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On Famous Failures, I interview the world's most interesting people about their failures and what they learned from them.

This episode marks the end of Season 1 of Famous Failures. If you’d like to stay in touch with me, please sign up for my weekly email list a...

Derek Sivers has lived many lives. He has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, speaker, and book publisher. His TED Ta...

Cathy Heller is the host of the popular podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job , which was given the #1 spot on iTunes recommended list of shows fo...

Today is the official launch date of my new book, Think Like a Rocket Scientist. In this special episode, I share with you three key insight...

Baya Voce has produced “magic touch” experiences ranging from two-person rituals to elaborate 1,000+-person immersive-theater productions. W...

Dorie Clark is a consultant and keynote speaker, and the author of the books Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was...

Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a researcher and expert in generational dynamics. Her insights and solutions offer a roadmap for how you can most eff...

Neil Pasricha is the author of five New York Times bestsellers including: The Book of Awesome, a catalog of simple pleasures based on his 50...

Tara Schuster is an author, playwright, and accomplished entertainment executive, currently serving as the Vice President of Talent and Deve...

An entrepreneur, creative thinker, and acclaimed international speaker, Frans Johansson has lived all his life at the intersection. He has s...

Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, and the New York Times Bestselling author of Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compass...

BJ Fogg is a behavioral scientist with deep experience in innovation and teaching. At Stanford University he runs the Behavior Design Lab an...

Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities , Off the Clock...

This is a short, solo episode of Famous Failures. Instead of doing an interview, I speak about what you should do when you make a mistake. T...

Rene Denfeld is the author of the acclaimed novels The Child Finder , The Enchanted , and The Butterfly Girl . Her literary thrillers have e...

This is a short, solo episode of Famous Failures. Instead of doing an interview, I go on a riff on why the popular “fail fast, fail often” m...

Whitney Johnson is a leading business thinker and expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption. She covers the framework for pers...

In this special episode of Famous Failures, I read a never-before-released excerpt from my forthcoming book, Think Like a Rocket Scientist:...

Tim Urban is best known as the writer and illustrator behind the incredibly popular blog Wait But Why , which has garnered millions of uniqu...

In 2012, eighteen-year-old soccer player Lindsey Horan defied conventional wisdom when she turned down a scholarship from soccer powerhouse...

Nadya Okamoto is the Executive Director of PERIOD (period.org), an organization she founded at the age of sixteen to provide menstrual hygie...

Christine Carter is a sociologist, columnist and speaker. She’s the author of the books Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful K...

Tiago Forte is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity. He writes and speaks on how knowledge workers can revolutionize their pe...

This is a special episode of Famous Failures. Instead of doing an interview, I recount the story of the first three failures that SpaceX exp...

Ryan Levesque is the CEO of The ASK Method ® Company, and the #1 national best-selling author of Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Method to...

Khe Hy is the founder of RadReads, which is a community of 20,000 professionals seeking to reexamine their relationship to money, ambition,...

Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and a leading expert on the neural basis of emotion, decision making and optimism. She...

SUSAN CAIN is the author of Quiet: The Secret Strengths of Introverts , and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talkin...

Rob Walker is an author and journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He writes the Human Resource col...

Julian Guthrie is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, and all around adventurer who loves underdog stories. Her...

Sahil Lavingia is the founder and CEO of Gumroad , a web platform where creators can sell products directly to consumers with quick, simple...

Julie Zhuo is the Vice President of Product Design at Facebook. As one of Silicon Valley's top product design executives, she leads the team...

Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She is best known for her pioneering wo...

Rachel Simmons is the author of Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy and F...

Maren Kate Donovan is an entrepreneur and writer. Her first venture-backed startup, Zirtual, grew to over 400 employees before she turned 30...

Jennifer Dulski is the head of Facebook Groups, a product used by more than 1 billion people . She has more than fifteen years of experience...

Selina Tobaccowala is a serial entrepreneur who started coding in her Stanford dorm room in the late 1990s. Selina and her college friend Al...

Dina Kaplan is Founder of The Path, which teaches meditation for the modern mind. The Path has taught thousands of people to meditate around...

Matilda Ho is the founder of Yimishiji , one of China's first online farmers markets to bring organic and local produce to families. She’s a...

Erica Ariel Fox is an advisor to CEOs and other senior executives on their leadership challenges. She is the New York Times best-selling aut...

Austin Buchan is the CEO of College Forward , which is a nonprofit that coaches students from underserved backgrounds to achieve the benefit...

Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine. He writes about topics as diverse as behavioral psychology, professional sports,...

Jordan is the CEO and Founder of DebtMaven , which is like eHarmony for commercial lending. The platform has facilitated over $350 million i...

James Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His work has appeared in the New York T...

Chelsey Korus is one of the most preeminent teachers of yoga. Over the course of her career, she has been featured on Live! with Kelly and M...

Susan Henderson is a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award. She is the author of the nove...

Neil Pasricha is the author of five New York Times bestsellers including The Book of Awesome, a catalog of simple pleasures based on his 50-...

Caroline Webb ( Facebook and Twitter ) is the CEO of Sevenshift, a firm that shows people how to use insights from behavioral science to imp...

Shane Snow is an award-winning journalist, celebrated entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of the books Smartcuts: The Breakthrough Powe...

Jessica Bennett is an award-winning journalist and author who covers social issues and culture through a gender lens. She was recently appoi...