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  • #48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)

    Author, educator, and hedge fund advisor, Adam Robinson returns for part 2 of our fascinating discussion. We talk chess, AI, handicapping horse races, and the secret to learning that nobody is teaching.

     

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  • Maisie Williams (Arya Stark, Game of Thrones), Building her new startup, Daisie (#24)

    Maisie Williams (Arya Stark, Game of Thrones) and I sit down to talk about her new startup, Daisie. Daisie is a social network that allows you to collaborate with other creatives working in film, fashion, music, photography, art, and literature. They also talk about remembering show character names, and how Maisie finds balance.

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  • 314: The Simple Way to Finally Set up and Sell Your Online Course (And Scale to $40k a Month and Beyond)

    After sitting in on a free webinar and seeing dozens of people buying a course about urban farming, Nate knew he could also create and sell his own course.

    Nate Dodson of MicroGreensFarmer.com began urban farming initially to take greater control over the food he was eating and to combat Crohn’s disease.

    But he soon found himself growing more than he could reasonably consume, so like any good entrepreneur, he started selling his produce – and specifically microgreens.

    With a little bit of effort, he was selling $400 a week worth of microgreens to farmer’s market vendors, local restaurants, and home delivery in his town.

    But Nate’s little side project has absolutely exploded in the last 2 years, and it hasn’t come from selling more produce. Instead, it’s come from teaching other people how to do what he did.

    Today Nate is selling $40-50k worth of his microgreens business course a month, mostly on autopilot, and he’s followed a very straightforward path to get there that anyone can apply to their own business.

    Tune in to hear how he created his product, how he drives consistent traffic, the simple sales funnel he uses to convert browsers into buyers, and the changes he’s made in his business to increase his revenue to $50k+ a month.

    Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: The Simple Way to Finally Set up and Sell Your Online Course (And Scale to $40k a Month and Beyond)

  • People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Rebroadcast)

    You wouldn’t think you could win a Nobel Prize for showing that humans tend to make irrational decisions. But that’s what Richard Thaler has done. The founder of behavioral economics describes his unlikely route to success; his reputation for being lazy; and his efforts to fix the world — one nudge at a time.

  • Freakonomics Radio Live: “The World’s a Mess. But Oysters, They Hold it Down.”

    Celebrity chef Alex Guarnaschelli joins us to co-host an evening of delicious fact-finding: where a trillion oysters went, whether a soda tax can work, and how beer helped build an empire. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri is our real-time fact-checker.

  • Freakonomics Radio Live: “We Thought of a Way to Manipulate Your Perception of Time.”

    We learn how to be less impatient, how to tell fake news from real, and the simple trick that nurses used to make better predictions than doctors. Journalist Manoush Zomorodi co-hosts; our real-time fact-checker is the author and humorist A.J. Jacobs.

  • Freakonomics Radio Live: “Where Does Fear Live in the Brain?”

    Our co-host is comedian Christian Finnegan, and we learn: the difference between danger and fear; the role of clouds in climate change; and why (and when) politicians are bad at math. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri is our real-time fact-checker.

  • Tim Chang, Consciousness Hacking (#23)

    Tim and I sit down to discuss consciousness-hacking, the future of wearables, nootropics, diet, the ego, our favorite books and much more. Tim Chang is the managing director at Mayfield Fund and has been twice named to the Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors. Tim is also an accomplished musician, who performs in three bands, as well as a body and consciousness-hacking enthusiast.

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  • 313: Making Money in Your Sleep – By Blogging About Sleep

    “Everyone needs it, people tend not to get enough of it – so that’s how the site came about,” said Kieran.

    Kieran MacRae is talking about sleep.

    The site he started is called TheDozyOwl.co.uk, a UK-based site that Kieran has taken from $0 to $2.5k a month in revenue in its first 12 months.

    Do you remember Alan Donegan from PopupBusinessSchool.co.uk in episode 306? He told the story of one of his students getting frustrated with the business generation process; they were having a hard time coming up with anything that really got them excited.

    “I just really like sleeping,” they said in exasperation.

    And for a while, Alan didn’t have a great response. That is, until he learned about Kieran, who was earning a full-time income blogging about sleep and sleep-related products.

    Tune in to hear how Kieran came up with the idea for his site, how he creates the content, and how the site makes money – without a server-shattering volume of traffic.

    Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Making Money in Your Sleep – By Blogging About Sleep

  • 361. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.”

    Our co-host is Grit author Angela Duckworth, and we learn fascinating, Freakonomical facts from a parade of guests. For instance: what we all get wrong about Darwin; what an iPod has in common with the “hell ant”; and how a “memory athlete” memorizes a deck of cards. Mike Maughan is our real-time fact-checker.