American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
Episodes
Wim Hof: My Immune System Can Handle ANYTHING
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wim Hof, AKA The Iceman, is a Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has set Guin...
How to Find your Calling | Robert Greene & Ryan Holiday
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday: How to Find your Calling A modern Machiavelli, Robert Greene is the bestselling author of the 48 Laws of Power, The La...
How This Investor Helped After a Nuclear Disaster | Josh Wolfe
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks American Alchemist is Josh Wolfe. Josh co-founded Lux Capital to support scientists and entrepreneurs who pursue counter-conventional solut...
UFO Material Locked Away at Stanford University feat. Garry Nolan
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Garry Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has publi...
Why American Sperm Count Dropped 41% in 50 years | Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D.
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of environmental medicine and pu...
The “Clock” That Can Predict Death | Dr. Steve Horvath
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Horvath is a German–American aging researcher, geneticist, and biostatistician. He is a professor at the University of California Los Angeles ...
The Company Building Factories in Space | Delian Asparouhov and Will Bruey
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delian Asparouhov and Will Bruey are the cofounders of Varda space. With backgrounds in building the dragon capsule at SpaceX and at Founders Fund, th...
Why The CIA Hired a Team of Psychics | Paul Smith
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parapsychology is a fringey field of physics that involves the study of mind over matter effects. Many elite universities had parapsychology departmen...
The Mysterious Origins of Lyme Disease | Ross Douthat
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s American Alchemist is Ross Douthat: Ross is an American political analyst, blogger, author and New York Times columnist. He was a senior...
Why the Soylent Founder Moved to a Goat Farm | Rob Rhinehart
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s American Alchemist is Rob Rhinehart: Rob is the founder of Soylent, partner at Mars Bio, and author of the blog mostly harmless. He’s ...
Did Jesus do Mushrooms? | Brian Muraresku
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s American Alchemist is Brian Muraresku: Brian is the New York Times bestselling author of the book, The Immortality Key. It documents the...
Can Psychedelics Solve Depression? | Christian Angermayer
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s American Alchemist is Christian Angermayer: entrepreneur, investor, and head of Apeiron Investment Group, which manages 3.5 Billion Doll...
Priceless Investing Secrets from Tinder's Founder | Justin Mateen
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s American Alchemist is Justin Mateen. Justin cofounded Tinder in 2012 and currently runs JAM Fund, a $400 million dollar fund that invests in...
Eric Weinstein: “We Need to Leave Earth Now”
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, cultural commentator and Managing Director of Thiel Capital. He has a theory in physics, called Geometric Unity, wh...
Jake Paul Reflects on Whole Career
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s American Alchemist is the one and only Jake Paul. Come explore the radical mind of one of the Internet’s most notorious personalities and ...