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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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 11min
1294: Sister’s off Her Meds, Now She Faces the Feds | Feedback Friday
Wild family crises and legal fallout after a sister with schizoaffective disorder stops taking meds and lands in trouble with police. Practical legal routes including public defender strategy, conservatorship, and assisted outpatient treatment are explored. Tough conversations and boundaries for exploited loved ones, partnership disputes over hidden finances, and parenting accountability after a Little League meltdown are also discussed.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
1293: Abigail Marsh | How Fear Separates Saints from Psychopaths Part 2
Abigail Marsh, psychologist known for research on empathy, fear, and extreme altruism. She discusses how fear processing links altruists and people with psychopathy. They cover treatability of personality disorders, why groups commit atrocities, brain differences in face recognition, and how small acts of kindness create ripple effects.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 12min
1292: Abigail Marsh | How Fear Separates Saints from Psychopaths Part 1
Abigail Marsh, psychologist and neuroscientist who studies fear, empathy, and psychopathy, joins to discuss what separates extreme altruism from callousness. She explains how fear recognition — or its absence — reshapes behavior. They cover flaws in famous psychology studies, how household chaos impairs development, and parenting that builds compassion with warmth plus consistent limits.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 1h 9min
1291: Should Self-Harm Scars Be Shareable Memoirs? | Feedback Friday
Conversations range from how to talk with curious kids about visible self-harm scars without oversharing to strategies for handling a persistently negative wedding attendee. They unpack tactics for managing a creative partner who spirals at feedback and when to escalate to management. Personal anecdotes about newborn complications and reflections on parenting add emotional context.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 58min
1290: Danny Rensch | How Chess Freed Me from Life in a Cult Part Two
Danny Rensch, chess player and Chess.com co-founder who built cheat-detection systems and wrote about leaving a cult. He recounts scaling Chess.com into a creator-driven unicorn, the statistical science behind catching cheaters, how online play turbocharges prodigies, threats faced after taking public stances, and reclaiming his past through forgiveness and meaning.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 59min
1289: Danny Rensch | How Chess Freed Me from Life in a Cult Part One
Danny Rensch, a chess player, writer, and former Chess.com leader who escaped the Church of Immortal Consciousness, tells his story. He describes growing up in a controlling communal cult that weaponized chess for prestige. He recounts being groomed as a prodigy, living alone as a teen, meeting a defector coach, and how chess became his path out.
Feb 22, 2026 • 1h 20min
1288: Test Prep | Skeptical Sunday
Jessica Wynn, writer and researcher who co-hosts Skeptical Sunday, digs into the test prep industry and who profits. She traces its rise, corporate conflicts of interest, and how prep widens inequality. Jessica discusses social media-fueled anxiety, when prep truly helps (and when it harms), and evidence-based study methods students can actually use.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 19min
1287: Conscience Frayed by Impossible Choice Made | Feedback Friday
Tough moral dilemmas and delayed test results collide with faith and regret. A brilliant but isolated teen struggles after college rejection and may need neurodivergence evaluation. Employees face a branch sale and weigh buying the team versus starting fresh. Family relocation turns sour amid controlling in‑laws and painful boundary decisions.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 1h 17min
1286: Derek Coburn | Rethinking Retirement to Live Well Now and Later
Derek Coburn, author and retirement strategist who urges rethinking the traditional retirement script. He challenges the default retirement age and shows how working a bit longer can slash savings needs. Topics include mini-retirements, the hidden cost of dementia on plans, finding work you don’t hate, tax and insurance nuances, and balancing purpose, time with family, and living well now.
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Feb 15, 2026 • 1h 16min
1285: Passport Bros | Skeptical Sunday
Nick Pell, writer and researcher, breaks down the 'Passport Bros' craze with data-driven skepticism. He unmasks myths about Western women and romanticized foreign partners. They discuss rising global middle classes, how flaunted wealth backfires, women's real agency, and the surge in romance scams and travel dangers.
