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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
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Bob Roth
Bobby Roth, founder and CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, has been teaching transcendental meditation for 54 years after learning the technique at age 18 in 1969. Originally aspiring to be a U.S. Sen…
Garry Tan
Gary Tan is the CEO of Y Combinator, the legendary startup accelerator that has funded companies like Airbnb, DoorDash, and Coinbase. A former founder himself who went through YC in 2008 with Posterou…
Clown of Slipknot
Shawn Crahan, known as Clown and #6 in Slipknot, reflects on the band's 25-year journey from Des Moines basement rehearsals to global metal phenomenon. As the band's founding member and artistic visio…
Chris Best
Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, discusses the platform's evolution from a 2017 essay complaint about internet media economics to a $650 million company powering independent publishing. Bes…
Brian Hoyer
This conversation features an EMF specialist who has tested over 5,000 homes and works with professional athletes, new construction projects, and chronically ill patients. Drawing from his background …
GT Dave
GT Dave, founder and CEO of GT's Living Foods, discusses his 30-year journey building the kombucha industry from a teenage passion project into a nationwide brand. Dave started making kombucha at age …
Jeff Harmon
This conversation features the co-founder of Angel Studios, a revolutionary entertainment company that has disrupted Hollywood's traditional model by putting audience decision-making at the center of …
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill sits down with Rick Rubin to discuss his evolution from comedic actor to writer-director, exploring his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, the Coen Brothers, and Gus Va…
Anne Lamott & Neal Allen
Neil Gaiman and Anne Lamott discuss their collaborative book Good Writing, which combines Neil's 36 practical writing rules collected over decades with Anne's spiritual approach to the craft. Neil, a …
Adam Neumann
Adam Neumann, co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, sits down for an extensive conversation about his journey from Israeli kibbutz life to building one of the world's fastest-growing companies, through…
Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler is an interior designer and founder of Kelly Wearstler Studio, known for luxury hospitality and residential projects. She also runs Side Hustle, a gallery featuring emerging and establ…
Eric Roth
Eric Roth, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter behind Forrest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and A Star Is Born, joins Rick Rubin for an expansive conversation about storytelling, adapt…
Greg Brockman (Part 2)
Greg Brockman, co-founder and President of OpenAI, discusses his journey from building the first reverse Turing test game in 2008 to co-founding one of the world's leading AI companies. His early fasc…
Greg Brockman (Part 1)
Greg Brockman, co-founder and President of OpenAI, discusses the dramatic 72-hour firing and reinstatement saga that nearly destroyed the company in November 2023. As someone who abandoned his preferr…
Chris Pavlosvki
Chris Pavlovski, founder and CEO of Rumble, discusses building the video platform from a small creator-focused service in 2013 to a major YouTube competitor with 47 million monthly active users. Born …
David Whyte - ON LOVE
David Whyte, renowned poet and philosopher, explores the transformative nature of romantic love through poetry, personal narrative, and philosophical reflection. Speaking from his deep experience with…
BIll Gurley
Bill Gurley, former Benchmark Capital partner and Wall Street analyst, discusses his transition from public markets to venture capital, his decision to step back from active investing, and his new boo…
George Saunders
George Saunders, acclaimed author and Syracuse University professor, discusses his creative process and approach to storytelling. Known for his short story collections and the novel Lincoln in the Bar…
Dr. Mary Bowden
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) surgeon who practiced in Houston, Texas. She completed her residency training at UTMB Galveston and Stanford, then joined private practice befo…
Barry Diller
Barry Diller, legendary media executive and chairman of IAC, reflects on five decades of transforming entertainment from his early days at ABC through building Fox Broadcasting Network. His career spa…
Mike White
Mike White, creator and writer-director of HBO's White Lotus, discusses his unconventional path through Hollywood, from his early days as a minister's son in Pasadena to becoming one of television's m…
Daron Malakian - ON METAL (Part 2)
Daron Malakian, guitarist and primary songwriter for System of a Down, takes listeners through a comprehensive journey of extreme metal evolution with host Rick Rubin. Malakian shares his personal exp…
Daron Malakian - ON METAL (Part 1)
This conversation features a detailed exploration of heavy metal's evolution from its earliest roots through the mid-1980s thrash movement. The discussion traces the genre's development from blues-bas…
Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong is the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase, a $90 billion public company that has become the most trusted cryptocurrency platform in the United States. His journey began with studying compu…
Mike Cessario
Mike Cessario, founder and CEO of Liquid Death, discusses building a water brand that markets like an energy drink company. Coming from an advertising agency background working on campaigns for Volksw…
Dan Brown
Dan Brown, bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and creator of Robert Langdon, discusses his latest novel The Secret of Secrets, an eight-year exploration of human consciousness set in Prague. Brow…
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