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Forgetful? Harvard Prof Daniel Schacter Explains Why Our Memories Are So Flawed
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we talked to Daniel Schacter, professor of psychology at Harvard and the author of The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets an...
Candy Crush Your Addiction! Adam Alter On What Makes Everything So Irresistible
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys, it's Ben. Before you listen to this week's interview with Adam Alter, author of IRRESISTIBLE: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Busin...
Not Having Sex? Author Rachel Hills Explains Why Your Sex Life is Okay
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys, it's Ben. Before you listen to this week's interview with Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth, please take our **~~exciting~~** survey: --...
Blinkist Podcast 2016 Sampler: Valuable Life Lessons From Self-help Experts to Transform Your Life
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys, it’s Ben. I just wanted to post this quick programming note: I’m away for a little bit because, well, I’m having a baby! Eek! But be...
Is That Even A Thing? Part 2: The Low-Down on What's Trending in Self-Help
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Blinkist Podcast Ben and Caitlin team up for Is That Even a Thing? Part 2. It’s a follow-up to the first Blinkist Podcast ep...
TED Speaker Dan Ariely On Why Human Behavior Is Utterly Irrational
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Blinkist podcast, Ben speaks with esteemed behavioral economist, bestselling author, TED speaker extraordinaire, and all around cool guy ...
Productivity Champion Ari Meisel Shares How He Set Up A Business in 24 hours
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an interview with famous Less Doing More Living author Ari Meisel, a champion of productivity and efficiency. Since beating the incu...
What Great Brands Do: Denise Lee Yohn on how not to be RadioShack | Business
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Blinkist podcast we have an interview with branding expert Denise Lee Yohn, author of the book What Great Brands Do. In the interview, L...
Deep Work: Cal Newport's Formula That Will Transform Your Productivity
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast, we welcome Cal Newport. Newport is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University but most of us know him as t...
Entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani of Mindvalley on Breaking Rules & Optimizing Everything
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
*** Podcast programming alert!! *** Today we have something a little different. Not only do we have Vishen Lakhiani, one of the most forward-thinking...
BONUS: WBO Middleweight Boxing Champion Andy Lee on How Champions Approach Fights
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast, we’re continuing our Olympics-themed episodes, where we’re talking about world-class athletes, these people who made it to t...
David Epstein on the Olympics and Why 10,000 Hours Won’t Make You Great
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have the author of the The Sports Gene, David Epstein. The Sports Gene is a New York Times bestseller about exactly what it sounds like: whe...
David Burkus Debunks Everything You Thought You Knew About Creativity
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second podcast in the Eureka! theme. Last week we spoke with Inventology author Pagan Kennedy, and we’re excited to build on that by fea...
Inventology Author Pagan Kennedy on How to Accidentally Find Genius
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a brand new era! Hot on the heels of the sleep episodes, this week’s podcast is the first of two episodes on the theme of Eureka. Where d...
BONUS: A How-To Sleep Talk with Max Kirsten, the Sleep Coach to the Stars
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus edition of the Blinkist Podcast, we talk to sleep specialist Max Kirsten. Max is a hypnotherapist and a sleep coach, and he’s ...
Arianna Huffington Talks Burnout, Death, & The Power of Sleep
04 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In her book The Sleep Revolution, Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington succinctly sums up the argument she’s been making in books and ...
Getting Things Done, Then What? The Truth Behind Productivity With David Allen
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Blinkist Podcast, Blinkist Magazine Editor-in-Chief Caitlin Schiller speaks with David Allen, known as the man behind the productivit...
WXYZ Jewelry’s Laura Wass on Entrepreneurship, Creativity and How to Dress Beyonce
13 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest producer Emily talks to an old friend who’s brought her small business from twinkle of an idea to globally recognized, Beyoncé-worn recog...
NYT Bestseller Jonah Berger on Creating Viral Products and the Science of Stickiness
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Some ideas and products catch on like wildfire but some plain don’t. One man can tell you exactly why. In this quickie bonus episode, hear Jonah Ber...