The Jordan Harbinger Show

815: James Cantor | Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Orientation

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. James Cantor (@jamescantorphd) is a clinical psychologist and sexologist whose research centers on the development of sexual interests, including ...

814: Matt Frederick & Ben Bowlin | Stuff They Don't Want You to Know

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Frederick & Ben Bowlin (@ConspiracyStuff) are the conspiratorial masterminds behind the Stuff They Don't Want You to Know podcast and co-aut...

813: The Oscars | Skeptical Sunday.

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What makes the annual pageantry of The Academy Awards (aka The Oscars) so alluring to millions of everyday folks? Are we transfixed by the film indust...

812: Your Ex is Your Boss: Is Your Career Lost? | Feedback Friday

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What comes next when your boss is also your ex? If you happen to grumble, will your career crumble? We'll try to find answers to this and more here on...

811: Jan Broberg | The True Crime Story of a Young Girl Abducted

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jan Broberg (@janbroberg) is an actress, singer, dancer, host of The Jan Broberg Show, subject of the Netflix documentary Abducted In Plain Sight and ...

810: Nita Farahany | Thinking Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nita Farahany (@NitaFarahany) is a law professor at Duke University; a leading expert on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging techn...

809: Crystal Healing | Skeptical Sunday

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The crystal industry generates over $1 billion per year. But what exactly do crystals do? Some have said they store energy. Others say they have heali...

808: Felonious Fellow is Harshing Your Mellow | Feedback Friday

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You sank your savings into a lovely house with a big yard to call your own, only to discover that the nearest neighbor who lives down the drive is a r...

807: Siddharth Kara | How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Siddharth Kara (@siddharthkara) is a British Academy Global Professor, an Associate Professor of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at Nottingham Un...

806: Neil Woods | Undercover in the UK's Most Vicious Drug Gangs

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Woods (@wudzee0) spent 14 years as an undercover drugs operative, gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Brita...

805: Diet Pills and Supplements | Skeptical Sunday

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are the diet pills and supplements you take to offset that midnight chalupa habit doing you any favors? You wouldn't be alone in wondering. All over t...

804: Beau's Bad Bets Bust Beloved's Bank | Feedback Friday

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your gambling addict of a boyfriend has put you $70,000 in debt, and now you're wondering if the notarized document he's agreed to sign will really be...

803: Martin Seligman | Flourishing in an Uncertain Future

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Seligman is the Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the Positive Psychology Network. H...

802: Michael Santos | Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Santos (@MichaelGSantos) survived 26 years as a federal prisoner, hosts the Prison Professors podcast, and is the author of Earning Freedom!: ...

801: Circumcision | Skeptical Sunday

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While mandated by some religious and cultural traditions for thousands of years, and not without certain benefits to health, is circumcising newborns ...

800: Can Therapy Wreck a Background Check? | Feedback Friday

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sexually abused by your own brother at a young age, and aware of your own proclivities to possibly abuse others younger than yourself, you wonder if s...

799: Marina Nemat | Surviving Inside an Iranian Prison

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marina Nemat (@marinanemat) is a human rights activist who survived torture and imprisonment in Iran after Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution. Sh...

798: Forrest Galante | A Wild Life of Rediscovery

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Forrest Galante (@ForrestGalante) is a wildlife biologist, conservationist, co-host of The Wild Times Podcast, and TV presenter for Extinct or Alive ...

797: Ouija Boards | Skeptical Sunday

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Every year around Halloween, millions of teenagers, drunk adults, and terrified believers gather around Ouija boards to contact "The Other Side." We'v...

796: Pervert-in-Law Scammer Belongs in the Slammer | Feedback Friday

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your creepy brother-in-law has been using explicit pictures of you — which he obtained through a nanny cam he secretly installed in your bedroom eig...

795: Alastair Smith | The Dictator's Handbook Part Two

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair Smith is the Bernhardt Denmark Chair of International Relations at New York University, professor of political science in the Wilf Family Dep...

794: Alastair Smith | The Dictator's Handbook Part One

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair Smith is the Bernhardt Denmark Chair of International Relations at New York University, professor of political science in the Wilf Family Dep...

793: Death | Skeptical Sunday

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you dead wrong to trust the funeral industry in having your best interests at heart when it's time to shuffle off your mortal coil? Welcome to Ske...

792: Red Flags Making You Rethink Your Shrink | Feedback Friday

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A number of red flags have you rethinking the effectiveness of your shrink. Shouldn't they make you feel more capable of facing the world and understa...

791: Mark Manson | Giving a F*ck About What Really Matters

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson) is the New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, and the subject of a new feature film...

790: Florence Williams | The Science of Heartbreak

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Florence Williams (@flowill) is a journalist and the author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Breasts: A N...

789: Chocolate | Skeptical Sunday

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is chocolate your guilty pleasure? Until you listen to this episode, we can almost guarantee you're not feeling guilty enough about it! But don't fret...

788: His Love Is Bona Fide, Not a Mail-Order Bride | Feedback Friday

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If the people back home choose to believe negative stereotypes about your true love from another land and the nature of your relationship, it's a damn...

787: Mitch Lowe | Lessons in Disruption Part Two

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mitch Lowe (@mitch__lowe) is a co-founding executive of Netflix, the former CEO of MoviePass, the former president of Redbox, and the author of Watch ...

786: Mitch Lowe | Lessons in Disruption Part One

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mitch Lowe (@mitch__lowe) is a co-founding executive of Netflix, the former CEO of MoviePass, the former president of Redbox, and the author of Watch ...

785: Living with Aplomb in Spite of a Monstrous Mom | Feedback Friday

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your adoptive mom is a narcissistic homophobe whose big concern when you disclosed that you'd been sexually abused by family members was how this woul...

784: Ramy Romany | Unwrapping the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ramy Romany (@ramyromany) is an Emmy Award-winning DGA director and cinematographer, a world-renowned Egyptologist, and the co-author of Conspired: Th...

783: Apolo Ohno | Embracing Change and Finding Purpose

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Apolo Ohno (@ApoloOhno) is a retired American short-track speed skater, an eight-time Olympic medalist, the most decorated American Winter Olympian of...

782: Death of Mother Could Trigger Ballistic Brother | Feedback Friday

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now that your mother-in-law is in hospice, you're worried that your unstable brother-in-law — whose uncomfortable attachment to her makes Norman Bat...

781: Peter Zeihan | Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Zeihan (@peterzeihan) is a geopolitical strategist, founder of the consulting firm Zeihan on Geopolitics, and author of The Absent Superpower,...

780: Chris Fenton | China's Harrowing Hold Over Hollywood

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Fenton (@TheDragonFeeder) is an expert on China's influence over Hollywood and how the Chinese government pressures American movie studios into ...

779: Almonds | Skeptical Sunday

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do the environmental costs of producing almonds outweigh their nutritional benefits? Allow us to count the ways... Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a ...

778: Custody Depends on Testimony Against Old Friend | Feedback Friday

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An old friend who wrote you off for remaining neutral when she left her husband is asking you to testify on her behalf to secure full custody of her c...

777: Kevin Dutton | The Wisdom of Psychopaths Part Two

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Dutton (@therealdrkev) is a psychologist and author known for his research on the psychology of evil and the science of charisma. His latest boo...

776: Kevin Dutton | The Wisdom of Psychopaths Part One

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Dutton (@therealdrkev) is a psychologist and author known for his research on the psychology of evil and the science of charisma. His latest boo...

775: Bridezilla's Vanity Tests Bestie's Sanity | Feedback Friday

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Participating in your bestie's wedding seemed like a great honor — until she transformed into a demanding Bridezilla. Now it's a stressful horrorsho...

774: Jonah Berger | The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jonah Berger (@j1berger) has spent over 15 years studying how social influence works and how it drives products and ideas to catch on. He’s a marke...

773: David Lieberman | Deciphering What People Really Want

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. David Lieberman (@dr_lieberman) is the author of the book Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Wa...

772: Energy Drinks | Skeptical Sunday

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Energy Drinks. What is in these things? Why are some people hooked on them? Why are they wild, unnatural colors? What exactly do they do? Are they dan...

771: Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames | Surviving NXIVM Part Two

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Edmondson (@sarahjedmondson) and Anthony "Nippy" Ames (@nippyames) are two former NXIVM cult members turned whistleblowers. Together, they host ...

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 ...