BigDeal
Codie Sanchez
You can change your life and make a dent on the world. This podcast uncovers the unfiltered lessons from the smartest minds straight to you, in conversations so honest you feel guilty listening in. We believe the current way of thinking is not working. The average person has become unhappy, unhealthy and financially struggling. You are not that person. This podcast will kick you in the shin with truth and tactics they should have taught us but gatekept. Hosted by Codie Sanchez, entrepreneur, investor and reformed journalist. You are a BigDeal to us.
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May 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Founder: How I Brainwashed Myself to Be a Billionaire at 34 | Ankur Jain
Ankur Jain, founder and CEO who turned rent payments into rewards and a housing platform. He discusses why early VC can derail vision. He explains raising money from customers and partners, fighting regulators to change rules, keeping teams tiny and owner-driven, and building culture rituals that scale into a platform.
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May 7, 2026 • 1h 5min
How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Eric Jorgenson on Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson, author who distilled Naval Ravikant’s ideas, explores modern leverage and how code, media, and capital create outsized returns. He breaks down productizing yourself and cultivating specific knowledge. They discuss judgment over hard work, engineering luck, rising above status, and practical ways to manufacture opportunity.
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Apr 29, 2026 • 20min
A Doer Will Always Outperform A Thinker.
A kick in the pants to stop planning and start shipping. Stories about the Wright brothers and James Dyson show why action produces useful data. Learn a one-week method to force progress and simple design tricks to make discipline effortless. Discover the DOER framework for tiny starts, engineered rewards, and repeating until identity catches up.
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Apr 27, 2026 • 26min
Stop Overthinking: The 70% Rule to Beat Procrastination
They argue speed beats endless research and show how waiting makes information stale. Stories include Square and Instagram moving fast to seize opportunity. Practical rules like Bezos’s 70% cutoff, a 24-hour clarity test, and the door test for reversible choices get highlighted. The episode pushes shipping early, killing perfectionism, and closing open tasks to beat decision fatigue.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 21min
The 7 Money Rules From the Richest Man Who Ever Lived
A deep dive into how a 16-year-old bookkeeper turned invoice obsession into massive wealth. Stories of rapid acquisitions, using transparency and numbers to win deals, and exploiting unnoticed transportation edges. Lessons on aggressive borrowing, ruthless discipline, and building repeatable systems in boring but essential industries.
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Apr 16, 2026 • 1h 27min
Sales Expert: #1 Secret to Master Negotiating | Shelby Sapp
Shelby Sapp, a sales trainer who rose from door-to-door knocks to coaching high-ticket closers, shares raw tactics and frameworks. She explains why shutting up and listening wins, how tonality and body language shift outcomes, and the 80/20 rule plus a three-question framework for gap selling. Expect concrete negotiation mindsets, luxury-selling rules, and toughened resilience from real-world rejection.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 24min
The Comeback is Personal.
A raw take on turning rejection into momentum. Stories about leaving Wall Street for laundromats and choosing boring, cash-flowing businesses over flashy startups. Lessons on the ladder trap, money as modern leverage, and the lonely ‘ugly middle’ where comebacks are forged. Contrarian playbooks and examples from sports and film show how doubt becomes fuel for long-term wins.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 1h 18min
Hollywood CEO: How to Look Powerful in Any Room | Jeremy Zimmer
Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder and longtime CEO of United Talent Agency, rose from the mailroom to build a Hollywood powerhouse. He talks about spotting creative genius quickly, why deals are often won before you enter the room, the strategy behind 19 acquisitions, standing up to abuse in the industry, and how talent is becoming entrepreneurs and landlords.
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Apr 6, 2026 • 1h 15min
Most Followed Neuroscientist: The Effects of AI on Your Brain
Emily McDonald, neuroscientist and science communicator known as M on the Brain, studies how the brain constructs reality and rewires habits. She explores how AI can dull critical thinking, how the brain filters opportunity via the reticular activating system, why discipline is nervous-system regulation that boosts attraction, and how complaining and curated inputs reshape perception.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 27min
Be ARTICULATE and Speak SMARTLY: Communicate Like A Pro
Learn why brains freeze under pressure and how to stay calm when it matters. Hear simple frameworks like PACE and the Three-Point Rule to answer fast without rambling. Discover why pausing beats filler words and how to build a mental library of stories and models for instant recall. Try practical drills to compress answers and control the conversational frame.
