The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett

Pierre Poilievre — now on his THIRD podcast in our system (JRE #2470, DOAC). Conservative Party of Canada leader on the economy, housing, and Trump. Cross-podcast reference.

Dr. Rhonda Patrick — biomedical scientist, FoundMyFitness. Anti-aging, visceral fat, receipt paper toxicity. Her THIRD podcast in our system (Ferriss #819, DOAC). Cross-podcast validation of exercise and metabolic health Canon.

Karen Hao — AI journalist and whistleblower. Claims AI companies are hiding the truth about AI capabilities and risks. The gap between public messaging ('AI is safe') and internal knowledge ('we don't know what we're building').

David Sinclair — Harvard professor, aging researcher. Claims aging can be reversed — cells appeared 75% younger after 8 weeks in tests. His information theory of aging: aging is a loss of epigenetic information, not genetic damage.

Chase Hughes — behavioral expert and former military interrogator. How to read people, influence behavior, and detect deception. The science of nonverbal communication and persuasion.

Daniel Priestley — entrepreneur and author. Claims plumbers will earn more than lawyers. Predicted the 2008 crash, now warning about 2029. AI will destroy white-collar jobs while blue-collar trades become scarce and valuable.

Robert Pape — political scientist, director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Simulated the Iran war for 20 years. What happens next: the scenarios, the costs, and why most public discourse about war is dangerously uninformed.

Wesley Huff — historian making the case for the historical Jesus. Academic arguments for Christianity's historical claims. Not devotional — analytical.

WW3 Threat Assessment roundtable with former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante and others. Geopolitical risk analysis: where are we actually at risk, and what does the intelligence community see that the public doesn't?

Gavin de Becker — top security advisor, author of The Gift of Fear. Claims Epstein was 'a made up person' and warns about digital surveillance. How to trust your intuition about danger.

Jocko Willink — former Navy SEAL commander, author of Extreme Ownership and Discipline Equals Freedom. Routine-building, leadership under pressure, and why discipline IS freedom, not its opposite.

Jessie Inchauspé — the Glucose Goddess. Biochemist on blood sugar management: the link between glucose spikes and depression, anxiety, cravings, and fatigue. Practical hacks: vinegar before meals, savory breakfasts, veggie starters.

Dara Khosrowshahi — CEO of Uber. Majority of rides could be robot-operated within 15-20 years. Other executives are 'lying about AI' — they say it'll be fine publicly but privately admit millions of jobs are gone. Demands employees answer weekend emails or 'get pushed out.'

Ryan Holiday — now on his THIRD podcast in our system (KP #208, DOAC). Five Stoic practices for peace, purpose, and resilience. Cross-podcast Canon validation from the modern Stoicism source himself.

Chris Williamson — host of Modern Wisdom. Goal setting, procrastination psychology, dating strategy, and designing your 2026. Williamson's approach: evidence-based self-improvement without the woo.

Jefferson Fisher returns — now on his SECOND podcast in our system (Shetty + DOAC). Gaslighting, communication patterns that predict divorce, and how to have conversations that build rather than destroy relationships. Cross-podcast Canon validation.

Yoshua Bengio — Turing Award winner, co-inventor of deep learning. Now one of the most prominent voices warning about AI risk. Claims we have 2 years before AI fundamentally changes the job market. When the co-inventor of the technology warns about it, the warning carries different weight.

Chris Koerner on passive income and business acquisition. Practical strategies for building revenue streams. The clickbait title is aggressive but the content covers real acquisition strategy.

Brené Brown — vulnerability researcher, author of Daring Greatly and Atlas of the Heart. The role of power in leadership, courage as a skill set, and building trust. Cross-references to Ferriss (fear-setting), Holiday (Stoicism), and the true self/false self Canon.

Yuval Noah Harari — author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. AI changing everything, the importance of stories, why soulmates are a myth, and the battle for human attention.

Dr. Chris van Tulleken — author of Ultra-Processed People. UPF is worse than smoking for health outcomes. The food industry knowingly engineers addictive products. 60% of calories in the US/UK diet come from ultra-processed food.

Ray Dalio — founder of Bridgewater (B+ AUM). His framework for how empires rise and fall applied to America and the UK right now. Debt cycles, internal conflict, external rivals, and what history says happens next. When the founder of the world's largest hedge fund warns about dark times, the data behind it matters.

Roman Yampolskiy — AI safety researcher. His thesis: we cannot control a superintelligent AI, and we're building one anyway. The simulation argument. Only 5 types of jobs will survive AI automation. The most pessimistic credible voice on AI risk.

Mo Gawdat — former Chief Business Officer of Google X. Author of Scary Smart. The next 15 years will be chaotic as AI disrupts everything, but if we survive the transition, the outcome could be extraordinary. Only 5 jobs will remain. The happiness equation still applies.

Evan Spiegel — Snapchat CEO. The mistake that nearly killed the company (the disastrous 2018 redesign), what he learned from it, competing with TikTok and Instagram, and building a company culture that survives near-death experiences.