The James Altucher Show

What is Money? What is Dollar? Is money really dependable? Did the invention of Money actually let us better organize society and be more efficient? The short answer is NO. That's why there's the invention of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.In this episode, I invited  the author of The Story of the Blockchain, A Beginner's Guide to the Technology That Nobody Understands to talk about all things Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency! Omid Malekan, to talk about all things Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. and his new upcoming book, Re-architecting Trust, The Curse of HIstory and The Crypto Cure for Money, Markets, and Platforms.This is an interesting episode. Before the podcast began, I told Omid that, even though I am bullish on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies, I will be playing the skeptic here, so that he could answer all my questions!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For P

Being famous early on in life doesn't necessarily mean you will do well from that point on, especially with so many shows being produced and developed, and also even more actors trying to be on the air!Another great choose yourself person,  Josh Peck, an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber came on to talk about his origin story, how he started stand-up comedy at 11, him getting cast in Drake and Josh, and the obstacles and journey after the series ended!Immediately after Drake and Josh ended, how he reinvented himself by getting into social media's game, vine, and now tiktok!We also talked about his new book, Happy People Are Annoying!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcas

Another episode of Makes You A Millionaire! In this episode, Jen Glantz,  came on to catch up, and share some updates! She shared how she felt like a failure cause things didn't progress as expected, however, those failure means you're inching towards success! She also shared some of the updates for her Newly Wed Card Game, which had sold about 75% of the inventory! We also talked about some ideas that could spin out of the newly wed card game, new directions for the newsletter, and the most interesting ones, the Wedding NFT!Twitter: @JenGlantzIG: @jenglantzVisit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The

This subseries: Idea List of The Day, was spun out of the new website that I envision, and built by Paolo, notepd.com.In this episode of the series, Jay, Robyn, Paolo and I discuss one of Robyn's idea list, Top 10 attributes that make you a good friend. We talked about gossip, honesty, trust, and more!Check out the list here: https://notepd.com/idea/top-10-attributes-that-make-you-a-good-friend-309Or visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFaceb

Do you know, some ongoing comic has no Act 3? Writing a twist in a novel and any kind of media is an art!In this episode, I was joined by Brad Meltzer,  American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author, to talk about his process of writing his new book, The Lightning Rod!A few of the lessons that I learned from Brad are, there was a secret group that the government hired 15 years ago to come up with scenarios terrorists could attack the US. Characters are the most important part of writing a novel, Negative Feedback is the ONLY feedback, and don't give up when people say "NO"!Read the full list here:  https://notepd.com/idea/10-things-i-learned-from-thriller-writer-brad-meltzer-363The Idea Machine Website is in Beta! Come join us at notepd.com, where you could read and share your ideas! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write a

Another new subseries! This subseries: Idea List of The Day, was spun out of the new website that I envision, and built by Paolo, notepd.com.In this episode of the series, I talked about the new business ideas that I had, such as AI-based Insurance, Sabermetrics for Basketball, IPO your home, and more! Check out the list here: https://notepd.com/idea/10-new-business-ideas-feb-15-please-like-the-ideas-you-think-are-most-interesting-239 Or visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow

It's the start of 2020, and of course I have to catch up with my good friend, Dr. Brian Keating!In this episode, we talked about everything from Nobel Prize, to Sciences, to Galileo and to book publishing!You get to be the fly on the wall, listen to the conversation between two good friends!You can also subscribes to Dr. Brian Keating's podcast here: https://briankeating.com/podcast.php My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners 

Everyone has a similar life hack that helps them through their life. However, Sahil Bloom, entrepreneur, creator, and investor has a Twitter thread and also in his newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle, titled: 20+ powerful razors (to help you cut through life's noise). These are not the regular razors that you shave your beard with, these are life lessons and a mindset that could help you  improve yourself, and achieve what you've been always dreaming of!Some of the razors include The Circle of Competence,  Occam's Razor,  The Buffett Reputation Razor, and others!We also talked about the origin of Occam's Razor, and  some interesting facts about Jared Leto!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please

In today's day and age, do you actually have privacy? And is it good, or is it bad to have privacy?   In this episode, A.J. Jacobs and I are talking about the good and the bad about Privacy!Listen to the episode, tweet us at @jaltucher, and @ajjacobs, and tell us, what do you think about Olympics!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are

There is a lot of discussions on cities. Should you live in one? Should a city be that expensive? And how should one built and find a new community?In this episode, I have Marc Lore, an American entrepreneur, businessman, investor, and NBA owner on to talk about his plan for his proposed new city, Telosa. We discussed the origin story of Telosa, how would he build a community, and how he would raise money for it!We also talked about his new ventures, which include Wonder, a new chef-driven approach to home dining, his new investment in e-VTOL, and his NBA venture!Listen to the episode, and maybe you would want to live in Telosa too! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James

Do you know one of the most google searches in India is a man trying to get his wife to breastfeed him!? I was surprised too!Have you ever wondered what are the most searches on Google? What are the most ridiculous searches on Google? And Google probably has more data on you than any agencies out there!In this episode, I have Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, American data scientist, economist, and author, to talk about his book, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are.We also breakdown what were the most google searches, how do people use the "secret" data to improve their business and/or their life!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe

One of my favorite political commentators, author, and journalist, P.J. O'Rouke has recently passed away. So I decided to re-release an older episode with him, and may he rest in peace. ----Everyone's favorite topic... Trump. I interviewed PJ O'Rourke back in May. But today (the day this show releases) is pretty much the one year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration. And so I explore alternate realities with PJ, a 2x New York Times bestselling author, journalist, Irish Catholic hippie and a world of other contradictions.QUESTION:  "What would the country be like if all the First Ladies ran the country?"ANSWER: "We're out of slavery in 1800 because Sally Hemings would've abolished it."(That's a chapter in his book. PJ tells you how the world would be different. He gives you scenarios to dream up a new world.)He also asks you to vote differently... Hypothetically, who would you vote for if you picked the president based on who you'd go on a road trip with.Our conversation makes you think. And laugh. An

It's the Olympic season! There's excitement and disappointment in Olympics! However, do you think there's good and bad about the Olympics? Not a particular year? Just in general!In this episode, A.J. and I sat down and discussed the good and the bad about Olympics!Listen to the episode, tweet us at @jaltucher, and @ajjacobs, and tell us, what do you think about Olympics!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a sh

Have you thought about reversing your "age" and being healthy again? Or thought about being able to live longer so that you could spend more quality time with your loved ones? In this episode, I was joined by Tony Robbins, an American author, speaker, and philanthropist, and Peter Diamandis, a Greek-American engineer, physician, entrepreneur, and author to talk about their new book,  Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love!We also talked about how in the future, we could find a cure or a way to prevent Alzheimer's, save more life using gene editing, and potentially find a breakthrough medicine that could cure some uncurable disease!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so m

As the world population grows every day, and methods of transportation get safer and safer every passing minute, will we run out of food supply? And will the organ transplant waitlist get longer?I was joined by Amy Webb, an American futurist, author, founder, and CEO of the Future Today Institute, and Andrew Hessel, microbiologist, geneticist, and entrepreneur, to talk about their new book, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology.In this episode, we talked about will the fusion of biology and computers can help us prevent a potential food hunger, the especially limited amount of organs that needed for an organ transplant, and also potentially editing the gene of your offspring, your descendants to make them either stronger or cure them of the genetic disease.However, all this also comes with a bigger question. The ethics. Is editing the gene of your soon-to-be-born baby ethical? Or are we going against the law of nature?  Or using genetically engineered livestock for mor

Do you ever wonder about the good and the bad about the thing that you sees every day? Take cars for instance. Are cars, good? Or Bad? Just in general?In this episode, A.J. Jacobs, and I talked about the good and the bad about cars! Listen to the episode, and tweet us at @jaltucher, and @ajjacobs and tell us, what do you think about cars!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us bett

What happened to the 2016 Bitcoin Bitfinex Hack? Who actually hacked the exchange? In recent news, it seems like Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan were accused of the hack? Did they do it? What do we know, and what do we not know?In this episode, I called up,  Lawrence Lewitinn, the Managing Director at Coindesk, and ask him about the story.  Did they actually do it? How did the hack happen? Who else did we suspect?Also, what would you do, if you have stolen 4 billion dollars?Are we all safe from hackers? Is it safe to leave our crypto on any changes? To quote Lawrence, not your key, not your bitcoin!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and

I have been going to Chess Tournament, I have had some wins and some losses. Now, I am thinking about how can I take my chess to the next level. How can I do better in the next chess tournament? I have been studying chess for at least 4 to 5 hours a day, analyzing my games, and been taking chess coaching sessions. And then it hit me, what about, The Alter Ego Effect!So I called up the author of The Alter Ego Effects, Todd Herman, to get a "Free" Coaching Session! That's why I enjoy doing podcasts!  In the episode, we talked about how a kid took on the alter ego of Paul Bunyan, and then excel in baseball! We also talked about the techniques of looking for your own alter ego.Last but not least, all the advice that Todd gave me to search and take on my own alter ego, and let see if I could do better in my next tournament!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I writ

Is it possible to discuss the good and the bad of stories? What are the good and the bad of stories?In this episode, my good friend, A.J. Jacobs joined me to talk about the good and the bad of stories!Listen to the episode, and feel free to tweet at me @jaltucher, or AJ @ajjacobs and let us know what do you think about this new subseries?My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us bett

We all have seen a dozen of Spies movies, movies about intelligence, we read books about it, we knew who is James Bond, Mission Impossible and all. But the question is still out there, what are spies? What are the intelligence agencies? What are the covert intelligence agencies?In this episode, I am joined by Amy Zegart, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a professor of political science, past co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, to talk about her new book, Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence.That book is like the textbook for spies and intelligence 101! Conversation with Amy was so fascinating as we touched upon the topics like, why do we need spies and intelligence, cyber security, cyber-warfare, which apparently we are at war all year round, and we even talked about how a commercial company like Google, Facebook, and others might have more data on us than the government agencies!Listen to the episode, and tweet at me @