The Knowledge Project

By Shane Parrish

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Uncovering the timeless principles that drive success.

Episode Date
Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley
Jun 09, 2026
FarmVille Creator: You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful
Jun 02, 2026
[Outliers] The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
May 19, 2026
Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg
May 12, 2026
Ai Goes Parabolic | Greg Brockman, Co-Founder OpenAI
Apr 22, 2026
The $25B CEO: Most Leaders Are Setting Goals Way Too Small
Apr 14, 2026
America's Top Principal: AI and The Future of Education
Mar 31, 2026
[Outliers] Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose
Mar 24, 2026
Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management
Mar 17, 2026
[Outliers] J.W. Marriott: Building an Empire Without a Master Plan
Mar 10, 2026
The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, CEO and Co-Founder of RobinHood
Mar 03, 2026
[Outliers] The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
Feb 24, 2026
The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen
Feb 17, 2026
Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
Feb 03, 2026
[Outliers] How McDonald’s Took Over America | Ray Kroc
Jan 27, 2026
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
Jan 20, 2026
The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking | Peter D. Kaufman [Outliers]
Jan 13, 2026
How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear
Jan 01, 2026
The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success
Dec 30, 2025
Pierre Poilievre on the Role of Government, Freedom, and Affordability
Dec 27, 2025
Be Your Best in 2026: The Most Important Lessons from The Knowledge Project (2025)
Dec 23, 2025
[Outliers] Bernie Marcus: The Home Depot Story
Dec 16, 2025
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland
Dec 09, 2025
Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Salesperson In History [Outliers]
Dec 02, 2025
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy
Nov 25, 2025
Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers]
Nov 18, 2025
Panera Founder Ron Shaich
Nov 11, 2025
Steve Wozniak: The Engineer Who Built Apple [Outliers]
Nov 04, 2025
Forensic Account: The Bubble No One is Talking About | Anthony Scilipoti
Oct 28, 2025
Jim Clayton: Turning Competitors’ Mistakes Into $1.7B [Outliers]
Oct 21, 2025
Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool
Oct 14, 2025
Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers]
Oct 07, 2025
Barry Diller: Building IAC
Sep 30, 2025
Ed Stack: Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods [Outliers]
Sep 23, 2025
How To Build A Cult | Lulu Cheng Meservey
Sep 16, 2025
Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers]
Sep 09, 2025
Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evans
Sep 02, 2025
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]
Aug 26, 2025
The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson
Aug 19, 2025
Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]
Aug 12, 2025
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport
Aug 05, 2025
Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers]
Jul 29, 2025
Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You
Jul 22, 2025
Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers]
Jul 15, 2025
Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year
Jul 08, 2025
Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers]
Jul 01, 2025
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top
Jun 24, 2025
Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]
Jun 17, 2025
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment
Jun 10, 2025
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]
Jun 03, 2025
Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline
May 27, 2025
Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers]
May 20, 2025
Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World
May 13, 2025
Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]
May 06, 2025
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders
Apr 29, 2025
Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers]
Apr 22, 2025
Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier
Apr 15, 2025
Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada
Apr 13, 2025
Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]
Apr 08, 2025
Bruce Flatt on Value, Discipline, and Durability
Apr 01, 2025
James Dyson: Against the Odds [Outliers]
Mar 25, 2025
Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Mar 18, 2025
Estée Lauder: A Success Story [Outliers]
Mar 11, 2025
Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI
Mar 04, 2025
Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [Outliers]
Feb 25, 2025
David Heacock: Building Filterbuy
Feb 18, 2025
Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers]
Feb 11, 2025
Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
Feb 04, 2025
How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash
Jan 21, 2025
Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom
Jan 07, 2025
Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year
Dec 24, 2024
Charlie Hoehn: Write Something People Want to Read
Dec 10, 2024
Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself
Nov 26, 2024
Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint
Nov 12, 2024
John Mackey: Building Whole Foods
Oct 29, 2024
Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus
Oct 15, 2024
John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire
Oct 01, 2024
Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire
Sep 17, 2024
Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert
Sep 03, 2024
April Dunford: The Marketing Expert
Aug 20, 2024
Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
Aug 06, 2024
Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire
Jul 23, 2024
Maya Shankar: The Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals
Jul 09, 2024
#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make
Jun 25, 2024
Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home
Jun 11, 2024
Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich
May 28, 2024
Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
May 21, 2024
Dr. Jim Loehr: What it Takes to Win
Apr 30, 2024
David Segal: Building a $200m Business
Apr 16, 2024
Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living
Apr 02, 2024
Brad Jacobs: How To Build a Billion Dollar Company
Mar 19, 2024
Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth
Mar 05, 2024
Bryan Johnson: Five Habits for Longer Living
Feb 20, 2024
Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything
Feb 06, 2024
Tom Gayner: Invest Like The Best
Jan 23, 2024
Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone
Jan 09, 2024
Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year
Dec 26, 2023
Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
Dec 12, 2023
Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
Nov 28, 2023
Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success
Nov 14, 2023
TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking
Nov 07, 2023
Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience
Oct 31, 2023
Jerry Colonna: The CEO Whisperer
Oct 17, 2023
Shane Parrish: A Glimpse Into Clear Thinking
Oct 03, 2023
Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress
Sep 19, 2023
Shreyas Doshi: Better Teams, Better Products
Sep 05, 2023
Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success
Aug 22, 2023
Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better
Aug 08, 2023
Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 2): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly
Jul 25, 2023
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017)
Jul 11, 2023
TKP Insights: Philosophy
Jul 04, 2023
Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 1): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly
Jun 27, 2023
Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success
Jun 13, 2023
Dr. Gina Poe: The Science of Better Sleep
May 30, 2023
Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living
May 16, 2023
Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.
May 02, 2023
Ravi Gupta: The Realities of Success
Apr 18, 2023
Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life
Apr 04, 2023
Nathan Myhrvold
Mar 21, 2023
Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity
Mar 07, 2023
TKP Insights: Leadership
Feb 28, 2023
Dr. Anna Lembke: Between Pleasure and Pain
Feb 21, 2023
Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work
Feb 07, 2023
Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener
Jan 24, 2023
Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm
Jan 10, 2023
Best of 2022: Conversations of the Year
Dec 27, 2022
Emily Balcetis: Setting and Achieving Goals
Dec 13, 2022
Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
Nov 29, 2022
Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress
Nov 15, 2022
Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together
Nov 01, 2022
TKP Insights: Making (Even) Better Decisions
Oct 25, 2022
Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
Oct 18, 2022
Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives
Oct 04, 2022
Reid Hoffman: Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes
Sep 20, 2022
Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought
Sep 06, 2022
Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion
Aug 23, 2022
Gary Klein: Insights For Making Better Decisions
Aug 09, 2022
Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
Jul 26, 2022
Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership
Jul 12, 2022
Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
Jun 28, 2022
TKP Insights: Sex and Relationships
Jun 21, 2022
Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 14, 2022
Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire
May 31, 2022
Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance
May 17, 2022
David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
May 03, 2022
Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust
Apr 19, 2022
Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
Apr 05, 2022
#133 Andrew Huberman: The Science of Small Changes
Mar 22, 2022
#132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership
Mar 08, 2022
#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep
Feb 22, 2022
#130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts
Feb 08, 2022
#129 Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon
Jan 25, 2022
#128 Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life
Jan 11, 2022
#127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
Dec 21, 2021
#126 Nancy Sherman: Soldiers and Stoics
Dec 14, 2021
#125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition
Nov 30, 2021
#124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media
Nov 16, 2021
#123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life
Nov 02, 2021
#122 Robert Cialdini - The Principles of Persuasion
Oct 19, 2021
#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
Oct 05, 2021
#120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness
Sep 21, 2021
#119 Todd Simkin: Making Better Decisions
Sep 07, 2021
#118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity
Aug 24, 2021
#117 Kat Cole: The Power of Possible
Aug 10, 2021
#116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis
Jul 27, 2021
#115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity
Jul 13, 2021
#114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness
Jun 29, 2021
#113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor
Jun 15, 2021
#112 Adam Grant: Rethinking Your Position
Jun 01, 2021
#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
May 18, 2021
#110 Jim Collins: Relationships vs. Transactions
May 04, 2021
#109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
Apr 20, 2021
#108 Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics
Apr 06, 2021
#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
Mar 23, 2021
#106 Josh Kaufman: Maximizing Our Locus of Control
Mar 09, 2021
#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
Feb 23, 2021
#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction
Feb 16, 2021
#103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness
Feb 09, 2021
#102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us
Feb 02, 2021
#101 Jane McGonigal: The Psychology of Gaming
Jan 19, 2021
#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key
Jan 05, 2021
#99 Kris Cordle: Releasing the Ego
Dec 22, 2020
#98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present
Dec 08, 2020
#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Nov 24, 2020
#96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership
Nov 10, 2020
#95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical
Oct 27, 2020
#94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself
Oct 13, 2020
#93 Matt Holland: Zero Day
Sep 29, 2020
#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget
Sep 15, 2020
#91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence
Sep 01, 2020
#90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize
Aug 18, 2020
#89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
Aug 04, 2020
#88 Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation
Jul 21, 2020
#87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms
Jul 07, 2020
#86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change
Jun 23, 2020
#85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative
Jun 09, 2020
#84 Jennifer Garvey Berger: Creating Routine in Chaos
May 26, 2020
#83 Brian Koppelman: What Really Matters
May 12, 2020
#82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
Apr 28, 2020
#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
Apr 14, 2020
#80 John Maxwell: Developing the Leader in You
Mar 31, 2020
#79 Esther Wojcicki: The “TRICK” to Raising Successful People
Mar 17, 2020
#78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19
Mar 13, 2020
#77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future
Mar 03, 2020
#76 Frank Stephenson: Pushing the Limits of Innovation
Feb 18, 2020
#75 Suzanne Iasenza: Rewriting Relationship Narratives
Feb 04, 2020
#74 Jeff Hunter: Embracing Confusion
Jan 21, 2020
#73 Steven Strogatz: Exploring Curiosities
Jan 07, 2020
#72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits
Dec 24, 2019
#71 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire
Dec 10, 2019
#70 Scott Adams: Avoiding Loserthink
Nov 26, 2019
#69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
Nov 12, 2019
#68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
Oct 15, 2019
#67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
Oct 01, 2019
#66 Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is the Measure
Sep 17, 2019
#65 Shep Gordon: Trust, Compassion, and Shooting Friends from Cannons
Sep 03, 2019
#64 Greg Walton: The Big Impact of Small Interventions
Aug 20, 2019
#63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game
Aug 06, 2019
#62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love
Jul 23, 2019
#61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
Jul 02, 2019
#60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
Jun 18, 2019
#59 Following Intellectual Curiosity with Thomas Tull
May 28, 2019
#57 Sheila Heen: Decoding Difficult Conversations
May 15, 2019
Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
May 14, 2019
#56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success
Apr 16, 2019
#55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
Apr 02, 2019
#54 Jason Fried: Doing the Enough Thing
Mar 19, 2019
#53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers
Mar 05, 2019
#52 Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting with
Feb 19, 2019
#51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
Feb 05, 2019
#50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future
Jan 22, 2019
#49 Brent Gilchrist: Goal Mining
Jan 08, 2019
#48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)
Dec 26, 2018
#47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
Dec 11, 2018
#46 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau: Authenticity, Kindness, and Self Love
Nov 27, 2018
#45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right
Nov 13, 2018
#44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It
Oct 30, 2018
#43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders
Oct 16, 2018
#42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress
Oct 02, 2018
#41 Tobi Lütke: The Trust Battery
Sep 18, 2018
#40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
Sep 05, 2018
#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
Aug 21, 2018
#38 Ali Almossawi: Thinking in Algorithms
Aug 08, 2018
#37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong
Jul 25, 2018
#36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good
Jul 11, 2018
#35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time
Jun 27, 2018
#34 Amelia Boone: Learning How to Suffer
Jun 13, 2018
#33 Dan Ariely: The Truth About Lies
May 25, 2018
#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes
May 02, 2018
#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
Apr 10, 2018
#30 Margaret Heffernan: Collaboration and Competition
Mar 13, 2018
#29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
Feb 21, 2018
#28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi
Jan 23, 2018
#27 Chris Voss: The Art of Letting Other People Have Your Way
Jan 03, 2018
#26 Warren Berger: Improving The Questions You Ask
Dec 14, 2017
#25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us
Nov 30, 2017
#24 Susan Cain: Leading the Quiet Revolution
Nov 01, 2017
#23 Ray Dalio: Life Lessons from a Self-Made Billionaire
Oct 11, 2017
#22 Adam Grant: Givers, Takers, and the Resilient Mind
Sep 21, 2017
#21 Ed Latimore: The Warrior Poet
Aug 09, 2017
#20 Marc Garneau: The Future of Transportation
Jul 02, 2017
Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising
May 30, 2017
#18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
Apr 11, 2017
Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History
Jan 05, 2017
Santorini Wine with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou
Jan 05, 2017
#15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge
Nov 28, 2016
#14 Morgan Housel: Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning
Oct 24, 2016
#13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines
Aug 30, 2016
#12 Véronique Rivest: Wine Lessons
Jul 24, 2016
#11 Ryan Holiday: The Stoic Whisperer
May 16, 2016
Are we too busy to pay attention to life?
Mar 30, 2016
#9 Maestro Alexander Shelley: The Architecture of Music
Mar 18, 2016
#8 Julia Galef: The Art of Changing Minds
Feb 20, 2016
#7 Venkatesh Rao: The Three Types of Decision Makers
Jan 28, 2016
#6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future
Dec 08, 2015
#5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital
Nov 13, 2015
#4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ
Oct 19, 2015
#3 Sanjay Bakshi: Why Mental Models
Sep 18, 2015
#2 Michael Lombardi: Leadership on the Field
May 29, 2015
#1 Michael Mauboussin: When To Trust Your Gut
Apr 28, 2015