First Principles

By Adrian Wells

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First Principles isn't another business podcast recycling the same startup stories. Adrian Wells takes the fundamentals that actually matter and breaks them down like you're having coffee with the smartest professor you ever had. Wells spent twelve years teaching philosophy and critical thinking before ditching the lecture hall for the microphone. Turns out, the same principles that help you think clearly about ancient Greek ethics also work pretty well for modern business decisions. Who knew? Every episode strips away the latest trends and buzzwords to focus on the core ideas that don't change. How to actually evaluate evidence when everyone's throwing around statistics. Why most "revolutionary" business advice is just old wine in new bottles. The thinking patterns that separate smart decisions from lucky guesses. You won't get hyped-up success stories or flavor-of-the-month strategies. Instead, you'll learn how to think through problems the way philosophers have for centuries, applied to the stuff that matters in your work and life right now. Multiple new episodes drop daily, so there's always something fresh when you need it. Follow now if you're ready to think better, not just think faster. Multiple new episodes daily—follow now!

Episode Date
The Sleep Scientist Who Makes Insomniacs Stay Awake (Then Cures Them)
May 18, 2026
What Ozempic Really Does To Your Gut (It's Not What You Think)
May 17, 2026
Gender Expert: Men Are Emotionally Dependent On Women (Not The Other Way Around)
May 17, 2026
Why Gen Z Is The Most Miserable Generation (And What Parents Don't See)
May 16, 2026
The $1M Business Lie Every Guru Sells (And What Actually Works)
May 16, 2026
Why Your Long Runs Are Wasting Time: Dr Wright's 30-Second Solution
May 15, 2026
Dr. Malhotra: Why I Went From Prescribing Pills to Fighting Big Pharma
May 15, 2026
Netflix CEO: Why $278 Billion Wasn't Built on Hard Work (The Real Secret)
May 14, 2026
The NBA Sleep Doctor: Why LeBron Showers at 6pm (Not Before Bed)
May 13, 2026
Why Francis Ngannou Can't Stop Crying (His Heartbreaking Confession)
May 13, 2026
The Boring Business Strategy That Made Codie Sanchez Millions
May 12, 2026
Evergreen Professor: 'We Have 18 Months Before It's Too Late'
May 12, 2026
Mafia Boss Made $1.4 Million A Day: The Gas Scam That Nearly Broke New York
May 11, 2026
The 10,000 Hour Rule Is BS: What Top Performers Actually Do Instead
May 10, 2026
Yuval Harari: AI Companies Are Lying To You About The Real Danger
May 10, 2026
Dr. Gad Saad: Why Men Are Biologically Programmed to Cheat (It's Not What You Think)
May 09, 2026
The Gym Industry Doesn't Want You to Know This (Dr. Israetel's 3-Day Method)
May 09, 2026
The Gottman Doctors: Why Affairs Save Some Marriages (And Kill Others)
May 08, 2026
Why Eating Dessert First Actually Controls Your Blood Sugar Better
May 08, 2026
Konstantin Kisin: Why America and Britain Are Collapsing (What He Saw)
May 07, 2026
The Anti-Obesity Doctor: If You Don't Exercise, This Is What's Happening To You
May 07, 2026
Harvard Psychiatrist: We're Creating Millions of Addicted, Purposeless Men
May 06, 2026
Why Your Eye Doctor Lied About Those Floaters (Shocking Truth)
May 06, 2026
Cancer Doctor: This Food In Your Kitchen Is Feeding Your Cancer Right Now
May 05, 2026
What Boris Johnson Just Revealed About Virus Engineering Will Shock You
May 05, 2026
The $250K Renting vs Buying Myth That's Costing You (Ramit Sethi Breaks It Down)
May 04, 2026
Trevor Noah: Why My ADHD Diagnosis Finally Explained My Depression
May 04, 2026
The NoFap Trap: Why 73% Relapse And What Scientists Just Discovered
May 03, 2026
Divorce Expert: Why Kids-First Parents Are 3x More Likely to Split Up
May 03, 2026
The $2.3 Billion UFO Program the Government Tried to Hide
May 02, 2026
NYU Professor's Math: Trump Has 1 in 3 Chance of Dying as President
May 02, 2026
Why This Investing Expert Says 2032 Will Change Everything
May 01, 2026
Dr Sampson: The Mouth Bacteria That's Secretly Destroying Your Brain
May 01, 2026
Eric Schmidt's Terrifying AI Warning: Why We Need Emergency Stop Buttons
Apr 30, 2026
No.1 Toxicologist: These 3 Products Were Making Me Infertile (You Have Them Too)
Apr 30, 2026
Jaspreet Singh: If You're Under 45, You Won't Get A Pension (Here's What To Do)
Apr 29, 2026
Birth Control Is Rewiring Your Brain: What Doctors Don't Tell You
Apr 29, 2026
Ex-CIA Spy: China's 2030 Plan Will Shock You (And We're Ignoring It)
Apr 28, 2026
Brian Keating: I'm Spending $200 Million To Prove God Exists Through Science
Apr 28, 2026
The 20-Minute Rule Sex Therapists Don't Want You To Know (Changes Everything)
Apr 27, 2026
Why People Secretly Dislike You: 5 Body Language Signals You Miss
Apr 27, 2026
MrBallen: Why I Almost Quit After Navy SEALs (And How I Turned It Around)
Apr 26, 2026
Why Reid Hoffman Thinks You're Staying In Your Job Too Long (LinkedIn CEO)
Apr 26, 2026
Dr. Martha Beck: Why Your Anxiety Gets Worse When You Try to Think Your Way Out
Apr 25, 2026
Why Your Brain Stores Trauma in Your Eyes (And How to Release It)
Apr 25, 2026
Why Your Body Language Is Sabotaging Your Success (Behavior Expert Reveals)
Apr 24, 2026
What Alcohol Is Actually Doing to Your Dopamine (The Truth Will Shock You)
Apr 23, 2026
Why Your Period Workouts Fail (And The 4 Supplements That Fix Everything)
Apr 23, 2026
Why Your Doctor Lied About Low Libido: The Truth That Changes Everything
Apr 22, 2026
Why Modern Men Are Creating A Sexless Society (Peterson's Brutal Truth)
Apr 22, 2026
I Used Daniel Priestley's 7,11,4 Method for 30 Days. Here's What Happened.
Apr 21, 2026
What Trump's Victory Just Revealed About The UK's Coming Collapse
Apr 20, 2026
Why Your Chewing Habits Are Making You Fat (Scientists Finally Prove It)
Apr 20, 2026
Paul Brunson: Women Are Sabotaging Their Love Lives With These Impossible Standards
Apr 19, 2026
What Your Voice Reveals About Why You're Rejected Before You Speak
Apr 19, 2026
What Your Glucose Monitor Reveals About Your Fat Storage (Doctor Explains)
Apr 18, 2026
Young Men Are Checking Out: The $2.3 Trillion Crisis Nobody's Talking About
Apr 18, 2026
Corrupt Cop: I Had Sex With Girls In My Police Car, Then Sold Drugs I Stole
Apr 17, 2026
Peter Attia: Muscle Loss After 50 Is A Death Sentence. Here's Why
Apr 17, 2026
Why Your Arms Are Sabotaging Every First Impression You Make
Apr 16, 2026
No.1 Nitric Oxide Expert: The Anti-Aging Molecule Your Doctor Won't Tell You About
Apr 16, 2026
Mo Gawdat: AI Will Create Hell Before Heaven (Google X Insider Reveals All)
Apr 15, 2026
The Psychological Trick That Turns $0 Into $100K (Financial Experts Hate This)
Apr 15, 2026
Why Pfizer Spent $2.3B Blocking These 5 Natural Cures From You
Apr 14, 2026
Neuroscientist Proves We Can Talk to the Dead (The Evidence Will Shock You)
Apr 14, 2026
What 6 Months of ChatGPT Did to My Brain (Shocking Memory Test Results)
Apr 13, 2026
Why Mohnish Pabrai Quit His $200K Job (The Strategy Wall Street Doesn't Want You To Know)
Apr 13, 2026
Why Your Belly Fat Won't Disappear (Even With Perfect Diet and Exercise)
Apr 12, 2026
Why Former CIA Agents Are Fleeing America (2030 Deadline Revealed)
Apr 12, 2026
World's #1 Fasting Expert: The Cancer Secret Big Pharma Doesn't Want You to Know
Apr 11, 2026
AI Expert: Only 5 Jobs Will Survive 2030 (Number 3 Will Shock You)
Apr 11, 2026
What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Sugar (It Could Save Your Life)
Apr 10, 2026
The $50 Trillion Mistake That Will Destroy America (Ray Dalio's Warning)
Apr 10, 2026
No.1 Money Expert: Stop Buying Houses, You're Getting Poorer Every Month
Apr 09, 2026
Why Matthew McConaughey Sabotaged His $50M Career (And Won an Oscar)
Apr 09, 2026
Insulin Doctor: Why I'm Finding Mold In 67% of My Fat Loss Patients
Apr 08, 2026
Why Being 'Authentic' at Work Actually Makes People Trust You Less
Apr 08, 2026
Atheists Live 7 Years Longer: What Christians Don't Want You To Know
Apr 07, 2026
No. 1 Sugar Expert: 73% of 'Healthy' Foods Are Actually Poisoning You
Apr 07, 2026
Savings Expert: Why Passive Income Is a $47B Scam Keeping You Broke
Apr 06, 2026
Louis Tomlinson: The Police Knock That Changed Everything
Apr 06, 2026
Neil deGrasse Tyson Destroys Horoscopes in 3 Minutes (Astrology Fans Won't Like This)
Apr 05, 2026
Why Fertility Clinics Are Lying About Your Test Results
Apr 05, 2026
Jürgen Klopp: 'I Fell In Love With Liverpool Because Of This One Thing'
Apr 04, 2026
Oz Pearlman Reveals: These 4 Words Prove Someone Is Lying
Apr 04, 2026
Why Crash Diets Actually Make You FATTER (The Science They Don't Want You to Know)
Apr 03, 2026
What Kamala Harris Gets Wrong About America's Crisis
Apr 03, 2026
Brené Brown: Social Media Is Creating A Hidden Epidemic (And How To Escape It)
Apr 02, 2026
No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth!
Apr 02, 2026
The PPF Secret Only 1% of Entrepreneurs Know (And Why It Works)
Apr 01, 2026
Tim Ferriss: The Body's Secret Nerve That Controls Your Trauma Response
Apr 01, 2026
Why Checking Your Phone At 3AM Destroys Sleep For 7 Days Straight
Mar 31, 2026
The Silent Killer That Starts at 30: 95% of Alzheimer's Cases Are Actually Preventable
Mar 31, 2026
The Amazon Tribe That Saves Our Planet (And Why We're Ignoring Them)
Mar 30, 2026
Why Warren Buffett Rents (And You Should Buy): The Housing Truth
Mar 30, 2026
Why Your Gut Bacteria Controls Your Mood: Tim Spector's 3-Food Protocol
Mar 29, 2026
Trump's Secret Plan to Kill the Rules-Based Order (And Why China Is Celebrating)
Mar 29, 2026
What This CIA Officer Found in Your Text Messages Will Shock You
Mar 28, 2026
The Story You Tell Yourself Is Killing Your Success: Tony Robbins
Mar 28, 2026
Why Buying Your Dream House Is Actually Making You Broke (Expert Reveals)
Mar 27, 2026
Why Your Liver Is Fat (And How to Fix It in 30 Days)
Mar 27, 2026
Your TikTok Addiction Is Rewiring Your Brain (Here's the Hidden Science)
Mar 26, 2026
Poo Doctor Reveals: This Kitchen Spice Heals Gut Damage Better Than Medicine
Mar 26, 2026
Donald Hoffman: Your Brain Is Lying To You (And Why That Keeps You Alive)
Mar 10, 2026
Why Gavin Newsom's Dyslexia Makes Him the Perfect President for 2028
Mar 09, 2026
Nischa Shah: Why Buying a House is the Biggest Lie Banks Tell You
Mar 09, 2026
The Sunscreen Lie That's Causing Dementia (Vitamin D Doctor Exposes All)
Mar 08, 2026
Eric Weinstein: The Hidden Tech That Could Save Us Is Being Buried
Mar 08, 2026
The $2.8 Trillion War Nobody Knows We're Fighting
Mar 07, 2026
Why 73% of Men Can't Form Real Relationships (The Hidden Addiction)
Mar 07, 2026
Your Brain Already Picked Your Partner (And You Had No Say In It)
Mar 06, 2026
Why Kevin O'Leary Pays Himself First Every Paycheck (10x Income Secret)
Mar 06, 2026
UFC Champion Reveals the Brain Damage No One Talks About
Mar 05, 2026
Why Your Brain Won't Stop Overthinking (And the Buddhist Fix)
Mar 05, 2026
What Feminist Women Get Wrong About Non-Feminist Women (And Vice Versa)
Mar 04, 2026
AI Godfather Breaks His Silence: Why Google Doesn't Want You to Hear This
Mar 04, 2026
Esther Perel: The Screen Addiction That's Literally Killing Your Sex Life
Mar 03, 2026
The $400M Breakdown That Fixed Scooter Braun
Mar 03, 2026
Elon Musk's Secret AI Play: Why Tesla Stock Isn't His Best Bet for 2030
Mar 02, 2026
Jimmy Fallon: The Brutal Truth About Fame Nobody Talks About
Mar 02, 2026
Simon Sinek: AI Is Stealing Your Kids' Humanity (And You Don't Even Know It)
Mar 01, 2026
Harvard Doctor: This Is What One Drink Actually Does to Your Brain
Feb 28, 2026
This Food in Your Kitchen Is Feeding Cancer Cells Right Now
Feb 28, 2026
Jeff Cavaliere: Why Creatine is KILLING Your Fat Loss (The Study Nobody Talks About)
Feb 27, 2026
The $2.4B Job Market About to Disappear (24 Months Left)
Feb 27, 2026
What Chris Eubank Sr. Told His Son Hours Before Boxing's Most Brutal Fight
Feb 26, 2026
How Hard Times In Childhood Create Million-Dollar Business Skills
Feb 26, 2026
Why Michelle Obama's Parents Never Talked About Values (But Raised Two Leaders)
Feb 26, 2026
Savings Expert: Why Economic Predictions Are Useless (Do This Instead)
Feb 25, 2026
Shaolin Master Reveals: The Silent Killer in Your Living Room Right Now
Feb 25, 2026
Why Narcissists Say 'We Need To Talk' (FBI Behavioral Expert)
Feb 24, 2026
Your Brain Is Lying to You: The Prediction Machine That Controls Your Reality
Feb 24, 2026
Why Your Belly Fat Won't Go Away (It's These 3 Hormones)
Feb 21, 2026
Why Evan Spiegel Said NO to Mark Zuckerberg's $3 Billion (Formula Inside)
Feb 20, 2026
Communication Expert: 99% of Liars Use This Same Word (Don't Be One of Them)
Feb 19, 2026
What Dr. Joe Dispenza Gets Wrong About Meditation (The Missing Piece)
Feb 19, 2026
Communication Expert: 89% of People Make This Speaking Mistake
Feb 18, 2026
Why 30% Will Die From This Movement Mistake (Creatine Won't Save You)
Feb 18, 2026
Child Expert: Your Newborn Is Stressed & It's Causing ADHD (The Hidden Daycare Truth)
Feb 17, 2026
Robert Greene: Why Modern Men Are Becoming Dangerous (The Psychology Behind It)
Feb 17, 2026
Secret Agent Reveals: Why Getting Offended Makes You an Easy Target
Feb 16, 2026
MrBeast Lost $47M on Beast Games and Says Don't Help People If You Want Happiness
Feb 16, 2026
Dr Bill Von Hippel: Why Fat Makes You Attractive (Science Explains Everything)
Feb 15, 2026
Why 97% of Entrepreneurs Fail at Stage 3 (Alex Hormozi Reveals the Fix)
Feb 15, 2026
What Alcohol Does to Your Brain in 30 Days (Brain Expert Reveals Shocking Truth)
Feb 14, 2026
Tony Bellew: The Childhood Trauma That Made Him a Champion
Oct 04, 2025
Bear Grylls: Why I Was More Scared of Failure Than Death
Oct 04, 2025
What Billionaires' Kids Learn That Yours Don't (From Their $500/Hour Therapist)
Oct 03, 2025
The $700M Secret Scott Harrison Won't Tell You About Charity
Oct 03, 2025
Why Fame Destroys Your Brain: The $50M Celebrities Won't Tell You
Oct 02, 2025
How Building a $240M Empire Nearly Killed Me: The Mental Health Cost Nobody Warns About
Oct 02, 2025
What Greg Hoffman's Racist Teacher Taught Him About Building Nike's $50B Empire
Oct 01, 2025
From Political Failure to Teaching Millions: Girls Who Code Founder's Secret
Oct 01, 2025
Strava's Michael Horvath: The $1.5B Secret That Got 100M People Moving
Sep 30, 2025
Former FBI Hostage Negotiator: Why You're Losing Every Conversation
Sep 30, 2025
Quest Nutrition's Secret: Why Being 'Ungifted' Made Tom Bilyeu Rich
Sep 29, 2025
Simon Sinek: The One Word That's Killing Your Success (And It's Not What You Think)
Sep 29, 2025
Mo Gawdat: Why Your Brain Is Sabotaging Your Happiness (And How to Stop It)
Sep 28, 2025
Tim Grover: How I Trained Jordan and Kobe to Be Ruthless Champions
Sep 28, 2025
The $50,000 Mistake Matthew Hussey Made That Fixed His Relationships Forever
Sep 27, 2025
Why MIT Graduate Payal Kadakia Walked Away From Bain Consulting
Sep 27, 2025
Marcus Buckingham: Why 87% of Workers Hate Their Jobs (And The Fix)
Sep 26, 2025
Jessie J Deleted Her Finished Album and Quit Music: Here's Why She Changed Her Mind
Sep 26, 2025
Why Terry Crews Became a People Pleaser After Sexual Abuse
Sep 25, 2025
Piers Morgan's $50M Regret: What Fame Actually Costs Your Soul
Sep 25, 2025
Piers Morgan's $50M Regret: What Fame Actually Costs Your Soul
Sep 25, 2025
What Lilly Singh's Mental Breakdown Reveals About the Dark Side of Success
Sep 24, 2025
Craig David: The Bullying That Created a Superstar (And Nearly Destroyed Him)
Sep 24, 2025
Why Your Childhood is Still Ruining Your Adult Relationships
Sep 23, 2025
Why Karren Brady Says You Don't Need Trauma to Win Big
Sep 23, 2025
What Wretch 32's Mum Did at 16 That Most Parents Would Never Do
Sep 22, 2025
Why Matt Hancock Says His Biggest Pandemic Mistake Wasn't the Affair
Sep 16, 2025
James Smith: From 'Learning Disabled' to Millionaire (The School System Lied)
Sep 16, 2025
Why Your Childhood Is Still Ruining Your Relationships (Jay Shetty)
Sep 15, 2025
Rochelle Humes: Why Being Abandoned at 6 Taught Her to Stop Fighting Uncertainty
Sep 15, 2025
Michael Acton Smith: The $2 Billion Mistake That Built Calm App
Sep 14, 2025
Fearne Cotton: Why I Quit Fame to Find Real Confidence
Sep 14, 2025
Why Manchester United's Director Felt Like an Outsider (And How It Made Him Win)
Sep 13, 2025
Johann Hari: Your Focus Problems Aren't Your Fault (It's Much Worse)
Sep 13, 2025
Why Jordan Peterson Says Your Social Mask Is Destroying Your Life
Sep 12, 2025
The $1.5 Billion Mistake Every Young Entrepreneur Makes (Gymshark CEO)
Sep 12, 2025
Why Mark Manson Says You Should Give Fewer F*cks (Not Zero)
Sep 11, 2025
Molly Mae's $50M PrettyLittleThing Deal: How She Beat 10,000 Other Influencers
Sep 11, 2025
Russell Howard: Why Comedy Is Actually a Mental Health Superpower
Sep 10, 2025
Mel Robbins: The Childhood Pattern That Destroyed My Life (And How I Fixed It)
Sep 10, 2025
Starling CEO Reveals: The $1.5B Banking Secret That Broke Every Rule
Sep 09, 2025
Why Jimmy Carr Says Most People Are Wrong About Happiness (He's Right)
Sep 09, 2025
Patrice Evra: Learning How To Cry Saved My Life
Sep 08, 2025
What Elon Musk and 99 Other Billionaires Never Tell You About Success
Sep 08, 2025
The $2M Mistake 90% of Entrepreneurs Make (I Did It Too)
Sep 07, 2025
David Gandy: Why the World's Highest Paid Male Model Almost Quit
Sep 07, 2025
The Google Engineer Who Cracked Happiness for 51 Million People: Mo Gawdat
Sep 06, 2025
Why Britain's Richest Self-Made Woman Built a Sex Toy Empire
Sep 06, 2025
The Childhood Trauma That Made Marcia Kilgore $500M Richer
Sep 05, 2025
The $46B Outsider: How Being Poor Made Sebastian Siemiatkowski Rich
Sep 05, 2025
The $150M Moonpig Secret: Why Constraints Made Me Richer Than Freedom
Sep 04, 2025