▶Jul 1, 2026 · 8 key moments
Guru CEO: Not Without Human Experts
Rick Nucci — CEO of Guru and founder of Boomi (acquired by Dell) — argues the hard part of AI at work isn’t the models, it’s…
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▶Jun 18, 2026 · 8 key moments
Can Truth Survive AI?
Nick sits down with Steve Rosenbaum — documentary filmmaker, author, and longtime media entrepreneur — to ask whether truth can…
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▶Jun 3, 2026 · 7 key moments
The Detective Who Took Down 'Dirty John' Meehan
Detective Julia Bowman, the cop who arrested John 'Dirty John' Meehan, tells Nick Standlea the inside story — the stalking case…
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▶May 19, 2026 · 6 key moments
AI Safety CEO: The Treaty to Stop the Race to Super Intelligence
Malo Bourgon, CEO of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), walks Nick through why today's chatbots are only a…
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▶May 6, 2026 · 6 key moments
AI Knows Your Business Better Than You Do
Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, traces his unlikely path from a conservative Midwest upbringing to building one of the…
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▶Apr 22, 2026 · 6 key moments
How to Get Recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude
Ross Simmonds joins Nick to explain how the shift from Google-only search to AI-powered discovery is reshaping what it means to…
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▶Apr 7, 2026 · 6 key moments
How AI Is Already Changing Medicine
Dr. Peter Weir is a family physician and population health officer at the University of Utah who has been actively using AI in…
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▶Mar 24, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
Posting Daily Didn’t Work for 14 Months—Then This Did (T.D. Orel)
If you’ve ever been told “just post every day and you’ll eventually blow up”… T.D. Orel is living proof that advice can be wildly…
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▶Mar 16, 2026 · 6 key moments
Alan Weiss: "Stop Selling Hours. AI Will Kill That Model."
Alan Weiss — author of over 50 books on consulting, including The Seven-Figure Consultant — has spent decades teaching one idea…
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▶Feb 11, 2026 · 6 key moments
How to Future-Proof Your Kid in the Age of AI (CEO Ryan Kiick)
Nick Standlea sits down with Ryan Kiick, CEO of Revolution Prep, to unpack what it actually means to future-proof a student in…
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▶Jan 29, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
Why Your Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness: It's Always Been There (ft. Philip Goff)
In this conversation with philosopher Dr. Philip Goff, we dive into one of the deepest questions in science and philosophy: what…
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▶Jan 15, 2026 · 8 key moments
The Single Mindset Shift That Unlocks Mastery
Dr. Michael Gervais — the high-performance psychologist who has coached Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists…
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▶Dec 30, 2025 · 7 key moments
This One Shift Makes AI 10x Smarter
Geoff Woods, author of the #1 AI book The AI-Driven Leader, joins Nick to fix the way most people use AI: as a glorified…
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▶Dec 10, 2025 · 6 key moments
Ex–Microsoft Insider: “AI Isn’t Here to Replace Your Job — It’s Here to Replace You”
Nate Soares, Executive Director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone…
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▶Nov 26, 2025 · 6 key moments
Ex–Google DeepMind Scientist, "The Real AI Threat is Losing Control", Christopher Summerfield
Christopher Summerfield — Oxford cognitive neuroscientist, former Google DeepMind researcher, and research director at the UK AI…
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▶Nov 18, 2025 · 52 min
Sam Altman Says 95% of Marketing Is Going to AI (Here’s What That Means)
Andy Sack — co-founder of Forum3 and co-author of “AI First” — joins Nick to share the “holy shit moment” behind the book: Sam…
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▶Nov 10, 2025 · 4 key moments
Is AI Making Us Dumber? (Can Teachers Save Us?)
Nick tackles three listener questions about AI, cognition, and education. The central argument: AI isn't making us dumber — it's…
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▶Oct 30, 2025 · 6 key moments
“10,000 Hours is a Myth”
NFL and NBA performance psychologist Dr. Alex Auerbach joins Nick Standlea to challenge the assumptions most people carry about…
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▶Oct 22, 2025 · 6 key moments
Dr. Michael Osterholm: “The Pandemic Clock Is Ticking”
Dr. Michael Osterholm — director of CIDRAP at the University of Minnesota and advisor to every U.S. president since Reagan…
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▶Oct 7, 2025 · 7 key moments
The AI Revolution Is an Ownership Problem, Not a Tech Problem — Economist Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers — University of Michigan economist, a regular on Scott Galloway’s Prof G Markets, and one of the most-cited…
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▶Sep 30, 2025 · 6 key moments
Is Emotional Intelligence the Competitive Edge in the Age of AI? Therapist Hannah Lord
Therapist and coach Hannah Lord joins Nick to make the case that emotional intelligence—not data or code—is the defining human…
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▶Sep 9, 2025 · 6 key moments
Jeffrey Sachs: AI and Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs opens with a four-decade career arc — from ending Bolivia's hyperinflation and advising Poland's post-communist…
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▶Aug 29, 2025 · 6 key moments
Howard Gardner: Rethinking College in the Age of AI
Howard Gardner — Harvard developmental psychologist and creator of the theory of Multiple Intelligences — sits down to reflect on…
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▶Aug 12, 2025 · 56 min
Perfect SAT Score → Shark Tank Deal w/ Mark Cuban
What happens when you earn a perfect SAT score, write a book that gets rejected by 100 publishers, and then turn that failure…
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▶Jul 23, 2025 · 8 key moments
Science of Sleep: Think Sharper, Age Slower, and Feel Better - Dr Paul Returns
Dr. Paul Rodenberg — an ER physician who went from sleeping four or five hours a night to treating sleep as non-negotiable…
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▶Jul 5, 2025 · 4 key moments
A Defense of the Fixed Mindset: Why It’s Not Always a Bad Thing
Growth mindset gets a lot of praise — and rightly so. But Nick argues that in our rush to celebrate it, we've overlooked…
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▶Jun 19, 2025 · 51 min
Pat Flynn: Build Faster. Learn Leaner. Pat Flynn’s Secrets for Action-Takers
Feeling overwhelmed by too much info and not enough action? In this episode of The Nick Standlea Show, Pat Flynn—best-selling…
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▶May 22, 2025 · 6 key moments
Dr Scott Barry Kaufman (SBK): “Your Trauma Doesn’t Define You”
Nick Standlea sits down with psychologist and Columbia professor Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman to dig into his book Rise Above…
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▶May 14, 2025 · 7 key moments
The Cold Truth: Ice Baths, Brown Fat, and Professor Seager
Nick sits down with Professor Thomas Seager, co-founder of Morozko Forge — fresh out of his own cold plunge — to unpack the…
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▶Apr 14, 2025 · 6 key moments
Dr. Tali Sharot: Are you bored, stuck, or just... not excited by life anymore?
Neuroscientist Dr. Tali Sharot joins Nick to unpack the science behind why life loses its luster — even when everything looks…
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▶Mar 11, 2025 · 6 key moments
Jay Baer: Stop Wasting Time Marketing on Social Media—Do This Instead
Jay Baer, world-renowned marketing strategist and bestselling author, opens with a deceptively simple lesson: persuasion works…
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▶Feb 13, 2025 · 8 key moments
Mindfulness and Coaching Mental Skills with Micha Shaw
Micha Shaw is a mindfulness coach and former elite athlete who competed in open water swimming, winning the US Olympic Trials in…
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▶Jan 20, 2025 · 6 key moments
Inside FC Barcelona's La Masia Academy with Albert Puig: How Messi, Xavi, and Yamal were developed
Albert Puig, former director of FC Barcelona's legendary La Masia academy, and his APFC co-founder Bernat Franquesa join Nick…
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▶Jan 7, 2025 · 4 key moments
Almanac of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson Distilled: "Seek wealth, not money or status."
Naval Ravikant treats wealth the same way he treats happiness — as a learnable skill, not a birthright. Nick unpacks Naval's…
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▶Dec 23, 2024 · 4 key moments
Atomic Habits Distilled: How Tiny Habits Yield Exponential Results
Nick distills the core lessons of James Clear's Atomic Habits, zeroing in on the counterintuitive math of compounding: a 1% daily…
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▶Dec 15, 2024 · 6 key moments
"Ketamine therapy saves lives!"
Nick Standlea sits down with Sam Mandel, co-founder and CEO of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles, to unpack the truth behind ketamine…
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▶Nov 17, 2024 · 6 key moments
How Social Media Hijacks Your Time and What You Can Do About It
Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, shares how a spiral of chronic stress and phone dependency during his freshman year at…
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▶Oct 28, 2024 · 6 key moments
Colin Hanks: "I'll be acting until I die"
Actor and documentary filmmaker Colin Hanks sits down with longtime friend Nick Standlea for a wide-ranging conversation about…
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▶Oct 21, 2024 · 43 min
Seth Godin: "What They Don't Teach You About Strategy"
Seth Godin, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and thought leader, joins Nick to discuss his new book "This is Strategy." Seth…
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▶Sep 24, 2024 · 4 key moments
How to Find Flow and Unlock Creativity
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — known to Nick as simply "Mike" during their six years working together — traces his lifelong quest…
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▶Sep 19, 2024 · 7 key moments
Make It Stick: The Science of Effective Learning
Nick sits down with Mark McDaniel and Roddy Roediger — the cognitive scientists behind the bestseller Make It Stick — to…
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▶Sep 4, 2024 · 1 hr 0 min
The Weight of Depression: Jason Magee’s Story of Struggle and Hope
In today's episode, I sit down with Jason Magee, who shares his 15-year struggle with depression and weight loss, and then takes…
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▶Aug 27, 2024 · 4 min
The Age Dilemma: Regulating Social Media for Kids
Nick Standlea argues that a geriatric Congress — with senators like 90-year-old Chuck Grassley overseeing social media policy…
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▶Aug 21, 2024 · 1 min
The Nick Standlea Show: Conversations That Inspire
Nick Standlea invites you into long-form conversations with fascinating people who challenge assumptions, question expertise, and…
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▶Aug 5, 2024 · 51 min
Thomas Perry, Author of The Old Man
Delve into the creative world of Thomas Perry, the bestselling author behind 31 novels, including the "Jane Whitefield" series…
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▶Jul 10, 2024 · 2 hr 44 min
Dr Paul: "Health Influencers are Liars"
Nick sits down with Dr. Paul Rodenberg, an ER physician, to call out health influencer misinformation. Dr. Paul names the…
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▶Jun 4, 2024 · 6 key moments
Consciousness: Anil Seth on AI, Reality, Perception, and Psychedelics
Neuroscientist Anil Seth opens with a personal reflection — he dedicated his Royal Society Faraday Prize lecture to his ailing…
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▶May 13, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Modern Etiquette with Myka Meier : "It's Social-Emotional Intelligence"
Myka Meier, a trailblazer in modern etiquette and the founder of Beaumont Etiquette shows us that etiquette isn’t just about…
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▶Apr 23, 2024 · 50 min
Losing a Body Part: Hank Wise
In this episode of The Nick Standlea Show, Olympic swimmer Hank Wise, a world-record holder, takes us on an emotional journey…
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▶Apr 1, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min
Jenn Curtis: Optimize for College Admission, Steps for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Grades
Jenn Curtis, founder of FutureWise Consulting and co-author of The Parent Compass, joins Nick with a grade-by-grade roadmap: 9th…
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▶Mar 25, 2024 · 6 key moments
Brad Burge: Psychedelic Therapy
Brad Burge — former communications director at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and founder of…
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▶Mar 7, 2024 · 6 key moments
CA Assembly, Josh Lowenthal: Shaping Tomorrow - Bold Ideas on Government, Justice, Social Media, and Peace
California Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal brings rare firsthand perspective to the Israel-Palestine conflict — as a proud Jewish…
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▶Feb 19, 2024 · 6 key moments
Donald Hoffman: Consciousness, the true nature of reality, and the interconnectedness of everything
Donald Hoffman, cognitive scientist and professor emeritus at UC Irvine, opens with a radical claim backed by evolutionary game…
View episode →▶Jan 29, 2024 · 20 min
The Importance of SAT and ACT in College Admissions
Nick Standlea draws on research from Forbes and The New York Times to argue that SAT and ACT scores are the fairest—not the least…
View episode →▶Jan 22, 2024 · 5 min
You're Sitting in a Chair in the Sky
Nick draws on Louis C.K.’s riff on airplane complaints and a Seth Godin story about a fear-of-flying passenger to make one…
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Context is Everything
Nick opens with a family story: his four-year-old daughter innocently asks her grandfather to photograph her vagina on the…
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▶Jan 8, 2024 · 8 min
College Rankings are an Illusion
Nick Standlea traces college rankings to their origin: a 1983 US News list invented to save a failing magazine. The same four…
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Johnny Rastello: The Future of College Admissions
Johnny Rastello, director of college counseling and dean of 12th grade at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School in Newport Beach…
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▶Dec 18, 2023 · 7 min
Two Priests Are Driving Down the Highway
Nick Standlea eulogized his grandfather with a dirty joke — and he’s not sorry about it. This episode traces a 30-year Christmas…
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▶Dec 1, 2023 · 1 hr 57 min
Leo Vieira: Lessons from Jiu-Jitsu for Life
Leo Vieira grew up between two worlds in Rio de Janeiro — too “playboy” for the favela kids at his school, too working-class for…
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▶Nov 6, 2023 · 1 hr 45 min
Dr. Paul: Fat loss drugs, fitness, nutrition, & longevity.
Dr. Paul Rodenberg — ER doctor and former 340-pound college football player — joins Nick to cut through the hype on fat-loss…
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▶Oct 30, 2023 · 0 min
The Nick Standlea Show Trailer
The trailer for The Nick Standlea Show — long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, scientists, athletes, and other…
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▶Oct 3, 2023 · 1 hr 9 min
Jim O’Brien: Design Your Life
Jim O'Brien—pro surfer, Cleo Bella co-founder, and world traveler—joins Nick to explore what designing your own life actually…
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▶Aug 30, 2023 · 1 hr 25 min
Hank Wise: Open ocean swimming world record holder
Hank Wise holds the fastest male Catalina Channel crossing (7:55:06) and has made the 20-mile open-ocean swim more times than…
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▶Jul 31, 2023 · 46 min
Jodi Okun: College Financial Aid and Scholarships
Jodi Okun, founder of College Financial Aid Advisor and author of Secrets of a Financial Aid Pro, joins Nick to demystify the…
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▶Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Deren Finks: College Admission Strategies
Deren Finks — former dean of admission at Harvey Mudd College and longtime independent counselor — pulls back the curtain on what…
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