Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.
Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.
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Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.
Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!
Episodes
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 4min
Jennifer Welch: Outspoken, Unapologetic, and Unafraid in Divided America
Jennifer Welch, co-host of I’ve Had It and author of Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches, is a blunt political commentator who mixes humor with personal truth. She tackles moral clarity in a divided country. She discusses loving someone through addiction, rejecting compromise politics, tech CEOs’ moral choices, and using outrage as a tool rather than a lifestyle.
17 snips
Mar 23, 2026 • 55min
Dolly Chugh: Why “Good People” Struggle with Bias and What to Do About It
Dolly Chugh, social psychologist and NYU professor who studies bias and identity, explains why being “good” can block progress. She breaks down unconscious bias, the dangers of simplified historical fables, and why pronouncing names and fuller history matter. Short, practical tools appear for staying curious, embracing contradictions, and growing without defensiveness.
24 snips
Mar 18, 2026 • 59min
How Apple Survived and Thrived: The First Fifty Years with David Pogue
David Pogue, Emmy-winning tech journalist and long-time Apple chronicler, shares tall tales from his new book. He unpacks Apple origin myths, behind-the-scenes moments with Steve Jobs and Woz, tense interviews with Elon Musk, near-miss adventures like OceanGate, and debates about Apple’s future and AI. Short, surprising stories that reshape how you see Silicon Valley.
19 snips
Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 7min
How Privacy’s Defender Cindy Cohn Changed the Future of Encryption
Cindy Cohn, longtime leader at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and civil liberties lawyer, recounts landmark fights for encryption and digital rights. She discusses code as speech, how freeing encryption enabled modern secure tools, limits of mass surveillance, risks of metadata and facial recognition, Signal’s protections and practical limits, and the legal battles ahead around AI and national security.
9 snips
Mar 4, 2026 • 55min
Fixing a Broken Money System with Tarun Ramadorai
Tarun Ramadorai, a finance professor and co-author of Fixed, explains why personal finance feels broken and often favors firms over people. He discusses cognitive traps, how markets exploit biases, the case for low‑cost index funds and emergency savings, mortgage and retirement system flaws, crypto hype versus blockchain, and when regulation should force fixes.
36 snips
Feb 25, 2026 • 51min
How AI Can Bring Humanity Back to Healthcare with Lloyd Minor
Lloyd Minor, dean of Stanford Medicine and physician-scientist focused on precision health and AI, discusses how precision health can predict and prevent illness. He explores AI’s role in clinical notes, imaging, decision support, and ER workflows. He also covers training physicians in AI, balancing technology with whole-person care, and where to find trustworthy medical information.
Feb 18, 2026 • 33min
When Structure Meets Opportunity for Detroit’s Youth with Renee Fluker
Renee Fluker, founder of Detroit’s College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program, has guided 3,000+ students to college using life skills, mentorship, and golf. She recounts starting with pizza and golf, building a renovation-powered home, and running a routine of speakers, dinners, and lessons. Renee stresses love paired with structure, strict but caring accountability, and why golf expands horizons beyond sports.
15 snips
Feb 11, 2026 • 47min
How You Actually Figure Out Who You Are with Suzy Welch
Suzy Welch, author, journalist, and NYU Stern professor known for leadership and career strategy, guides listeners through how to find who you really are. She shares a practical framework linking values, aptitudes, and economic reality. Short, candid conversations cover resilience, forgiveness, humane offboarding, and why passion alone sometimes fails financially.
33 snips
Feb 4, 2026 • 59min
Building What Lasts: Brad Feld on Trust, Mentorship, and Long-Term Thinking
Brad Feld, venture capitalist and Techstars co-founder known for championing mentorship and long-term thinking. He discusses the Give First mindset, why generosity beats transactional networking, and how mentorship becomes most powerful as a peer relationship. He also covers practical rituals, setting boundaries, and spotting founders who can build lasting companies.
41 snips
Feb 1, 2026 • 1h 8min
Tiny Habits, Big Change (Re-Release)
BJ Fogg, Stanford behavior scientist and author of Tiny Habits, shares practical habit-making strategies. He explains keeping actions tiny, anchoring them to existing routines, celebrating to wire behavior, and the Maui morning mindset. Conversation covers habit design, resisting burnout, screen-time fixes, and how small changes ripple into bigger shifts.
