Behavior Gap Radio
Episodes
1360 | ep.7 Kind vs. Wicked Learning Environments
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1359 | Time Horizons- How the Game Changes When the Clock Changes
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1358 | Luck — The Variable We Pretend Is Skill
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1357 | The Story Is the Only Map That Works
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1356 | Simple, Complicated, and Complex
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1355 | Danger, Exposure, Vulnerability- Three Different Beasts
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1354 | What Risk Really Is (And Why We Keep Getting It Wrong)
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1353 | The Mag 7 and You
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1352 | An Astonishing Behavior Gap
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1351 | The Investment Process
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1350 | Measure What Matters
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl reflects on how easy it is to drift into tracking the wrong metrics—the ones the world cares about...
1349 | Action Leads to Information
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Field Note episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a real-time lesson from the chaos of airline travel during his book tour. When you’re ...
1348 | Woodchips
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores what he calls the discipline of more—or what he sometimes calls the bigger yes. Instead of figh...
1347 | Questions You Never Asked
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a favorite quote from explorer Rick Ridgeway: “The best journeys answer questions we never though...
1346 | Ecological Naïveté and Money
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl introduces a phrase he’s been searching for: ecological naïveté—the idea that our instincts were per...
1345 | Extreme Assumption Questioning
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Field Note episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a simple but powerful practice: extreme assumption questioning. From $5 million sailboat...
1344 | The Scariest Terrain
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores what he calls “big stupid human tricks”—the kinds of goals that force us to grow into new p...
1343 | Retrospective Coherence AKA Success Porn
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl digs into a simple but unsettling truth: After the fact, randomness always looks like strategy. He unpacks...
1342 | The Book!
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carl’s back on Behavior Gap Radio with a quick, honest update. He shares what the past week of book launch conversations taught him about defining s...
1341 | No. 92 "Stop Calling Jason"
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been wrestling with a question for years: Why do I always call Jason? Jason is a friend of mine who always affirms my ideas.This essay and sket...
1340 | No. 82 "Your Future Self"
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve always been fascinated by this idea: We feel about as much emotional connection to our future selves as we do to a stranger. That explains a lo...
1339 | No. 76 "Alpine Style Life"
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this old mountaineering strategy called siege style.You drag everything up the mountain: extra oxygen, fixed ropes, backup boots, food for w...
1338 | No. 65 "Scary Markets Hugs"
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When markets get scary, most people yell: DO SOMETHING!And most advisors respond with stats, charts, and long-term return arguments.But that’s not w...
1337 | No. 54 "The Big Mistake"
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every investor has felt it.The panic.The urge to act.The voice in your head saying: “Just get me out.”This is The Big Mistake.And if you’re not ...
1336 | No. 45 "Something You Don't Like"
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This might be the simplest sketch I’ve ever made.It’s just four shapes and one word: Diversification.But if you’ve ever built a REAL portfolio, ...
1335 | The Discipline of Fullness
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl introduces a new framework he’s been exploring for decades: the discipline of fullness. Inspired by natu...
1334 | The Servant of the Tool
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After an unplanned two-month break, Carl returns to Behavior Gap Radio with reflections on routines, streaks, and what truly matters. In this episode,...
1333 | No. 34 "Cash Flow Love"
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most budgeting advice feels like punishment.That’s how it felt to me, too... until I realized something simple but powerful:💡 Money’s natural s...
1332 | No. 30 "The Spending Practice"
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve been told to spend less. Cut back. Control ourselves.But what if we practiced spending better instead?This is my behind-the-scenes thinking th...
1331 | No. 20 "Enough Is Enough"
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This essay is from my new book, "Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in Simple Sketches."It’s called “Enough Is Enough,” and in this episode, I unpac...
1330 | No. 10 "Life Meets Money"
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This essay might be one of the most important from my new book, "Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in Simple Sketches."It’s called "Life Meets Money" a...
1329 | The Minimum Effective Dose of Money
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl asks a provocative question: What’s the minimum effective dose of money? Just like medicine or exercise, more isn’t always b...
1328 | The Comparison Audit
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl shares three quick stories—a successful entrepreneur feeling like a failure, a heartfelt compliment from his daughter, and a w...
1327 | The New Superpower: General Resilience
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl explores the quiet panic so many of us are feeling about the future, especially young adults and the parents who love them. From...
1326 | Connection Is the New Luxury
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world of AI-generated books, endless content, and virtual everything… maybe the rarest thing isn’t more information—it’s real human conne...
1325 | Independent, But Not Alone
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does independence really mean? In this special Independence Day episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl unpacks the myth of the self-made person and ...
1324 | Money Is a Cheap Shortcut
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if money is just a cheap shortcut? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a story about grandma’s dinner and explores the deeper fo...
1323 | Organizing Our Lives Around Money
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s at the center of your life? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores the idea that, for many of us, money has quietly become the ...
1322 | Be Less Normal
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the problem isn’t you—it’s what we’ve been told is normal? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl challenges our deeply held assu...
1321 | But Wait… What's the Burn Rate of the Fire?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl revisits his favorite money metaphor—gathering wood for a fire—and adds a new layer: What kind of fire are you building? A s...
1320 | The Mirror and the Scoreboard
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl explores the subtle but dangerous shift from treating money as a scoreboard to letting it become a mirror. When net worth stops ...
1319 | The Greatest Money Trick
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl flips the script on everything we think we want from money. We don’t actually want money—we want what we think it will give ...
1318 | Money and Mistaken Belief
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl challenges one of the deepest money myths out there: Money will finally make us feel safe, happy, or whole. He shares a core ide...
1317 | Gather More Wood
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this adventure journal episode, Carl shares a thought experiment that starts in a quiet cabin and ends with a radical reframing of how we think abo...
1316 | The Game We Can't Stop Playing
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl shares a raw segment from his new one-man show, built around two painfully honest sketches about envy and comparison. He reflect...
1315 | What Is Money, Anyway?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl shares a raw, in-progress segment from his upcoming keynote. What if money is just a story we’ve all agreed to believe? A reli...
1314 | Money as an Agent of Chaos
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl returns from an accidental hiatus with a vulnerable reflection on why he keeps making the show—and why i...
1313 | Deep Shift Ep. 3
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Deep Shift series, Carl explores how tactical curiosity—like obsessing over budgeting apps or fueling strategies—often hide...
1312 | Deep Shift Ep. 2
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two of the Deep Shift series, Carl names the chase we all know too well: tactical curiosity. The frantic hunt for the perfect app, book, or...
1311 | Deep Shift Ep. 1
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of a new series, Carl introduces the Deep Shift framework—his attempt to map the real journey of change. It’s not about pick...
1310 | Be The Wise Money Friend
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this wrap-up to the Your Wise Money Friend series, Carl shares where the idea came from and why it matters. People don’t want another financial p...
1309 | A Wise Money Friend Holds the Mirror Gently
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the Your Wise Money Friend series, Carl reflects on what it means to hold the mirror gently. A wise money friend helps you see...
1308 | A Wise Money Friend Asks Better Questions
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode nine of the Your Wise Money Friend series, Carl highlights a defining trait of true support: Instead of rushing to give answers, instead as...
1307 | A Wise Money Friend Doesn’t Have an Agenda
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Your Wise Money Friend series, Carl shares a simple but rare truth: A wise money friend doesn’t have an agenda. They’re not...
1306 | A Wise Money Friend Believes You’re Enough
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl continues the Your Wise Money Friend series with a powerful reminder: A wise money friend believes you are enough—even when yo...
1305 | A Wise Money Friend Doesn’t Judge the Dream
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode six of Your Wise Money Friend, Carl explores what it means to honor someone's dreams—big, small, wild, or vague—without judgment. A wis...
1304 | A Wise Money Friend Respects Your Timing
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode five of Your Wise Money Friend, Carl reflects on how true wisdom isn’t pushy. A wise money friend doesn’t rush your process or pressure...
1303 | A Wise Money Friend Helps You Pause
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode four of Your Wise Money Friend, Carl shares how a wise money friend helps you pause, not to stop you, but to give you space. Space between ...
1302 | A Wise Money Friend Knows It’s All Connected
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three of Your Wise Money Friend, Carl reminds us that to a wise money friend, your story is never just about money. They listen between the...
1301 | A Wise Money Friend Is Curious, Not Correct
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two of Your Wise Money Friend, Carl explores the idea that wisdom isn’t about being right—it’s about being present. A wise money frie...
1300 | A Wise Money Friend Doesn’t Shame You
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special 1,300th episode, Carl kicks off a new series called Your Wise Money Friend. Episode one starts with a simple but powerful idea: A wise...
1299 | Wise Money Friend Intro
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this kickoff episode, Carl introduces a new series called Your Wise Money Friend—a collection of short, gentle reflections to help you pause, not...
1298 | What Did You Feel?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not about what you spent—it’s about what you felt. In this field episode from Los Angeles, Carl shares a shift in how he thinks about money...
1297 | The Spending Practice
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Money isn’t math—it’s practice. In this episode, Carl reframes every financial decision as a chance to get more aligned with who you really are....
1296 | Transaction to Transformation
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if every transaction became a moment of transformation? In this episode, Carl asks what would happen if your values showed up not after you spend...
1295 | Embedding Values Into Transactions
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if every transaction was a chance to practice your values? In this episode, Carl explores how even the smallest purchases—coffee, groceries, fl...
1294 | The Feeling of a Transaction
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So much of what we do with money is just autopilot—spend, save, stress, repeat. In this episode, Carl invites us to slow down, feel the pattern, and...
1293 | Installed by Accident
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people didn’t choose their relationship with money—it was installed by accident. In this short episode, Carl unpacks how our money stories ge...
1292 | If Your Banking App Had a Soul
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl invites us to imagine a different kind of financial tool—one with a soul. Instead of pushing speed and c...
1291 | Rewrite the Code
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl reframes the idea of “managing money” by asking a bold question: What if the real work isn’t about m...
1290 | You Don’t Need More Financial Advice
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl challenges the endless flood of financial advice by asking a deeper question: What if the problem isn’t ...
1289 | Insight Instead of Shame
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl continues exploring the idea of an emotional operating system for your financial life by asking: What if m...
1288 | Emotionally Loaded
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl introduces the idea he’s been wrestling with for nearly two decades: building an emotional operating sys...
1287 | More Money, More Possibility?
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard it: “More money, more problems.” But what if that’s only one way to see it? In this episode, I share a conversation with Rabbi...
1286 | Certainty Sounds Like Shouting
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A real email exchange about a home repair gone wrong reveals something deeper: how writing without curiosity—especially when we’re certain we’re...
1285 | You’re the Bottleneck (And That’s Good News)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're frustrated by bottlenecks in your projects, teams, or creative work... look closer. It might be you. In this episode, Carl shares why that's...
1284 | More Money Won't Fill the Hole
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all say money can't buy happiness. But deep down, are we hoping it can remove our unhappiness? In this episode, Carl flips the script—and asks wh...
1283 | What Are You Solving For?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores a deceptively simple question: What are you solving for? Whether it’s a mountain bike race, a b...
1282 | Into the Fire
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl takes us inside a classroom exercise that never fails to surprise him—and might surprise you, too. What’...
1281 | Stop Hoping for a Better Past
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a quote that hit him like a ton of bricks: “Sooner or later, you’re going to have to give up al...
1280 | Rise Above It
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a sketch—and a story—from his upcoming book, Your Money: Reimagining Wealth Through Simple Sket...
1279 | Don’t Throw in the Towel
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling stuck in a loop? Like every day is just… the same? In this episode, Carl explores what happens when purpose goes missing—and why the small...
1278 | Would You Die for It… or Just Do the Dishes?
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s more heroic—dying for something or living for it? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores why it’s often harder (and more me...
1277 | Find Your Fire
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever felt that spark when watching someone do something incredible—like you're catching a glimpse of pure passion in action? That feeling isn't rand...
1276 | Expect Feelings
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever grab an electric fence? Carl has—and he says that’s exactly what money conversations can feel like when we don’t expect emotions. In this s...
1275 | Sensations Over Stories
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever found yourself spiraling into a story before you even know what’s happening? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a powerful tool...
1274 | One Square Inch of Solid Ground
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When life feels out of control—markets crashing, job uncertainty, financial stress—Carl shares the most reliable response: a flight to simplicity....
1273 | The Practice Is the Point
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever nailed your morning routine only to find yourself doom-scrolling by 2:47 p.m.? In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl unpacks why we fall of...
1272 | What Are You Waiting For?
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl explores the strange magic of urgency and asks a simple question: What are you waiting for? Whether it’s...
1271 | The One Thing That Changes Everything (About Your Money Decisions)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares his most tactical money decision-making tool: the Financial Pause. Forget budgets and spreadsheets—...
1270 | Questions, Not Advice
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this gentle reminder from Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares what to do when someone comes to you feeling nervous, scared, or uncertain—and thinks a...
1269 | The Market Didn't Make You Scared
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this quiet but powerful episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a simple phrase that might just rearrange the furniture in your brain: We live i...
1268 | We Are Wasting Our Lives
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl comes in hot with a wake-up call about the hidden cost of distractions. He shares shocking stats about how...
1267 | The Time Illusion
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl takes on the wild, stretchy nature of time—why we can procrastinate for months on a task that only takes minutes. He explores ...
1266 | Luck-Based Games
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl explores a powerful framework for navigating creative and financial risk: understanding whether you're playing a luck-based or s...
1265 | It Didn't Occur to Me
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl shares a personal experiment in breaking free from the “dopamine machine”—those tempting websites and distractions that qu...
1264 | The Greatest Risk
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl explores what he believes is the greatest risk of all—not failure, but waking up one day and realizing we haven’t been the p...
1263 | Residual Risk
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carl dives into one of his most-quoted ideas: "Risk is what's left over after you think you've thought of everything." He unpacks the...
1262 | If You're Scared, Make It Smaller
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a simple but powerful idea: When something feels too scary—whether it’s launching a business, w...
1261 | A Flight to Simplicity
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Behavior Gap Radio, Carl shares a powerful mindset for navigating uncertainty—whether it’s a looming recession or just a vague ...