

The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
James Altucher interviews the world's leading peak performers in every area of life. But instead of giving you the typical success story, James digs deeper to find the "Choose Yourself" story - these are the moments we relate to... when someone rises up from personal struggle to reinvent themselves. The James Altucher Show brings you into the lives of peak-performers: billionaires, best-selling authors, rappers, astronauts, athletes, comedians, actors, and the world champions in every field, all who forged their own paths, found financial freedom and harnessed the power to create more meaningful and fulfilling lives.
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Jun 1, 2021 • 1h 25min
720 - How Sha Na Na Solves Murder - Robert A. Leonard, American Forensic Linguist and Founding Member of Sha Na Na
How does Sha Na Na solve a murder? This is probably one of the best transitional stories that I have ever heard! Robert A. Leonard, American Forensic Linguist and Founding Member of Sha Na Na, opened for Jimi Hendrix in Woodstock, toured with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and even Bruce Springsteen opened for them!Then he gave it all up, went and finished his Columbia Ph.D. in Linguistics, and became one of the best Forensic Linguists in the world. He worked on cases like the murder of JonBenet Ramsay, the murder of Charlene Hummert, the Tennessee Facebook murders, and many more. He even represented Apple in the "App Store" case!Link: https://www.robertleonardassociates.com/
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May 28, 2021 • 1h 9min
Make You a Millionaire! Jason Furst EP01: Know your passion, and your field!
The second candidate for Makes You a Millionaire's series is here! In this episode/ series, we feature, Jason Furst, an up-and-coming restaurant manager! We talked about how's the restaurant business looks like in terms of staffing, reservation, and serving. What are the new methods and how a restaurant should adopt them in order to adapt to the post-pandemic Era? How can Jason start his journey to the million dollars!
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May 27, 2021 • 51min
719 - John Lee Dumas: The Common Path to Uncommon Success
John Lee Dumas, author, and founder, and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, is probably one of my favorites Entrepreneurs in the world. In this episode, we have him on to talk about his new book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success. What I love about this book is that it has some very simple techniques that work about how to find your passion, how to find your niche, and then how do you become successful at it!
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May 25, 2021 • 1h 6min
718 - Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution with Carlo Rovelli
I love doing podcasts, cause when the guest comes on, I get to ask all sorts of questions, and the guests are obligated to answer them! The same goes with this episode!
In this episode, I have Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, and a writer, who also wrote the Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, which outsold the Fifty Shades of Grey, on to talk about his new book, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution. We talked about the whole history of the Quantum Revolution and everything physics and science.
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May 22, 2021 • 1h 13min
Bonus Episode - 'Real Good' Podcast: Don't Get Lost In The Easy Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Shepherd
Once in a while, I will come across a show that's so good and relevant, I think the listener needs to listen to it, and here's one of them, Real Good Podcast. Real Good by U.S. Bank, hosted by Faith Salie (Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, CBS Sunday Morning) and is a podcast about the stories of people who are truly making an impact, and the people whose lives are being changed by their efforts.
In this episode, which is the final episode of Season 2, they speak with Jonathan Shepherd, the President of the Board of Directors for the Black Mental Health Alliance about why the notion of those in black communities not wanting to seek care is a myth, why cost barriers are it inaccessible and how to stop getting bogged down in the easy conversations about care.
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May 20, 2021 • 57min
717 - Exploring the God Equation with Dr. Michio Kaku
I love having Dr. Michio Kaku, An American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science, and the co-founder of String Theory, on the podcast. He's such a science communicator and has great philosophy behind every idea and theory that he has. In this episode, Dr. Michio Kaku talks about his new book, The God Equation, and explains to me if it's possible to time travel.
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May 18, 2021 • 58min
716 - Former World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov: How to be better at Chess!
The world is still crazy over chess! At one point last year, chess was the most view's stream on Twitch, and it even surpassed Fortnite, which once was the most viewed game on Twitch!
In this episode, I have, the Former World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, on to talk everything about chess, and his new platform, kasparovchess.com. I asked him all sorts of questions that I have been pondering myself for the past few months as I was trying to improve my chess rating. Can you be good at chess if you just starting out as an adult, what's the difference between Number One in chess, and Number Two in chess? If you just started, what should you focus on?
We also talked about all the features on Kasparovchess, from masterclass to online video lessons, to puzzles, to podcast! Listen and enjoy!
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May 15, 2021 • 38min
The Companion Podcast EP03: From Discussing Conflicts, to Jobs Changing, to Pitching ideas, to Trusting Data, and to Influencing other people! What did we learnt this month!?
Companion Podcast for April 2021! Why are there so many conflicts out there? Do you lose any friends over a conflict? An argument? How the job industry has changed? How to successfully pitch a good idea? Why should you really trust data, and how do we influence other people? In this episode, Jay and Nathan explore what they have learnt from The James Altucher Show for the month of April 2021! If you missed any of the episodes, make sure to go back and revisit them!
Also mentioned: David Epstein, Jason Feifer, Robert Cialdini, Phillip Stutts, Amanda Ripley, Chuck Collins.
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May 13, 2021 • 1h 24min
715 - How to Win The Crowd!? with The Millionaire's Magician, Steve Cohen
This is a fascinating episode that I learned so much! I have on the Millionaire's Magician, Steve Cohen, who has performed for Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Barry Diller, Martha Stewart, Jack Welch, Michael Eisner, Stephen Sondheim, André Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Queen of Morocco, and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and also done more than 5000 shows around the world!
In this episode, we don't just talk about magic, we don't just talk about his journey of becoming the Millionaire's Magician, we talked about his book, Win The Crowd, and how we can use the misdirection techniques and influence techniques in our life!
One quick sneak peek, do you know that people are more willing to do what you ask if you give them two commands instead of one? Give it a try!
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May 11, 2021 • 1h 10min
714 - You're INVITED to The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence with Jon Levy
I remember a couple of years ago, one day when I was asleep, my friend woke me up in the middle of the night and "invite" me to a dinner party. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! I have nothing better to do, so I went along. It turns out, it was the best dinner party that I ever have been, and was organized by the great organizer and influencer, Jon Levy!
In this episode, I have him on again to talk about his new book, You're Invited: The Art & Science of Cultivating Influence. We talked about what's the real meaning of being an Influencer? It's not about having a million followers on TikTok, Instagram, or whatever social media platform. Also, why does he set out to organize all this amazing dinner party that features famous people, and why does he like connect people? Listen and find out! You might get the Invitation to his next dinner party!
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