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Episode 1: Scott Galloway
Scott’s favorite follow on Twitter: Naval Ravikant
- Scott’s take on Naval: “I think that guy's a f*#@ing genius. I mean that's one of those things where you read his tweets and you think, God, why can't I be that smart and insightful?”
- Naval’s thread that made him Twitter famous
Scott’s books: The Algebra of Happiness and The Four.
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Episode 2: Jon Stein
Jon’s favorite Twitter follow: Dan Egan, Managing Director of Behavioral Finance and Investing at Betterment
Jon’s favorite recent read: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Jon’s favorite recent listen: Taylor Swift’s latest album, Lover
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Episode 3: Samantha Wasser
Samantha’s favorite milk alternative: Oatly oat milk
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Episode 4: Amol Sarva
Amol plugged...Scott Galloway’s Twitter, which can be found here.
Amol recommended the book The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.
Amol’s favorite recent listen: Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus
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Episode 5: Sallie Krawcheck
Sallie’s favorite Twitter follow: Melinda Gates
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Episode 6: Downtown Josh Brown
Josh’s favorite Twitter follow: Ramp Capital
- Scott’s take on Ramp Capital: “Dude, he is literally the funniest. And in real life, he’s not that funny...And it’s not all nonsense. Like he’s saying meaningful things in a funny way.”
Josh’s books: Backstage Wall Street and Clash of the Financial Pundits
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Episode 7: Ben Sun
Ben has traveled to 40+ countries. His best travel rec? Go to Rwanda and go on a gorilla trek. Learn more about that here.
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Episode 8: Matthew Ball
Matthew houses his impressive essays on his website here. Check out his work on video games.
Matthew recently binge-watched Watchmen on HBO.
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Episode 9: Spencer X
Spencer mentioned his affinity for the work of Gary Vaynerchuck, whom you can follow on Twitter here.
Spencer recommended the TikTok work of Cash Baker.
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Episode 10: Arianna Simpson
Arianna's favorite Twitter follow: Elizabeth Stark
Arianna recommended Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez.
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Episode 11: Reshma Saujani
Reshma's favorite follow across platforms: Béyonce. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
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Episode 12: Daniel Schreiber
Daniel referenced Lemonade's "#FreethePink" campaign. Here's the Chrome extension he referenced.
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Episode 13: Kara Swisher
Kara listens to Marc Maron's podcast, WTF.
Kara is listening to a book on tape: David McCullough's The Great Bridge.
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Episode 14: Neal Freyman
Follow Neal, aka the Brew's managing editor, here.
Read all of our Decade in Review content here.
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Episode 15: Nik Sharma and Zak Normandin
Learn more about Zak's Iris Nova here.
Learn more about Nik's work here.
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Episode 16: Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary's favorite Twitter follow is Phil Hughes.
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Episode 17: Rebecca Kaden
Rebecca's favorite Twitter follow is Andy Weissman.
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Episode 18: Moiz Ali
Moiz watches this video every morning.
Moiz recommends Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's.
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Episode 19: Michael Lombardi
Michael loves this quote, often misattributed to philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
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Episode 20: Brynn Putnam
Brynn thinks the Shake Weight is among the most overrated pieces of fitness tech in recent memory.
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Episode 21: Dan Primack
Dan's favorite Twitter follows are venture capitalist Fred Wilson and Axios chief financial correspondent Felix Salmon.
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Episode 22: Jason Fried
Jason said, of all of today's famous CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg has had the worst impact on workplace culture.
Jason co-authored It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
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Episode 23: Anthony Casalena
Anthony recommended the Nuzzel aggregation app.
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Episode 24: Josh Ostrovsky aka The Fat Jewish
Check out Josh's wine brand, Babe, here.
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Episode 25: David Heath
Dave said the most important lesson he's learned is to recognize you can't do it all.
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Episode 26: Downtown Josh Brown, pt. 2
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Episode 29: Fritz Lanman
Fritz said the most important lesson he's learned is that it doesn't matter what you do for a living as long as it excites you.
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Episode 39: Brian Deese
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Episode 40: Kinsey Grant (this host)
Follow Kinsey (me) on Twitter here. Follow our producer, Marilyn, here.
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Episodes 41 and 42: Ray Dalio
Check out Ray's book, Principles, here.
Listen to Part I of the episode here. Listen to Part II here.
Episodes 43 and 44: Chamath Palihapitiya
Check out Chamath's hot takes on Twitter here.
Listen to Part I of the episode here. Listen to Part II here.
Keep checking back here for updates. We’ll add recommendations every time a new episode drops.