The Jordan Harbinger Show
Episodes
770: Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames | Surviving NXIVM Part One
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Edmondson (@sarahjedmondson) and Anthony "Nippy" Ames (@nippyames) are two former NXIVM cult members turned whistleblowers. Together, they host ...
769: Narcissist's Antics Make Parents Go Frantic | Feedback Friday
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most resources seem to focus on how to separate from people with narcissistic behaviors and get them out of your life — but what are you supposed to...
768: Chase Hughes | The Behavioral Table of Elements
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chase Hughes (@thechasehughes) created The Behavioral Table of Elements for behavior analysis in interrogations, and is the author of The Ellipsis ...
767: Sohom Das | Decoding Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and Anna Delvey
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sohom Das (@dr_s_das) is a consultant forensic psychiatrist who works in prisons and criminal courts to assess and rehabilitate mentally ill offen...
766: Banned Foods | Skeptical Sunday
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are so many of the snacks and drinks offered as safe for consumption in the United States wholly banned in other parts of the world? How bad could...
765: Fella Fretting from Furtive Front Seat Fellatio | Feedback Friday
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You're a straight man who was sexually assaulted by another man when you were just 21 years old, and it's haunted you ever since. Additionally, you be...
764: Nick Bilton | Hunting the Dark Web's Silk Road Kingpin
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist for The New York Times, and author o...
763: Laowhy86 | China Uprising | Out of the Loop
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Laowhy86 (@laowhy86) — aka Matthew Tye, aka C-Milk — is a Westerner who lived in China for 10 years, and watched it change from an opening and li...
762: Where on Earth Is Sibling Abducted at Birth? | Feedback Friday
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysterious circumstances suggest your brother didn't die at birth per "official" sources in Cold War-era East Germany, but he may have actually been a...
761: Bradley Steyn | Undercover with Mandela's Spies Part Two
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Steyn (@bradley_steyn_) is an expert on risk mitigation, operational support, and racial injustice. He is the co-author of Undercover with Ma...
760: Bradley Steyn | Undercover with Mandela's Spies Part One
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Steyn (@bradley_steyn_) is an expert on risk mitigation, operational support, and racial injustice. He is the co-author of Undercover with Ma...
759: Can Mom Cease As Family Man's Side Piece? | Feedback Friday
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When your mother is the other woman in some other family's affair, how do you compel her to do the right thing and walk away? We'll tackle this and mo...
758: David Buss | The Evolution of Desire
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Buss (@ProfDavidBuss) is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is considered the world’s leading scientific exper...
757: Annie Duke | The Power of Knowing When to Quit
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Duke (@annieduke) is a World Series poker champion, a shrewd decision-maker, and the author of Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When Y...
756: Seeking Reconciliation After Abusing a Relation | Feedback Friday
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a child, you were sexually abused by an older sibling, and you, in turn, abused your younger sibling. How can you overcome the guilt and shame you ...
755: Dr. Sohom Das | Rehabilitating the Criminally Insane
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sohom Das (@dr_s_das) is a consultant forensic psychiatrist who works in prisons and criminal courts to assess and rehabilitate mentally ill offen...
754: Miki Mistrati | The Dark Side of the Chocolate Industry
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Miki Mistrati (@MrMistrati) is the award-winning director of three international documentaries exposing brutal trafficking and illegal child labor in ...
753: A Clandestine Crossdresser's Conundrum | Feedback Friday
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you're a secret crossdresser who's had a secret affair with another married man whose untimely death left you grieving in secret, it's got you wo...
752: Angela Duckworth | How to Grow Your Grit
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Duckworth (@angeladuckw) is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, founder of the non-profit Character Lab, co-host of th...
751: General Robert Spalding | China's Playbook for Global Domination
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
General Robert Spalding (@@robert_spalding) is a retired US Air Force brigadier general, the CEO of digital infrastructure company SEMPRE, and the aut...
750: Can You Help Friend Shake His Psychotic Break? | Feedback Friday
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your best friend's tether to reality was severed by a psychotic break when you were living abroad, and you were disheartened upon returning to discove...
749: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part Two
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yasmine Mohammed (@yasmohammedxx) is a human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim-majority countries, as well as...
748: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part One
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yasmine Mohammed (@yasmohammedxx) is a human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim-majority countries, as well as...
747: Would a Girlboss Wife Ruin Your Boyboss Life? | Feedback Friday
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Would marrying your type-A "girlboss" special lady friend cramp that type-A "boyboss" lifestyle you've been rocking since college? We'll try to find a...
746: Yass Alizadeh | Iran Protests | Out of the Loop
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yass Alizadeh (@AlizadehYass) is a clinical assistant professor of Persian language and literature and the Persian program coordinator at New York Uni...
745: Dave Farina | Debunking Junk Science Myths
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Farina (@daveexplains) is on a mission to make science make sense for everyone — whether it's through his Professor Dave Explains YouTube chann...
744: Heinous Bro Needs the Old Heave-Ho | Feedback Friday
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your brother is such an overall horrible, vicious, violent person that the cops could pick him up for murder and you'd confidently say, "I'm pretty su...
743: Dr. Ramani | How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist Part Two
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ramani Durvasula (@DoctorRamani) is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology, media expert, and author. Her latest book is "Don't You Know...
742: Dr. Ramani | How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist Part One
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ramani Durvasula (@DoctorRamani) is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology, media expert, and author. Her latest book is "Don't You Know...
741: Is Marriage Impaired by Emotional Affairs? | Feedback Friday
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
He may not physically be cheating on you, but his penchant for "mentoring" young women — on at least four occasions that you know of — is tantamou...
740: Ryan Holiday | Discipline is Destiny (Live from Los Angeles)
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Holiday (@ryanholiday) is the host of The Daily Stoic podcast and the bestselling author of countless books about marketing, culture, Stoicism, a...
739: Matthew Campbell | Examining Global Shipping’s Grim Underbelly
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Campbell (@MattCampbell) is an award-winning reporter and editor for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine and the co-author, with Kit Chellel, of D...
738: "Perfect" Pastor is a Predatory Disaster | Feedback Friday
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when the very married pastor you've known your whole life as a pillar of the church and community propositions you on LGBTQ hookup app ...
737: Winston Sterzel | Don't Lose Your Bacon in a Pig-Butchering Scam
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winston Sterzel (@serpentza) is a South African vlogger and video producer who lived in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of China for 14 years. He h...
736: Ian Bremmer | The Power of Crisis to Change the World
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer) is a political scientist, the president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, and the author of NYT bestseller The P...
735: Reputation's Been Bruised Since Wrongly Accused | Feedback Friday
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Though your name's been officially cleared, a shadow of doubt about your true innocence looms over every interaction since being falsely accused of se...
734: Scott Galloway | Course Correcting an America Adrift
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) hosts The Prof G Pod and The Prof G Show, cohosts Pivot with Kara Swisher, publishes the No Mercy/No Malice newslette...
733: Maya Shankar | Adapting to a Slight Change of Plans
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maya Shankar (@slightchangepod) is a cognitive scientist who once aspired to become a career violinist, and is the creator, executive producer, and ho...
732: Low-Key Beguiler is a Cheating Butt-Dialer | Feedback Friday
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your wife of 11 years has butt-dialed you twice in conversation with another man, and she lied about her whereabouts when you tracked her phone. Are y...
731: Why We Owe People Honesty | Deep Dive
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into the pros and cons of candor, how honesty is a core element of all healthy a...
730: Nury Turkel | A Witness to China's Uyghur Genocide
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nury Turkel (@nuryturkel) is a human rights attorney for the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and the author of No Escape: The True St...
729: Sexsomnia Guilt-Free After PTSD? | Feedback Friday
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As you have a higher libido than your partner, it seems as though it should feel like a blessing when he makes sexual advances on you in the middle of...
728: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) shows us how we can defend ourselves against would-be con artists and use the same principles for more benign purposes i...
727: Neil deGrasse Tyson | Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, host of StarTalk Radio, and author. He is kind enough t...
726: Helping a Guy Whose Wife's an Escort on the Sly | Feedback Friday
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is your 10-year marriage worth saving when you've just discovered your wife has been working as a "non-intimate" escort behind your back? We'll try to...
725: Paul Holes | Solving America's Cold Cases
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Holes (@PaulHoles) is a former investigator known for his contributions to solving the Golden State Killer case using advanced methods of identif...
724: Bill Nye | The End is Nye
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Nye (@billnye) is a lifelong champion of science who is determined to teach you something today that you didn’t know yesterday — whether it’...
723: Should I Relive the Drama of Childhood Trauma? | Feedback Friday
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It didn't bring back any particularly traumatic memories when your older brother confessed that he molested you when you were children. Would it be wo...
722: Brian Brushwood | Scam Your Way into Anything
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Brushwood (@shwood) has spent the last 20 years entertaining and teaching people how to harness the deceptive (and self-deceptive) skills of sci...
721: Jason Feifer | Build for Tomorrow
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Feifer (@heyfeifer) is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, host of the Build for Tomorrow podcast, and author of Build for Tomorrow: A...
720: Should You Confess You Know He's Not Your Dad? | Feedback Friday
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You recently discovered that the person you've always thought was your uncle is actually your biological father, and suddenly it makes sense why you n...
719: Reid Hoffman | Adaptability Is the New Stability
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) is a co-founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of the podcast Masters of Scale, and co-author of the ...
718: Barbara F. Walter | How Civil Wars Start (And How to Stop Them)
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara F. Walter (@bfwalter) is the Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of Californ...
717: Coming Out as Polyamorous to My Family | Feedback Friday
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While you're in the most fulfilling relationship of your life, how do you let your fairly conservative family know it's not quite what they'd consider...
716: Jo Marchant | Placebos and the Science of Mind over Body
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Marchant (@JoMarchant) is an award-winning journalist, speaker, and author of The Human Cosmos, The Shadow King, and the New York Times bestseller ...
715: Cindy Otis | Spotting Fake News Like a CIA Analyst
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy Otis (@cindyotis_) is a former CIA military analyst specializing in disinformation threat analysis and counter-messaging, and is the author of T...
714: How "Real" Is a Dad Who Denies You Exist? | Feedback Friday
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adopted and raised by a loving family, you were still curious enough to seek out your biological parents and learn their story when you reached adulth...
713: Marion Nestle | How Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marion Nestle (@marionnestle) is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University...
712: Brad Klontz | Harnessing the Power of Financial Psychology
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Klontz (@drbradklontz) is a financial psychologist, Managing Principal at Your Mental Wealth Advisors, and co-author of six books on the psyc...
711: Prankster Precariously Pushing Partner's Patience | Feedback Friday
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your prankster partner is precariously pushing your patience by habitually heaping his hazardously humorless hijinks on you. How can you reclaim some ...
710: Sebastian Junger | How War and Crisis Create a Tribe
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger) is a journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. He j...
709: John Abramson | How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Abramson (@drjohnabramson) is a physician, lecturer of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, and author of Overdosed America: The Bro...
708: Familiarizing Family with Your Felonious Fella | Feedback Friday
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your new beau served five years in prison for being tangentially connected to a non-violent, but high-profile crime. You love him, trust him, and beli...
707: Johann Hari | Why You Can't Pay Attention—And What to Do About It
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johann Hari (@johannhari101) is a New York Times best-selling author and top-rated TED speaker. His latest book is Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Att...
706: Tessa West | How to Deal with Jerks at Work
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa West (@tessawestnyu) is a social psychology professor at New York University and the author of Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do Abo...
705: Gabe’s Front-Row Seat to Florid Psychosis | Feedback Friday
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this Feedback Friday, Gabe relays the tragic story of a paranoid schizophrenic neighbor that illustrates just how destabilizing unchecked mental il...
704: Robert Greene | The Emotions Behind Success, Mastery, and Power
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy, including The 48 Laws of Power and The Art ...
703: Benjamin Hardy | How to Be Your Future Self Now
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Hardy (@BenjaminPHardy) is an organizational psychologist and author of books about willpower, self-limiting beliefs, teamwork, and the pur...
702: Atheist Teen Stressed by Mom's Church Scene | Feedback Friday
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a closeted, bi, teen atheist, it's a bummer your mom makes you go to a church — three times a week — that has a problem with your very existenc...
701: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part Two
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo) is a contributing writer at The New York Times specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of El Narco: Inside Mexico'...
700: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part One
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo) is a contributing writer at The New York Times specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of El Narco: Inside Mexico'...
699: Can An Open Marriage Be Anxiety-Free? | Feedback Friday
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your wife and you agree that introducing BDSM and ethical non-monogamy into your marriage has brought you some of the happiest and closest times in yo...
698: Sam Harris | Rationally Confronting the Irrational
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris (@samharrisorg) is a neuroscientist, author, and philosopher; he’s also a staunch critic of religion (while being an advocate of mindfuln...
697: Peter Santenello | Inspecting Perspectives the Media Neglects
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Santenello (@petersantenello) is a videomaker, traveler, and entrepreneur whose videos shine a light on the world the media fails to capture -- ...
696: You Can't Part from His Cheatin' Heart | Feedback Friday
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your spouse is a louse with a heart that's been cheating. Though you long to leave him, your resolve has been fleeting. You know you should go, so wha...
695: Malcolm Gladwell | Imperfect Puzzles and Mismatched Demeanors
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Gladwell (@gladwell) has written multiple bestsellers that are probably on your shelf right now, including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outlie...
694: Carole Hooven | How Testosterone Dominates and Divides Us
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carole Hooven (@hoovlet) teaches and co-directs the undergraduate program in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and i...
693: Lottery | Skeptical Sunday
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people play the lottery every day. Is it just a harmless game, or something more insidious? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition...
692: Self-Defense Against Ex Led to Unjust Arrest | Feedback Friday
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your faith in the justice system has been shaken because you were arrested for defending yourself against a gun-wielding ex who was threatening to end...
691: Shaquille O’Neal | Circling Back on Flat Earth Theory
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shaquille O'Neal (@SHAQ) has been retired from basketball for years, but he’s still got his irons in plenty of fires. Here, we’ll discuss everythi...
690: Jane McGonigal | How to See the Future and Be Ready for Anything
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jane McGonigal (@avantgame) is a futurist who specializes in designing games that challenge players to tackle real-world problems, and is the bestsell...
689: Her Beau is Faux, But She Doesn't Know | Feedback Friday
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You were happy for your roommate's sister when it seemed her new boyfriend was a keeper who made her happy. Unfortunately, it's become obvious he's a ...
688: A-Rod | Still Having a Ball After All
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A-Rod (aka Alex Rodriguez) (@AROD) is a 3x MVP, 14-time All-Star, and World Series champion. As of 2016, he was the highest-paid player in major leagu...
687: Amy Webb | Changing Lives with Synthetic Biology
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Webb (@amywebb) is an author and the founder and CEO of The Future Today Institute -- a leading foresight and strategy firm that helps leaders and...
686: An Abuser's Dead: Get Him Out of Your Head | Feedback Friday
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your uncle abused you when you were very young, and now he's on death's doorstep. You've resolved not to attend his funeral, though this may raise eye...
685: Steve Rambam | The Real Life of a Private Investigator
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Rambam (@stevenrambam) is the founder and CEO of Pallorium, Inc., a licensed Investigative Agency with offices and affiliates worldwide. [Note:...
684: Desmond Shum | Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in China
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Desmond Shum is the former husband of arrested Chinese billionaire "Whitney" Duan Weihong and the author of Red Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Weal...
683: Mad Lad Hates Dad and Treats Whole Family Bad | Feedback Friday
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can there be reconciliation with an estranged son who hates the way his father treated him as a kid and takes it out on the whole family? We'll seek a...
682: Hustle Culture | Deep Dive
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into the toxic cesspool of hustle culture and emerge with better alternatives yo...
681: Bill Browder | Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) pioneered a brand-new market after the fall of The Iron Curtain while making powerful enemies — including Vladimir Putin...
680: Recycling | Skeptical Sunday
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Between climate change, global pollution, and a spiraling amount of waste created every single day, we all want to find ways -- even small ways -- to ...
679: Mom's Bigotry Makes Romantic Future Hard to See | Feedback Friday
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's difficult to plan for a future with your long-term partner when their mother refuses to entertain the idea of getting to know you. In fact, you'v...
678: Chris Voss | Hostage Negotiation Tactics for Everyday Life
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Voss (@VossNegotiation) is a former FBI hostage negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It....
677: Sam Cooper | How the West Was Infiltrated by Its Enemies
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Cooper (@scoopercooper) is a national investigative journalist for Global News and co-author of Wilful Blindness, How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons...
676: The Olympics | Skeptical Sunday
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympic games hold a place of reverence in the hearts of people around the world. But for the athletes who wreck their bodies and their bank accou...
675: A Tenant, Psychotic, Makes Your Life Chaotic | Feedback Friday
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You invited a friend to rent one of your rooms for a year. Only five months in, she's having delusional psychotic breaks in which she claims to be God...
674: Ken Croke | Undercover in an Outlaw Biker Gang Part Two
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Croke is a retired ATF agent who worked undercover for years to bust numerous criminal organizations, and is the co-author of Riding with Evil: Ta...
673: Ken Croke | Undercover in an Outlaw Biker Gang Part One
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Croke is a retired ATF agent who worked undercover for years to bust numerous criminal organizations, and is the co-author of Riding with Evil: Ta...
672: Toothpaste | Skeptical Sunday
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two or three times a day, every day, for most of your life, you use toothpaste. But what’s in it? Is it actually good for you? And why is there a sc...
671: Cheating Husband Caught in His Own Clap Trap | Feedback Friday
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you determined the strange numbers on your husband's phone connected to escort services, he immediately told you not to worry -- he was just seek...