting investigator Kris Buckner? Catch...

    635: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part Two Mar 10, 2022

    Joe Barone was born into a life of crime from both sides of his family, became the longest-running mafia informant in the history of the FBI when his father was killed, and now lives in hiding from people in both camps who want him dead or behind bars. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Joe Barone:

    • The many reasons Joe now considers the FBI to be more treacherous than the mob.
    • What Joe was allowed and not allowed to do by the FBI while blending in with the mob.
    • How Joe prevented the murder of a federal prosecutor and a US district judge.
    • How Joe's relationship with the FBI soured after 18 years of being its top informant.
    • The consequences Joe continues to suffer as a result of this soured relationship, and what he hopes the future brings.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/635

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    Miss our two-parter with former mobster Anthony S. Luciano? Get caught up by starting with episode 425: Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi | The Mob Enforcer Part One here!

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    634: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part One Mar 08, 2022

    Joe Barone was born into a life of crime from both sides of his family, became the longest-running mafia informant in the history of the FBI when his father was killed, and now lives in hiding from people in both camps who want him dead or behind bars. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Joe Barone:

    • What it was like being born into -- and growing up in -- a crime family, and how Joe was swayed into the life in spite of aspiring to become a postman.
    • The real glue that ties mob families together has nothing to do with honor or unity.
    • How his father's murder was used to turn Joe into an FBI informant for 18 years.
    • What it was like for Joe to live a double life among mobsters -- keeping his cool while fearing for his life -- during those 18 years as an informant.
    • How much does it cost to hire mafia "assistance" in intimidating or eliminating a personal archnemesis?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/634

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    Miss our two-parter with Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family? Start catching up with episode 587: Sammy “The Bull” Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part One here!

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    633: Finding Work Fast with a Criminal Past | Feedback Friday Mar 04, 2022

    Getting your record expunged after the embarrassment of earning a DUI can take years, but you need to land a job today. So how do you find work fast when you have a criminal past? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/633

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Getting your record expunged after the embarrassment of earning a DUI can take years, but you need to land a job today. So how do you find work fast when you have a criminal past? [Thanks to attorney Corbin Payne for helping us field this one!]
    • Despite working in tech -- arguably the most optimistic field there is -- you find yourself battling a constant wave of hopelessness over the escalating climate crisis and the future of the planet. What can you do to keep your eco-anxiety in check?
    • When confronting your fiancée with text messages suggesting she's been cheating on you with a co-worker, she insists it never got physical and she wants to reconcile. But can you ever trust her enough to carry on with the wedding you've been planning?
    • As an experienced world traveler on a gap year before college, you've researched places you want to visit that your very concerned parents have "forbid" you to consider -- like Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lebanon, and Russia. You believe the benefits of seeing these destinations up close outweigh the risks and are determined to go, but how can you alleviate your parents' worry and depart with their blessing?
    • As a third-year medical student, you'll be graded on your performance under pressure working full time in a hospital. The problem? You're a very feminine female with a petite build and a soft voice, and getting peers and patients to take you seriously has been an issue. How can you thrive in a field where masculinity is deemed equal to competency?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    632: Jon Acuff | Give Yourself the Gift of Done Mar 03, 2022

    Jon Acuff (@jonacuff) is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Jon Acuff:

    • Why are only eight percent of new year’s resolutions realized? (Incidentally, that’s the same percentage of applicants accepted to Juilliard.)
    • The harm perfectionism causes and what we can do to navigate through it.
    • The Planning Fallacy and how it causes overachievers to fail before even beginning.
    • Strategic Incompetence: why you should deliberately be terrible at some things.
    • Secret Rules: what they are, how they’re made, and how these invisible scripts affect our lives (and what we can do about it).
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/632

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    Every week on My First Million, hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr dive deep into different business opportunities and explain how to pounce on them — basically spoon-feeding you interesting businesses you can start tomorrow. Check it out at HubSpot or wherever you listen to fine podcasts!

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    631: Amanda Catarzi | Overcoming Cult Life and Sex Trafficking Mar 01, 2022

    Amanda Catarzi survived a cult-dominated childhood and abuse at the hands of sex and labor traffickers. In the years since, she has helped law enforcement bust trafficking rings, written federal anti-trafficking legislation, and worked to save countless victims.

    What We Discuss with Amanda Catarzi:

    • 70 percent of human trafficking victims are women, and 30 percent are men. They usually die (overdose or violence being primary causes) within seven years.
    • How Amanda's upbringing in an isolated cult that matched teen brides with middle-aged men and preached absolute male dominance over them programmed her to consider abusive relationships normal.
    • Why moving to the other side of the country didn't turn out to be an escape from the childhood traumas that haunted Amanda, but just the next chapter of her abuse by expert manipulators.
    • How training as an MMA fighter was the perfect cover for this abuse as no one questioned Amanda's bruises and black eyes when her "coach" trafficked her out to violent johns.
    • How Amanda escaped this dire situation and has used her experience to help legislators and law enforcement save other trafficking victims (especially children), and what we can do to help stem the tide of abuse that may be going on in our own neighborhoods in plain sight.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/631

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    Miss our conversation with Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas co-founder who worked undercover to thwart terrorist plots? Catch up with episode 407: Mosab Hassan Yousef | The Green Prince of Hamas here!

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    630: When the Law Puts You In a Catch-22 | Feedback Friday Feb 25, 2022
    629: Getting Your Foot In The Door | Deep Dive Feb 24, 2022

    Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into what you should do if you're looking for a new job or relationship and you want to know how to get your foot in the door -- while avoiding the mistakes that are liable to get that door slammed in your face.

    What We Discuss:

    • How to make sure you're aligning the job you want to do with the employer who needs you to do it -- without wasting everyone's time in the process.
    • Why you should use Ramit Sethi's Briefcase Technique to anticipate what someone needs before you meet, and up the stakes when it comes time to negotiate terms.
    • The best resources to use and questions to ask yourself when you're doing research on someone in anticipation of a meeting.
    • A cold email script you can adapt for your purposes to maximize the chance of landing that crucial meeting.
    • How to create a relationship that will generate business for years to come even if your pitch doesn't close at the first meeting.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/629

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    Miss our interview with entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and Kernel founder and CEO Bryan Johnson? Catch up with episode 223: Bryan Johnson | A Plan for the Future of the Human Race here!

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    628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Feb 22, 2022

    Amanda Montell (@amandamontell) is a language scholar and author of critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language. Her latest book is Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, which explores how cults co-opt the words we use in order to control us and affect our behavior.

    What We Discuss with Amanda Montell:

    • How the uncertainty of current times drives people toward the solace of community — and the sights of aspiring cult leaders and con artists.
    • What personal experience drew Amanda, a language scholar, to explore how language is one of the most powerful tools of manipulation cults use to exploit their victims?
    • What thought-terminating cliches are and why they're so effective at shaping behavior.
    • How MLMs operate like cults and who they predominately target with empty promises of wealth and prestige.
    • How to tell if your language is being taken over by cultish manipulators.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/628

    Miss our conversation with the American photographer who survived seven months under captivity by Al-Qaeda? Catch up with episode 217: Matthew Schrier | How to Survive in a Secret Syrian Terrorist Prison here!

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    627: Would I Be Insane to Report from Ukraine? | Feedback Friday Feb 18, 2022
    626: Adam Grant | Why Helping Others Drives Our Success Feb 17, 2022

    Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant, and the author of several New York Times Best Sellers. Here, he joined us to discuss Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Adam Grant:

    • How to give to someone you don’t know without being awkward and transactional.
    • What stage gates are and how you should use them.
    • How to avoid committing social capital suicide.
    • What Abraham Lincoln could teach us about the power of powerless communication.
    • Why you'll be a better, more effective giver if you practice chunking rather than sprinkling.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/626

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    Miss our conversation with actor, producer, and Scientology survivor Leah Remini? Get caught up with episode 485: Leah Remini | Surviving Hollywood and Scientology here!

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    625: Dan Pink | The Power of Regret Feb 15, 2022

    Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) is the NYT-bestselling author of When and Drive. His latest book is The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us, about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret.

    What We Discuss with Daniel Pink:

    • As uncomfortable as it can make us feel, regret is a universal, healthy part of being human.
    • Understanding how regret works can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and bring greater meaning to our lives.
    • The four core regrets we each have, and the insights they give us for finding a better path forward.
    • How we can reimagine regret as a positive, propelling force rather than an anvil of shame we have to carry around in perpetuity.
    • How regret works like a photographic negative: knowing what we regret most allows us to focus clearly on how to avoid repeating whatever got us there.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/625

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    Miss our two-part conversation with former gangster, pimp, and mob enforcer Mickey Royal? Get caught up by starting with episode 548: Mickey Royal | A Pimp’s Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part One here!

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    624: Is She Moving Abroad for a Friend or a Fraud? | Feedback Friday Feb 11, 2022

    You're concerned your 21-year-old daughter is making a mistake by moving abroad to be with her Bahrain beau of five years -- especially since they've only corresponded remotely and have never been face-to-face in real life. You can't outright forbid her to leave as she's an adult now, but is there any way you can get her to reconsider the gravity of what she may be getting herself into? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/624

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you convince your 21-year-old daughter she may be making a huge mistake by moving abroad to be with the Bahrain beau she's never actually met in real life?
    • How can gently turn down writing a letter of recommendation for someone whose countless character flaws make them someone with whom you don't want your name associated?
    • Over the past 10 years, your once-athletic spouse has become clinically obese. The doctor has warned that this is a perfect recipe for diabetes and heart disease, but to no avail. How can you bring up losing weight and leading a healthier lifestyle without sounding like a superficial a-hole?
    • You have an offer for your dream job, but it would mean a $40,000 pay cut and a move across the country -- something your significant other is dead-set against. And if you turn down the offer, you'll likely be barred from joining the organization in the future and lose some valuable links in your network. What's your best option?
    • You know therapy might be effective in helping you through your depression if you could only find the right therapist. How do you go about finding someone who's the right fit?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    623: Ludacris | Fast & Philanthropic Feb 10, 2022

    Ludacris (@Ludacris) is a Grammy-winning rapper, a SAG award-winning actor known for roles in Crash, The Simpsons, and the Fast & Furious franchise, and the philanthropic founder of Kid Nation and The Ludacris Foundation.

    What We Discuss with Ludacris:

    • Does Ludacris really own a car from every Fast & Furious movie in which he's appeared?
    • What was Ludacris' initial rap name?
    • Is Ludacris the Where's Waldo of hip-hop history?
    • How has Ludacris maintained much of the same support team over the past couple of decades -- all without written contracts?
    • The pandemic's silver lining for famous people: it's a lot easier to maintain anonymity in public when you're encouraged to wear a mask everywhere.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/623

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    Miss our two-part conversation with the Danish family man who infiltrated the illicit North Korean arms trade? Catch up beginning with episode 527: Ulrich “The Mole” Larsen | Undercover in North Korea Part One here!

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    622: Ishmael Beah | Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Feb 08, 2022

    Ishmael Beah (@IshmaelBeah) is a former child soldier, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel. His latest book is Little Family: A Novel.

    What We Discuss with Ishmael Beah:

    • What the volatility of life in a warzone is really like from the perspective of a child.
    • How desperation drives human beings to rationalize committing any number of atrocities to survive.
    • Why trusting old neighbors, friends, and even family in the midst of a civil war can arouse suspicion and cost you your life.
    • The choice for all too many children in an area embroiled in armed conflict: accept recruitment into one of the factions as a soldier, or be killed before someone else can recruit you.
    • How rap music saved Ishmael's life.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/622

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    Miss our two-parter with professional pickpocket Bob Arno? Start catching up with episode 530: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part One here!

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    621: Are You at Fault for Being Sexually Assaulted? | Feedback Friday Feb 04, 2022

    A "friend" who once admitted to having a crush on you came over to continue a night of drinking and crash on the couch. You pushed him away when he tried to kiss you because the crush isn't mutual and you have a boyfriend. Then you woke up in the middle of the night to him spooning, touching, and trying to make out with you. You pushed him away again and went back to sleep. Is this a form of sexual assault, or did you cheat by allowing yourself to get drunk and winding up in this situation? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/621

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Were you sexually assaulted by the "friend" who kept trying to make out with you one drunken night, or did you cheat by allowing yourself to get drunk and winding up in this situation?
    • You feel like the past two years of the pandemic have dulled your ability to converse smoothly with other human beings, and you worry this is damaging your relationships. What can you do to regain what used to come so naturally?
    • Your young, sweet neighbor is a stay-at-home mom of four kids, and married to a teacher. She's also embroiled in an MLM scheme and you want to help her see a way out before her family's modest savings are emptied by shysters. What can you do?
    • You've never gotten along with your snarky mother-in-law, and the tension has only increased since you gave birth to your son. On top of this, your husband takes her side in any disputes, and you're mentally exhausted by all of it. What should you do?
    • You're an in-house art director for an advertising company, where people are so competitive and credit-hungry that stealing work is not uncommon. You've collaborated with partners who completely dismissed and gaslighted your contributions. How can you nip this behavior in the bud before you're actually driven to kill somebody at your office?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    620: Richard Clarke | Warnings, Cassandras, and Catastrophes Feb 03, 2022

    Richard Clarke (@ghsrm) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism for the United States, and is the co-author of Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/620

    What We Discuss with Richard Clarke:

    • What is the Cassandra Coefficient?
    • Discover how to use the Cassandra Coefficient to filter signal from noise when it comes to warnings.
    • Understand how to spot your own cognitive biases and what you can do to diminish their effect on your decisions.
    • Learn to persuade people to see things from your perspective and motivate them to take action.
    • Find out what someone at the top levels of government does when their personal politics don’t agree with those of the current administration.
    • And so much more…

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    Miss the conversation we had with Gift of Fear author and security legend Gavin de Becker? Catch up with episode 329: Gavin de Becker | The Gift of Fear Part One here!

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    619: Danny Gold | Breaking News from the Underworld Feb 01, 2022

    Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, long-form writer, and co-host (with Sean Williams) of the Underworld podcast, which covers organized crime around the world -- from Balkan warlords to Brooklyn wiseguys.

    What We Discuss with Danny Gold:

    • How coming from a family of Holocaust survivors inspired Danny to pursue journalism and keep an eye on the world's most unsavory and unreported misdeeds.
    • What it's like to get caught red-handed trying to secretly record a violent human trafficker on his own turf.
    • How Danny finds ways to relate on a human level to people who may be responsible for committing unfathomable atrocities.
    • Why assuming everything is going to go wrong -- and preparing accordingly -- is the best way to survive as a freelance reporter in the field.
    • How even the darkest shadows cast by the human experience can bring out the brightest and best facets of humanity.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/619

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    Miss our conversation with elite counterterrorism undercover agent Tamer Elnoury? Catch up with episode 572: Tamer Elnoury | Undercover with a Muslim FBI Agent here!

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    618: Prescription for Friction: Marry into Addiction | Feedback Friday Jan 28, 2022

    Your fiancée knows her weed habit triggers your own addictive tendencies, but keeps it in her daily routine anyway. Now she's giving you flak for your recent lapse in sobriety, and this is making you wonder if getting married next month is really the best move for both of you. What should you do? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/618

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Should you proceed with the marriage next month when your fiancée refuses to quit her weed habit even when she knows it triggers your own addictive tendencies?
    • Your mother's always fawned over babies, but expresses indifference once they get older. As a result, you feel like you were neglected through most of your childhood and never fully developed. Now, at age 30, you've discovered you were conceived via a sperm donor, and suddenly the dots connect. How should you approach your mother about this?
    • Your international long-distance relationship of several years was disrupted by COVID. And even though you've both agreed to date other people, you still hold onto hope that you might someday be able to work things out and resume a life together. Is this at all realistic, or is it just time to move on?
    • You don't mind having a reputation for being nice, but it seems to be a green light for some people to habitually take advantage of you. How can you find the right balance between kindness and assertiveness?
    • This past year, you've been surrounded with reminders of the impending death of loved ones, and what’s to come once they’re gone. How do you stop planning for the inevitable and start enjoying the time you have with those close to you while you still can?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    Miss the interview we did with sleep doctor Matthew...

    617: Daniel Levin | Finding a Missing Person in the Middle East Jan 27, 2022

    Daniel Levin is an attorney, political commentator, and author of Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful and Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East.

    What We Discuss with Daniel Levin:

    • How the Syrian regime kidnaps westerners and blames the opposition, keeping them in captivity -- often for years -- as bargaining chips.
    • How Daniel became the go-to person for hunting down a missing person in Syria when no government, embassy, or intelligence agency would help.
    • What proof of life means in a kidnapping scenario, and how someone in search of a missing person goes about finding this.
    • How people use leverage to get what they want from one another in a place where no one does a favor without wanting something in return.
    • The nuances of negotiating with criminals.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/617

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    Miss our episode with FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss? Catch up with episode 165: Chris Voss | Negotiate as If Your Life Depended on It here!

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    616: Martin Kove | Kicking It in the Cobra Kai Dojo Jan 25, 2022

    Martin Kove (@MartinKove) is a prolific actor best known for his portrayal of the evil karate sensei, John Kreese, in The Karate Kid trilogy and Netflix's Cobra Kai series. Be on the lookout as he hosts the upcoming Kicking It with the Koves podcast with his kids Jesse and Rachel.

    What We Discuss with Martin Kove:

    • How Martin nailed his audition for The Karate Kid by channeling his anger at not having ample time to prepare for it.
    • Why we need more role models for leadership and personal responsibility in popular culture -- in the western genre, if Martin had his way.
    • How Martin finds common ground with the hard-to-love characters he sometimes portrays in order to make them relatable.
    • Does playing villains for months on set ever rub off on Martin's real-life behavior (and does this tend to work for or against him)?
    • How does Martin look so young and stay in shape as a 74-year-old?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/616

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    Miss the show we did with Jonathan Haidt — the social psychologist who studies the American culture wars and is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of morality? Catch up with episode 90: Jonathan Haidt | The Danger of Good Intentions and Safe Spaces!

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    615: Need Wedding Free from Dad's Drunken Spree | Feedback Friday Jan 21, 2022

    You'd love to invite your dad to your wedding, but he has a habit of getting drunk at gatherings and making a spectacle of himself. Is there a way to politely request sobriety as a condition of his invitation? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/615

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your dad loves to hit the sauce and cause a scene whenever there's a gathering, which makes you hesitant to invite him to your wedding. Is there a way to politely request his sobriety for your special day?
    • Your job burdens you with cripping depression and dissatisfaction that even the fattest of paychecks can't outweigh, but quitting now would have a dire impact on your career. How can you summon the motivation to power through this soul-sapping, meaningless job for the time being?
    • With as little awkwardness as possible, how can you get your coworker to understand that the Ukrainian model Internet "girlfriend" he's never met in person is scamming him to the tune of $1,000 a month?
    • Is it wrong to continue a relationship with someone whose romantic past triggers suicidal ideation in you, courtesy of your recently diagnosed borderline personality disorder?
    • Your enthusiasm for weed has outlived the reasons you once had for using it as a coping mechanism. How can you quit it in secret before it hurts your career, love life, and relationship with your aggressively judgmental family?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    Missed the episode we did with Annie Duke — World Series poker champion and author of Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts? Catch up by listening to episode...

    614: Shawn Achor | Leveraging the Happiness Advantage Jan 20, 2022

    Shawn Achor (@shawnachor) is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success, and is the author of Big Potential, Before Happiness, and The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life.

    What We Discuss with Shawn Achor:

    • What did Shawn have to teach Pentagon bigwigs about happiness?
    • The science behind the contagiousness of happiness.
    • The importance of mirror neurons.
    • What is the 10-5 Way, and how can it improve your life?
    • At what point in her career was Oprah most depressed, and why should you care?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/614

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    Miss our conversation with Arthur Brooks about the merits of learning to love your enemies (especially during these divisive times)? Catch up by listening to episode 211: Arthur Brooks | How Loving Your Enemies Can Save America here!

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    613: Ray Dalio | Why Nations Succeed and Fail Jan 18, 2022

    Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates — the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world — and author of New York Times bestseller Principles: Life and Work. His latest book is The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.

    What We Discuss with Ray Dalio:

    • What an investor like Ray Dalio is uniquely poised to observe about the ebb and flow of history and the repeating patterns that make the future somewhat predictable.
    • Why transitional (and often painful) cycles -- like recessions, pandemics, and wars -- are necessary to reset and change the rules.
    • How studying these cycles as symptomatic of larger problems is the best way to heal and grow from their discomfort.
    • What the current state of political polarization in the United States bodes for our collective future.
    • How our rivalry with China differs from our Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union and what Ray sees as our best way of managing it.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/613

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    If you missed the last time Ray Dalio was on the show, make sure to catch up with episode 491: Ray Dalio | The Changing World Order here!

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    612: Cautioning Creepy Dad's Current Clan | Feedback Friday Jan 14, 2022

    Your mom and stepdad split up when she caught him trying to take pictures of you -- at age 16 -- in the shower. Now he's remarried with new stepchildren and a baby on the way. How can you warn his new family about his predatory proclivities before he ruins their lives too? This and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/612

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • The stepdad who was caught trying to take pictures of you in the shower when you were a teenager now has a new family, new stepchildren, and a new baby on the way. How can you prevent him from preying on them?
    • You've discovered hard evidence that your toxic, soon-to-be-ex-business partner is guilty of fraud. The vengeful part of you really wants to report her to the authorities, but you don't want your other partner, who you like and respect, to suffer blowback. What's the right thing to do?
    • Your significant other's anxiety has only gotten worse over the years, and their constant need for validation and reassurance is draining. How can you support their quest to become mentally healthier without becoming emotionally exhausted yourself?
    • You consider yourself a strong, knowledgeable, take-no-crap woman, but you've been fired from two jobs this year for "not fitting with company culture." So you started your own business, which you love, but you can't overcome the guilt of providing less for your family than you did as someone else's unsatisfied employee. What should you do?
    • You really do love your future mother-in-law, but you're not jazzed about her plans to live in your backyard guesthouse permanently when you tie the knot with her son. Is it wrong for you to want boundaries between yourself and your extended family while building a family of your own?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    611: Reid Hoffman | Surprising Entrepreneurial Truths Jan 13, 2022

    Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) is a co-founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of the podcast Masters of Scale, and co-author of Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs.

    What We Discuss with Reid Hoffman:

    • What Reid means when he calls himself a "six-person-or-less extrovert."
    • Why fostering diversity is important for any company that wants to be relevant tomorrow.
    • How to identify the five kinds of "no" and what they can each teach you.
    • Why unanimous consent in a pitch meeting is a concerning sign.
    • The best and worst ways to pitch ideas to venture capitalists.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/611

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    Miss our conversation with comedian, actor, and director Bob Saget? Catch up with episode 372: Bob Saget | How Comedy Continually Changes His Life here.

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    610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me Jan 11, 2022

    Bill Sullivan (@wjsullivan) is a professor of pharmacology and microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, an award-winning researcher, teacher, science communicator, and author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are.

    What We Discuss with Bill Sullivan:

    • What we're just now learning in the field of epigenetics -- the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.
    • Why twins who are genetically identical look less alike as they age -- or if they've been raised apart from one another.
    • How the overabundance of plastics and other endocrine disruptors in our environment are affecting not only our bodies on a molecular level, but the physical and mental development of generations down the line.
    • How kids -- even the unborn -- are epigenetically altered by the social and economic status of their parents.
    • What we're learning about the role of the teeming millions of microorganisms that live inside of us -- collectively known as the microbiome -- on our overall mental and physical health.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/610

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    Miss our interview with Find Your Why, Start with Why, and The Infinite Game author Simon Sinek? Catch up with episode 300: Simon Sinek | How to Play the Infinite Game here!

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    609: Evicting a Boarder with a Dangerous Disorder | Feedback Friday Jan 07, 2022
    608: Jocko Willink | The Winning Example of Extreme Ownership Jan 06, 2022

    Jocko Willink (@jockowillink), commander for the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War, joins the show to talk about taking responsibility, discipline, intensity, and leadership to the next level as outlined in Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Jocko Willink:

    • When making a decision, worrying about variables that can’t be controlled is a waste of time. A better outcome is likely if we learn to focus that wasted effort on factors that can be controlled.
    • Understand why taking ownership of your mistakes, personal issues, and outcomes gets better results than trying to pass the blame to someone else.
    • What does discipline = freedom mean?
    • How do you stop small weaknesses that sometimes permeate discipline from having a negative impact on significant decisions?
    • Is there such a thing as a natural leader?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/608

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    Miss our conversation with accidental international poker champion and human motivation expert Maria Konnikova? Catch up with episode 371: Maria Konnikova | Pulling Off the Biggest Bluff here!

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    607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball Jan 04, 2022

    Dwyane Wade (@DwyaneWade) is a retired NBA All-Star, host of The Cube on TBS, and author of Dwyane and A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball.

    What We Discuss with Dwyane Wade:

    • How to know the difference between giving your kids the opportunity to excel in areas that will enrich their lives versus pushing them into things they don't want to do.
    • Lessons Dwyane learned from the basketball court that he now applies to his most important job: parent.
    • How Dwyane dealt with imposter syndrome on the cusp of signing to the NBA.
    • On the stigma of athletes seeking help for mental health, and why Dwyane encourages them to do it anyway.
    • How Dwyane encourages his kids to be the best versions of themselves, strives to see the world from their unique perspectives, and doesn't shy away from consulting professional help when they pose questions he's unable to answer on his own.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/607

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    Miss our conversation with rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer T-Pain? Catch up with episode 551: T-Pain | You Can’t Auto-Tune Your Way to Happiness here!

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    606: David Rubenstein | Patriotic Philanthropy and Leading Large Dec 30, 2021

    David M. Rubenstein is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, host of The David Rubenstein Show, and author of How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers and The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream.

    What We Discuss with David Rubenstein:

    • Why David was one of the original signers of The Giving Pledge, a promise to give away the majority of his wealth instead of just building a stockpile of money for his heirs.
    • The many ways David gives back to the United States for the privilege of growing up here, but why he eschews the idea of running for office.
    • Why David finds giving away his money more rewarding than making it.
    • The key errors people commonly make when fundraising for their business (and what they should be doing instead).
    • How David raised his kids to develop the skills and strong work ethic to succeed without spoiling them.
    • And much more...

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    Miss our interview with Freeway Rick Ross, the crack empire kingpin gone good? Catch up with episode 121: Freeway Rick Ross | Life in the Crack Lane here!

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    605: Aaron Levant | NTWRK Shopping with Culture's Creators Dec 28, 2021

    Aaron Levant is the founder and CEO of NTWRK, the curated livestream shopping company some have called "QVC for the YouTube Generation."

    What We Discuss with Aaron Levant:

    • What drew Aaron to graffiti art counterculture in his rebellious youth, and how he pivoted this interest into wildly successful streetwear entrepreneurship.
    • What society loses when it underestimates the intelligence and educational capacity of people -- like Aaron -- who struggle with dyslexia, and why we need to support their development rather than shame them toward failure.
    • How Aaron fell into the trade show game by making a stand to defy The Man and accidentally starting a viable business.
    • How having an archnemesis in his industry to duke it out with feeds Aaron's competitive spirit and motivates his drive to push harder.
    • "Ignorance is rich": The chaos theory by which Aaron decides where to put his investment dollars.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/605

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    Build for Tomorrow with Jason Feifer is a podcast about the crazy, curious things from history that shaped us, and how we can shape the future. Each episode is deeply researched, fast-paced, funny, and aims to answer big questions about ourselves. Check it out here or wherever you listen to fine podcasts!

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    604: Put Your Best Foot Fetish Forward | Feedback Friday Dec 24, 2021

    You're concerned that your foot fetish betrays the dedication you have to your significant other and makes you some kind of pervert in waiting. Is there anything you can do to course-correct your way back to decency, or should you just embrace this as an indelible part of yourself that you have the power to control? Or maybe no one should judge you for your foot fetish until they've walked a mile in your shoes? Welcome to Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/604

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Is your foot fetish really a problem as long as the way it makes you feel doesn't intrude on the way anyone else feels?
    • Is your roommate just wagging the dog when she insists her pooch got fleas from your apartment instead of the other way around?
    • Was there a better way to make it clear you and your significant other want to get married on your own terms than refusing to participate in the garter/bouquet toss at their pushy family's wedding?
    • Would it be rude of you and your siblings to request your historically terrible gift-giving mother instead direct her resources to charity?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    Miss our interview with Jonna Mendez, the CIA’s former chief of disguise? Catch up with episode 344: Jonna Mendez | The Moscow Rules here!

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    603: Mike Rowe | Dirty Jobs and Peripatetic Moments Dec 23, 2021

    Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) of Dirty Jobs and The Way I Heard It podcast (and book) fame joins us to talk about the skills gap, The mikeroweWORKS Foundation, authenticity, and life experiences possible outside the comfort zone. Just don't tell him he's following his passion. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

    What We Discuss with Mike Rowe:

    • Did you know Mike Rowe started his show business career in opera — to get women?
    • What are Anagnorisis and Peripeteia?
    • Discover how Mike broke a pattern of commodity hosting by approaching the profession as a tradesman.
    • Bromide busting and the problems with conventional wisdom.
    • Why finding and filling a niche may ultimately be better than chasing what you think is your dream job.
    • And much more...

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    Miss the other show we did with Mike Rowe — the Dirty Jobs host working to close the skills gap in the US? Catch up here with episode 264: Mike Rowe | The Way I Heard It!

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    602: Tom Wright | Billion Dollar Whale Dec 21, 2021

    Tom Wright (@tomwrightasia) is an award-winning journalist, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World, co-founder of journalism studio and production company Project Brazen, and host of the Fat Leonard podcast.

    What We Discuss with Tom Wright:

    • A deep dive into the shadowy world of corruption, money laundering, and embezzling by the shadiest shysters among the elite.
    • How does an investigative journalist uncover misdeeds by the rich and powerful without winding up on someone's hit list?
    • How did Jho Low, a charisma-free, second-generation fraudster, siphon billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund -- with the aid of Goldman Sachs -- right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs?
    • How many ways are there to launder this kind of money without being detected by the authorities?
    • Where is Jho Low today?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/602

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    Miss the show we did with Shark Tank heavyweight Mark Cuban? Catch up with episode 362: Mark Cuban | Tales from the Shark Side here!

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    601: Should I Marry My Dying Girlfriend? | Feedback Friday Dec 17, 2021
    600: Metta World Peace | Mettaphorically Speaking Dec 16, 2021

    Metta World Peace (@MettaWorld37) (aka Metta Sandiford-Artest, aka Ron Artest) is a former NBA All-Star, author of No Malice: My Life in Basketball or: How a Kid from Queensbridge Survived the Streets, the Brawls, and Himself to Become an NBA Champion, and host of the Mettaphorically Speaking podcast.

    What We Discuss with Metta World Peace:

    • How did Ron Artest become Metta World Peace, what were some of the considered alternatives, and why did he later change his name to Metta Sandiford-Artest?
    • Growing up with anger management problems that arguably culminated in the infamous Malice at the Palace Pacers–Pistons brawl, how does Metta positively channel his passion these days?
    • Why Metta chose to work a part-time job at Circuit City after practice while pulling in a million dollars a year (albeit before taxes) for the Chicago Bulls.
    • Why Metta made a point to thank his shrink when he was playing for the Lakers and they won the 2010 championship.
    • How Metta has advocated for mental health awareness by donating a portion of his NBA salary and auctioning off his 2010 championship ring.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/600

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    Miss the show we did with Dennis Rodman — one of the greatest rebounders ever to play professional basketball? Catch up here with episode 258: Dennis Rodman | The Worm Is Back!

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    599: Spencer Roberts | The Dirty Truth About Corporate Greenwashing Dec 14, 2021

    Spencer Roberts (@Unpop_Science) is an ecologist, photovoltaic engineer, musician, and writer who specializes in exposing corporate science propaganda and greenwashing.

    What We Discuss with Spencer Roberts:

    • Is there really such a thing as sustainable seafood in industrial nations?
    • Logistically, how "dolphin safe" can a can of tuna be (and how endangered is that tuna)?
    • Will the escalating amount of microplastics found in seafood lead to human extinction?
    • Is the climate-rescuing promise of "regenerative" ranching a complete racket?
    • Is your fish dinner financing slave labor?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/599

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    Miss the conversation we had with scambuster Coffeezilla? Catch up with episode 368: Coffeezilla | How to Expose Fake Guru Scams here!

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    598: Gently Sequestering a Questionable Counselor | Feedback Friday Dec 10, 2021

    A medical issue has rendered your therapist colleague mentally (and ethically) incapable of providing care for others, but she hasn't accepted this. How can you support management's efforts to establish reasonable cause for termination without feeling so guilty? This and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/598

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you get better at your job when the boss is afraid to constructively criticize your performance just because you're the heir apparent to the family business?
    • A medical issue has rendered your therapist colleague mentally (and ethically) incapable of providing care for others, but she hasn't accepted this. How can you support management's efforts to establish reasonable cause for termination without feeling so guilty?
    • You're at a lucky point in your life where everything seems to be falling into place, but you can't curb the urge to shop impulsively and worry this could be the domino that brings all good things down. How can you keep your sticky fingers off your credit cards before catastrophe strikes?
    • On the job hunt after learning a new skill set, you've noticed that listing pronouns on LinkedIn profiles has become pretty common and you support the idea. But you happen to live in a conservative-leaning state and worry that prospective employers in your area might not be as open-minded if you chose to observe this practice. What's the right move here?
    • Nearing 30, you and your long-term significant other own an investment property together and run your own business, but you live with your parents because it's culturally acceptable and it allows you to build capital for the future. However, you've been feeling social pressure to move out and you're wondering if it's finally time. Should you stay or should you go?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    597: Gary Vaynerchuk | Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness Dec 09, 2021

    Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) is the chairman of VaynerX, the active CEO of VaynerMedia, and the author of several bestselling books, including #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness.

    What We Discuss with Gary Vaynerchuk:

    • With so many platforms at his disposal, why does Gary continue to write books?
    • Where does a workaholic like Gary stand on the concept of work/life balance?
    • When do we quit if something isn’t working?
    • How do you know if you’re hard-wired to be an entrepreneur?
    • How do we balance the hunger required to achieve Plan A while not taking too much comfort in Plan B?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/597

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    Miss the show we did with Vince Beiser — author of The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization? Make sure to check out episode 97: Vince Beiser | Why Sand Is More Important Than You Think It Is!

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    596: Andrew Gold | Exorcisms On the Edge Dec 07, 2021

    Andrew Gold (@andrewgold_ok) is an award-winning BBC and HBO journalist who interviews the world's most controversial and inspiring figures in his On the Edge with Andrew Gold podcast.

    What We Discuss with Andrew Gold:

    • What Andrew discovered while making a documentary about someone claiming to be a modern-day exorcist.
    • Is professional wrestling "real?"
    • What you can buy in an exorcist's gift shop to keep the "demons" at bay.
    • The multitude of benefits Andrew enjoys when making documentaries about people who natively speak a language different from his own.
    • How Andrew handles the blowback from making documentaries addressing taboo subjects like pedophilia and abortion.
    • And much more...

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    595: My Bi Guy: Am I Enough to Satisfy? | Feedback Friday Dec 03, 2021

    When your significant other confessed his bisexual tendencies, you began to wonder: can you ever really give him everything he needs to be satisfied in a relationship? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/595

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • When your significant other confessed his bisexual tendencies, you began to wonder: can you ever really give him everything he needs to be satisfied in a relationship?
    • Losing all your hair to Alopecia Universalis is ruining your confidence on a personal as well as professional level. What can you do to bring that confidence back?
    • Your relationship with someone from a radically different cultural background has become more serious. How do you integrate respectfully and smoothly into the experience with as few hiccups as possible?
    • Bad people taking advantage of the perks of your friendship in the past have made it difficult to open up to new, more deserving friends. How can you lower your defenses enough to make new friends without being a sucker to the undeserving?
    • You love the feeling of being counted on and wanted by your employer, but you worry that you're a little too accommodating. How can you draw healthy boundaries and avoid being a yes man?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    Miss our conversation with behavioral expert Thomas Erikson? Catch up with episode 465: Thomas Erikson | How to Protect Yourself from Psychopaths here!

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    594: Joshua Fields Millburn | Love People, Use Things Dec 02, 2021

    Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) is best known as one half of The Minimalists, where he and Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff. Their latest book is Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works.

    What We Discuss with Joshua Fields Millburn:

    • How Joshua found that having more stuff -- including more money -- really isn't the key to success or happiness.
    • The average American throws away 81 pounds of clothing every year when 95% of that can be reused or recycled. How can embracing minimalism help solve this problem?
    • 'Tis the season -- to ask yourself if you're overdoing it on consumption and indulging in a little too much when just a little might go a long way.
    • Why being a minimalist involves more than just waking up one day and getting rid of a bunch of things you don't need -- it's a process of constant evaluation.
    • How can you allow yourself to let go of things that have sentimental value?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/594

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    Missed our conversation with Daniel Pink in which we discussed the psychology, biology, and economics behind scheduling for optimal effect (including sleep) — and why your ideal time to get something done may widely differ from someone else’s? Catch up with episode 63: Daniel Pink | When Is the Best Time to Get Things Done?

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    593: Steven Pinker | Why Rationality Seems Scarce Nov 30, 2021

    Steven Pinker (@sapinker) is a psychology professor at Harvard, one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind, and an author of several bestsellers. His latest is Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.

    What We Discuss with Steven Pinker:

    • Why, by most metrics, older generations are mistaken when they proclaim: "Things were better back in my day!"
    • Alternatives we might consider if Universal Basic Income can't sustainably solve the problem of housing and feeding a workforce increasingly unemployed by automation.
    • Why nostalgia is overrated, and how criticizing the present is very often a way of criticizing your rivals.
    • If we're really living, as Steven says, in "the most peaceable era in our species’ existence," how does he explain why we still have wars, famines, uprisings, and genocides?
    • What sentiment mapping shows us about the power of the media to manipulate us into seeing the world in a heavily negative light even as it's improving constantly on every measurable level.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/593

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    Miss the last time we had Navy SEAL leadership authority and Extreme Ownership co-author Jocko Willink on the show? Make sure to check out episode 93: Jocko Willink | Leading on the Line Between Extreme and Reckless!

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    592: Do the Math: Am I a Psychopath? | Feedback Friday Nov 26, 2021

    Thinking back on how you've navigated your life, you're concerned that certain human interactions reveal a tendency toward behavior that our former guest, behavioral expert Thomas Erikson, might categorize as psychopathic. Weighing the evidence for and against, you really want an answer to this question: "Am I a psychopath?" We'll try to get to the bottom of this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/592

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Weighing the evidence for and against, you really want an answer to this: "Am I a psychopath?" [Thanks to behavioral expert Thomas Erikson for helping us field this one!]
    • Now in your thirties, you gathered the courage to tell your mother about the sexual abuse your stepfather inflicted on you as a teenager. Her response was to take his side and now they've moved out of state, essentially cutting you off entirely. You're rightfully devastated. How can you move on from this? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • Your otherwise model spouse has one or two episodes a year when overdrinking prompts him into hurtful ranting for which he'll apologize the next day and all is forgiven. But what if he mouths off to the wrong person or says something that is truly unforgivable next time (like the upcoming holidays)? Is there anything you can do in the moment to bring him back to his senses?
    • As a factory supervisor, you expect to hear certain blue-collar perspectives aired that would be considered unprofessional (or grounds for termination) in other fields, but it's only gotten worse in today's divisive political climate. Sadly, objecting to the employees and HR has gotten you nowhere. Hunting for another job during the pandemic would set you back in several areas of your life, but you feel powerless to improve conditions at your current position. What should you do?
    • You're an overwhelmed teenager in a rural community who has found solace in the act of cutting yourself with a razor blade. You know it's dangerous and you told your parents you're over it after they caught you, but you still crave the feeling. How can you actually get over the urge to cut yourself? [Thanks to Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one, too!]
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to...
    591: Chase Jarvis & Jordan Harbinger | Your Network Insurance Policy Nov 25, 2021

    Jordan digs into what it takes to push past the mental boundaries that keep you from realizing your full potential — with Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvis) of The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show.

    What Jordan and Chase Discuss:

    • Handling debt after graduation.
    • Zooming out on the timeline of your career and understanding why patience is key in the long term.
    • Why nothing you do is ever wasted. Even if you’re working as a barista at Starbucks, you are building skills that can be applied in other areas later on.
    • Why the phrase “Burn the boats” is misleading and unnecessary.
    • How to overcome feeling “unemployable” because you have taken a non-traditional path.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/591

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    590: Andy Norman | The Search for a Better Way to Think Nov 23, 2021

    Andy Norman (@drandyno) directs the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, is the founder of CIRCE, and is the award-winning author of Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think.

    What We Discuss with Andy Norman:

    • Like our bodies, our minds and cultures have immune systems, and they can break down under certain conditions.
    • How the root cause of contemporary divisiveness is a compromise of these mental and cultural immune systems.
    • What it takes for certain ideologies to weaken our mental and cultural immune systems.
    • Why, if you want to effectively persuade others, you must also show your willingness to be persuadable.
    • How you can inoculate your mind (and help others protect themselves) against divisive ideologies to build the mental rigidity to withstand their influence.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/590

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    589: Persevering Past Paranoid Parental Persecution | Feedback Friday Nov 19, 2021

    You dared to set a boundary with your parents: you would only communicate with them if they were respectful to you and your family. This means zero tolerance for name-calling, swearing, threatening, or yelling at you or your husband whenever there's a disagreement. Now they've leveled false accusations against your husband for being abusive, going as far as involving the CEO of your company and the police department! Of course you've cut them off completely since then, but you're wondering: will this be enough to protect your family against them? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/589

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Cutting off your parents for their never-ending disrespect to you and your husband is the only way you can think of to protect your family against their paranoid delusions and abuse. But is it enough?
    • After being married for 10 years, you and your partner have come to an amicable agreement that you can no longer meet each other's emotional and romantic needs. You want to hold off on your divorce until an adoption in the works has been finalized, but until then, how do you break the news of this complicated situation to any date that could potentially become a significant other?
    • What's a good, useful second language for an English-speaking kid to start picking up now?
    • You had a challenging adolescence, and lost your youth to anxiety and depression. How can you make up for this lost time as you approach your thirties?
    • As a recently graduated engineer who started working at the company where you interned, you've inherited a seemingly cursed project that's been foisted upon numerous employees before you. What can you do to instill confidence in your teammates that you're the one who will finally lead this thing to the finish line?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    588: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part Two Nov 18, 2021

    Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family who played a major role in prosecuting "Teflon Don" John Gotti, and subject of Peter Maas' Underboss: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Sammy "The Bull" Gravano:

    • How does someone growing up in a relatively "normal" family get involved in a life of crime?
    • What compels someone entrenched in the comforts of the gangster lifestyle to reject it?
    • How has the code by which the mafia lives changed over time?
    • What kinds of people do you meet when you spend half a decade behind bars?
    • How true does on-screen gangster life ring to reality?
    • And much more...

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    587: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part One Nov 16, 2021

    Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family who played a major role in prosecuting "Teflon Don" John Gotti, and subject of Peter Maas' Underboss: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Be on the lookout for the conclusion later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Sammy "The Bull" Gravano:

    • How does someone growing up in a relatively "normal" family get involved in a life of crime?
    • What compels someone entrenched in the comforts of the gangster lifestyle to reject it?
    • How has the code by which the mafia lives changed over time?
    • What kinds of people do you meet when you spend half a decade behind bars?
    • How true does on-screen gangster life ring to reality?
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/587

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    586: Guarding Grandpa from a Grubby Grift | Feedback Friday Nov 12, 2021

    Your grandpa is allowed to cope with the grief of recently losing your grandma in any way he sees fit, but you're concerned that the young woman he's about to marry is part of a larger plot to grift him out of his life savings. What can you do to protect him? This and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

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    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you guard your grandpa against what seems to be a classic young woman marrying an older man for his life savings grift? [Once again, thanks to Corbin Payne (aka C-Payne) for helping us with this one!]
    • You've caught wind that your father is preparing to file for a divorce from your mother, but you're not sure if she even knows yet. What's the best way to be supportive of her if this comes to pass?
    • You've only been working for your "real" employer for a month, but your side hustle is far more profitable, enjoyable, and fulfilling. So how do you jettison the day job so soon after accepting it without feeling like a jerk?
    • You've been out of the dating scene for a while and the whole thing can tug at your insecurities, but how do you avoid sabotaging a new relationship with your tendency to be too clingy?
    • Since you were bullied early on, you've never really been the "school" type, but you know getting a higher education gives your future path a wider set of options. How can you summon the motivation to go back to school?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    585: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth-Century Lessons on Tyranny Nov 11, 2021

    Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

    What We Discuss with Timothy Snyder:

    • Democracy has to be an ongoing activity — not a waiting game for the next election cycle.
    • How fragile a democratic republic can be against the concentrated efforts of would-be tyrants — and that the United States is not immune to their strategies.
    • The small actions we can take every day to ensure we’re doing our part to maintain an open and free society.
    • How to consume information critically in a “post-fact” world.
    • Recognize the scary parallels between historic catastrophes and current events.
    • And much more...

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    584: Anderson Cooper | The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Nov 09, 2021

    Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) is a broadcast journalist, political commentator, 18-time Emmy Award winner, and author of Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.

    What We Discuss with Anderson Cooper:

    • How Anderson got his start in broadcast journalism without relying on his famous, wealthy family connections.
    • Why experiencing the loss of a parent early in life drew Anderson toward learning how to survive in extreme circumstances and report in places torn by conflict.
    • What growing up scrutinized by media in the wake of family tragedy taught Anderson about being an empathetic journalist from the other side of the lens.
    • How Anderson harnesses his self-described innate awkwardness for establishing rapport with people who have already been interviewed from every angle (like Eminem).
    • What a real journalist is prepared to do during a breaking news segment when the teleprompter goes dark.
    • And much more...

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    583: Mentor-Mentee Fantasy Can Only End In Misery | Feedback Friday Nov 05, 2021
    582: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part Two Nov 04, 2021

    Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy. His latest book is The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Robert Greene:

    • The benefits of cultivating profound dissatisfaction with your own work while it's still in the process of being created.
    • Why the attitude you have of the world has a feedback effect on the way the world sees you (and how you can change that attitude if it doesn't serve you).
    • The emotional self thrives on ignorance: how focusing on the rational instead of succumbing to your feelings deprives those who prey on your emotions of their power.
    • How you can balance the need to be rational, cautious, and skeptical with the benefits of being curious and open-minded to new ideas.
    • What you can do to train yourself to see past the front that people put on and discover the signs of their true character.
    • And much more...

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    581: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part One Nov 02, 2021

    Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy. His latest book is The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Robert Greene:

    • The one simple reason why Robert Greene's work resonates among the hip-hop community's most accomplished artists.
    • How seeing the world through a lens of radical realism allows you to be prepared for the worst life can throw your way.
    • What we can do to uncover a career path that aligns with what has brought us joy in the past (hopefully before working 80 jobs we hate like Robert did prior to writing his first bestseller).
    • Why we shouldn't fret if we haven't found our calling early in life -- the experiences we've had and lessons we've learned along the way combine to give us a unique edge when we finally do find it.
    • Always stick to what makes you strange and weird. What made you a "weird" kid makes you an interesting adult.
    • And much more...

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    580: Seeking Relief from Your Unending Grief | Feedback Friday Oct 29, 2021
    579: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom Part Two Oct 28, 2021

    Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are chronicled in her book In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Catch up with part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Yeonmi Park:

    • Why there's a black market for poop in North Korea.
    • How the people of North Korea are kept isolated from the outside world to the extent that they use a different calendar, have never heard of Shakespeare, and don't even have words for "oppression" or "love."
    • How North Korea's guilt-by-association policy can carry punishment for people who are within several generations of someone perceived as offensive to the regime.
    • Why Yeonmi finds being on the North Korean regime's official kill list to be "liberating."
    • How long it might take to watch Titanic in a country that only turns on the electricity for State holidays (and the ultimate penalty for getting caught doing so).
    • And much more...

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    578: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Part One Oct 26, 2021

    Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are chronicled in her book In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Please stay tuned for the conclusion later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Yeonmi Park:

    • Why there's a black market for poop in North Korea.
    • How the people of North Korea are kept isolated from the outside world to the extent that they use a different calendar, have never heard of Shakespeare, and don't even have words for "oppression" or "love."
    • How North Korea's guilt-by-association policy can carry punishment for people who are within several generations of someone perceived as offensive to the regime.
    • Why Yeonmi finds being on the North Korean regime's official kill list to be "liberating."
    • How long it might take to watch Titanic in a country that only turns on the electricity for State holidays (and the ultimate penalty for getting caught doing so).
    • And much more...

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    577: I Wish It Were Cheaper to Be My Sister’s Keeper | Feedback Friday Oct 22, 2021
    576: General Michael Hayden | American Intelligence in the Age of Terror Oct 21, 2021

    General Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) is a retired United States Air Force general, former Director of the NSA and CIA, and author of Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!]

    What We Discuss with General Michael Hayden:

    • How does an intelligence agent view cognition, cognitive bias, and psychology differently from a policymaker?
    • What is The Unpleasant Fact an intelligence agent brings to the briefing table?
    • General Hayden gives us a rare glimpse of working for two very different presidents and conveys the importance of adapting to their particular learning styles.
    • Find out what it’s like to present new intelligence to an administration that forces it to change policy. (Awkward!)
    • Get General Hayden’s take on the Orlando shootings and the difficulty of balancing security with liberty.
    • And much more…

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    575: Benjamin Hardy | Minding the Gap and the Gain Oct 19, 2021

    Benjamin Hardy (@BenjaminPHardy) is an organizational psychologist and author of books about willpower, self-limiting beliefs, and teamwork. His latest offering (co-authored with Dan Sullivan), is The Gap and the Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

    What We Discuss with Benjamin Hardy:

    • If you measure your current self against your ideal (often chosen and defined by other people rather than yourself), you’ll never be happy because there will always be a gap. Unsuccessful people primarily focus on this (but we all wind up here sometimes).
    • If you measure your current self against your previous self — and notice the gain you've made between yesterday and today — you’ll experience happiness, satisfaction, and confidence. The most successful people understand this.
    • The difference between ideals (general, immeasurable, and constantly changing) and goals (specific, measurable, and time-bound) -- and why your ideals shouldn't be your benchmark for achievement, but merely the source from which your goals are inspired.
    • How you can weed out the arbitrary reference points with which you've been burdened by external sources and choose ones that are actually meaningful -- not just constant reminders of what you don't have.
    • How the increased confidence that comes from living in the gain allows you to set bigger and more imaginative goals to truly tailor the fabric of your own life.
    • And much more...

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    574: Can There Be Merit in the Extramarital? | Feedback Friday Oct 15, 2021

    You've been secretly chatting with an old flame whose torch you still carry, and you even met in person to discover that these feelings are mutual. But there's a big hitch: while you're now single again, she's in what seems to be an otherwise happy marriage and is mother to three. Now you feel frustrated, jealous, and even heartbroken because you can't be with her. Or can you? We'll try to help you find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/574

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Rekindling with an old flame whose feelings are said to be mutual should fill you with joy, but her current marriage to another man and motherhood to his children is a bit of a downer. Can there be merit in pursuing something...extramarital?
    • You share custody of two children with a narcissistic ex -- one is hers by a father who was out of the picture by the time you came along, and the other was adopted. The problem: she shamelessly plays favorites and clearly favors her biological kid. Are you hurting your adopted child by allowing her to go to your toxic ex's every other week?
    • You're blind and working toward certification in a well-paying field, but it involves visual math concepts and a lot of the instructional material is inaccessible. On the other hand, your interest in languages makes a career as an interpreter appealing -- and it's much easier to accomplish. Should you finish the certification you've spent so much time and money pursuing, or just cut your losses and take the lower-paying but potentially more satisfying path?
    • You have well-off parents who let you live rent-free in a house they own while you finish school, but you think your roommate may be taking advantage of the situation by mooching free food without asking and even offering it to guests. What can you do to set better boundaries without creating an awkward living environment?
    • Working the night shift doing repetitive work wasn't really what you signed on for, so you've been looking for a new job. Now you've been informed you're on deck for training in a more challenging task that's more up your alley, but you're not sure you can work three more months of overnights before this is slated to happen. What are your best options here?
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    • Connect...
    573: David Buss | When Men Behave Badly Oct 14, 2021

    David Buss (@profdavidbuss) is considered the world’s leading scientific expert on the evolutionary psychology of human mating strategies. He is the author of several books on the subject, most recently When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault.

    What We Discuss with David Buss:

    • Why, from an evolutionary standpoint, the reproductive interests of males and females sometimes diverge.
    • Why metabolizing alcohol differently makes women more susceptible to an expectation of bonding (and how some men exploit this).
    • The Dark Triad traits that mark the men most likely to have short-term relationships and cheat.
    • How do women use active signaling to show they're more open to short-term relationships?
    • She's not playing hard to get. If she rejects you softly, it isn't an invitation to try harder -- it's a survival tactic meant to avoid prompting a violent reaction.
    • And much more...

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    572: Tamer Elnoury | Undercover with a Muslim FBI Agent Oct 12, 2021

    Tamer Elnoury is an Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a longtime elite counterterrorism undercover agent, and co-author of American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent.

    What We Discuss with Tamer Elnoury:

    • What unique psychological skills (and desire for thrills) drew Tamer to the exciting and dangerous life of undercover law enforcement work?
    • Why, when working undercover, you're only as good as your informant.
    • How an agent is trained to work undercover (and why the FBI undercover school only has a 50 percent graduation rate).
    • How an undercover agent blends in with criminals without breaking the laws they've been recruited to enforce.
    • What an undercover agent does to hook a mark into noticing and eventually confiding in them.
    • And much more...

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    571: Pastor Past Makes You An Outcast | Feedback Friday Oct 08, 2021
    570: Marc Fennell | Cracking California's Nut Jobs Oct 07, 2021

    Marc Fennell (@MarcFennell) is an award-winning journalist, interviewer, author, and documentary maker. He is also the writer and narrator of Audible Original Nut Jobs: Cracking California's Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist.

    What We Discuss with Marc Fennell:

    • Who stole $10 million in nuts (specifically almonds and pistachios) from California's Central Valley farmers -- and why?
    • Why are nuts (and prepackaged food in general) such ideal targets for theft, and how do current security protocols make it so temptingly easy for thieves with the means to haul them away?
    • What makes nuts grown in California's Central Valley valuable enough for organized criminals to take notice, and where do they go?
    • Who wins and who loses when hot nuts change hands?
    • What will it take to stop these heists from continuing?
    • And much more...

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    569: Rick Ross | How to Boss Up and Build an Empire Oct 05, 2021

    Rick Ross (@RickRoss) is a multi-platinum-selling, multi-Grammy-nominated rapper, artist, songwriter, investor, and author of The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler's Guide to Building Your Empire.

    What We Discuss with Rick Ross:

    • Why Rick, in spite of growing up middle class with a computer programmer father, got involved with dealing drugs in his early teens.
    • Where Rick's "no complaints" policy originated and how it keeps him focused on what's important.
    • How embracing the difficulty of the process that allows Rick to acquire, enjoy, and manage his success builds resilience.
    • The dangers of hustling backwards.
    • How taking Rick's calendar audit exercise can help you keep your schedule lean for the things that matter and trim away the things that don't.
    • And much more...

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    568: Sugar Daddy's Ambition is a Savory Transition | Feedback Friday Oct 01, 2021

    You're a bit embarrassed to say you went through a debaucherous sugar daddy phase, but your sweet tooth for the lifestyle turned sour and left you feeling empty. Now you're in a more confident headspace to pursue regular dating, but should you disclose this part of your life to a hypothetical significant other should things turn serious? We'll try to find a good answer (devoid of any candy coating) to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/568

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • After going through a sugar daddy phase, you're ready for regular dating. But should you disclose your past if a relationship gets serious?
    • Jordan. Jen. Jayden. Is the Harbinger family alliteration premeditated, or purely happenstance?
    • You were recently offered the position of Assistant Grand Master in your Masonic District -- a huge honor -- but what they don't know is you may have to move for a job offer you're pursuing. How do you break the news without offending your fellow Stonecutters?
    • Showers: is it best to take them in the morning or at night?
    • Your profession makes you highly visible in your cozy, rural community, so you're finding it hard to date online without stumbling across the profile of someone who would definitely recognize you. What are your options for keeping romance on the DL without driving 250 miles outside of town? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • As a novice, what's the best way to start building your podcast?
    • What happens to the Feedback Friday questions that don’t make it on the show?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    567: Kai-Fu Lee | Ten Visions for Our Future with AI Sep 30, 2021

    Kai-Fu Lee (@kaifulee) is an AI expert, CEO of Sinovation Ventures, former President of Google China, and co-author (with Chen Qiufan) of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.

    What We Discuss with Kai-Fu Lee:

    • How AI will magnify the effects of the energy revolution, materials revolution, and life science revolution currently under way.
    • How can we keep the data that trains AI to operate free from human and cultural biases and other inaccuracies?
    • The four waves of AI and where we are on the path to truly autonomous AI that frees humans to do more worthwhile work.
    • How human beings can avoid displacement when all the repetitive, soul-crushing tasks are being done by robots, and what society must do to keep this from widening the gap in economic inequality.
    • How AI might be used to optimize the educational experience and make it engaging for every child by tailoring it to their individual interests.
    • And much more...

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    566: Brian Chesky | Lessons Airbnb Learned to Survive the Pandemic Sep 28, 2021

    Brian Chesky (@bchesky) is co-founder and CEO of the peer-to-peer lodging service Airbnb, named as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015.

    What We Discuss with Brian Chesky:

    • How Airbnb not only survived the pandemic after losing 80 percent of its business during the first eight weeks, but is now thriving like never before.
    • Why a company that still conducts itself like a startup is better poised to withstand and grow from business crises than the behemoths who have everything to lose.
    • What was going through Brian's head when he got the news on live television that Airbnb shares were trading at twice their IPO price.
    • How does a company leader become successful without losing their mind along the way?
    • What Brian sees for the future of travel, and how it's changed as a direct result of the pandemic.
    • And much more...

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    565: My Manipulative Sister: How Can We Resist Her? | Feedback Friday Sep 24, 2021
    564: A.J. Jacobs | It’s All Relative Sep 23, 2021

    A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is a New York Times best-selling author who went on a quest to help build the biggest family tree in history, as detailed in his latest book It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree.

    What We Discuss with A.J. Jacobs:

    • What did A.J. Jacobs learn by following every rule of the Bible literally for one year?
    • How much do you really know about your heritage?
    • See how relating to one another on a family tree of millions is a step toward overcoming the ills of modern tribalism and race relations.
    • Why acknowledging the bad as well as the good revealed by digging into family history is important.
    • The disciplined daydreaming of A.J.’s brainstorming sessions and how we can cultivate our own big-picture thinking.
    • And much more...

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    563: Bobby Hall (aka Logic) | This Bright Future Sep 21, 2021

    Bobby Hall (aka Logic) (@Logic301) is a Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling recording artist, actor, streamer, film producer, and author of NYT best-seller Supermarket and his latest, This Bright Future: A Memoir.

    What We Discuss with Bobby Hall (aka Logic):

    • Why Logic's good memories of childhood make him sad.
    • The challenges of living with cervical dystonia.
    • Why Logic was suicidal when his song 1-800-273-8255 became a big hit (and what stopped him from going through with it).
    • How Logic got his career started like so many of us: in a '90s rap battle chat room.
    • Why Logic found the story about Helen Keller's education to be particularly inspiring.
    • And much more...

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    562: Old Ex-Con Mister Eloped with My Young Sister | Feedback Friday Sep 17, 2021
    561: Charles Duhigg | The Secrets of Being Smarter Faster Better Sep 16, 2021

    Charles Duhigg (@cduhigg) is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter at The New York Times and author of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business and The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!]

    What We Discuss with Charles Duhigg:

    • What’s the difference between what we think and how we think?
    • Learn more about the science of motivation and what makes us tick.
    • Compare the internal vs. external locus of control.
    • What is cognitive tunneling and when does it affect us? Discover how we can use mental models to avoid it.
    • Find out how to increase creativity even when we hit a block.
    • And much more...

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    560: Dan Carlin | Apocalyptic Moments in Hardcore History Sep 14, 2021

    Dan Carlin (@hardcorehistory) is the host of the wildly popular Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts, and author of The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses.

    What We Discuss with Dan Carlin:

    • Do tough times make for tougher people? How do we define what "tough" means?
    • Will war ever become obsolete, or will we always need to be prepared to engage in military force on some level?
    • Why do the people who are best qualified to lead rarely get elected, and how does this hurt us all (even if "our" candidate wins)?
    • How denying the cultivation of skills, talent, and opportunity to the poorest members of the population underserves society as a whole.
    • Is a de-escalation of our current political polarization possible, or have we passed the point of no return?
    • And much more...

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    559: How to Say Yes to Post-Traumatic Success | Feedback Friday Sep 10, 2021

    How do you find your way back to high achievement when coping with the aftermath of extreme trauma keeps you low? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday! We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/559

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How do you find your way back to the hallowed halls of high achievement when the trauma you're trying to work through is doing its best to keep you low? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • How do you break off a friendship with someone who's way more into it than you are without hurting their feelings? [Many thanks to From Start-Up to Grown-Up author Alisa Cohn for helping us answer this!]
    • How can you get your lyin' and cheatin' ex-spouse to change their no-good behavior for the sake of your angelic offspring?
    • You recently finished the novel you've been working on for five years and discovered along the way that writing it was a process you enjoyed far more than your day job. Should you dive in and become a full-time, professional writer, or just keep at it as an inspiring hobby?
    • Your mom has been diagnosed as seriously mentally ill (SMI) and in treatment for half your life. Her psychiatrist of the past 17 years doesn't seem to be doing much to help -- in fact, her behavior's only gotten worse. As her medical power of attorney, you're considering a court order for a new mental health evaluation, but she lives in another state and you don't know where to begin. What can you do? [Once again, thanks to Corbin Payne (aka C-Payne) for helping us with this one!]
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    558: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part Two Sep 09, 2021

    Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western Illinois University, and co-author of The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Catch up with part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Jack Schafer:

    • How undercover cops get made just by the way they look at people.
    • The spotlight effect: why we all overestimate how much other people notice about us, and how we can use this to our advantage when trying to spot a lie (or not get caught in a lie ourselves).
    • What Jack has to gain by making minor mistakes deliberately when he's teaching a class.
    • What people are really telling us when they're angry, and how we can stealthily defuse them before they go off.
    • If you make people feel good about themselves, they will seek to be around you to get those feelings again.
    • And much more...

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    557: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part One Sep 07, 2021

    Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western Illinois University, and co-author of The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Keep an eye out for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Jack Schafer:

    • Why happy people make terrible spy recruits.
    • How the Friendship Formula (Friendship = Proximity + Frequency + Duration + Intensity) can be used to build rapport in every human interaction.
    • How to "name it and claim it" when manipulative techniques are being used against you to withstand and resist their effects.
    • How to recognize friend and foe signals in others and make sure you're not inadvertently broadcasting the signals that mark you as an easy target for manipulation.
    • What's really going on when someone grabs food from your plate without asking, or takes their sweet time getting out of the parking spot you're clearly waiting for.
    • And much more...

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    556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday Sep 03, 2021

    You live in an extended family situation and the only contribution one member makes to the collective is drinking, smoking pot, eating your food, stealing your old phones to pawn, and making messes they can't be bothered to clean up. Since they're not liable to move away from free room and board of their own volition, is there anything you can do to expunge the family sponge and restore sanity to the homestead? We'll try to find a solution to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/556

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • When one member of your extended family is allowed to live in the house rent-free while eating your food, making messes, and contributing nothing, what can you do to expunge this family sponge?
    • After numerous disappointments trying to conceive a baby through natural and scientifically enhanced means, you can't help but wonder if you're just ignoring something the universe is trying to tell you.
    • Your in-laws' free-range cats have fleas, and now, after a recent visit, your home is infested with them. How can you fix this problem without making it seem like an attack on your wife's family?
    • Your brother has been working with/hanging out with d-bag bros for so long that he's become one. You know deep down he's a great, thoughtful, and grounded person, but you're worried you may never see this side of him again. How can you nudge him away from this wretched d-baggery?
    • You've been working hard at your high-paying, high-stress job through vacations and holidays for years that you think you may be burning out. In your 30s with unfulfilled career ambitions, would it be imprudent to take a gap year off to go traveling -- an almost guaranteed remedy for the depression you've been feeling?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    555: Jessica Tracy | Why Pride is the Deadly Sin of Success Sep 02, 2021

    Jessica Tracy (@ProfJessTracy) is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she also directs the Emotion & Self Lab. She is the author of Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!]

    What We Discuss with Jessica Tracy:

    • Pride is a universal human emotion and a force that can be harnessed to help humans succeed — it’s a key ingredient to confidence.
    • Understand the difference between hubristic and authentic pride — why you should seek out one but try to minimize the other.
    • Learn how pride intersects with grit.
    • Identify pride to gain an advantage in shifting your own behavior and knowing how to react to others.
    • Discover how the statuses of dominance and prestige are affected by pride.
    • And much more...

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    554: Laurie Santos | Practical Lessons from The Happiness Lab Aug 31, 2021

    Laurie Santos (@lauriesantos) is a professor of psychology at Yale University, instructor of Coursera's The Science of Well-Being course (adapted from her popular Psychology and the Good Life course at Yale), and host of The Happiness Lab podcast.

    What We Discuss with Laurie Santos:

    • Happiness is actually a set of skills we can learn and master as opposed to some ideal state of being.
    • While there's no denying that genetics and circumstances play a role in happiness, the good news is that we're in control of developing the mindset and behavior to mobilize it.
    • The mechanisms by which people become happy (or miserable), and some tools we can use to to hack our own happiness.
    • The bad news: we outgrow the rush of the happiest days of our lives; the good news: we outgrow the anguish from the worst days of our lives.
    • Why Olympic bronze medalists are often happier than silver medalists.
    • And much more...

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    553: Is Friend's Fiancé Despotic or Simply Erotic? | Feedback Friday Aug 27, 2021
    552: Will Storr | Understanding Social Position and the Status Game Aug 26, 2021

    Will Storr (@wstorr) is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author. His latest book is The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It.

    What We Discuss with Will Storr:

    • The evolutionary purpose of status and why it's always been important for human survival.
    • How seeking status spurs innovation.
    • The three kinds of status games we've been playing throughout human history: dominance, virtue, and success.
    • The connection between low status and depression: why Will believes that Jeffrey Epstein did kill himself.
    • Why you might choose a higher status title at work instead of a pay raise.
    • And much more...

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    551: T-Pain | You Can't Auto-Tune Your Way to Happiness Aug 24, 2021

    T-Pain (@TPAIN) is a rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer known for popularizing auto-tune in modern music, and host of the Nappy Boy Radio podcast.

    What We Discuss with T-Pain:

    • Why T-Pain will wear a Fitbit over a Rolex, and why there's no shame in wearing fake jewelry in public.
    • T-Pain's tattoo goals and the meaning behind the ones he already has.
    • What T-Pain learned after avoiding time with his own family pursuing the ambition to be #1.
    • How T-Pain went from having $90 million in the bank to $0, and how he climbed his way back.
    • How a musician's life really changes once they earn a Grammy award (let alone two).
    • And much more...

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    550: Conscience Contorted by Dad’s Abuse Unreported | Feedback Friday Aug 20, 2021
    549: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part Two Aug 19, 2021

    Mickey Royal (@mickey_royal) is a former gangster, drug dealer, pimp, mob enforcer, and bestselling author of The Pimp Game: Instructional Guide and The Pimp Guide: Secrets of Mind Manipulation. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Catch up with part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Mickey Royal:

    • How Mickey's pseudobulbar affect and bipolar disorder came in handy as advantages in his line of work.
    • What being deemed "capable" in certain circles means -- and why it's a networking mistake among criminals to turn your back on the type of job this entails (even if you've since moved "up").
    • How Mickey established The Royal Family -- an organized stable of prostitutes that ran with the efficiency of a Fortune 500 company.
    • Why someone who's smart enough to make money through illicit entrepreneurial means would probably find outstanding success in the mainstream under different circumstances.
    • How the mental toll of seeing people only from the levers by which they can be manipulated adds up and makes "normal" relationships difficult to impossible.
    • And much more...

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    548: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part One Aug 17, 2021

    Mickey Royal (@mickey_royal) is a former gangster, drug dealer, pimp, mob enforcer, and bestselling author of The Pimp Game: Instructional Guide and The Pimp Guide: Secrets of Mind Manipulation. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Mickey Royal:

    • How Mickey's pseudobulbar affect and bipolar disorder came in handy as advantages in his line of work.
    • What being deemed "capable" in certain circles means -- and why it's a networking mistake among criminals to turn your back on the type of job this entails (even if you've since moved "up").
    • How Mickey established The Royal Family -- an organized stable of prostitutes that ran with the efficiency of a Fortune 500 company.
    • Why someone who's smart enough to make money through illicit entrepreneurial means would probably find outstanding success in the mainstream under different circumstances.
    • How the mental toll of seeing people only from the levers by which they can be manipulated adds up and makes "normal" relationships difficult to impossible.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/548

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    547: Stopping a Swami from Swindling Our Mommy | Feedback Friday Aug 13, 2021
    546: Scott Adams | Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter Aug 12, 2021

    Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) of Dilbert fame revisits us to discuss his book Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!]

    What We Discuss with Scott Adams:

    • Is Scott Adams a Trump supporter?
    • People don’t use facts to make decisions. They use emotion.
    • Learn the three types of persuaders and how they operate.
    • See how master persuaders move the topic to things they understand and can dominate (regardless of facts and details).
    • Find out why master persuasion is effective even if the subject or target sees the technique.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/546

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    545: Rachel Nuwer | Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking Aug 10, 2021

    Rachel Nuwer (@RachelNuwer) is an award-winning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food, and adventure for The New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American, and more. Her multi-award-winning first book, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, is out now.

    What We Discuss with Rachel Nuwer:

    • What drives the global demand for resources cruelly derived from endangered wildlife.
    • Why poachers and smugglers are willing to risk their own lives to meet this demand.
    • The pros and cons of solutions proposed to stem the tide of this illicit trade -- from legalizing it for sustainable sourcing to synthesizing alternatives.
    • Why governments are shy to throw the book at the worst offenders, and how the most clever, wealthy, and well-connected usually (but don't always) bypass legal repercussions for their trafficking transgressions.
    • What we can do here and now to promote policies for preserving these species before they vanish forever.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/545

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    544: Psycho Scammer Landlord Alert | Feedback Friday Aug 06, 2021
    543: R. Douglas Fields | Understanding Why We Snap Aug 05, 2021

    R. Douglas Fields (@RDouglasFields1) is a neuroscientist specializing in the cellular mechanisms of nervous system development, plasticity, and memory, and author of Why We Snap: Understanding the Rage Circuit in Your Brain. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh listen!]

    What We Discuss with R. Douglas Fields:

    • What is rage, and what evolutionary purpose does it serve?
    • What makes ordinary people “snap” — that is, react violently when triggered by rage?
    • Can we control our urge to snap when rage overtakes us?
    • Understand the nine triggers of rage.
    • LIFEMORTS: the mnemonic that helps us identify when rage intrudes so we can get a rational handle on it preemptively.
    • And much more...

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    542: Nicole Perlroth | Who's Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race? Aug 03, 2021

    Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) is an award-winning cybersecurity journalist for The New York Times and bestselling author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race.

    What We Discuss with Nicole Perlroth:

    • The startlingly simple reasons why most nation-states now resort to using cyberwarfare tactics before conventional weaponry in acts of aggression -- to increasingly devastating effect.
    • How industries are so interconnected that there's almost no way for a cyberattack to target one victim without endangering countless others on all sides of a conflict (which is why you may have Putin to blame if there's a Cadbury chocolate egg shortage next Easter).
    • Why leaving the security of 85 percent of its critical infrastructure up to privatization makes the United States especially vulnerable to cyberwarfare attacks.
    • The massive amount of intellectual property that's been lost to hackers -- from the formula for Coca-Cola to information that would allow China and other rival nations to catch up with the United States in the nuclear arms race.
    • What Nicole believes the US should do to push back against these threats and the governments that perpetrate them -- and ensure that it's not inadvertently one of them.
    • And much more...

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    541: Spare the Pity Party; My Life is Just Restarting | Feedback Friday Jul 30, 2021

    Four years ago, you lost your spouse and child in a tragic car crash that you barely survived. Now, with a supportive partner and a toddler by your side, you're determined to move on with your life. Unfortunately, it's hard to meet new people who can see past what you've endured without pitying you. How can you truly enter your next chapter when well-meaning but oversympathizing strangers keep reminding you of your last one? We'll try to get to the bottom of this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/541

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Trying to move on from the loss of your family in a car accident years ago is difficult when everyone new you meet wants to throw you a pity party. How can you become more than the suffering sum of your tragic past's parts?
    • You and your fiancé called it quits when she had a hallucinatory episode, wound up in the hospital, and came out with a bipolar disorder diagnosis. But you've each spent the past year coming to terms with who you are and you've considered getting back together. Could this work, or should you consider it a relationship that's sailed?
    • A company hired you for one thing, then it turned out they needed you for something else, and their needs aren’t in alignment with your interests. Should you express your dissatisfaction to your boss, hope your next project is more to your liking, or just start looking for a new job?
    • You've discovered that the work you love to do isn't the same as the subject you loved learning about at university. Should you feel guilty or ashamed for not using your master's degree, even though you absolutely adore your current, but completely unrelated position?
    • How do you invite your parents' best friends to your wedding without them bringing their disruptive, social misfit adult child?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    540: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part Two Jul 29, 2021

    Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, and anti-racism activist featured in the documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Daryl Davis:

    • How Daryl Davis, a black musician who was once told by a Ku Klux Klansman that he played piano "just like Jerry Lee Lewis," leveraged the encounter into a teachable moment that has led to more than 200 KKK members hanging up their robes for good.
    • Why racism was such an unfathomable concept when Daryl first experienced it as a 10-year-old Cub Scout.
    • How traveling around the world as a child with his diplomat father gave Daryl the tools he needed to sit down and relate to people vastly different from him.
    • Why Daryl considers a missed opportunity for dialogue to be a missed opportunity for conflict resolution.
    • The five values all humans have in common that Daryl uses to positively navigate (almost) any conversation.
    • And much more...

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    539: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part One Jul 27, 2021

    Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, and anti-racism activist featured in the documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America.

    What We Discuss with Daryl Davis:

    • How Daryl Davis, a black musician who was once told by a Ku Klux Klansman that he played piano "just like Jerry Lee Lewis," leveraged the encounter into a teachable moment that has led to more than 200 KKK members hanging up their robes for good.
    • Why racism was such an unfathomable concept when Daryl first experienced it as a 10-year-old Cub Scout.
    • How traveling around the world as a child with his diplomat father gave Daryl the tools he needed to sit down and relate to people vastly different from him.
    • Why Daryl considers a missed opportunity for dialogue to be a missed opportunity for conflict resolution.
    • The five values all humans have in common that Daryl uses to positively navigate (almost) any conversation.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/539

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    538: Already Dreading Your Abusive Brother's Wedding | Feedback Friday Jul 23, 2021

    It's not a request; it's a demand from the brother who sexually abused you when you were eight in a family that gaslighted you about the whole thing: "You will speak at my wedding." Maybe he thinks you're too spineless to say anything that will embarrass him, but the truth is that you've been diagnosed with complex PTSD and the thought of speaking at his wedding at all fills you with dread. On the other hand, being the only sibling to refuse would also cause drama you don't want to deal with. How do you balance being genuine with not calling someone a cruel person on their wedding day? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday.

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/538

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Should you speak at the wedding of your brother who sexually abused you when you were eight, or be the only sibling to refuse and cause unwanted drama? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • If you have a physical feature that might surprise someone you're meeting for the first time (like, say, type IV radial club hand), how can you put everyone at ease and defuse any potential awkwardness ahead of such a meeting?
    • In spite of going above and beyond in your leadership role during the pandemic, your boss "doesn't believe" in giving you a 5/5 star rating on your review because there's always room for improvement. On the other hand, you've been criticized for giving a subordinate a 3/5 for meeting expectations. If 4/5 is the best you can expect for exceeding expectations, how is such a system fair for anyone?
    • Your dad spent 10 years in prison. You'd enjoy making up for that lost time by watching movies and other low-key activities together, but he wants to party and go bar hopping (even though you're under the legal drinking age). How can you get him to reel in his wilder tendencies that make you uncomfortable without hurting his feelings?
    • At the end of the month, you'll be laid off from the company where you've worked for 15 years. If you're able to secure interviews for future job prospects before then, would it be dishonest to negotiate from the more powerful position of being currently employed?
    • Documentary recommendation of the week: Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art [Many thanks to Fruit of the Loom for its sponsorship of this segment!]
    • Have...
    537: Kevin Kelly | 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Jul 22, 2021

    Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is the founding editor of Wired magazine and author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future.

    What We Discuss with Kevin Kelly:

    • Technology is an extension of the natural process of evolution.
    • What’s driving technology; what will the future look like?
    • Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the biggest thing since electricity.
    • Ways humanity will interact with future technology and AI — and how it will change our lives in ways we can scarcely imagine.
    • How technology will actually make us better humans.
    • And much more...

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    536: Julia Galef | Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't Jul 20, 2021

    Julia Galef (@juliagalef) is the host of the Rationally Speaking podcast, co-founder of The Center for Applied Rationality, and author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't.

    What We Discuss with Julia Galef:

    • How to spot bad arguments and faulty thinking -- even when the source is you.
    • The difference between having a soldier mindset that defends whatever you want to be true, and a scout mindset that's motivated to seek out the truth regardless of how unpleasant it might be (and which you should try to cultivate).
    • How to tell if you're making reasonable mistakes or foolhardy leaps of faith that carry consequences far outweighing the value of the lesson.
    • The best ways to manage and respond to uncertainty.
    • How your brain matches arguments you misunderstand with ones you've already decided you don't agree with -- and what to do about it.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/536

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    535: Should Siblings Unite to Confront Abusive Parents? | Feedback Friday Jul 16, 2021
    534: Greg McKeown | How to Make What Matters Effortless Jul 15, 2021

    Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) is the host of the What’s Essential podcast, and author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. His latest book, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most, is out now.

    What We Discuss with Greg McKeown:

    • If you want 10x the results of any endeavor without putting in 10x the effort, it's important to understand your ROE (return on effort).
    • How the disciplined pursuit of less keeps you from getting overwhelmed with unexpected options and opportunities that come from what should be the good news of success.
    • Why, if you find yourself procrastinating on a project because it's not perfect enough to your liking, you should delay a bad first draft and create a truly awful zero draft.
    • Why "easy" does not (always) equal "lazy" and what you can do to work smarter rather than harder to avoid earning the meaningless badge of honor that burnout has become in the modern workforce.
    • Five questions to ask yourself before taking on a project that's in danger of being overthought, overwhelming, and anything but effortless.
    • And much more...

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    533: Tristan Harris | Reclaiming Our Future with Humane Technology Jul 13, 2021

    Tristan Harris (@tristanharris) is a former Google design ethicist, primary subject of the acclaimed Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, and co-host of the podcast Your Undivided Attention.

    What We Discuss with Tristan Harris:

    • Why we're worth more to social engagement platforms as manipulatable slabs of predictable human behavior than as free-thinking individuals.
    • How the social networks of the early 2000s so quickly turned from places where we could keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues into disinformation amplifiers that contribute to the destabilization of democracies.
    • Why your algorithm-tailored online experience so radically differs from that of your closest friends and loved ones, and why this is a problem when the public good is cast aside in the interest of keeping us engaged and enraged.
    • The unintended consequences of allowing an algorithm to bring people together by what it sees as similar interests, and how this has thrown fuel on the disinformation fire.
    • How attempting to outthink a social media algorithm is like trying to play chess against a computer that can look ahead and counter every move you could possibly make.
    • And much more...

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    532: A Veteran Fights to Be Free from Smack and PTSD | Feedback Friday Jul 09, 2021

    You're a veteran who's been lucky enough to return home from war in one piece only to fight a new battle on two fronts: heroin and PTSD. How are you going to fight your way free of this doubly dangerous burden? We'll try to help with this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/532

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • You're a veteran who's been lucky enough to return home from war in one piece only to fight a new battle on two fronts: heroin and PTSD. How are you going to fight your way free of this doubly dangerous burden? [Many thanks to Dr. Rubin Khoddam of COPE Psychological Center and Dr. Jennifer Mitchell, Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, for help with this one!]
    • Your long-term partner has recently made it clear that he never wants to get married, which is at odds with your own expectations. It's an otherwise ideal, supportive relationship, but disagreeing on this subject casts a shadow over your future together. What should you do?
    • You're a teenager attending a boarding school with peers you've known your whole life, but their toxic jockeying for position in the social hierarchy goes against your positive, perhaps more mature nature. Is there anything you can do to lift them up without being brought down in the process?
    • You come from a family in which expressing feelings is forbidden, and problems are ridiculed or ignored rather than talked through. After 15 years of living abroad, you just can't deal with them like you used to. Now that you're visiting for the first time since the pandemic, you want to keep the trip shorter than they were expecting. Should you feel guilty?
    • Your aunt makes a good living from her small business and wants you to take over when she retires in the next couple of years. But you have very little experience with running a business and you're not positive she's been on the level with her tax obligations -- which you don't want to get stuck dealing with down the line. How do you minimize your risk should you choose to go through with it?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    531: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part Two Jul 08, 2021

    Bob Arno is a comedy pickpocket and criminologist specializing in global street crime, is the co-author of Travel Advisory: How to Avoid Thefts, Cons, and Street Scams While Traveling, and was featured in National Geographic's Pickpocket King documentary. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Bob Arno:

    • How Bob, the son of a judge, got involved in social engineering and pickpocketing for the purpose of entertainment.
    • Why pickpockets are commonly targeted by terrorist organizations for radicalization efforts.
    • How diversionary crime like pickpocketing has changed just like every other profession during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • How Bob is able to get close to real-life criminal pickpockets and learn their tricks of the trade without winding up in the hospital -- or worse.
    • The psychology of a pickpocket -- what they're looking for in an ideal victim and what you can do to ensure you're not that victim.
    • And much more...

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    530: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part One Jul 06, 2021

    Bob Arno is a comedy pickpocket and criminologist specializing in global street crime, is the co-author of Travel Advisory: How to Avoid Thefts, Cons, and Street Scams While Traveling, and was featured in National Geographic's Pickpocket King documentary. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Bob Arno:

    • How Bob, the son of a judge, got involved in social engineering and pickpocketing for the purpose of entertainment.
    • Why pickpockets are commonly targeted by terrorist organizations for radicalization efforts.
    • How diversionary crime like pickpocketing has changed just like every other profession during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • How Bob is able to get close to real-life criminal pickpockets and learn their tricks of the trade without winding up in the hospital -- or worse.
    • The psychology of a pickpocket -- what they're looking for in an ideal victim and what you can do to ensure you're not that victim.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/530

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    529: Qualms about QAnon Mom and Her Starseed Schtick | Feedback Friday Jul 02, 2021

    Your conspiracy-minded Mom subscribes to the tenets of QAnon, believes she's a half-human/half-alien starseed, and thinks Jim Carrey is playing Joe Biden in real life, and not just SNL. She's tough to take, and never respects the boundaries you try to set. Is there still room in your life for her? We'll try to get to the bottom of this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/529

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your conspiracy-minded Mom subscribes to the tenets of QAnon, believes she's a half-human/half-alien starseed, and thinks Jim Carrey is playing Joe Biden in real life, and not just SNL. She's tough to take, and never respects the boundaries you try to set. Is there still room in your life for her? [Thanks to cult expert Steven Hassan for helping us with this one!]
    • The closest friend you've ever had passed away earlier this year, and you've noticed yourself, against character, succumbing to overwhelming feelings of anger at unexpected moments. Does the rage from grief ever go away, or is this just who you are now?
    • Disgruntled in your current leadership position, you've considered taking a lower stress, lower responsibility role where you don't have to hold people accountable. How do you know if you're making a wise move for your own mental health or throwing away an opportunity that will become manageable over time as you learn to adapt?
    • You fell for your roommate. After a period of intimacy, she withdrew, citing a series of toxic relationships and a need to focus on her own self-discovery before committing to anything serious. You're trying to take this as an opportunity to work on your own issues, but the rejection still hurts. What can you do?
    • You've recently applied for a job within your company. The thing is, a number of your contacts have applied for the same job and asked you for referrals. You don't want to damage your network by not responding at all, but it seems awkward to recommend other people for a job you want. How can you handle this delicately without sounding selfish or self-conscious?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    528: Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen | Undercover in North Korea Part Two Jul 01, 2021

    Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen (@UlrichTheMole) is a family man from Denmark who spent 10 years undercover in North Korea infiltrating its illicit arms trade. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Part one can be found here!]

    What We Discuss with Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen:

    • How did a young Danish chef and family man wind up working undercover in North Korea to disrupt its illicit arms trade?
    • Why would the repressive regime that runs North Korea trust a young Danish chef and welcome him with open arms?
    • How some low-status Westerners cozy up to the North Korean regime for the chance to boss around other Westerners visiting the country and the illusionary rush of power it gives them.
    • The natural qualities and easygoing talents that made Ulrich such an ideal mole in a place where every move is surveilled and analyzed by invisible eyes from every nook and shadow.
    • Why operating clandestinely in the DPRK is no job for a teetotaler.
    • And much more...

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    527: Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen | Undercover in North Korea Part One Jun 29, 2021

    Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen (@UlrichTheMole) is a family man from Denmark who spent 10 years undercover in North Korea infiltrating its illicit arms trade. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for the second half later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen:

    • How did a young Danish chef and family man wind up working undercover in North Korea to disrupt its illicit arms trade?
    • Why would the repressive regime that runs North Korea trust a young Danish chef and welcome him with open arms?
    • How some low-status Westerners cozy up to the North Korean regime for the chance to boss around other Westerners visiting the country and the illusionary rush of power it gives them.
    • The natural qualities and easygoing talents that made Ulrich such an ideal mole in a place where every move is surveilled and analyzed by invisible eyes from every nook and shadow.
    • Why operating clandestinely in the DPRK is no job for a teetotaler.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/527

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    526: What to Do When Your Teen Attempts Suicide | Feedback Friday Jun 25, 2021
    525: Robert H. Frank | The Myth of Meritocracy Jun 24, 2021

    Robert H. Frank (@econnaturalist) is the HJ Louis Professor of Economics at Cornell University and author of Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy. [Note: this is a rebroadcast from the vault.]

    What We Discuss with Robert H. Frank:

    • As we strive to achieve success, there are natural limits on how hard we can work and how smart we can be. There’s no denying that luck plays a part in this achievement.
    • Understand the role of luck, talent, and hard work in the overall formula.
    • Discover why we tend to minimize the role of luck in our success.
    • Find out how to maximize our luck in life by way of context outside of talent and work.
    • Learn new ways to look at the luck factor and turn it to our advantage.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/525

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    524: Nicholas Christakis | Pandemic Impacts and Contagious Behavior Jun 22, 2021

    Nicholas Christakis (@NAChristakis) is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale, a physician, and author. His latest book is Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live.

    What We Discuss with Nicholas Christakis:

    • What social science tells us about our best shot (pun moderately intended) at achieving herd immunity from COVID-19.
    • How social networks allowed the virus to spread and reinforced mistrust of well-known science among certain politically oriented segments of the populace.
    • What the lessons of past disasters can teach us about the road ahead.
    • Why the bad (and good) habits of our friends' friends can have an impact on our own behavior from across vast social networks.
    • What we can do to best defend ourselves against the unwanted influence of these unseen members of our network.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/524

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    523: Defusing the Drama Around Your Intoxicated Mama | Feedback Friday Jun 18, 2021
    522: Daniel Pink | To Sell Is Human Jun 17, 2021

    Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) is the author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, which uses social science, survey research, and stories to offer a fresh look at the art and science of sales. [Note: this is a rebroadcast from the vault.]

    What We Discuss with Daniel Pink:

    • What’s the best way of dealing with an “off” day?
    • Learn why sales and a sales skillset are a part of our lives — whether we like it or not.
    • Understand the concepts of irritation versus agitation (and how to use both to motivate others).
    • Attunement: what it is and how it can make you more persuasive.
    • Tips for both introverts and extroverts to improve a social skillset and build better rapport.
    • And so much more...

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    521: Neil deGrasse Tyson | Cosmic Queries for the Acutely Curious Jun 15, 2021

    Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, host of StarTalk Radio, and author. He rejoins us to discuss his latest book, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going.

    What We Discuss with Neil deGrasse Tyson:

    • How Neil learned to explain scientific complexities in layman's terms.
    • Why you should always take advantage of an opportunity to engage with an expert.
    • How opportunity comes from embracing the unknown rather than shying away from it.
    • Why, when it comes to learning something new, understanding is far more important than memorizing facts.
    • How Neil has mastered the art of ending any Q&A with the perfect answer -- no matter the question.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/521

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    520: Medical Meddling's Wack from Bipolar Hypochondriac | Feedback Friday Jun 11, 2021
    519: Dacher Keltner | The Power Paradox Jun 10, 2021

    Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at University of California in Berkeley, one of the world’s foremost scientists specializing in the study of power, and author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence. [Note: this is a rebroadcast from the vault.]

    What We Discuss with Dacher Keltner:

    • You don’t have to be Machiavellian to appreciate that Niccolo Machiavelli was the OG power scientist.
    • What is The Power Paradox, and how does it affect us and society at large?
    • The imbalance of power is the greatest threat to society (just after climate change).
    • Powerlessness can literally be lethal.
    • Learn how we can increase our power relative to others in a healthy way.
    • And much more...

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    518: Daniel Kahneman | When Noise Destroys Our Best of Choices Jun 08, 2021

    Daniel Kahneman is a celebrated psychologist, economist, Nobel Prize winner, and author of the much-lauded Thinking, Fast and Slow and his latest, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.

    What We Discuss with Daniel Kahneman:

    • Why we don’t always produce the same results when faced with the same facts on two different occasions.
    • How noise -- in this context, variability in judgments that should be identical -- influences our choices.
    • How the detrimental effects of noise in medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection can ruin (and even end) lives.
    • How to tell the difference between noise and good old-fashioned bias.
    • How we can reduce the role of noise and bias in our lives to make our best choices.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/518

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    517: Trouble Runs Deep with the Neighborhood Creep | Feedback Friday Jun 04, 2021
    516: Mike Massimino | Unlocking Science Secrets with an Unlikely Spaceman Jun 03, 2021

    Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike) is the astronaut who sent the first tweet from space and one of the few spacefarers we’ve had on this show! He’s the author of Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe. [Note: this is a rebroadcast from the vault.]

    What We Discuss with Mike Massimino:

    • How is bedtime on a space shuttle mission a lot like a slumber party?
    • Why assembling a team around you is crucial for success — whether orbiting or staying on the surface of the planet.
    • Why it’s important to take small, deliberate steps in the right direction for the sake of your own happiness.
    • How to stay focused on the task at hand in the face of disaster by thinking like an astronaut.
    • Why even astronauts have imposter syndrome.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/516

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    515: James Jani | Repelling the Law of Attraction Myth Jun 01, 2021

    James Jani (@jamesvjani) is a YouTuber who makes documentary-style videos about money, business, and life, including The Law of Attraction: Fact or Fiction? and The Dark World of New Age Gurus.

    What We Discuss with James Jani:

    • Why "hustle culture" is a bankrupt paradigm that makes it easy for fake gurus to prey upon society's very young and very desperate.
    • Why the so-called Law of Attraction that tells you you only have to think positive thoughts to "manifest" the good things you want out of life is bunk.
    • How studying philosophy exercises your grey matter and sharpens your critical thinking skills (so you can better resist nonsense like the Law of Attraction).
    • Why the Just World Fallacy that explains away suffering as a deserved consequence of wrongdoing is just a dangerously convenient way for people to bypass empathy for the world's unlucky have-nots.
    • How we can use street epistemology to help people question their unfounded beliefs.
    • And much more...

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    514: Distancing from Junkie Sibling's Self-Jinxing | Feedback Friday May 28, 2021

    In spite of what you've done to help your addiction-prone sibling stay off of hard drugs, he keeps relapsing. When is it time to let a self-jinxing junkie suffer for the consequences of their own actions? This and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/514

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • When is it time to let your self-jinxing junkie sibling face the music for their never-ending relapses that perpetually endanger you and your family?
    • You're in a relationship with someone who would be a perfect match -- except that you've never found them physically attractive. This is unlikely to change, but it's hard to imagine a life without them. Should you stay or should you go?
    • You're an ambitious, multilingual 19-year-old in a managerial position, about to enlist in the Navy as a translator. It should be cause for celebration that you've recently been selected as a congressional advisor, but imposter syndrome has hit you like a train. What should you do?
    • You've been responsible for dramatically increasing your department's efficiency, and your supervisor relies on you to keep things running smoothly. Nevertheless, the higher-ups recently denied you a promotion or raise, and it's hard not to take it personally. What's really holding you back?
    • A Six-Minute Networking question: how do you deal with a double opt-in introduction when one party makes it clear they're not interested in meeting the other party?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    513: Charlamagne Tha God | The Opportunities of Black Privilege May 27, 2021

    Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) is a radio presenter (The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM), television personality (Uncommon Sense Live), podcaster (The Brilliant Idiots), and author of Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It. [Note: this is a previously broadcast episode from the vault. For our most recent interview with Charlamagne, check out Episode 171: Charlamagne Tha God | Turning the Tables on Fear and Anxiety!]

    What We Discuss with Charlamagne Tha God:

    • What transformed Lenard McKelvey from Moncks Corner, South Carolina into Charlamagne Tha God?
    • How Charlamagne went from selling crack in a small town to becoming a radio and television personality — and now author.
    • Why the moment you think you can’t transcend your circumstances — whatever they may be — is the moment you won’t.
    • How Charlamagne reframed his background to become an advantage rather than a hindrance.
    • Why it’s important not to live someone else’s expectations — and how to figure out when expectations are actually your own.
    • And much more...

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    512: Michio Kaku | The Quest for a Theory of Everything May 25, 2021

    Michio Kaku (@michiokaku) is a theoretical physicist, famed futurist, on-air personality, professor of physics, and bestselling author. His latest book is The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything.

    What We Discuss with Michio Kaku:

    • Why do we need a theory of everything, and what set a young Michio Kaku on the path to search for it?
    • How we're all born scientists with a yearning to understand the world around us, and what tends to dampen this enthusiasm for most of us before we even make it to adulthood.
    • Why physicists seeking to wrap their minds around a universal string theory are more like daydreaming composers than academic blackboard warriors.
    • The four fundamental forces of a universe governed by string theory, and the challenge of discovering how they fit together -- and proving it.
    • What makes the human brain so unique in the animal kingdom, and why Michio thinks IQ is a woefully incomplete way of measuring intelligence.
    • And much more...

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    511: Does a Reformed Abuser Deserve a Second Chance? | Feedback Friday May 21, 2021

    You cringe when you think back to the toxic, abusive person you used to be, but a traumatic experience forced you to change for the better. However, it's difficult to form close friendships or seek a relationship because you feel unworthy of connection with others. Do you deserve a second chance? If so, how do you prove it to yourself and others who know about your past? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/511

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • You cringe when you think back to the toxic, abusive person you used to be, but a traumatic experience forced you to change for the better. However, it's difficult to form close friendships or seek a relationship because you feel unworthy of connection with others. Do you deserve a second chance? [Thanks to clinical psychologist Dr. Erin Margolis for helping us field this one!]
    • You're a 20-something "internet personality" whose bad choices (and poor judgment of character) have led you to do things you're not proud of. Sponsors and investors are dropping off, and your livelihood is in danger with no other prospects on the horizon. More than financial ruin, you fear reputational damage from which you'll never recover. You want to take responsibility for your actions; what can you do to see light at the end of this tunnel?
    • You and your partner have been married for 11 years and have no kids. You met at a Christian camp, you both took your faith very seriously, and you built your relationship on that faith. Fast forward 10 years, and you no longer believe in the "Christian" God. Your partner wants to raise a family, but you know you can't be the role model they have in mind without that faith. Should you work on the marriage with the possibility of greater hurt down the road, or free your partner to find someone else still aligned with their faith?
    • You and your partner are ready to adopt a child, but you're pondering how much involvement the birth mother should be allowed to have in this child's life. Is it selfish to apply with the stipulation that contact would only be allowed after the child's 18th birthday? Would this really be fair to the child? What option is ultimately the healthiest for all parties?
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    510: Rob Reid | Why the Future is a Good Kind of Scary May 20, 2021

    Rob Reid (@Rob_Reid) is a tech entrepreneur, early-stage tech investor, author of After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, and host of the After On Podcast.

    What We Discuss with Rob Reid:

    • While COVID-19 has been devastating on a global scale, it's comparatively benign when we consider how bad it could have been with a deadlier, more transmissible virus and a decimated infrastructure without access to basic necessities.
    • What gain of function research is, and why it's so dangerous in a world where even the most secure laboratories can leak pathogens into the general population.
    • The death toll inflicted by society's suicidal mass murderers is limited only by the weapons they have available -- whether they're guns, knives, airplanes, or synthetically manufactured superviruses created by soon-to-be commonplace genetic manipulation technology.
    • The steps we can take as an international community to fend off the malevolent efforts of a few bad actors by creating an infrastructure that can detect and prevent the spread of any potential future pandemic.
    • How DNA printers with the ability to create pandemic-defying vaccines on demand may become as common in the home as smoke alarms.
    • And much more...

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    509: Sam Harris | Making Sense of the Present Tense May 18, 2021

    Sam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of five New York Times bestsellers. He is the host of the Making Sense podcast and his latest book is Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity.

    What We Discuss with Sam Harris:

    • How can someone in the public eye speak freely without worrying about being canceled?
    • How to keep an open mind when debating someone with whom you disagree vehemently.
    • What it really takes to get people to behave ethically.
    • How to resist the distorting effect of social media's "funhouse mirror" on reality.
    • Why, if you choose to participate in social media, you should make sure to follow at least some (preferably many) people who don't share your views.
    • And much more...

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    508: Shaking an Unsuitable Stalking Suitor | Feedback Friday May 14, 2021

    Your sister's (now former) boyfriend might be a legitimate psychopath, but he's definitely a stalker who's threatened her for breaking up with him after she discovered his unfaithfulness. How can she best protect herself from his deranged promises to ruin her life? We'll look for the best answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/508

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can your sister best protect herself from a stalker ex-boyfriend's deranged threats to ruin her life? [Thanks to George Grant and Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • What are the pros and cons of working with your significant other?
    • How can your friend protect her job and sanity against harassment from a senior co-worker? [Thanks to Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • Your rental property has neighbors who are a nuisance to your tenants. You're losing money because your tenants don’t want the hassle of the weekend parties, and you're not on premises to document the neighbors' transgressions. What can you do? [Thanks to Brandon Turner for help with this one!]
    • Even though there seems to finally be light at the end of the tunnel, what's the best way to network during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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    507: Robert Cialdini | A New Look at the Science of Influence May 13, 2021

    Robert Cialdini (@RobertCialdini) is widely regarded as the “Godfather of influence” for his groundbreaking work in ethical persuasion. An update of his bestseller that started it all, Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion, is out now.

    What We Discuss with Robert Cialdini:

    • Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence that turn you into an unstoppable persuasion machine (and allow you to defend yourself against the unethical influence of others).
    • Why it’s a bad idea to accept a gift or favor from someone we don’t like or trust, and how we can reject such a gift or favor gracefully.
    • How to become more likable (without being a smarmy weirdo about it).
    • Why social proof is powerful for positive and negative outcomes and how we can leverage this.
    • The most ideal time to disclose a negative for maximum damage control.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/507

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    506: Tim Grover | The Unforgiving Race to Greatness May 11, 2021

    Tim Grover is the preeminent authority on the science and art of achieving physical and mental dominance relied upon by legendary athletes like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant at the top of their game. He's also an author, and his latest book is Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness.

    What We Discuss with Tim Grover:

    • Putting aside inspirational Internet meme bromides, what does it really mean to be relentless?
    • Why you can't even access the upper limits of the physical without putting the mental blocks in place first.
    • Why the intangibles -- like commitment and resilience -- are more important than the measurable -- like strength and speed.
    • The paradigm-shifting thought patterns that go into becoming a world-class champion.
    • Why top performers aren't looking for motivation -- they're looking for elevation.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/506

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    505: Special Needs Son Seduced by Psycho Siren | Feedback Friday May 07, 2021
    504: Lt. Col. Oliver North | Lessons from the Tragedies of War May 06, 2021

    Lt. Col. Oliver North (@OliverLNorth) is a political commentator, military historian, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He is the author of many leather-bound books, and the host of Oliver North's America and Oliver North's Real American Heroes.

    What We Discuss with Oliver North:

    • An Oliver North's-eye view of the Iran–Contra affair after 30+ years in the rearview mirror.
    • Using SMEAC (Situation, Mission, Execution, Admin and Logistics, and Command and Signal) for making decisions in high-pressure situations.
    • Why Oliver still recalls one day as a Marine machine-gunner during the Vietnam conflict as the worst in his life.
    • What it's like to survive an assassination attempt (and outlive its bumbling perpetrators).
    • Why Oliver considers "servant leaders" to be the best leaders.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/504

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    503: Cal Newport | Reimagining Work in a World without Email May 04, 2021

    Cal Newport researches cutting-edge technology and writes about the impact of these innovations on society. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Deep Work, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Digital Minimalism, and his latest, A World without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload.

    What We Discuss with Cal Newport:

    • What is the hyperactive hive mind, and how did the collaborative nature of email communication give rise to it?
    • Why checking our email an average of every six minutes is, as Cal puts it, "a terrible way to extract value from human neurons."
    • How so-called multitasking takes its toll not only on our individual capacity to focus, but on the prosperity of society as a whole.
    • Why debuzzing the hyperactive hive mind can't be done from the inbox, but by replacing the rules for how we collaborate.
    • How we can set the rules, guidelines, and systems by which we agree to communicate without succumbing to the collective pull of the hyperactive hive mind.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/503

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    502: How Do I Tell Daughter Her Dad Is Dying? | Feedback Friday Apr 30, 2021

    The father of your eight-year-old daughter has been given six months to live. How much do you tell your daughter -- and how soon? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday.

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/502

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • The father of your eight-year-old daughter has been given six months to live. How much do you tell your daughter -- and how soon? [Thanks to clinical psychologist and friend Erin Margolis for helping us with this one!]
    • Career circumstances drove you and your ex-girlfriend apart a few years ago. And while she thinks you and her new fiance would be fast friends, you don't need a constant reminder of what might have been. How do you get her to respect your boundaries on this matter?
    • A recruiter told you that a misdemeanor DUI from 2013 makes your chance of becoming an Air Force officer "nearly zero," but it's a dream you've had since you were seven. You couldn't forgive yourself for not giving it a shot anyway, but are you just wasting your time? [Thanks to Evil Genius Jason LeDuc for helping us field this one!]
    • You've been on a revolving door basis with college admissions for years, never really nailing down a course plan that suits you before you drop out and try something else. You've spent countless hours and dollars without credentials to begin a professional career, much to your parents' shame as well as your own. How can you just choose a path and stick to it?
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    501: Ed Calderon | Survival Secrets of a Drug War Veteran Part Two Apr 29, 2021

    Ed Calderon (@eds_manifesto) is a non-permissive environment specialist and combatives instructor with over 10 years of experience in counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Find part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Ed Calderon:

    • Three things that kept Ed from choosing the cartel life over law enforcement when it became a very real option.
    • Why there’s an eerie devotion to blasphemous, Church-condemned figures like death icon La Santa Muerte by the dispossessed and the deadly on both sides of the law.
    • What happens when different factions of law enforcement in the same area work for different cartels.
    • How occult practices that combine Catholic symbology with Aztec beliefs adapt to changing times and desperate characters.
    • Is Ed worried for his life after crossing some of the world’s most dangerous and vindictive people?
    • And much more…

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    500: Ed Calderon | Survival Secrets of a Drug War Veteran Part One Apr 27, 2021

    Ed Calderon (@eds_manifesto) is a non-permissive environment specialist and combatives instructor with over 10 years of experience in counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stick around for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Ed Calderon:

    • How drug cartels infiltrate and take over towns, cities, and entire regions without fearing local law enforcement or even the military.
    • How US taxpayers fund limitless government corruption south of the border without any real accountability.
    • 2020 has been the most deadly year in Mexico for cartel-related violence, and it's getting worse.
    • Not all mass graves found in Mexico are the result of cartel atrocities. The reality could be even more sinister.
    • Why cracking down on cartel crime is such a difficult (and life-threatening) proposition for would-be crusaders.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/500

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    499: Preparing a Polyamorous Protection Plan | Feedback Friday Apr 23, 2021
    498: Rob Dyrdek | Manufacturing Amazing with the Dyrdek Machine Apr 22, 2021

    Rob Dyrdek (@robdyrdek) is an entrepreneur, actor, producer, reality TV personality, and former professional skateboarder. He's the founder of venture creation studio Dyrdek Machine and host of the Build with Rob podcast.

    What We Discuss with Rob Dyrdek:

    • How Rob negotiated with his parents to let him drop out of high school and become a professional skateboarder at age 16.
    • The lesson veteran skateboarder Neil Blender taught young Rob about knowing his range when taking a shot at doing something extraordinary.
    • How Rob hones the clarity to operate in what he calls "kill mode" by eliminating the stressors that keep him from living optimally.
    • What venture creation studio Dyrdek Machine is and how it's been built to efficiently launch meaningful businesses that stand the test of time and have an impact on the world.
    • How Rob has the uncanny ability to, as his friend Shane Nickerson says, put himself in a position where luck hits him.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/498

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    497: David Kilgour | The Heartless Art of Forced Organ Harvesting Apr 20, 2021

    David Kilgour is a human rights activist, former lawyer, and Canadian politician. He is a Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and co-author of Bloody Harvest: Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China.

    What We Discuss with David Kilgour:

    • Who is targeted by the Chinese government for forced organ harvesting, and why?
    • How long has this illicit trade been going on, and who does it benefit?
    • How much does a healthy kidney, heart, or lung go for on this immoral market?
    • Who is Gao Zhisheng, and why is his story important?
    • How these atrocities have been brought to light and what efforts are being undertaken by the international community to put an end to them.
    • And much more...

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    496: Schizophrenic Mother a Duty Like No Other | Feedback Friday Apr 16, 2021
    495: Jon Acuff | The Surprising Solution to Overthinking Apr 15, 2021

    Jon Acuff (@jonacuff) is an Inc. Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker, host of the All It Takes Is a Goal podcast, and author of multiple bestsellers. His latest book is Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking.

    What We Discuss with Jon Acuff:

    • Jon defines a soundtrack as those repetitive thoughts that play automatically in your head that shape more of your choices than you know -- and this is why you need to curate your soundtrack.
    • Three questions to ask yourself if you want to identify a broken soundtrack that derails your ambitions -- and change it into one that goads you into action.
    • How you can flip a worry-inducing soundtrack into one that instills confidence.
    • Being prepared always leads to an action; overthinking always leads to more overthinking.
    • Something better to tell yourself than "Fake it 'til you make it" from the son of the guy who coined that phrase.
    • And much more...

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    494: Rutger Bregman | Humankind: A Hopeful History Apr 13, 2021

    Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) is a historian and author who has published five books on history, philosophy, and economics. His latest is New York Times bestseller Humankind: A Hopeful History.

    What We Discuss with Rutger Bregman:

    • How crises like the London Blitz during WWII and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina tend to bring out the best in people rather than the worst.
    • Why a crisis that forces us to isolate rather than connect with each other as a way to cope (like the COVID-19 pandemic) may make some of us behave counter to this tendency, but not most.
    • The evidence that prevails against veneer theory -- the idea that humanity is only buffered from acting on its vilest and most selfish instincts by the thin veneer of civilization (perpetrated by those in power throughout human history).
    • The negativity bias vs. contact theory: how we can counter the effects of past bad experiences with others by increasing our exposure to diversity.
    • How a real-life Lord of the Flies incident disproved the thesis of William Golding's fictional counterpart and showed how six shipwrecked schoolkids cooperated to thrive on a remote island for more than a year.
    • And much more...

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    493: Should You Sue Uncle Sam for Allegation Sham? | Feedback Friday Apr 09, 2021

    Your promising military career was derailed when former colleagues falsely accused you of wrongdoing to cover their own misdeeds. Even though the timeline proved that your alleged malfeasance would have been impossible and you were cleared of all charges, you missed promotions, eligibility cutoffs, special pay, and accompanying bonuses over the course of the lengthy investigation. Adding insult to these injuries is the message that your higher-ups have elected "not to go forward" with reinstating your qualifications and reimbursing you for your losses. So now you're wondering: should you sue Uncle Sam for this allegation sham?

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/493

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your military career was derailed by accusations of misconduct proven untrue, but you've been denied back pay or promotions due. Should you sue? [Thanks to attorney and friend Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • In an out-of-character lapse of judgment, your girlfriend got drunk, drove, hit a car, and got arrested. As a result, she may spend a year in prison. While you feel bad for her, you don't want to be pulled down by her bad choices. Should you stay or should you go?
    • In spite of the pandemic, your new business is thriving. Unfortunately, your mental health isn't, and establishing self-care boundaries with your workaholic business partner isn't panning out. Should you try to navigate the partnership for the sake of all you've built, or let it go for the sake of your sanity?
    • What's the best way to get your child to learn a second language at a young age?
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    492: Michael Shermer | Why We Believe Weird Things Apr 08, 2021

    Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer) is the founder of Skeptic magazine and several books on the nature of belief. He’s the Director of The Skeptics Society, a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of science, reason, and critical thinking. He joins us to discuss why people believe weird things. [This is a rebroadcast that originally aired in 2016.]

    What We Discuss with Michael Shermer:

    • How do beliefs form and persist even when we know they’re wrong?
    • Why do skeptics (and restaurant owners) scowl at the mention of Uri Geller?
    • Why are smart people even more susceptible to faulty beliefs?
    • How do our genes influence our political and religious beliefs?
    • What’s the difference between a skeptic and a cynic?
    • And much more...

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    491: Ray Dalio | The Changing World Order Apr 06, 2021

    Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates — the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world — and author of New York Times bestseller Principles: Life and Work. His latest book is The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.

    What We Discuss with Ray Dalio:

    • What history can tell us about the cycles our society has endured before and what we should expect from the cycles to come.
    • The cycle we're currently experiencing in terms of our economy and security as a country (and as a planet).
    • What Ray sees as the way forward to ensure these cycles serve as warnings -- not just echoes of past disasters.
    • What the West needs to do to remain competitive with China and other emerging world powers.
    • What Ray has learned from grieving the recent loss of his son.
    • And much more...

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    490: Boo's Rightful Vexation Over Frightening Fixation | Feedback Friday Apr 02, 2021

    You love jumping out of random hiding places in your house to startle your fiancée, but your fiancée does not share your enthusiasm for this "hobby" and wants you to knock it the heck off. You understand your boo's rightful vexation over this frightening fixation, but you can't seem to stop. Is this a common problem? We'll tackle this and more here on our special Day-After-April-Fool's-Day episode of Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/490

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Jordan shares a story about the time he thought he was going to get arrested at the donut shop in the middle of the night.
    • You think you might be addicted to the thrill of jumping out of random hiding places in your house to startle your fiancée, because now you can't stop (even though she really, really wants you to). Is this a "normal" problem?
    • Do Jordan and Gabe brush their teeth and floss every day?
    • What have been Jordan's best and worst interviews? Does he stay friends with any of them afterward?
    • What are the strangest things Gabe and Jordan know how to do?
    • How do Jordan and Gabe feel about psychedelics?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    489: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part Two Apr 01, 2021

    Frank Bourassa counterfeited and sold $250 million in fake US currency until he was nabbed in an undercover operation. Now he runs a security company and works with the police to catch other counterfeiters.

    What We Discuss with Frank Bourassa:

    • How someone creates a quarter of a billion dollars in American $20 bills that not only look genuine, but feel genuine even to experts.
    • The hours of research that Frank spent learning how to create counterfeit money that would pass most muster without immediately going to jail on his first attempt.
    • The catalyst that drove Frank to pursue a life of crime in the first place (and has probably tempted most of us to consider it from time to time).
    • It takes money to make money: Frank reveals the startup fees that went into his operation to literally print the perfect $20 bills en masse.
    • How much labor actually goes into a counterfeiting project at this scale -- once you find a crew you think you can trust.
    • And much more...

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    488: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part One Mar 30, 2021

    Frank Bourassa counterfeited and sold $250 million in fake US currency until he was nabbed in an undercover operation. Now he runs a security company and works with the police to catch other counterfeiters.

    What We Discuss with Frank Bourassa:

    • How someone creates a quarter of a billion dollars in American $20 bills that not only look genuine, but feel genuine even to experts.
    • The hours of research that Frank spent learning how to create counterfeit money that would pass most muster without immediately going to jail on his first attempt.
    • The catalyst that drove Frank to pursue a life of crime in the first place (and has probably tempted most of us to consider it from time to time).
    • It takes money to make money: Frank reveals the startup fees that went into his operation to literally print the perfect $20 bills en masse.
    • How much labor actually goes into a counterfeiting project at this scale -- once you find a crew you think you can trust.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/488

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    487: Connect with Cult Father, or Don't Even Bother? | Feedback Friday Mar 26, 2021
    486: Nina Schick | Deepfakes and the Coming Infocalypse Mar 25, 2021

    Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) specializes in how technology is transforming geopolitics and society in the 21st century. She is the author of Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse.

    What We Discuss with Nina Schick:

    • What deepfakes are and how they're created using technology that is getting exponentially more sophisticated every year and accessible to anyone.
    • How deepfakes go beyond novelty and into dangerous territory occupied by blackmailers, propagandists, terrorists, conspiracy theorists, and other unsavory ne'er-do-wells who profit by making the rest of us doubt what we can trust as reality.
    • Why deepfakes are so much more concerning than reality-bending manipulations of the past.
    • The potential positive uses of AI-assisted deepfake technology that will change our world as dramatically as the advent of the Internet.
    • How we can discern between real photo, video, or audio footage and imposter deepfakes to avoid being duped by 21st-century technoshysters.
    • And much more...

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    485: Leah Remini | Surviving Hollywood and Scientology Mar 23, 2021

    Leah Remini (@leahremini) is an actor, producer, co-host of podcast Scientology: Fair Game, and co-author of Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.

    What We Discuss with Leah Remini:

    • What Scientology is, how it came about, and why it's so dangerous.
    • The lengths the Scientology organization has gone through to protect itself from the government and its disillusioned apostates.
    • How Leah and her Fair Game co-host Mike Rinder have survived the stalking, harassment, and threats of post-Scientology life.
    • What die-hard Scientologists really believe.
    • How Scientology recruits and retains its A-list celebrity lineup.
    • And much more...

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    484: Give Bridesmaid the Boot for Political Dispute? | Feedback Friday Mar 19, 2021

    Your BFF was slated to be a bridesmaid at your wedding, but she can't resist the urge to argue about politics with you, your fiance, and anyone with whom she disagrees. Now you're wondering: should you even invite her to the wedding at all? We'll dig into this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

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    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your BFF bridesmaid insufferably loves to argue politics to the point that your fiance can't stand the sight of her. Now you're wondering: should you even invite her to your wedding?
    • Even though you helped your dad build a multi-million dollar business, your long-distance girlfriend's old-fashioned parents don't approve of your relationship. They don't see what you've done as an accomplishment, just that you "work for your dad." What can you do to improve your relationship with people who might someday be your in-laws?
    • You tend to interact with people in a way that some consider being too informal or familiar. Sometimes your sense of humor just doesn't seem to hit the right note and you wind up offending more often than making people laugh. Is there anything you should be doing to make a better impression?
    • Your girlfriend is a magnificent writer, with a master's degree in English, pursuing a career in publishing. Unfortunately, her lack of success in landing a job has sapped her confidence; she won’t reach out to friends and family for support, and is terrified to ask for help. She's even opposed to therapy thanks to bad experiences in the past. What can you do?
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    483: Drew Binsky | Vicarious Trips and Travel Tips Mar 18, 2021

    Drew Binsky (@drewbinsky) has been to 194 countries (probably more by the time you're done reading this sentence), shares his prolific adventures on YouTube, and hopes to inspire us all to become better world travelers. Take in the vicarious trips and travel tips with him here!

    What We Discuss with Drew Binsky:

    • What it's like to spend 24 hours with an isolated tribe of pygmies in the middle of a forest in Africa.
    • The story of Zablon Simintov, the last and only remaining Afghan Jew in the country of Afghanistan.
    • What Drew considers to be the most dangerous country in the world (without even a close second), and how he fared during his six days there.
    • Why the most expensive countries in the world are ones you've probably never heard of.
    • How Drew protects himself when he's traveling in war zones and countries that are particularly hostile toward journalists.
    • And much more...

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    482: Adam Grant | The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Mar 16, 2021

    Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant, and the author of three New York Times Best Sellers: Option B (with Sheryl Sandberg), Originals, and Give and Take. Adam revisits the show to discuss his latest book, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know.

    What We Discuss with Adam Grant:

    • Why being open to changing your mind is a huge advantage in your personal and professional life -- and not weakness, as your ego is urging you to believe.
    • The criteria by which Amazon's Jeff Bezos makes big decisions quickly while allowing room for a change of mind when new information is revealed.
    • How you can use brainwriting instead of brainstorming to come up with the best ideas from within your organization without losing them to the hazards of dreaded groupthink.
    • Why your network could do with a "disagreeable giver" (or several) to tear your ideas apart and point out the holes in your thinking -- not to bring you down, but to help you improve.
    • How to preface criticism so that other people really hear it (in only 19 words or so) without taking offense.
    • And much more...

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    481: Custody Battle Rattles Disproven Dad | Feedback Friday Mar 12, 2021

    When a father is unbothered by the results of a paternity test that disproves a biological connection to the daughter he's raised since birth, what can he do to win a custody battle against the uncooperative mother who's considered a more "real" parent by the state? We'll seek the answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/481

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Can a dad who's raised a daughter as his own win custody after a court-ordered test disproves his paternity? [Once again, many thanks to attorney and friend Corbin Payne for helping us answer this one!]
    • A new job with amazing opportunities for growth means leaving behind a team you've come to admire. What's the most graceful way to exit while remaining on good terms?
    • A simple request for a textbook refund has led to erroneous, uninvited emails from the publisher containing private information of other customers, which means someone else probably has your "private" information. On top of this, you still don't have a refund. Is threatening legal action your most reasonable next step? [Yep. The Payne Train helped us with this one too! Thanks, Corbin!]
    • For years, you've been happily married to the love of your life, but they've become politically active to a hostile degree on social media and condescending toward you for being "uninformed" when you want to talk about something -- anything -- else. What can you do to bring the boiling point down a bit?
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    480: Roger Atwood | Stealing History Mar 11, 2021

    Roger Atwood (@rogeratwood) knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them, as described in his book Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World.

    What We Discuss with Roger Atwood:

    • How abhorrent colonial looting practices of the past pale in comparison to the streamlined, market-driven illicit antiquities trading of today.
    • Contrary to popular depiction, illicit antiquities traders aren't marginalized hustlers scrambling to put food on the table, but savvy businesspeople following the demand that leads to a hefty payday.
    • How well-connected and wealthy collectors perpetuate this market by requesting and purchasing relics on demand in the same way most of us would order pizza.
    • Why this on-demand artifact mill irrevocably destroys more than it rescues from the unknown past and ruins sites beyond the context of legitimate archaeological salvageability.
    • On a positive note: what can be done to stem the tide for this wasteful demand so future generations might still enjoy what's yet to be discovered.
    • And much more...

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    479: Lisa Feldman Barrett | Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain Mar 09, 2021

    Lisa Feldman Barrett (@lfeldmanbarrett) is among the top one percent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. Her new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, is out now.

    What We Discuss with Lisa Feldman Barrett:

    • Our brains evolved to keep our bodies alive -- thinking is just a bonus by-product.
    • Why the lizard brain theory is a myth.
    • More like companies than computers, our brains reorganize themselves when the situation calls for adaptation to survive.
    • How our brains predict what we think we’re hearing and seeing, and how this affects our behavior.
    • Why you're not really left-brained or right-brained.
    • And much more...

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    478: Will Suing Abusive Father Bring Mother Peace? | Feedback Friday Mar 05, 2021

    Your mother and aunt have suffered lifelong trauma from your grandfather's physical, mental, and sexual abuse of them when they were children. The family has been considering legal action against him, but it would be difficult for your mother and aunt to repeatedly relive this abuse in court, and the strength of the case is in question because this happened over 30 years ago. Should they pursue it anyway? This and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/478

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Should your mother and aunt sue their father 30 years after he physically, mentally, and sexually abused them? Would justice -- or at least telling their story in court -- bring them peace? [Thanks again to Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • You're an ex-con whose rough childhood and over 10 years in prison have taught you some hard but valuable lessons, and you've earned a uniquely valuable skill set. So how do you market this experience in a way that will serve you in the outside world?
    • You and your significant other have been living with their mother for much of the pandemic. While you get along, she can be passive-aggressive, petty, and dramatic. You try to sympathize, listen, and help her out when possible, but it's stressing you out. What else can you do to maintain a good relationship without sacrificing your own sanity?
    • You’ve been passed over for a promotion twice in a year and a half, and you suspect the reasons might be more personal than professional. Should you lodge a complaint at the risk of a hit to your reputation, or should you just take it on the chin and hope a third time will be the charm? Bottom line: how can you be truly proactive about advancement?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    477: Peter Diamandis | Creating a Future Bold in Abundance Mar 04, 2021

    Peter Diamandis (@PeterDiamandis) is the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, co-host of the Exponential Wisdom Podcast, and co-author of Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think.

    What We Discuss with Peter Diamandis:

    • What does the future hold for human longevity, space colonization, artificial intelligence, and beyond?
    • How can we adapt — individually and as a society — to deal with increased automation in the workforce?
    • What is linear thinking and why does it cause us to miss the mark when coping with technology, innovation, and the advancement of the human race?
    • If you don’t know your calling in life, your calling in life is to discover what that is.
    • What experiments can kids curious about science do that won’t get them put on a no-fly list for the foreseeable future?
    • And so much more…

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    476: Dan David | Putting Muscle on the China Hustle Mar 02, 2021

    Dan David (@Dan_David44) is an investor, activist short-seller, and whistle-blower. He is the founder of Wolfpack Research, host of the I Hung Up On Warren Buffett Podcast, and is featured in The China Hustle documentary.

    What We Discuss with Dan David:

    • Dan defines what it means to be an activist short-seller, and how his research discerns between legitimate but worthwhile risks in the market and outright criminal fraud.
    • How Chinese companies use reverse mergers to trade on US markets without oversight and siphon hundreds of billions of dollars from the economy without accountability or criminal consequences.
    • Why the US government allows this legalized corruption to continue (with the blessing of investment banks).
    • In the end, who really suffers in the fallout of these reverse takeover (RTO) scams.
    • The long-term dangers of allowing this fraud to continue, and what Dan sees as our way out of this mess.
    • And much more...

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    475: Is It Possible to Assuage Narcissistic Rage? | Feedback Friday Feb 26, 2021

    Your significant other of six years has a narcissistic personality disorder and an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Even when sober, she can turn on a dime and engage in narcissistic rage, which includes venomous, disrespectful rants and the destruction of expensive artwork. It seems obvious that you should break up with her, but she's unemployable and unable to care for herself, and living arrangements for whoever leaves would be difficult to secure in the midst of the pandemic. What's your next move? We'll do what we can to help assuage narcissistic rage and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/475

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • What are you avoiding just because the desired outcome would take longer than you'd like?
    • What do you do when your significant other ruins your stuff in fits of narcissistic rage but breaking up is logistically difficult? [Thanks to friend and therapist Kim Seltzer for helping us field this one!]
    • You're excited about becoming a first-time parent, but you're worried it won't allow you the time to do your full-time job and pursue a career in competitive golf. Does this make you a selfish jerk?
    • An opening for advancement has come up at your company, but you're not sure you're ready for it just yet. Should you go for it anyway, or wait until you've got more experience under your belt and hope that opportunity knocks again?
    • While you're not currently disabled, you do have multiple sclerosis that will gradually incapacitate you to some degree over time. Are you obligated to disclose this on a job application? [Thanks to once-adversary, now-friend, and attorney Jeremy Golan for helping us with this one!]
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    474: David Eagleman | The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain Feb 25, 2021

    David Eagleman (@davideagleman) is a neuroscientist at Stanford, CSO of sensory substitution technology company NeoSensory, host of Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC series The Brain, and author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain.

    What We Discuss with David Eagleman:

    • Like organisms in a forest, the multicellular components of your brain are as much in competition with one another as they are in cooperation.
    • How your sensory landscape adapts to utilize what's useful and discard what's not as you learn new skills.
    • Why David believes the nature vs. nurture debate is dead (and that Darwin might owe Lamarck a bit of an apology).
    • How neglect can irreparably shape the brain of a child, and what this can teach us about the way different generations learn about, process, and behave in the world.
    • How senses like sight and hearing can be translated by technology for people without a native ability to process them, and why we'll be able to invent entirely new senses with the help of technology.
    • And much more...

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    473: Scott Galloway | From Crisis to Opportunity Post Corona Feb 23, 2021

    Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) cohosts Pivot with Kara Swisher, publishes the No Mercy/No Malice newsletter, is a professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and is the author of Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity.

    What We Discuss with Scott Galloway:

    • How the pandemic has accelerated changes already in the making: it only took 40 weeks to lose the jobs that it took 20 years to create, and only eight weeks for e-commerce to experience a decade's worth of growth.
    • The industries most poised to thrive in the post-pandemic world.
    • Why it's never been easier to become a billionaire, and it's never been harder to become a millionaire.
    • How education will change as a result of pandemic upheaval and the technology created to match its demand -- likely for the better.
    • How to make sure these dramatic changes work for you instead of against you.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/473

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    472: When Your Employee Defrauds the Government | Feedback Friday Feb 19, 2021

    In spite of not being financially affected by the pandemic, you know an employee of yours and his wife have been gaming the system and taking unemployment benefits and PPP loans from the government to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. While you're deeply bothered by their gleeful boasting about these fraudulent actions, you also don't like meddling in other people's business. Should you file a complaint to the proper authorities anyway, or just hope that karma will come around someday? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/472

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your well-paid employee boasts about fraudulently receiving COVID relief from the government to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. Should you report this or hope karma intervenes? Another ponderable: if he's regularly and remorselessly stealing from Uncle Sam, what's he been stealing from your company?
    • Your irresponsible sister parties and spends beyond her means while neglecting her daughter. You want to be supportive of your niece's well-being, but you also don't want to take her off your sister's hands and enable more bad behavior. How do you find a decent middle ground without also neglecting your own family?
    • As a Westerner teaching English in Japan, how do you get past the point of being a tall, freakish curiosity to the locals in order to build deeper relationships with new friends?
    • Would getting a text message from a person you spent a total of eight hours with over a year ago mean anything? Or would it just be a weird, semi-unnecessary gesture?
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    471: Steven Hassan | The #iGotOut Guide to Quitting QAnon Feb 18, 2021

    Steven Hassan (@CultExpert) has helped thousands of individuals and families recover from undue influence (authoritarian control). With over 40 years of experience, he is sought after as one of the foremost authorities on undue influence and controlling groups and individuals. He is the founder of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, and a founding collaborator of the #iGotOut movement.

    What We Discuss with Steven Hassan:

    • How a disinformation crusade like QAnon takes root and thrives in the politically polarized petri dish of modern America (with a little help from its outside adversaries).
    • Why the trope of non-human elites ritualistically sustaining themselves on the essence of innocent children should seem familiar -- because this blood libel has been most famously used to normalize the persecution of Jews from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust and beyond.
    • How QAnon appeals not only to the predictable dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks demographic, but a surprising number of seemingly otherwise intelligent people who are counterintuitively more susceptible to its influence than most.
    • How Steven’s BITE model applies to QAnon's manipulation of behavior, information, thought, and emotion among its followers to show it for what it is: a destructive cult with elements of psyops thrown in for good measure.
    • What we can and should do when people we care about have been sucked down the QAnon rabbit hole and we want to see them safely tethered back to reality.
    • And much more...

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    470: Bruce Sackman | A Glimpse Behind the Murder Curtain Feb 16, 2021

    Bruce Sackman (@bts1811) is a renowned investigator specializing in tracking down medical serial killers. He is the co-author of Behind the Murder Curtain: Special Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses Who Kill Our Veterans.

    What We Discuss with Bruce Sackman:

    • How Bruce first became aware of the MSKs (medical serial killers) who were operating for years, undetected, in our veterans hospitals.
    • Why it's so difficult -- even for medical professionals -- to spot their colleagues who kill in a hospital environment (and why it's often covered up when they do).
    • How the monstrously prolific body count of a quietly efficient MSK makes the serial killers who wind up famous as household names and true crime documentary subjects seem like amateurs in comparison.
    • What motivates an MSK to murder the people who trust and rely on them for care?
    • How Bruce's experience with tracking, exposing, and catching MSKs have helped investigators and forensic nurses throughout the world put a stop to these formerly unchecked murder sprees.
    • And much more...

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    469: Should a Cheater Get a Second Chance? | Feedback Friday Feb 12, 2021

    Should a cheater get a second chance? Like most of us, you probably have an instant answer to that question. But what if the cheater happened to be you? Should the ex you cheated on give you a second chance? We'll tackle this timeless question and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/469

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • A listener shares their own false confession story after hearing episode 456 with Laura Nirider, and Corbin Payne reminds us why we should never talk to the police without an attorney present whether or not we're guilty.
    • Should a cheater get a second chance? What if you're the cheater? Does that change your answer? Should the ex you cheated on give you a second chance?
    • Your idealist sibling can't seem to get his life together unless the "perfect" opportunities present themselves, and your family has had enough. How can you gently nudge him toward the path of progress he needs to take?
    • Your former boss turned hostile when you gave your two-week notice, and now you're worried she'll give you a bad reference as you seek employment elsewhere. How do you prepare for this possibility as you interview for future positions?
    • Your grandma's struggles with seasonal depression are exacerbated by her quarantine-era hobby of doomscrolling the news and posting on Facebook. What can you do to help her get unstuck from her own gloomy thoughts during this time?
    • What systems do we have in place to ensure we answer all the messages that come our way?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    468: Jack Schafer | Getting People to Reveal the Truth Part Two Feb 11, 2021

    Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western Illinois University, and co-author of The Truth Detector: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Catch up with part one here!]

    What We Discuss with Jack Schafer:

    • Elicitation versus interrogation: why one is usually more effective in extracting truth than the other.
    • How the elicitation techniques used by the FBI to uncover secrets from foreign spies can be applied to buying used cars, negotiating better salaries, and finding out if your teenager is throwing parties when you're out of town.
    • Three friend signals we display when we want to establish rapport and trust with someone we've just met (and might be used against us by con artists and other disreputable types).
    • How presumptive statements can be used to play upon our insecurities and get us to easily reveal truths we'd otherwise keep guarded -- and what we can do to avoid spilling the beans when they're used against us.
    • How to use a third-party perspective to discover what people are really thinking.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/468

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    467: Jack Schafer | Getting People to Reveal the Truth Part One Feb 09, 2021

    Jack Schafer (@jackschafer) is a retired FBI special agent, current assistant professor at Western Illinois University, and co-author of The Truth Detector: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for part two later this week!]

    What We Discuss with Jack Schafer:

    • Elicitation versus interrogation: why one is usually more effective in extracting truth than the other.
    • How the elicitation techniques used by the FBI to uncover secrets from foreign spies can be applied to buying used cars, negotiating better salaries, and finding out if your teenager is throwing parties when you're out of town.
    • Three friend signals we display when we want to establish rapport and trust with someone we've just met (and might be used against us by con artists and other disreputable types).
    • How presumptive statements can be used to play upon our insecurities and get us to easily reveal truths we'd otherwise keep guarded -- and what we can do to avoid spilling the beans when they're used against us.
    • How to use a third-party perspective to discover what people are really thinking.
    • And much more...

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    466: How to Cope with a Dying, Narcissistic Parent | Feedback Friday Feb 05, 2021

    In order to preserve your own sanity, you cut off all contact with your covert narcissist mom a few years ago. But now that she's dying, you wonder if you should reconcile for the short time she has left -- or regret not doing so once it's too late. What's the right thing to do here? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/466

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • In order to preserve your own sanity, you cut off all contact with your covert narcissist mom a few years ago. But now she's dying and you wonder if you should reconcile for the short time she has left -- or regret not doing so once it's too late.
    • You've become a perpetual shoulder to cry on for someone who never follows your advice no matter how much time you devote to trying to help them. How do you gently quit the job of being this person's informal (and free) therapist?
    • You've been at your current job for seven years with no advancement in your pay or position in spite of exceeding expectations and never receiving a negative performance review. Your boss promised a raise two and a half years ago, but it still hasn't surfaced. What should you do?
    • You're 50 years old and have worked in the same industry for most of your adult life. You're interested in transitioning to a different career, but you're starting to wonder if your age is a help or a hindrance. When you show up to interviews with grey hair, does it communicate "experienced and reliable" or "old and obsolete?"
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    465: Thomas Erikson | How to Protect Yourself from Psychopaths Feb 04, 2021

    Thomas Erikson is a behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots and Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business.

    What We Discuss with Thomas Erikson:

    • Not all narcissists are psychopaths, but all psychopaths are narcissists. So how can you identify the psychopaths in your life who don't act like the ones you see in slasher flicks and psychological thrillers?
    • What psychopaths have to gain from manipulating and destroying other people.
    • The insidious tactics psychopaths use to sow doubt and reap chaos in others.
    • How you can resist these tactics before they're used to ruin your life.
    • What to do if you suspect that you might be a psychopath.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/465

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    Thomas Erikson is a behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots and Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business.

    What We Discuss with Thomas Erikson:

    • Not all narcissists are psychopaths, but all psychopaths are narcissists. So how can you identify the psychopaths in your life who don't act like the ones you see in slasher flicks and psychological thrillers?
    • What psychopaths have to gain from manipulating and destroying other people.
    • The insidious tactics psychopaths use to sow doubt and reap chaos in others.
    • How you can resist these tactics before they're...
    464: Ramit Sethi | I Will Teach You to Find Your Dream Job Feb 02, 2021

    Ramit Sethi (@ramit) is the bestselling author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works, and now he's applied the same no-nonsense approach to his latest program, Find Your Dream Job.

    What We Discuss with Ramit Sethi:

    • Many people are underpaid, often by $10,000 per year. How can you make sure you're not one of them?
    • What hiring managers are really looking for in job candidates, and how to refrain from disqualifying yourself before you've even applied simply because you lack a prerequisite mentioned in the listing.
    • Throwing your resume on a stack with the rest of the candidates and hoping for the best is probably a wasted effort -- because most of the best jobs are filled through backdoor introductions, often before they're ever made public.
    • By the time you've been granted an interview, the hiring manager doesn't want a generic rehash of your credentials -- they're more interested in knowing how well you'll fit in with the team and if you can be counted on under pressure.
    • The three parts of the negotiation power dynamics framework that will help you maximize the outcome of your negotiations by understanding your leverage.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/464

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    463: Saying Sayonara to Sister's Swindling Sweetie | Feedback Friday Jan 29, 2021

    While your sister's history of bad beaus continues to sap her self-esteem and savings, her current companion's cons are preying upon your parents' provisions. What's the surest way of saying sayonara to your sister's swindling sweetie? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/463

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • While your sister's history of bad beaus continues to sap her self-esteem and savings, her current companion's cons are preying upon your parents' provisions. What's the surest way of saying sayonara to your sister's swindling sweetie?
    • As a young, caucasian, cisgender, heterosexual, and relatively fit male with no real health issues (or even allergies), you recognize your privilege and genetic luck. How do you most responsibly support those who are less privileged as an ally who amplifies their messages, educates yourself, and stays mindful of your impact on others?
    • You're teaching at a run-down school where a gaslighting principal is in charge. You love your underserved students and don't want to abandon them, but you're finding the work environment too toxic to be sustainable for your sanity. What are your best options here?
    • You’ve been introducing people to each other when you've thought the connection would be mutually beneficial, but these introductions have gone awry more often than not. What's our advice for preventing this from happening (or mitigating its damage to your reputation when it does)?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    462: Linda Carroll | Unlocking Lasting Love Skills Jan 28, 2021

    Linda Carroll (@Lovecycleslinda) is a licensed marriage and family therapist, relationship sage, and author of Love Skills: The Keys to Unlocking Lasting, Wholehearted Love and Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love.

    What We Discuss with Linda Carroll:

    • Love is a feeling that comes and goes, but loving is a skill set you can improve with practice.
    • Why most arguments are not really about what you think you're fighting about.
    • Is communication in relationships overrated? What the Woodpecker Syndrome is and how to avoid it.
    • "You have to love yourself before you can love anyone else" and other cultural stereotypes and clichés about relationships that are worth less than the Hallmark cards they were printed on.
    • Why so many of us get locked into repeating relationship patterns that ultimately end messily.
    • And much more...

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    461: Erik Vance | The Curious Science of the Suggestible You Jan 26, 2021

    Erik Vance (@erikvance) is an award-winning science journalist and author of Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal.

    What We Discuss with Erik Vance:

    • How the human tendency for patternicity can be used to inoculate ourselves against pain, but also make us believe we've been abducted by space aliens.
    • The placebo effect vs. the nocebo effect.
    • The power of false memories and the "Satanic Panic" phenomenon of the 1980s.
    • How our brains twist reality to match expectations, and how it fits into our evolutionary model for survival.
    • Why Erik paid a Mexico City witch doctor to curse him -- for science!
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/461

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    460: Why Did Your Adopted Child Leave? | Feedback Friday Jan 22, 2021

    When your adopted child turned 18, he immediately moved out without warning and wrote you a letter saying he left "for mental health reasons" -- and not to contact him. You're hurt, disappointed, and feel cut off; is there any way to respect his wishes while getting some clarity on why this happened and letting him know you're still unconditionally there for him? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/460

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Wisdom from Charlie Munger: Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
    • When your adopted child turned 18, he immediately moved out and wrote you a letter saying he left "for mental health reasons" -- and not to contact him. You're hurt, disappointed, and feel cut off; is there any way to respect his wishes while getting some clarity on why this happened?
    • You're a middle schooler who doesn't thrive with the lessened engagement of online courses, but you understandably don't feel safe going to the classroom in the middle of a pandemic. You've considered dropping out and attending a community college that offers courses for all ages and has much safer COVID-19 protocols, but you're not sure it's the right move. What would we do in your shoes?
    • You graduated law school to become a world-changing lawyer, but you've been diagnosed with a debilitating illness that makes this a difficult proposition now. You know there are positions with a work-life balance that would be more accommodating to your condition, but they're not generally world-changing. Where should you go from here?
    • A shady landlord is trying to sucker you into paying two months' rent against the terms of your very explicit lease, and it's having an adverse effect on your credit score. How can you legally get this creep off your back? [Thanks once again to our defense attorney friend Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • You and your fiancee want your relationship to be focused on you, not the image of the relationship you convey online. But how do you balance sharing life updates with your network to provide an engagement point for weak or dormant ties (as discussed in our free Six-Minute Networking course)?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and...
    459: Steve Madden | How a Cobbler Disrupted an Industry Jan 21, 2021

    Steve Madden (@stevenmadden) is a fashion designer and businessman, and author of The Cobbler: How I Disrupted an Industry, Fell From Grace, and Came Back Stronger Than Ever.

    What We Discuss with Steve Madden:

    • How growing up as a half-Jewish, half-Irish outsider gave Steve a unique perspective and mindset that dispensed with establishment formalities.
    • Why it's not failure that defines someone's character, but how someone responds to coming up short.
    • In hindsight, Steve weighs the pros and cons of living by the "better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission" credo.
    • Why knowing what you don't know can be what Steve considers "a very big gift."
    • Why it wasn't designs or talent that made Steve's company successful; it was the cultivation of an unstoppable work ethic.
    • And much more...

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    458: John Brennan | An Undaunted Fight Against America's Enemies Jan 19, 2021

    John Brennan (@JohnBrennan) served as the Director of the CIA from 2013 to 2017, and is the author of Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, At Home and Abroad.

    What We Discuss with John Brennan:

    • The mechanics of being in charge of America's spy agency and dealing with international crises on a daily basis.
    • How CIA officers are taught to question their assumptions and overcome confirmation biases to find facts in a field of deception.
    • Why John argued for diversity within the CIA -- not to placate a liberal agenda, as his critics asserted, but to strengthen the agency's ability to operate effectively in a diverse world.
    • How John was able to get a job at the CIA in spite of past hashish use, lying to his mother about going to church, and voting for a communist.
    • The challenges of operating clandestinely in the digitally rich 21st century.
    • And much more...

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    457: Help! I Married a Conspiracy Theorist! | Feedback Friday Jan 15, 2021

    You and your wife of four years have had your ups and downs, but she recently revealed her belief in a number of conspiracy theories. Now you wonder if you can continue a life together when you're living in two entirely different realities. We'll examine this rabbit hole and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/457

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your wife of four years recently revealed she's gone down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole from which she may never return. Is it possible for your marriage to continue when you're each living in your own reality? [Thanks to Justin Ramsdell for helping us with this one!]
    • You're the top choice to run operations if your company's acquisition goes through, but your priorities have shifted toward family and you're not sure the new bosses will understand your desire for work/life balance. What’s the best way to discuss your personal plans with the team so you feel your mutual needs are being considered? [Thanks to Michelle Tillis Lederman for giving us some insight here!]
    • How should a financially smart, successful couple entertain the idea of cohabitating when marriage is in the plans down the road, but the relationship hasn't yet passed the one-year mark?
    • You're friends with a family who recently started hosting maskless "freedom rallies" that have drawn thousands of people into tight quarters during this global pandemic. Every reason you've expressed to them for why this is a terrible idea has been dismissed. Should you just give up? And is there even a future for your friendship even after this passes?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    456: Laura Nirider | Anatomy of a False Confession Jan 14, 2021

    Laura Nirider (@LauraNirider) is the co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and the co-host of the Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions podcast.

    What We Discuss with Laura Nirider:

    • Two to five percent of people currently serving time in prison have been falsely convicted.
    • False confessions and admissions are present in 15 to 20 percent of all DNA exonerations.
    • The United States is one of the only countries in the world that allows police to lie about evidence during interrogations.
    • Why so many people are coerced into providing false confessions during interrogations that are gentle compared to the more "hands on" approach taken by police in decades past.
    • How Laura is working to clean up interrogation techniques so they're still effective in solving crimes without trapping innocent people in the system.
    • And much more...

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    455: Matthew McConaughey | Following Life's Greenlights to Success Jan 12, 2021

    Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and author of #1 New York Times Bestseller Greenlights.

    What We Discuss with Matthew McConaughey:

    • What the sobriety of grief did for Matthew's attitude about risk when he was dealing with the loss of his father.
    • How Matthew tries to instill the values of self-reliance in his kids.
    • How Matthew learned to cope with imposter syndrome and get his head on straight when he became a household name seemingly overnight.
    • The philanthropic approach to selecting roles that has guided Matthew through his career in film.
    • How Matthew keeps criticism from affecting how he perceives himself.
    • And much more...

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    454: Dodging Criminal Liability For Erotic Roleplaying | Feedback Friday Jan 08, 2021

    You're in an online community that chats about erotic roleplay (ERP), and inadvertently engaged in conversation with a couple of minors. When you discovered their age, you immediately broke off contact -- but you're still worried this could have legal repercussions. Should you be concerned? We'll tackle this and more here on the first Feedback Friday of the year!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/454

    453: Javier Peña and Steve Murphy | Taking Down Pablo Escobar Jan 07, 2021

    Javier Peña and Steve Murphy (@deanarcos) are former DEA agents best known for bringing down Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the '90s, as dramatized on the first two seasons of Netflix series Narcos and chronicled in their book Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar.

    What We Discuss with Javier Peña and Steve Murphy:

    • How do you conduct an effective investigation against a murderous yet charismatic criminal on their home turf with a $300,000 bounty on your head?
    • Why was there such friction between the DEA and the CIA during the Pablo Escobar investigation?
    • Why do countries like Mexico and Colombia resist extradition to the United States when we catch a big fish drug trafficker?
    • Have Javier and Steve been back to Colombia since bringing down Pablo Escobar, or do they still have to fear for their lives there?
    • Do Javier and Steve see the permanent dismantling of drug cartels as a possibility, or are they too entrenched in the infrastructure of the countries where they thrive?
    • And much more...

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    Bonus: How to Stop Falling for Everyone You Date | Stereo Sunday Jan 03, 2021

    Welcome to Stereo Sunday, a little Stereo app-sponsored experiment we did live in front of a studio audience of you!

    This time around, we answered questions from listeners. It went a little something like this...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/bonus-stereo-sunday

    On This Week's Stereo Sunday, We Discuss:

    • You discovered -- and had to break the news -- that your mom's boyfriend was cheating on her, but she married him a few months later anyway. To your dismay, now she's having doubts. What can you do?
    • As someone who's been dating for just a few months after a long-term relationship ended, why do you get attached so easily, and how do you avoid these feelings (at least until it's a mutual exchange)?
    • You and your friend are both struggling with the mental and physical challenges that accompany type two diabetes, but she isn't as careful with her diet as you are and she seems genuinely puzzled that there are consequences. Is there a way to help your friend without being a nagging, self-righteous a-hole?
    • If you've put your all into a business only to have it fail, how do you overcome the sting of this failure and drum up the courage to try again?
    • You know you have the work experience to fill a job opening at your company, but your imposter syndrome kicks in when you read its prerequisites -- in particular, a degree you don't have. How can you make a case for your qualifications even though you don't check all the boxes on paper?
    • What industries and potential side hustles have been positively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and might be good opportunities for someone looking to pivot?
    • You've been out of the workplace for so long that you're not sure where to even begin now that you're ready to get back into it. What's a good first step?
    • How do Fiverr, Upwork, and Mechanical Turk compare for freelancers looking to make a buck?
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    452: Fessing Up to Security Clearance Sex Lies | Feedback Friday Dec 25, 2020

    You and your direct boss had a secret affair, and he asked you not to disclose it to your company's vetting agency for fear of losing his security clearance. Now it's years later and you want to come clean to the agency, but how can you do so without it coming off as petty revenge? We'll tackle this and more here on the last Feedback Friday of 2020!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/452

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • 2020's been a wild ride. Are we buckled up for 2021?
    • You and your direct boss had a secret affair, and he asked you not to disclose it to your company's vetting agency for fear of losing his security clearance. Now it's years later and you want to come clean to the agency, but how can you do so without it coming off as petty revenge?
    • When your uncle passed away suddenly, you felt remorse that you never tried to talk to him about the signs of depression he was showing. Now you don't want to make the same mistake with his son, who's clearly struggling with similar issues. But where do you even begin?
    • You and your partner of five years recently split up after talking about how there isn't a path forward for you because opportunities forced you into a long-distance relationship -- even though you are still in love and so compatible otherwise. It feels like a wrong decision; how can you be sure you've explored every option?
    • How might someone grasping at gratitude cultivate a more giving mindset?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    451: Jason Silva | Origins of a Performance Philosopher Dec 24, 2020

    Jason Silva (@JasonSilva) would have been called a “performance philosopher” by counterculture icon Timothy Leary. Among many things, he’s a futurist, filmmaker, creator of short video series Shots of Awe, and host of the National Geographic Channel’s Brain Games and Origins: The Journey of Humankind.

    What We Discuss with Jason Silva:

    • How our concepts of self are formed — often through the eyes of others — and how they affect our behavior.
    • How top performers excel by shutting down the editorial parts of the human brain coined by Buddhists as the monkey mind.
    • Why “unscripted” isn’t the same as “unprepared,” and how videos can be edited to elicit altered states of consciousness.
    • How good directors help performers get out of their heads — while bad directors do just the opposite.
    • How is day-to-day reality edited by context, similar to the Kuleshov effect demonstrated by Alfred Hitchcock?
    • And much more!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/451

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    450: Frank Maderal | The Dirty Money Behind Illicit Gold Smuggling Dec 22, 2020

    Frank Maderal is a litigator and trial attorney (as featured on Netflix's Dirty Money) whose work has given him an intimate knowledge of illicit gold mining and smuggling operations that wreak environmental, social, and economic havoc on a global scale.

    What We Discuss with Frank Maderal:

    • Why gold is such an ideal, sought-after medium by criminal enterprises for laundering billions of dollars every year.
    • How unethical methods of gold mining -- both illegal and quasi-legal -- have a devastating, irreparable impact on the environments in which they operate and the people who live there.
    • Money laundering 101: how it works on a global scale, what gives it away to law enforcement, and why gold makes its trail harder to trace even when the evidence is seemingly hiding in plain sight.
    • Why otherwise on-the-level gold traders are increasingly turning to illegal means of aggregation (whether knowingly or not).
    • What law enforcement is doing to make the illicit gold trade a more difficult business for its top-level players and deliberately ignorant enablers.
    • And much more...

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    449: How to Cope with Your Partner's Manic Mind | Feedback Friday Dec 18, 2020
    448: Srdja Popovic | Blueprint for Revolution Dec 17, 2020

    Srdja Popovic (@SrdjaPopovic) is the author of Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World.

    What We Discuss with Srdja Popovic:

    • What do revolutions and businesses have in common?
    • Why nonviolence is more popular -- and more effective -- than violence.
    • Why there are no charismatic leaders in the most successful revolutions.
    • How to make a revolution cool by using comedy.
    • How was ’90s Serbia like Middle Earth in the Third Age of The Lord of The Rings (Hobbits and all)?
    • And much more...

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    447: Stephen Schwarzman | Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence Dec 15, 2020

    Stephen Schwarzman is the chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, an investor, a philanthropist, and the author of What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence.

    What We Discuss with Stephen Schwarzman:

    • How did Stephen turn being paired with a Nazi roommate at Yale into a learning experience?
    • Why it's as hard to achieve small goals as bigger ones -- except larger goals have more significant consequences (and what entrepreneurs can gain from this perspective).
    • What Stephen learned from working a summer wiping down grease in a Scandanavian ship's 120-degree engine room.
    • Why Stephen considers candor fundamental to the operation of a healthy organization.
    • How Stephen assesses talent when hiring.
    • And much more...

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    446: How to Help Your Suicidal Partner | Feedback Friday Dec 11, 2020

    Your significant other has gone through more than most in this seemingly cursed year, but any attempt on your part to help ease the pain is interpreted as a sinister affront. Worse, there's talk of suicide as a better option than the continued depression of quarantine. how do you help your suicidal partner? We'll dig into this and more here on Feedback Friday.

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/446

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Great Mondays author Josh Levine suggests this thought exercise for business owners who want to understand the value of their organization beyond making money: ask your employees to write an obituary for your company. He likes doing this in teams of eight to 12 colleagues, and having each group come up with three to five paragraphs memorializing their company -- listing its accomplishments, its impact on the world, that kind of thing. The groups then share their obituaries and identify the most compelling phrases, with the goal of coming up with a short mission statement.
    • Your significant other has gone through more than most in this seemingly cursed year, but any attempt on your part to help ease the pain is interpreted as a sinister affront. Worse, there's talk of suicide as a better option than the continued depression of quarantine. how do you help your suicidal partner?
    • You're lucky and grateful to have a healthy nest egg and a home that's paid in full while so many are struggling to survive through these tough times. The thing is, you can't help feeling guilty for your good fortune, and you feel like you need to justify it. How do you drop the shame of being well off when everyone around you seems to be down and out?
    • Your parents take the fact that you voted for the other side this past election as a sign they failed to raise you right, and their fear-driven conspiracy rambling is especially disheartening. Still, you've agreed to go to their house next weekend for walks and hard talks that are supposed to make adult families closer, but where do you even begin?
    • Sometimes getting fired by a boss who makes empty promises is a favor in disguise, but when it's for voicing your frustrations after being asked for them, might you have grounds for a wrongful termination lawsuit?
    • You're running through the exercises in our free Six-Minute Networking course, but you're wondering how you might introduce somewhat loose connections in your...
    445: Seth Godin | Shipping Creative Work Dec 10, 2020

    Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is an entrepreneur, a teacher, a Marketing Hall of Fame inductee, a daily blogger, the host of the Akimbo podcast, and the author of 20 (or so) international bestsellers. His latest is The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.

    What We Discuss with Seth Godin:

    • Why trust is really the heartbeat of the creative process.
    • Why writer's block is a myth.
    • What's a success trap, and why do creators fall into them?
    • What can we do when what we do is never enough to make us happy?
    • How regularly asking yourself the question "What would I do if I knew I could not fail?" might just help you divorce yourself from outcome dependence.
    • And much more...

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    444: Jordan & Gabe | Kidnap Me Twice, Shame on Me Dec 08, 2020

    There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, "Kidnap me once, shame on — shame on you. Kidnap me — you can't get kidnapped again." But Jordan doesn't know any better because he comes from Michigan, so he's actually been kidnapped twice. Here, Jordan tells the story of that second time.

    Here, We Talk About the Time Jordan Got Kidnapped in Serbia:

    • Kidnapping victims don't always live to tell the tale. The reason Jordan is still alive after being kidnapped (twice) is due to the fact he saw security expert Gavin de Becker on Oprah discussing what to do in just such a seemingly unlikely situation.
    • After almost getting kidnapped in Mexico in 2000, how did Jordan find himself in a position to get kidnapped in Serbia in 2004?
    • How did Jordan escape whatever dire fate was surely awaiting him at the dreaded second location?
    • What are your best chances for staying alive if you ever find yourself in a similar, unenviable condition?
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

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    443: Kidnap Me Once, Shame on You | Stereo Sunday Dec 06, 2020

    There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, "Kidnap me once, shame on — shame on you. Kidnap me — you can't get kidnapped again." But Jordan doesn't know any better because he comes from Michigan, so he's actually been kidnapped twice. Here, Jordan tells the story of that second time.

    Here, We Talk About the Time Jordan Got Kidnapped in Serbia:

    • Kidnapping victims don't always live to tell the tale. The reason Jordan is still alive after being kidnapped (twice) is due to the fact he saw security expert Gavin de Becker on Oprah discussing what to do in just such a seemingly unlikely situation.
    • After almost getting kidnapped in Mexico in 2000, how did Jordan find himself in a position to get kidnapped in Serbia?
    • How did Jordan escape whatever dire fate was surely awaiting him at the dreaded second location?
    • What are your best chances for staying alive if you ever find yourself in a similar, unenviable condition?
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/443

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    442: Sextortion Scam Security for Naive Nudes | Feedback Friday Dec 04, 2020

    In a momentary lapse of your usual good sense, you naïvely provided nude selfies to someone on a dating app, and now they're trying to extort a ransom from you. If you don't pay up, they've threatened to share said nude selfies with your family, friends, and employer. Now what can you do? We examine your solution for this quandary and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/442

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • A sextortionist is threatening to send your nude selfies to family, friends, and employer if you don't pay up! Now what?
    • You've always found it easier to make friends with women, but you're married and it seems inappropriate. What can you do to better relate to other men and strike up friendships with them when it always seems like an awkward, fruitless effort?
    • You're proud to work for a company that rallies around racial equity, LGBTQ+, and mental health awareness. But you feel pressured to add hashtags and pronouns to your email closing in order to signal support, which just feels performative and icky -- because you believe action should precede speech. Are you being unreasonable?
    • Even though you landed your dream job in February, the drudgery of working from home every day since the pandemic started has worn down whatever motivation you once had to stay in physical and mental shape. How can you climb out of the funk of feeling bad about your situation and not wanting to do anything about it?
    • You've been getting Spanish lessons through Fiverr, and you're at the awkward stage between being able to hold a fluid conversation and knowing most of the stuff covered in basic lessons. What can you do to make further progress on your language learning from here?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    441: Russell Brand | Finding Freedom from Our Addictions Dec 03, 2020

    Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) is a comedian, broadcaster, actor, podcaster, columnist, political commentator, mental health and drug rehabilitation activist, and author of twelve books — including Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions.

    What We Discuss with Russell Brand:

    • How the concept of the twelve-step program is applicable to all forms of attachment as a tool for transition.
    • Why does it usually take a serious crisis to spur people toward seeking help for their addictions?
    • Addiction is really the result of reaching for something external that already exists internally — but exists in a place that’s either unknown or inaccessible.
    • Do we really overcome addiction, or is it an ongoing struggle that requires constant attention and maintenance?
    • What does addiction want?
    • And much more...

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    440: David Michaels | Dark Money and the Science of Deception Dec 01, 2020

    David Michaels (@drdavidmichaels) is an epidemiologist who served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA from 2009 to 2017, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health from 1998 through January 2001, and is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception.

    What We Discuss with David Michaels:

    • Why bad science thrives and who most profits from its proliferation.
    • How seemingly solid data can be used to mislead and distract us in the guise of fact.
    • Why our flawed regulatory system can take decades to protect the public against dangers the industries benefitting from them know are risky.
    • What David means when he says: "There are two sides to every story, but there are not necessarily two valid sides to every story -- especially if one of them has been purchased at a high price."
    • What we can do to become more aware of these manipulations and resist their effects on our health, our children, and our trust in science itself.
    • And much more...

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    439: Going to North Korea: Part Two | Stereo Sunday Nov 29, 2020

    This is the third episode of Stereo Sunday, a little Stereo app-sponsored experiment we’ve been doing live in front of a studio audience of you! Download the Stereo app for iOS or Android here.

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/439

    On This Week’s Stereo Sunday, We Continue Our Adventures in North Korea (Part One Can Be Found Here):

    • Gabe and Jordan traveled to North Korea (aka Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- or DPRK) together several times between 2011 and 2016.
    • As bizarre as you've heard North Korea can be, the reality is probably even weirder.
    • What do you actually do on a trip to North Korea?
    • How long does a typical itinerary last?
    • Should you strike up conversations with random people in transit (or let them tell you what you can and cannot read)?
    • What's so impressive about the Arirang Mass Games?
    • What should you do if you're accidentally caught up in propaganda production?
    • How do North Korean subways differ from what we've come to expect in the West?
    • How can throwing a frisbee thaw international iciness?
    • How much warm beer can you get for $20 cash money American?
    • Want to know what it's like to live out a scene from a David Lynch-directed musical? Just dine at a North Korean restaurant!
    • Will you get thrown into a gulag for performing the Star-Spangled Banner at karaoke in North Korea (or should you)?
    • Why did Kim Jong-il allegedly accompany his mother into battle as an infant?
    • In the US, we have freedom of speech. In the DPRK, you don't even have freedom from speech.
    • Why do so many Americans and Canadians own businesses in a town on the Chinese-North Korean border?
    • After talking about all the upsides of visiting North Korea as an American, what are the downsides?
    • If you visit North Korea, what will you encounter that you won't hear about on American network news?
    • We also answer some of our listener questions that came in live during the show!
    • Download the Stereo app here and participate with us live on Friday, November 20th and 27th, at 2 p.m. PST!
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    438: How to Straighten Out Your Crooked Boss | Feedback Friday Nov 27, 2020

    Your boss is a low-down dirty sidewinder whose corruption seemingly knows no bounds, and you're on his radar because you've begun to piece together the extent of his malfeasance. If you're wondering how to straighten out your crooked boss (or at least dodge whatever wrath he's trying to dole out as you collect the evidence that will be his undoing), this Feedback Friday is a good place to start!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/438

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • As a new, proud firefighter, you're wondering how to straighten out your crooked boss before his malfeasance brings the whole department down or gets someone killed. We have thoughts!
    • As a European woman working for an American tech company, you were unpleasantly surprised to discover one of your equal-role male coworkers makes $1,500 more per year than you. How might you negotiate for fairer pay at your upcoming evaluation?
    • You "won" an auction to go on a golf trip with your company's least likable VP, which is made all the more awkward by the fact that you've never even played the game before. What are your best options here?
    • Your Robinhood account was hacked, your $6,000 worth of stocks and options were sold, and the cash was transferred out of reach. Even though you reported this within an hour of it happening, Robinhood still hasn't given you definitive answers about what can be done to remedy the situation. What should be your next course of action? [Thanks to Corbin Payne, Esq. and Nathan Perry for helping us with this one!]
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    437: Charles Koch & Brian Hooks | Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World Nov 26, 2020

    Charles Koch is the CEO of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held American companies. Brian Hooks is the CEO of philanthropic community Stand Together. Together, they wrote Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World.

    What We Discuss with Charles Koch and Brian Hooks:

    • In what ways is our world "top-down," and what are "bottom-up" solutions?
    • Should corporations with unfathomably deep coffers be allowed to contribute so much money to the political process and crafting of policies that affect us all?
    • In recent years, what problems have warranted Charles' collaboration with figures from the "other" side of the political spectrum (like George Soros -- who is vilified by the right for contributing to Democratic initiatives just as Charles is vilified by the left for his contributions to Republican causes)?
    • Good profit versus bad profit, and why making money should be a side-effect of creating mutual value, not the goal itself.
    • How does Charles answer detractors who say Koch Industries is only in favor of government deregulation and pushing climate change denial so it can pollute with reckless abandon for maximum profits at the expense of the world's poorest?
    • And much more...

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    436: Stuart Ritchie | The Science Fictions Undermining Facts Nov 24, 2020

    Stuart Ritchie (@StuartJRitchie) is a lecturer in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London and author of Intelligence: All That Matters and Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth.

    What We Discuss with Stuart Ritchie:

    • Why good, meaningful science too often gets pushed aside by the hype around bad science that makes for sensational headlines.
    • How and why incentives in research are often skewed and lead to bad science — and even outright fraud.
    • What happens when good scientists are hoodwinked by bad science and vouch for it as gospel because its pedigree seems legit.
    • How can you spot bad science before you adapt your lifestyle to correspond to its dodgy, worthless, or perhaps even dangerous advice?
    • What is the Open Science movement, and how might it help us reform these problems in research going forward?
    • And much more…

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/436

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    435: Going to North Korea: Part One | Stereo Sunday Nov 22, 2020

    This is the second episode of Stereo Sunday, a little Stereo app-sponsored experiment we’re doing live in front of a studio audience of you! We will be live on Friday, November 27th at 2 p.m. PST, so download the Stereo app for iOS or Android here and follow along with us next time!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/435

    On This Week's Stereo Sunday, We Discuss Travelling to North Korea:

    • Gabe and Jordan traveled to North Korea (aka Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- or DPRK) together several times between 2011 and 2016.
    • As bizarre as you've heard North Korea can be, the reality is probably even weirder.
    • Do Gabe and Jordan have regrets about spending their tourist dollars in a country that routinely tries to goad the United States into nuclear confrontation and imprisons hundreds of thousands of its own citizens in slave labor camps?
    • What are the dos and don'ts they lay out for Western tourists in orientation?
    • First impressions of the airport and the island-isolated hotel where foreigners are kept.
    • Travelers are accompanied everywhere by a guide/minder.
    • Why tourists shouldn't argue with the locals about differing accounts of history.
    • Is everything a tourist is allowed to see in North Korea just an elaborate "show?"
    • Does everyone who lives there believe what the regime tells them?
    • Download the Stereo app here and participate with us live on Friday, November 20th and 27th, at 2 p.m. PST!
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    434: Helping My Coworker Escape from Abuse | Feedback Friday Nov 20, 2020

    Even people who know they're in abusive relationships don't always leave before it's too late, so what can you do to help a coworker who's clearly suffering from her partner's paranoia, instability, and violence? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/434

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Tune in on Friday, November 20th and 27th at 2 p.m. Pacific through the Stereo app (available on iOS and Android) to hear Jordan and Gabe gab live!
    • We're happy to report a positive update from episode 421's Secret Sappho.
    • Even people who know they're in abusive relationships don't always leave before it's too late, so what can you do to help a friend who's clearly suffering from her partner's paranoia, instability, and violence?
    • Your best friend of 12 years -- who was also your business partner -- just ghosted you on the verge of a game-changing deal. It hurts because you don't know why, but you can't help but wonder if maybe you've just dodged a toxic bullet. What's the right way to deal with this on a personal and professional level?
    • You have numerous interests and talents that seem to be pulling you in multiple directions when you feel you're at the age where you should really focus, choose something, and stick with it. How do you know what to drop and what to carry along on the next step of your journey?
    • You and your wife are in your 50s and working stable jobs, but she's obsessed with moving to Europe ASAP -- and you don't have massive savings or employment leads there. How can you get her to see that, without a realistic plan in place, you might just wind up living on the streets of Europe?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    433: Larry Lawton | From Jewel Thief to Honorary Cop Part Two Nov 19, 2020

    Larry Lawton (@LawrenceRLawton) stole over $18m in diamonds and spent 11 years in some of the toughest federal prisons in the country. He works with The Reality Check Program to keep youth out of trouble that would land them in prison, and is the co-author of Gangster Redemption: How America's Most Notorious Jewel Robber Got Rich, Got Caught, and Got His Life Back on Track. This is part two of a two-part episode. Check out part one here!

    What We Discuss with Larry Lawton:

    • How heavy is a million dollars in cash, and how quickly can you haul it away while evading the watchful eyes of authorities and tattletales?
    • What major crimes do not carry a statute of limitations?
    • How should you react if you're ever threatened in a place that's getting robbed?
    • How much of a percentage does a professional robber get from fencing stolen goods?
    • As a master of the skills important for pulling off successful heists -- and then getting caught anyway -- how would Larry have used these talents if he had it to do all over again?
    • And much more...

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    432: Larry Lawton | From Jewel Thief to Honorary Cop Part One Nov 17, 2020

    Larry Lawton (@LawrenceRLawton) stole over $18m in diamonds and spent 11 years in some of the toughest federal prisons in the country. He works with The Reality Check Program to keep youth out of trouble that would land them in prison, and is the co-author of Gangster Redemption: How America's Most Notorious Jewel Robber Got Rich, Got Caught, and Got His Life Back on Track. This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for the rest later in the week!

    What We Discuss with Larry Lawton:

    • How young Larry fattened his wallet with $125 a week in 1972 (equivalent to over $750 a week today) with various scams, thefts, and hustles.
    • How Larry wound up getting into the jewelry robbery game, and what he did to maintain control over the situation when he had a gun pulled on him his first time out.
    • Why Larry spent over $10,000 to get a professional education in the jewelry trade when he decided this would be the focus of his criminal career.
    • How a business owner can ensure their place isn't the one chosen when a potential robber is casing businesses in search of an easy target.
    • How Larry would plan and execute a heist when he was a career criminal, and what he would do afterward to hide his trail from the inevitable investigation.
    • And much more...

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    431: The Redefining Power of Resilience | Stereo Sunday Nov 15, 2020

    This is the first episode of Stereo Sunday, a little Stereo app-sponsored experiment we’re doing live in front of a studio audience of you! We will be live on Friday, November 20th and 27th at 2 p.m. PST, so download the Stereo app for iOS or Android here and follow along with us next time!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/431

    On This Week's Stereo Sunday, We Talk About Resilience:

    • Resilience is a quality that is literally life-defining. It can make or break a career, open or close doors, and mean the difference between failing and succeeding.
    • What is resilience? When we talk about resilience, what we’re really talking about is the ability to survive the ups and downs of life without taking too much of a hit. We don’t have control over everything that happens to us in life, but we do have control over what it means and how it affects us.
    • Why does resilience matter? The more resilient you are, the greater your chances of overcoming adversity and succeeding. The less resilient you are, the more likely you are to hit a wall, give up, or drop off when things get tough.
    • How do we cultivate resilience? Because it's not a skill like learning a language By making meaning out of adversity, developing and nurturing strong relationships, and seeking out new experiences.
    • Resilience is a process. It’s not a skill you acquire once and then never have to work on again. And no matter how resilient you become, you can always become more resilient, you can always build up more grit -- and you should, because you can never have enough!
    • Download the Stereo app here and participate with us live on Friday, November 20th and 27th, at 2 p.m. PST!
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    430: Setting Boundaries with a Bipolar Parent | Feedback Friday Nov 13, 2020

    You've been trying to set boundaries with your bipolar mother about not calling during work hours unless it's important, but she calls you three to five times before noon every day just to talk. How can you help her to understand that her perspective isn't authoritative? We'll cover this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/430

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How Essentialism author Greg McKeown uses the 80/20 rule (aka Pareto principle) to get more done in less time -- and why Jordan is pretty minimal with his posting on social media.
    • You've been trying to set boundaries with your bipolar mother about not calling during work hours unless it's important, but she calls you three to five times before noon every day just to talk. How can you help her to understand that her perspective isn't authoritative?
    • You've had to fire and sue a general contractor who bilked you on a house renovation, and now you're forced to live in expensive, short term rentals while you find someone reliable to finish the job. How do you keep your sanity and identity intact while languishing in limbo?
    • A friend with whom you reconnected has been diagnosed with depression, but would rather keep rehashing the same conversations with you rather than seek professional therapy. How can you bow out of your unintentional counseling role so she can get the help she really needs?
    • You were recently selected by your company for “reverse mentoring” -- a program that connects senior-level managers with younger and less experienced employees in order to exchange fresh perspectives. Your mentee will be the CEO of the company. How do you make this unique opportunity valuable for both of you?
    • You've been strengthening your network thanks to following our free Six-Minute Networking exercises, and now you've been getting clients for your new photography business. After doing one freebie for exposure, how do you start charging what you're worth?
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    429: Greg McKeown | The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Nov 12, 2020

    Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) is the host of the What's Essential podcast and author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, which challenges core assumptions about achievement (e.g., “more is better”) to get to the essence of what really drives success — on one’s own terms.

    What We Discuss with Greg McKeown:

    • Essentialism: the antidote to the problems of feeling busy but not productive, stretched too thin in one area of life, and fulfilling the agendas of others but not our own.
    • Learn how to live by design, not by default.
    • Find out how to say “no” effectively without getting in trouble at home — or fired.
    • Discover how to set hard boundaries between work and play.
    • Learn why folks who are originally very good at essentialism can end up ruining their career and their sanity by letting these boundaries slip over time.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/429

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    428: Jenny Radcliffe | Cat Burglar for Hire Nov 10, 2020

    Jenny Radcliffe (@Jenny_Radcliffe) of Human Factor Security is an ethical social engineer hired to smash security measures using psychology, con-artistry, subliminal linguistics, cunning, and guile. She is also the host of award-winning podcast The Human Factor.

    What We Discuss with Jenny Radcliffe:

    • How a childhood incident that took place in '70s Liverpool led to Jenny's resolution that she would never again allow herself to be helpless against bad people.
    • What a thrilling break-in to the local zoo's lion exhibit in the middle of the night and an accidental sleepover in a mortuary with a dead body taught Jenny about the illusion of security.
    • How breaking into places to test security for people went from being a side hustle (with assignments that may or may not have been legitimate or free of life-risking consequences) to Jenny's main calling.
    • The strange, supernatural-seeming things someone might experience while alone in massive buildings after hours or asylums abandoned to the elements.
    • What it was like to track people before the Internet, how social media made Jenny's job exponentially easier, and what you can do to protect yourself against being tracked.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/428

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    427: Sister’s Neo-Nazi Boyfriend Raises Red Flags | Feedback Friday Nov 06, 2020

    Your sister's new boyfriend is a flag-waving neo-Nazi who admires what Hitler did for "his people and country." And even though she insists he's somehow one of those rare non-racist neo-Nazis, she herself has cut off contact with previously close Black and Jewish friends. How do you help her see why all of this is so wrong and counter to your inclusive upbringing? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/427

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Tune in on Friday, November 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th at 2 p.m. Pacific through the Stereo app (available on iOS and Android) to hear Jordan and Gabe gab live!
    • "If a decision is reversible, the biggest risk is moving too slow. If a decision is irreversible, the biggest risk is moving too fast." -James Clear
    • How do you get your sister to see why dating her new neo-Nazi boyfriend and alienating her formerly close Jewish and Black friends is wrong on so many levels?
    • You're about to become an officer in the US Navy, but you're worried your commitment to teetotaling will ruin your chances of bonding with your shipmates. How can you balance your desire to abstain with the need for a social life on board?
    • You're honored to be the best man at your friend's wedding, but you're not too keen on going to the planned bachelor party in the middle of a pandemic. How can you get out of it without jeopardizing your friendship forever?
    • You've been reconnecting with old friends and colleagues thanks to the exercises in our free Six-Minute Networking course, but is there a good way to recommend the course without giving away the fact that it's why you started reaching out to them in the first place?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    426: Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi | The Mob Enforcer Part Two Nov 05, 2020

    Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi was born into the world of organized crime, spent much of his life as a mob enforcer, has played part in heists and assassinations, and is the author of When the Bullet Hits the Bone. This is part two of a two-part episode. Check out part one here!

    What We Discuss with Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi:

    • The joke Anthony told to distract the bodyguard of an African drug lord he was sent to dispose of in Nigeria.
    • How young Anthony came to the startling discovery that his father wasn't a longshoreman, but an assassin in the mob.
    • Why Anthony likes animals a lot more than he likes people.
    • What happened to people in Anthony's organization who unwisely brought attention to their part in the infamous Lufthansa heist by overspending.
    • The code by which Anthony lived, the lines even he would never cross in his business, and why he left that world behind.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/426

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    425: Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi | The Mob Enforcer Part One Nov 03, 2020

    Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi was born into the world of organized crime, spent much of his life as a mob enforcer, has played part in heists and assassinations, and is the author of When the Bullet Hits the Bone.

    What We Discuss with Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi:

    • What was the Black Hand, and how did it differ from what we think of today as the Mafia?
    • The many creative ways mobsters have gotten rid of bodies over the years.
    • How Anthony's father taught him to deal with a bully in Catholic school without getting smacked around by the nuns -- or going to jail.
    • What it was like for Anthony to have an Uncle Lucky Luciano to hang out with as a kid.
    • Why sometimes you've just got to kill a Pope when your grandfather tells you to.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/425

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    424: Bypassing Putrid Pop's Repulsive Proclivities | Feedback Friday Oct 30, 2020

    Your dad has poor hygiene -- so poor, in fact, his #1 gross habit is that he'll go #2 and not wash his hands afterward. What can you do to discourage your foul father's frightening fecal forays? We'll tackle this (from a distance) and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/424

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Tune in on Friday, November 6th at 2 p.m. Pacific through the Stereo app (available on iOS and Android) to hear Jordan and Gabe gab!
    • Ever experience something you can't explain and wonder if you're losing control of your mental faculties? Jordan's got a story about that...
    • Your visiting dad has poor hygiene -- so poor, in fact, his #1 gross habit is that he'll go #2 and not wash his hands afterward, and then touch everything in your house. What can you do to discourage your foul father's frightening fecal forays?
    • You've always been interested in becoming a mental health therapist, but life coach might be as fulfilling a career without the time/money investment. But how can you ensure you're the real deal and legitimately helping people?
    • A friend in your group is difficult, loud, and rude, with zero social skills. The solution might seem to just cut her out of your life, but you've known each other since kindergarten and you know doing so would devastate her. So what should you do?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    423: Celeste Headlee | How to Have Conversations That Matter Oct 29, 2020

    Celeste Headlee (@CelesteHeadlee) is the host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and has been a host and correspondent for NPR and PRI since 2006. She is the author of We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter.

    What We Discuss with Celeste Headlee:

    • Why listening in the right way is the key to improving what you have to say.
    • Ways to correct the bad advice you’ve picked up about having good conversations.
    • How we can put our cognitive biases in check.
    • What it takes to have productive disagreements instead of shouting matches.
    • Surprising ways your smartphone affects the quality of your conversations — even if it’s off.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/423

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    422: Billy McFarland | From Fyre Fest Fiasco to Federal Prison Oct 27, 2020

    Billy McFarland co-founded the ill-fated 2017 Fyre Festival, and is currently serving six years in federal prison for defrauding investors of $27.4 million.

    What We Discuss with Billy McFarland:

    • The ideas that sparked what Fyre Festival was trying to achieve on an epic scale and the shortcomings that transformed it into a fraudulent, failed mess.
    • The countless things Billy would do differently if he could have a do-over.
    • The numerous ways in which prisons are warehouses of unmet potential.
    • How Billy stays safe and sane when he's in solitary confinement.
    • Billy's biggest regrets and what he hopes to have a chance to accomplish after he's served the time he agrees he deserves.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/422

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    421: Sorting Out My Secret Lesbian Love Life | Feedback Friday Oct 23, 2020
    420: Renee DiResta | Dismantling the Disinformation Machine Oct 22, 2020

    Renee DiResta (@noUpside) is the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. She studies the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories, terrorist activities, and state-sponsored information warfare.

    What We Discuss with Renee DiResta:

    • How the anti-vaxx movement, the Tea Party, and militia groups learned early on to market and cross-pollinate their messages across social media to receptive segments of the populace with shocking success.
    • The challenges faced by the US government in trying to stem the tide of social media exploitation by fringe groups and terrorists for the purposes of recruitment, generating sympathy for their causes, and fueling general chaos.
    • How entire networks of disinformation evolve to support and perpetuate interconnected webs of conspiracy theories, pseudoscientific bunk, fringe political views, and propaganda planted by hostile states and bad actors.
    • Why foreign organizations like Russia's Internet Research Agency and China's 50 Cent Party have promoted tribalism in the United States to keep us fighting among ourselves, how it serves their interests at our expense, and why we're so receptive to their influence.
    • Why memes and hashtags are so effective as short-form vehicles to promote simple ideas powerfully across wide demographics.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/420

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    419: David Shimer | 100 Years of Covert Election Interference Oct 20, 2020

    David Shimer (@davidashimer) is a historian, foreign policy analyst, and author of Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference.

    What We Discuss with David Shimer:

    • Why the more polarized a democracy, the more vulnerable it is to foreign subversion.
    • While we know that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and is working to interfere in the 2020 election, it's actually been attempting to subvert the integrity of our elections for the past century.
    • Why every American, of every political persuasion, should be concerned about the interference of Russia -- or any other foreign power -- in our elections.
    • What Russia really seeks to gain from undermining the democratic process not only in the United States, but around the world.
    • Countermeasures the United States can use to defend itself against this kind of interference.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/419

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    418: How to Deal with Unsolicited Underage Nudes | Feedback Friday Oct 16, 2020

    Even if you're a minor, the life-altering consequences of being caught with child pornography shared via sexting by a fellow minor can be dire. We'll tackle how to deal with unsolicited, underage nudes -- and much more -- here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/417

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Even if you're a minor, the life-altering consequences of being caught with child pornography shared via sexting by a fellow minor can be dire. Here's how to deal with unsolicited, underage nudes. [Thanks to our attorney friend Corbin Payne for helping us with this one!]
    • After efficiently streamlining and automating the duties of your new job -- for which you got a hefty raise -- you find you're really only working 20 to 30 minutes per day. How can you come to terms with working smarter rather than harder without feeling like you're taking unfair advantage of your company?
    • Your brother has little in the way of dating experience, and is now in a relationship with a recently divorced mother of two, 11 years his senior, who can most politely be described as "mean and controlling." How might you help him see for himself that he deserves better from a partner?
    • You have a coworker who neglects aspects of her job in a way that could erode the public's trust in your profession. You genuinely like this coworker and don't want to destroy her life, so how can you get her to change her ways before resorting to bringing it to the boss' attention?
    • In spite of making decent enough money with the business you co-founded, you've never felt comfortable playing the role of entrepreneur. Where do you look for opportunities and paths when you feel stuck and have exhausted your creativity?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    417: Dan Ariely | The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations Oct 15, 2020

    Dan Ariely (@danariely) is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and bestselling author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations.

    What We Discuss with Dan Ariely:

    • How does the What the Hell effect keep us making bad decisions even when we know they’re bad?
    • Are we ever truly rational, unbiased, or impartial?
    • What’s the best time to appear before a judge?
    • How transparency in our lives can often backfire.
    • How motivation works (and doesn’t work) and how we can use our own psychology against ourselves.
    • And so much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/417

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    416: John Perkins | New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Oct 13, 2020

    John Perkins (@jperkinsauthor) is an economist who has advised the World Bank, United Nations, Fortune 500 corporations, and the US government. He is the author of The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

    What We Discuss with John Perkins:

    • How corporations and governments use economic hit men (like John in a previous life) to coerce developing countries to auction off their most valuable resources like rainforests, oil, and mines at bargain-basement prices.
    • Why these predatory capitalist policies are commonplace and above scrutiny -- even though your tax dollars are massively subsidizing them.
    • The dire consequences that transpire when the leaders of these developing nations refuse to play ball.
    • How false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, and unbridled military power are used to dominate the developing world now more than ever before.
    • What John has learned from his time inside this corrupt system that we can use to transform what he calls a Death Economy into a Life Economy.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/416

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    415: Should I Dodge a Debt to the Mafia? | Feedback Friday Oct 09, 2020

    You suspect your father-in-law took a large loan from the mafia in the Eastern European country where you now reside, and that they may come to you for it because you're American and they assume you're rich (which you're not). What can you do to keep your family safe? We'll field this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/415

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • When you're stuck with a ceaseless sense of uncertainty (as many of us are in the midst of a pandemic), remember, in the words of the wise James Clear: action forces prioritization.
    • You suspect your father-in-law took a large loan from the mafia in the Eastern European country where you now reside, and that they may come to you for it because you're American and they assume you're rich (which you're not). What can you do to keep your family safe?
    • Texting “Did they pull the plug yet?” when your daughter was on life support a few months back was insensitive of your wife's friend. Should it be chalked up to an innocent lack of self-awareness, or is this a clear sign the friendship has run its course?
    • You work in an industry that allows you a flexible schedule, teaches you new skills, and pays well. But you can't shake the desire to dabble in a craft industry that might be personally fulfilling -- only without your current perks. How can you ensure you've considered all the data before you make a decision you may regret?
    • Can your reconnection with an old flame who already has kids endure if your plans to have a baby together are thrown off by lengthy unemployment and a loudly ticking -- and expiring -- biological clock?
    • You're lucky enough to have work-funded coaching to help with personal and professional development, sleep, nutrition, navigating uncertainty, and communication for the next six months. What can you do to ensure you're making the most of this valuable -- but limited -- time?
    • Recommendation: My Octopus Teacher on Netflix
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    414: Jonah Berger | How to Change Anyone's Mind Oct 08, 2020

    Jonah Berger (@j1berger) is a professor at Wharton and a world-renowned expert on word of mouth, social influence, consumer behavior, and how products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. He's also a bestselling author; his latest book is The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind.

    What We Discuss with Jonah Berger:

    • How the ingrained anti-persuasion radar we all possess makes it harder for us to follow even the best advice.
    • Why providing someone with a "menu" of options is a far more effective method of persuasion than giving them a single option.
    • While pushing works well when we want to move furniture, we're better off identifying obstacles and removing them when we want to guide another person in a certain direction.
    • How effective advertising overcomes our anti-persuasion radar and gets us invested in the idea of buying products.
    • Why most anti-smoking campaigns have an effect opposite of their intentions, and how a Thai campaign cleverly adopted a tactic that actually worked.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/414

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    413: Mark Edward | True Confessions of a Fake Psychic Oct 06, 2020

    Mark Edward is a professional mentalist who specializes in magic of the mind -- including a convincing stint as a fake psychic. He's the author of Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium.

    What We Discuss with Mark Edward:

    • What is mentalism, and how does it use our desire for the outlandish to be true against us?
    • Why all so-called psychics are frauds, though a small percentage genuinely believes their own hype.
    • Cold reading vs. hot reading, and how psychics use the results of these readings to convince you they're able to consult supernatural entities.
    • What it was like to work for the Psychic Friends Network, and how Mark used his mentalist superpowers to mine information from people over the phone -- and keep them calling back.
    • How big-name celebrity psychics ply their trade in front of large studio audiences while keeping the scam safely under control.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/413

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    412: Breaking Up with My Narcissistic Grandma | Feedback Friday Oct 02, 2020

    Your grandma is so self-centered and negative that your efforts to stay in touch with her are just making you miserable. How do you go about breaking up with your narcissistic grandma without feeling terrible? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/412

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Your grandma is so self-centered and negative that your efforts to stay in touch with her are just making you miserable. How do you go about breaking up with your narcissistic grandma without feeling terrible?
    • You grew up in a good-hearted, church-going family, but over time, you've come to the conclusion that you're an atheist. How do you break the news to them without losing their emotional -- and financial -- support?
    • As two male nurses in a female-dominated field, you and your boss have noticed an extreme anti-male sentiment from at least three of your managers. Should you bring up your grievances to HR or just look for another job?
    • We all cope with the pandemic in our own way, and some choose to drink more than they otherwise would. As your mother recently died from alcoholism, how can you interact with your booze-loving pals without being the killjoy in the Zoom room?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.
    • And if you want to keep in touch with former co-host and JHS family Jason, find him on Twitter at @jpdef and Instagram at @JPD, and check out his other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.

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    411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing, and Surviving the Movie Game Oct 01, 2020

    Oliver Stone (@TheOliverStone) is a film director, producer, and writer known for tackling controversial political issues in films like JFK and Platoon. He is also the author of Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game.

    What We Discuss with Oliver Stone:

    • The lesson Oliver learned about humanity -- when he was a cab driver prior to becoming a world-famous director -- that still rings true for him today.
    • Why Oliver chose to serve in the infantry during the Vietnam War when a lot of his contemporaries (including several presidents) did all they could do to avoid going.
    • What happened when Oliver snuck an obscene amount of LSD into his uptight father's scotch one night.
    • The projects Oliver has had to abandon in recent years, and why some of his earlier films would be impossible to make now.
    • Oliver's candid thoughts on Vladimir Putin, the CIA, cyberwarfare, and the culpability of the American media in current affairs.
    • And much more...

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    410: H.R. McMaster | The Fight to Defend the Free World Sep 29, 2020

    Lt. General H.R. McMaster (@ltghrmcmaster) was the 26th National Security Advisor and author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World.

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/410

    What We Discuss with Lt. General H.R. McMaster:

    • The problem with taking a "George Constanza approach" to warfare if we want to resolve conflict instead of just drawing it out longer than it needs to be.
    • Why does the United States keep fighting, as H.R. said on 60 Minutes, "a one-year war 20 times" in Afghanistan?
    • The importance of exercising strategic empathy in order to understand how opposing states think rather than allowing strategic narcissism to convince us that they have the same motivations and think like us.
    • Why immigration is good for the United States and we should be encouraging it as a way to compete instead of discouraging it.
    • If H.R. believes that climate change is one of our greatest threats and challenges, why did he support a US withdrawal from the Paris Accords?
    • And much more...

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    409: When Your Deranged Dad Calls the FBI on You | Feedback Friday Sep 25, 2020

    Your mentally ill father has threatened to call the FBI on you because he interprets a photo you took of your three-year-old son with a headband on as somehow "sexualizing" him. How do you even find the right kind of lawyer to preemptively deal with this? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/409

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • Is 2020 really as bad as it seems? Here's how to gain a reality-based perspective (even if reality's not seeming so great right now).
    • Your mentally ill father has threatened to call the FBI on you because he interprets a photo you took of your three-year-old son with a headband on as somehow "sexualizing" him. How do you even find the right kind of lawyer to preemptively deal with this?
    • You're a landscaper who's been asked to destroy a cannabis crop being grown by squatters on an absentee landlord's property. Said landlord doesn't want the cops involved. In how many ways is it a bad idea to accept this job?
    • You've always been decent looking and you're now as healthy and in shape as you were in high school, but being legally blind has kept you from really throwing your hat in the dating ring. What can you do to find your way to romance with someone accepting of your situation?
    • You love that you can whip through books, podcasts, and videos at 3x, but it seems to have lowered your tolerance for slow talkers and people who can't get to the point quickly in a conversation. Should you learn how to take things a little...more...slowly?
    • After being laid off, you're currently in the process of networking and making a career shift. You've been able to secure cold calls with higher-ups that seem to have gone well, but how do you move from a cold call toward a job offer?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.
    • And if you want to keep in touch with former co-host and JHS family Jason, find him on Twitter at @jpdef and Instagram at @JPD,...
    408: Chris Hadfield | An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Sep 24, 2020

    Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) is an engineer, former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, retired astronaut, the first Canadian to walk in space, and author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth and The Darkest Dark.

    What We Discuss with Chris Hadfield:

    • The difference between "I want to be" and "I want to turn myself into."
    • Enjoying small victories along a path of preparation and personal growth vs. grand "make it or break it" expectations.
    • How intense is imposter syndrome for a newly selected astronaut?
    • What's the astronaut's (as well as earthling's) best antidote for fear?
    • What really happens when you sneeze in space?
    • And much more...

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    407: Mosab Hassan Yousef | The Green Prince of Hamas Sep 22, 2020

    Mosab Hassan Yousef grew up as the son of a Hamas co-founder, then worked undercover with Israel security service Shin Bet to root out terrorist plots. He is the author of Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Unthinkable Choices and is featured in the documentary The Green Prince.

    What We Discuss with Mosab Hassan Yousef:

    • What it was like growing up in one of the first families of Palestinian terrorist group Hamas -- and why Mosab considers it "the greatest school of [his] life."
    • The turning point when Mosab no longer saw Hamas as the "good" guys.
    • How Mosab dealt with the loneliness of working undercover for Israeli intelligence against his former friends and family.
    • What Mosab feels about the well-meaning but -- he believes to be misguided -- "free Palestine" movement.
    • What prompted Mosab to get out of undercover work and chronicle his story for others to read (and watch on television).
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/407

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    406: My Custody Battle with an Escort Ex | Feedback Friday Sep 18, 2020

    You wound up fathering a child during a relationship with an escort-turned-very-wealthy madam, but struggle with constant custody battles since you're not the one running a cash-only business. How can you ensure justice prevails for the sake of your child -- who endured quite a few possibly traumatic "bring your kid to work" days in your ex's care? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/406

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you communicate effectively and convey emotion through a mask in the age of COVID-19?
    • How can you prevail in a custody battle with your wealthy escort-turned-madam ex when legal fees are bankrupting you?
    • Even though it's a life goal, you don't feel ready to accept the role of CFO you've been offered and it's filling you with dread instead of elation. How do you proceed cautiously without blowing a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
    • Your mother-in-law gets jealous if you and your spouse spend too much time with your family, and it causes friction at home. What can you do to make her realize that closeness with your family is not a crime?
    • As a manager, you find that if you give your senior-level employees too much direction, they don't like being micromanaged. But if you're not super specific with your expectations, they tend to drop the ball and not manage their time well. How do you strike the right balance in leadership?
    • In the workplace, how do you change subjects gracefully when you feel uncomfortable with someone oversharing or asking intrusive questions?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.
    • And if you want to keep in touch with former co-host and JHS family Jason, find him on Twitter at @jpdef and Instagram at @JPD, and check out his other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.

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    405: Harri Hursti | The Cyber War on America's Elections Sep 17, 2020

    Harri Hursti (@HarriHursti) is an ethical hacker and researcher, co-founder of Nordic Innovation Labs, and has been featured in the HBO documentaries Hacking Democracy and Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections.

    What We Discuss with Harri Hursti:

    • Who's trying to hack our elections and why.
    • Why all Americans lose if we allow enemies of the state to tamper with our election results -- even if our "side" emerges victorious this time around.
    • Why electronic voting machines are more vulnerable to fraudulent manipulation than mail-in ballots and other forms of voting that leave an auditable paper trail.
    • What we know about hacking strategies that have worked on other countries -- because every single NATO country has had Russian interference in their election.
    • How fostering the public's eroding trust in our election system is the ultimate goal of our enemies.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/405

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    404: Guy Raz | How I Built This Sep 15, 2020

    Guy Raz (@guyraz) hosts popular podcasts How I Built This and TED Radio Hour, and he's the author of How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs.

    What We Discuss with Guy Raz:

    • Guy's number one secret to getting a great interview.
    • What's the one teachable quality all entrepreneurs seem to have in common?
    • How much truth is there to the American folk tale that opportunity comes to anyone who's just willing to put in the work?
    • What a guest has to gain by being asked difficult questions during an interview.
    • Why countries that make a concerted effort to confront the uncomfortable passages from their own history books become stronger and better.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/404

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    403: My Best Friend’s Cheating Ex | Feedback Friday Sep 11, 2020

    How can you still be supportive of the friend you love when they're still trying to work things out with a cheating ex you'd like to strangle? We'll look into this and more here on Feedback Friday!

    And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/403

    On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

    • How can you still be supportive of the friend you love when they're still trying to work things out with a cheating ex you'd like to strangle?
    • You accidentally eavesdropped on a pair of clients engaging in carnal relations over Zoom when they thought they were signed out. Should you let them know you heard everything or just let it go?
    • How can you dig the well before you're thirsty when all you're hearing is the sound of your network's crickets?
    • As a highly praised female in a male-dominated industry, how can you make it clear you expect to make as much as your male predecessor -- with the title to match -- without coming off as pushy?
    • Working from home during this quarantine has been an incredibly positive and productive experience, but your company is old school and itching to get back to business as usual in the office. What might you do to keep living the quarandream?
    • This LinkedIn "mentorship" contact you got suckered into having a conversation with is definitely a scam, right?
    • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
    • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
    • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi.
    • And if you want to keep in touch with former co-host and JHS family Jason, find him on Twitter at @jpdef and Instagram at @JPD, and check out his other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.

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    402: Cheryl Strayed | Creativity, Meltdowns, and Leaving It All Behind Sep 10, 2020

    Cheryl Strayed (@CherylStrayed) co-hosts the Dear Sugars podcast and is the award-winning author of several books, including Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.

    What We Discuss with Cheryl Strayed:

    • Why sometimes the only way to do something right is to do some things wrong.
    • Why we give our best advice to others even when we can't follow through with it for ourselves.
    • The value of surrendering to your own mediocrity in order to finish what you've started.
    • How to avoid getting trapped in the need for other people's approval.
    • What Cheryl really means when she says "Don't let your dreams ruin your life."
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/402

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    401: Robert Wittman | The Undercover Hunt for Stolen Art Sep 08, 2020

    Robert Wittman (@robertwittman) is the former senior investigator/creator of the FBI's national art crime team and author of Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures.

    What We Discuss with Robert Wittman:

    • Why criminal and terrorist organizations find art less risky to smuggle than contraband like cash, drugs, or guns.
    • The three things that make an art piece valuable: provenance, authenticity, and good title.
    • Why the US has only relatively recently begun to take art crime seriously, whereas Italy's art crime team has a freaking submarine!
    • Simple but effective tactics for remaining undercover without arousing suspicion from the targets.
    • Why losing his fear instinct was a clear signal for Robert to retire from undercover work for good.
    • And much more...

    Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/401

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    400: The Doggy Doo-Doo Debacle | Feedback Friday Sep 04, 2020
    399: Jennifer L. Eberhardt | The Science of Why We're Biased Sep 03, 2020

    Jennifer L. Eberhardt is a professor of psychology at Stanford University whose research explores race, bias, and inequality; she is the author of