Podcast Episodes
737: Winston Sterzel | Don’t Lose Your Bacon in a Pig-Butchering Scam
Winston Sterzel (@serpentza) is a South African vlogger and video producer who lived in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of China for 14 years. He hosts his own YouTube channel as SerpentZA and co-hosts vlog ADVChina with Laowhy86. What We Discuss with Winston Sterzel: How does the pig-butchering scam work, and why is it called […]
VIEW EPISODE736: Ian Bremmer | The Power of Crisis to Change the World
Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer) is a political scientist, the president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, and the author of NYT bestseller The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats — and Our Response — Will Change the World. What We Discuss with Ian Bremmer: How the COVID pandemic exposed cracks in the ability of […]
VIEW EPISODE735: Reputation’s Been Bruised Since Wrongly Accused | Feedback Friday
Though your name’s been officially cleared, a shadow of doubt about your true innocence looms over every interaction since being falsely accused of sexual assault. Now you’re wondering if this reputational bruise is ever going to heal, or if it’s just something you’ll have to live with — forever. We’ll try to find an answer […]
VIEW EPISODE734: Scott Galloway | Course Correcting an America Adrift
Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) hosts The Prof G Pod and The Prof G Show, cohosts Pivot with Kara Swisher, publishes the No Mercy/No Malice newsletter, is a professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and is a bestselling author. His latest book is Adrift: America in 100 Charts. What We Discuss with Scott Galloway: What the 70% of […]
VIEW EPISODE733: Maya Shankar | Adapting to a Slight Change of Plans
Maya Shankar (@slightchangepod) is a cognitive scientist who once aspired to become a career violinist, and is the creator, executive producer, and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans. What We Discuss with Maya Shankar: How Maya’s love for the violin and sense of playfulness — not flawless technique or prodigious talent — […]
VIEW EPISODE732: Low-Key Beguiler is a Cheating Butt-Dialer | Feedback Friday
Your wife of 11 years has butt-dialed you twice in conversation with another man, and she lied about her whereabouts when you tracked her phone. Are you right to be worried? 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 […]
VIEW EPISODE731: Why We Owe People Honesty | Deep Dive
Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into the pros and cons of candor, how honesty is a core element of all healthy and productive relationships, and why we owe it to others — as well as ourselves. What We Discuss: Honesty deepens relationships. It requires a great deal of trust and confidence — in ourselves […]
VIEW EPISODE730: Nury Turkel | A Witness to China’s Uyghur Genocide
Nury Turkel (@nuryturkel) is a human rights attorney for the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and the author of No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs. What We Discuss with Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party is using artificial intelligence to arbitrarily round up Uyghurs for fabricated crimes — […]
VIEW EPISODE729: Sexsomnia Guilt-Free After PTSD? | Feedback Friday
As you have a higher libido than your partner, it seems as though it should feel like a blessing when he makes sexual advances on you in the middle of the night when his sexsomnia (“a rare sleep disorder in which a person engages in sexual activity during their sleep”) takes over. But this is […]
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