The Jordan Harbinger Show

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...

670: Vanessa Van Edwards | The Science of Succeeding with People

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vanessa Van Edwards (@vvanedwards) is the lead investigator at human behavior research lab Science of People and the author of Captivate: The Scienc...

669: Dallas Taylor | The Psychology of Sound Design

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dallas Taylor is the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting...

668: Tipping | Skeptical Sunday

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tipping isn't a city in China. But it is a shameful institution that encourages racism, sexism, harassment, and exploitation of low-income workers whi...

667: Friend's Sicko Spouse Keeps Infecting Our House | Feedback Friday

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your inseparable friend's perpetually ill spouse seems to get a sick kick out of infecting your family on the regular and refuses to respect any bound...

666: How to Ask for a Promotion | Deep Dive

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into their tried-and-true approach to asking for a promotion, maximizing your ch...

665: Luis Navia | 25 Years Inside the Narco Cartels

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Luis Navia worked for nearly 25 years as a cocaine trafficker for the deadliest Colombian and Mexican cartels until the law caught up with him in 2000...

664: Reiki Healing | Skeptical Sunday

08 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is Reiki -- the not-so-ancient Japanese energy healing technique by which your psychic empath aunt swears -- a legitimate way to treat ailments like c...

663: Thinking of Another Dude: Is Marriage Screwed? | Feedback Friday

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating only the second anniversary with your wonderful husband, you've found yourself wondering what life might be like if you'd, instead, pursue...

662: Daniel J. Levitin | How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel J. Levitin (@danlevitin) is a cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, record producer, and author of Weaponized Lies: How to Think C...

661: Rachel Zoffness | Managing Pain In Your Body and Brain

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rachel Zoffness (@DrZoffness) is a pain psychologist, international speaker, medical consultant, educator, and author of The Pain Management Workb...

660: Chemtrails | Skeptical Sunday

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a chemtrail of dihydrogen monoxide, known to cause suffocation as well as accelerated corrosion i...

659: Her Spouse Raped You. Can Friendship Stay True? | Feedback Friday

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can your friendship with the woman whose husband raped you on their wedding day ever recover? Perhaps a better question to ask is: should it? We'll tr...

658: Shanna Swan | The Reproduction Crisis and Humanity's Future

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Shanna Swan (@drshannaswan) is the Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the a...

657: Josh Peck | Happy People Are Annoying

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Peck (@ItsJoshPeck) is an actor (currently appearing as Drew on How I Met Your Father), comedian, YouTuber, and author of Happy People Are Annoyi...

656: Your Stalker's Sister is Dating Your Brother | Feedback Friday

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having a stalker is bad enough. But what happens when that stalker starts showing up at family functions because their sister is now dating your broth...

655: David Eagleman | How Our Brains Construct Reality

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Eagleman (@davideagleman) is a Stanford neuroscientist, host of Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC series The Brain, and author of many leather-bound books...

654: Chris Miller & Brandon Wheeler | News from Ukraine's Warfront

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Former US Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and Freedom Research Foundation's Brandon Wheeler join us after meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Z...

653: Ear Candling | Skeptical Sunday

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is ear candling -- the practice of inserting a lit, hollow candle in your ear to remove earwax -- a safe, practical way to get the job done? If you ha...

652: Sad About Dad's Sexist Thoughts Re: Assault | Feedback Friday

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your father's never been abusive, but you were recently disheartened when he referred to a child sexual assault survivor and advocate who's been in th...

651: Anja Shortland | How Kidnap Insurance Works

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anja Shortland is a professor of political economy at King’s College, London who specializes in the economics of crime. She is the author of Kidnap:...

650: Brian Klaas | The Corruptible Influence of Power

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of...

649: Arranged Marriage Threatens Lesbian Couple | Feedback Friday

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Parental plans for an arranged marriage threaten a lesbian couple's future. Welcome to Feedback Friday! Full show notes and resources can be found her...

648: Susan Cain | Introverts Unite for a Quiet Revolution

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Cain (@susancain) is, in her own words, an "unlikely" award-winning speaker, and bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World...

647: Karim Hijazi | When Cyber War Goes Kinetic

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Karim Hijazi (@karimhijazi) is the founder, chairman, and CEO of cyber intelligence company Prevailion, and creator and host of The Introverted Iconoc...

646: Expiration Dates | Skeptical Sunday

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How concerned should you be about expiration dates stamped on items you buy from the grocery store? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of ...

645: Is a Bridesmaid Fight Worth a Disinvite? | Feedback Friday

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows that when tweetle beetles fight, it's called a tweetle beetle battle. But bridesmaids brawling at a bachelorette bash just make wedding...

644: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part Two

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Laowhy86 (@laowhy86) -- aka Matthew Tye, aka C-Milk -- shared the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of life as an American in China on his YouTube c...

643: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part One

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Laowhy86 (@laowhy86) -- aka Matthew Tye, aka C-Milk -- shared the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of life as an American in China on his YouTube c...

642: Living In Fear of the Fiend Who Lurks Near | Feedback Friday

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Several violent encounters with your erratic, mentally ill neighbor over the years leave you constantly in fear of his return. In spite of being a rep...

641: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way | Deep Dive

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) have helped a lot of people optimize their chances at landing dream jobs, but this is only half of t...

640: Peter Zeihan | Why the World Should Care About Ukraine

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan) is a geopolitical strategist and author of The Absent Superpower, The Accidental Superpower, Disunited Nations, and the up...

639: Dealing with Your Darling's DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) | Feedback Friday

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your significant other has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), a mental health condition where a person has two or more separate identities. These p...

638: Yuriy Matsarsky | Fighting for Ukraine

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yuriy Matsarsky is a Ukrainian journalist turned civilian fighter against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the incursion began, he's been keepin...

637: Bill von Hippel | Where the Social Leap Lands

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill von Hippel (@billvonhippel) is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland and the author of The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary ...

636: Is It Wrong to Decline Guardianship of Family? | Feedback Friday

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You and your spouse made the decision long ago not to have children of your own. So was it wrong to hesitate when your brother-in-law asked you to ass...

635: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part Two

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Barone was born into a life of crime from both sides of his family, became the longest-running mafia informant in the history of the FBI when his ...

634: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part One

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Barone was born into a life of crime from both sides of his family, became the longest-running mafia informant in the history of the FBI when his ...

633: Finding Work Fast with a Criminal Past | Feedback Friday

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Getting your record expunged after the embarrassment of earning a DUI can take years, but you need to land a job today. So how do you find work fast w...

632: Jon Acuff | Give Yourself the Gift of Done

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Acuff (@jonacuff) is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself ...

631: Amanda Catarzi | Overcoming Cult Life and Sex Trafficking

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Catarzi survived a cult-dominated childhood and abuse at the hands of sex and labor traffickers. In the years since, she has helped law enforce...

630: When the Law Puts You In a Catch-22 | Feedback Friday

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A well-intended law in your state makes it impossible for victims of sexual abuse, or their loved ones, to get psychological help without triggering a...

629: Getting Your Foot In The Door | Deep Dive

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into what you should do if you're looking for a new job or relationship and you ...

628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Montell (@amandamontell) is a language scholar and author of critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Languag...

627: Would I Be Insane to Report from Ukraine? | Feedback Friday

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You're an American citizen living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. The embassy just released a statement recommending you evacuate as the situation with ...

626: Adam Grant | Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is Wharton’s top-rated professor, the host of podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant, and the author of several New York Times B...

625: Dan Pink | The Power of Regret

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) is the NYT-bestselling author of When and Drive. His latest book is The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us, abou...

624: Is She Moving Abroad for a Friend or a Fraud? | Feedback Friday

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You're concerned your 21-year-old daughter is making a mistake by moving abroad to be with her Bahrain beau of five years -- especially since they've ...

623: Ludacris | Fast & Philanthropic

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ludacris (@Ludacris) is a Grammy-winning rapper, a SAG award-winning actor known for roles in Crash, The Simpsons, and the Fast & Furious franchis...

622: Ishmael Beah | Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ishmael Beah (@IshmaelBeah) is a former child soldier, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoi...

621: Are You at Fault for Being Sexually Assaulted? | Feedback Friday

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A "friend" who once admitted to having a crush on you came over to continue a night of drinking and crash on the couch. You pushed him away when he tr...

620: Richard Clarke | Warnings, Cassandras, and Catastrophes

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Clarke (@ghsrm) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism for the United States, and i...

619: Danny Gold | Breaking News from the Underworld

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, long-form writer, and co-host (with Sean Williams) of the Underworld podcast, which ...

618: Prescription for Friction: Marry into Addiction | Feedback Friday

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your fiancée knows her weed habit triggers your own addictive tendencies, but keeps it in her daily routine anyway. Now she's giving you flak for you...

617: Daniel Levin | Finding a Missing Person in the Middle East

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Levin is an attorney, political commentator, and author of Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful and Proof of Life: Twenty Day...

616: Martin Kove | Kicking It in the Cobra Kai Dojo

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kove (@MartinKove) is a prolific actor best known for his portrayal of the evil karate sensei, John Kreese, in The Karate Kid trilogy and Netfl...

615: Need Wedding Free from Dad's Drunken Spree | Feedback Friday

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You'd love to invite your dad to your wedding, but he has a habit of getting drunk at gatherings and making a spectacle of himself. Is there a way to ...

614: Shawn Achor | Leveraging the Happiness Advantage

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn Achor (@shawnachor) is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success, and is the author of Big Potential...

613: Ray Dalio | Why Nations Succeed and Fail

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) is the founder of Bridgewater Associates — the largest and best-performing hedge fund in the world — and author of New Yor...

612: Cautioning Creepy Dad's Current Clan | Feedback Friday

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your mom and stepdad split up when she caught him trying to take pictures of you -- at age 16 -- in the shower. Now he's remarried with new stepchildr...

611: Reid Hoffman | Surprising Entrepreneurial Truths

13 Jan 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 Mast...

610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Sullivan (@wjsullivan) is a professor of pharmacology and microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, an award-win...

609: Evicting a Boarder with a Dangerous Disorder | Feedback Friday

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The tenant renting your upstairs room has become so paranoid and delusional that you and your spouse no longer feel safe in your own home. On top of t...

608: Jocko Willink | The Winning Example of Extreme Ownership

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jocko Willink (@jockowillink), commander for the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War, joins the show to talk about taking re...

607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dwyane Wade (@DwyaneWade) is a retired NBA All-Star, host of The Cube on TBS, and author of Dwyane and A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than...

606: David Rubenstein | Patriotic Philanthropy and Leading Large

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David M. Rubenstein is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, host of The David Rubenstein Show, and author of How to Lead: Wisdo...

605: Aaron Levant | NTWRK Shopping with Culture's Creators

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levant is the founder and CEO of NTWRK, the curated livestream shopping company some have called "QVC for the YouTube Generation." What We Discu...

604: Put Your Best Foot Fetish Forward | Feedback Friday

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You're concerned that your foot fetish betrays the dedication you have to your significant other and makes you some kind of pervert in waiting. Is the...

603: Mike Rowe | Dirty Jobs and Peripatetic Moments

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) of Dirty Jobs and The Way I Heard It podcast (and book) fame joins us to talk about the skills gap, The mikeroweWORKS Found...

602: Tom Wright | Billion Dollar Whale

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Wright (@tomwrightasia) is an award-winning journalist, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall S...

601: Should I Marry My Dying Girlfriend? | Feedback Friday

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You've met someone who checks your boxes for marriage material, but there's one problem: medical issues may mean they've only got three years left to ...

600: Metta World Peace | Mettaphorically Speaking

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Metta World Peace (@MettaWorld37) (aka Metta Sandiford-Artest, aka Ron Artest) is a former NBA All-Star, author of No Malice: My Life in Basketball o...

599: Spencer Roberts | The Dirty Truth About Corporate Greenwashing

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spencer Roberts (@Unpop_Science) is an ecologist, photovoltaic engineer, musician, and writer who specializes in exposing corporate science propaganda...

598: Gently Sequestering a Questionable Counselor | Feedback Friday

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A medical issue has rendered your therapist colleague mentally (and ethically) incapable of providing care for others, but she hasn't accepted this. H...

597: Gary Vaynerchuk | Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) is the chairman of VaynerX, the active CEO of VaynerMedia, and the author of several bestselling books, including #AskGaryV...

596: Andrew Gold | Exorcisms On the Edge

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Gold (@andrewgold_ok) is an award-winning BBC and HBO journalist who interviews the world's most controversial and inspiring figures in his On ...

595: My Bi Guy: Am I Enough to Satisfy? | Feedback Friday

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When your significant other confessed his bisexual tendencies, you began to wonder: can you ever really give him everything he needs to be satisfied i...

594: Joshua Fields Millburn | Love People, Use Things

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) is best known as one half of The Minimalists, where he and Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less...

593: Steven Pinker | Why Rationality Seems Scarce

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Pinker (@sapinker) is a psychology professor at Harvard, one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind, and an author of seve...

592: Do the Math: Am I a Psychopath? | Feedback Friday

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thinking back on how you've navigated your life, you're concerned that certain human interactions reveal a tendency toward behavior that our former gu...

591: Chase Jarvis & Jordan Harbinger | Your Network Insurance Policy

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan digs into what it takes to push past the mental boundaries that keep you from realizing your full potential — with Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvi...

590: Andy Norman | The Search for a Better Way to Think

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Norman (@drandyno) directs the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, is the founder of CIRCE, and is the award-winning author of Men...

589: Persevering Past Paranoid Parental Persecution | Feedback Friday

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You dared to set a boundary with your parents: you would only communicate with them if they were respectful to you and your family. This means zero to...

588: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part Two

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family who pl...

587: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part One

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family who pl...

586: Guarding Grandpa from a Grubby Grift | Feedback Friday

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Your grandpa is allowed to cope with the grief of recently losing your grandma in any way he sees fit, but you're concerned that the young woman he's ...

585: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth-Century Lessons on Tyranny

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warnin...

584: Anderson Cooper | The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) is a broadcast journalist, political commentator, 18-time Emmy Award winner, and author of Vanderbilt: The Rise and ...

583: Mentor-Mentee Fantasy Can Only End In Misery | Feedback Friday

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happily married for 20-something years, you've started to fixate on what it might be like to be married to someone you've been mentoring, instead. And...

582: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part Two

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy. His latest book is The Daily Laws: 366 Medit...

581: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part One

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy. His latest book is The Daily Laws: 366 Medit...

580: Seeking Relief from Your Unending Grief | Feedback Friday

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Grieving the loss of a sibling while still finding your footing at a new job is making it impossible to perform optimally, and you're worried your emp...

579: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom Part Two

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are chronicled in her book In Order to Live: A North K...

578: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Part One

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yeonmi Park (@YeonmiParkNK) is a North Korean defector and activist whose harrowing experiences are chronicled in her book In Order to Live: A North K...

577: I Wish It Were Cheaper to Be My Sister’s Keeper | Feedback Friday

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Your narcissistic sister with special needs thinks nothing of "borrowing" thousands of dollars from you to invest in every sure-to-lose scam that come...

576: General Michael Hayden | American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

General Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) is a retired United States Air Force general, former Director of the NSA and CIA, and author of Playing to the E...

575: Benjamin Hardy | Minding the Gap and the Gain

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Hardy (@BenjaminPHardy) is an organizational psychologist and author of books about willpower, self-limiting beliefs, and teamwork. His lates...

574: Can There Be Merit in the Extramarital? | Feedback Friday

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You've been secretly chatting with an old flame whose torch you still carry, and you even met in person to discover that these feelings are mutual. Bu...

573: David Buss | When Men Behave Badly

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Buss (@profdavidbuss) is considered the world’s leading scientific expert on the evolutionary psychology of human mating strategies. He is the...

572: Tamer Elnoury | Undercover with a Muslim FBI Agent

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tamer Elnoury is an Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a longtime elite counterterrorism undercover agent, and co-author of American Radical: Inside the...