Synopsis
James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, investor, board member, and the writer of 11 books including the recent WSJ Bestseller, "Choose Yourself!" (foreword by Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter).He has started and sold several companies for eight figure exits. He's on the board of a billion revenue company, has written for The Financial Times, The New York Observer, and over a dozen popular websites for the past 15 years. He's run several hedge funds, venture capital funds, and is a successful angel investor in technology, energy, and biotech.He has also lost all his money, made it back, lost it, made it back several times and openly discusses how he did it in his columns and books.
Episodes
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Make You a Millionaire! Jen Glantz EP03: This is why you make 10 ideas a day's list!
28/07/2021 Duration: 01h37minIn the last episode in the series, I urge Jen Glantz to start a "10 ideas a day's list". And sure enough, she did! She even overdid it and came up with a dozen of idealists, some relevant to her newsletter, and some are new ideas that she could venture into! In this episode, we spend most of the hours discussing all the ideas list that she came up with, including some new newsletters that she could start, things that she could do to scale the bussiness! Listen to this episode and see how we came up with even more ideas and execution ideas from the initial list! Twitter: @JenGlantz IG: @jenglantz 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 re
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736 - The possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life with Avi Loeb
26/07/2021 Duration: 50minPart two of Extraterrestrial Life! Professor Avi Loeb, Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology, and author of Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, came back on again to talk about Oumuamua, how should confirm the state of the object, and what actually is the project! What can we do to better detect Extraterrestrial Objects? If there's any billionaire listening to this episode, you know what you could put your money into good use! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Socia
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The Companion Podcast Episode 05: Jay got scammed in Crypto? Nathan told his love story and Jen Glantz crashed the live taping!?
22/07/2021 Duration: 01h19minIt's another Companion Podcast for July 2021! In this episode, Jay the Engineer tells his story about getting scammed buying a "meme" cryptocurrency. He doesn't listen to my advice, now he had to learn it the hard way! In addition to all the episodes we broke down, involving the future of cities and cryptocurrencies, Nathan Rosborough tells us the story of how he & his wife met, and Jen Glantz crashes the live taping session! Jen does, however, give us a lot of thoughts about marriage & relationships in general! If you like this episode or The Companion Podcast, make sure you tweet @jay_yow07 or @jaltucher. 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 Sho
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735 - Fearvana: Embrace your fear and turn them into Health, Wealth and Happiness with Akshay Nanavati
21/07/2021 Duration: 01h51minHave you felt fear, guilt, anxiety, upset, frustration, and have no idea how to deal with it? Should you hide it? Should you embrace it? Should you let it out? Akshay Nanavati, United States Marine veteran, speaker, entrepreneur, ultra runner, and author of FEARVANA: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth, and Happiness, has such destructive guilt when his buddy died in a war when he is not there. To make it worse, he wishes it was him that died and not his buddy. The guilt had haunted him for years and years until he realized he had to turn them into something positive, and his life changed. Listen to Akshay's stories, his journey, and his journey of making a change for himself. 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
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734 - Do You Know Who Rules The World? Ray Wang
19/07/2021 Duration: 01h15minWho actually rules the world? Is it the president? Is it the politician? Is it China? Or is it an unknown force that might shape like a spaghetti monster that rules the world? In this episode, Ray Wang, Founder, Chairman, and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc., author of this new book, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, came on to talk about who exactly rules the world? It could be Facebook, Google, or Amazon! We also discussed the opportunity that presents in this time, multiple different business ideas that could potentially rule the world! 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
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Make You a Millionaire! Jen Glantz EP02: Find what you're passionate about, and it's okay to say NO!
15/07/2021 Duration: 01h11minJen Glantz clearly knows what she wants to do and what she doesn't want to do! And it's okay to say NO to ideas that you are not interested or passionate about even though you might be good at it! In this episode, Jen Glantz bought a ton of idealists with her, and we started brainstorming all the things that she could do, from PR to agencies to newsletters. Along the way, she had said NO to a couple of the ideas that I brought up, but that's okay! Cause she knows what she's more passionate about, and she's willing to put in more effort to make sure she reaches her goal! 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 po
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733 - How and Why did QAnon exist!? with Mike Rothschild
14/07/2021 Duration: 01h15minWhat is QAnon? How did the QAnon movement start? Why did no one stop the movement when it first started? And how did QAnon manipulate their frame, stories, and their believer? In this episode, Mike Rothschild, a journalist focused on the intersections between internet culture and politics as seen through the dark glass of conspiracy theories, came on to the podcast to talk about his new book, The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, all thing QAnon, Hunter Biden, John McAfee and more! 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 Podcasts Stitcher i
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732 - How to start a conversation with Strangers? with Joe Keohane
12/07/2021 Duration: 01h01minThe past year probably are the loneliest year ever. There's a lockdown, people have to stay home, and you probably haven't seen any strangers in a year! So you might lose the muscle to start a conversation or talk to strangers! We have to bring the muscle back! In this episode, I have Joe Keohane, writer, editor, and the author of his latest book, The Power of Strangers, on to break down the techniques on how to start and have a conversation with strangers! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook -------
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Make You a Millionaire! James Quandahl EP04: When you're good at something, make a course out of it!
09/07/2021 Duration: 01h35minJames Quandahl is back in the series again! He is great at being an Amazon Ninja! However, being great at something doesn't mean you have to stop there! In this episode, we broke down how he can transfer the skill into making a course, another spoke-and-wheel opportunity for him! Like any other episode, this is not a regular interview series, we also talked about chess, writing, and books! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com
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731 - Crypto, Inflation, Housing, Cities and Talent with Tyler Cowen
07/07/2021 Duration: 58minWhat are the future states of the cities? Will Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum replace Fiat money? Is inflation happening, and how will it affect us? What is the future of housing? Is the South East the new West? In this episode, Tyler Cowen, an American economist, came back on to answer all my questions. Will New York City come back? How can we save the city? What happened when the rent moratorium expired? Which tier 2 or perhaps tier 3 cities are people moving to? Is crypto here to stay (in what form or shape)? Listen to this episode, and feel free to tweet at me (@jaltucher) and let me know what do you think? 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
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730 - UFO, AI, Physics and How to become an Expert with Dr. Brian Keating!
05/07/2021 Duration: 01h48minAnother episode, another great conversation with Dr. Brian Keating! All of our conversations have been thought-provoking! In this episode, we did an experiment, we turn on our phones, and went live on Twitter Space! The experience was great and possibly better than the clubhouse! Our conversation started from, how to become an expert, to does UFO/ Aliens exist, to the state of AI, to finally, physics and unifying theory! You can win a FREE copy of James Altucher's smash hit book, SKIP THE LINE courtesy of Brian Keating! Click here: https://kingsumo.com/g/0uh88f/win-a-copy-of-james-altuchers-smash-hit-book-skip-the-line 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 Altuch
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Make You a Millionaire! Jason Furst EP02: How to overcome the staffing problem in the restaurant industry!?
01/07/2021 Duration: 01h22minIt's been a struggle in staffing in the restaurant industry, people rather work other jobs, that being in the restaurant industry. In this Make You a Millionaire episode, Jason Furst and I talk about the struggle, and why no one wants to work in the restaurant industry. However, the answer still eludes us. The only thing that we can do is to brainstorming ways to attract people, and/or ways to find and hire more staff for the restaurant. On top of that, we came up with different ideas on how can we combine the customer data, with the point of sales, and reservation systems to make the whole dining experience much more seamless! 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
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729 - I gave advices to Tom Kelly on how to Skip The Line, and have "Quantum Leap" Moment!
30/06/2021 Duration: 01h43minTom Kelly is a great comedian and TV personality! He has issues and needs advice. So I call him up and gave him advice on how to Skip The Line. We breakdown how he can have his "Quantum Leap" moment, how can he break out from his regular comedian stand-up role, his side hustle, how can he start newsletter services, and how to come up with more of his own 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 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out
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The Companion Podcast EP04: Breaking down the episodes that made me question everything!
29/06/2021 Duration: 47minAnother Companion Podcast for May 2020 that hosted by Jay the Engineer and Nathan! This time was a Livestream episode! In this episode, they talked about our pick for The Make You a Millionaire Series, and who they think would be the first to reach millionaire status! They also broke the episodes with Unni Turrettini (EP 726), Robert Leonard (EP720), and Peter Boghossian (EP724)! If you like The Companion Podcast, tweet at me @jaltucher and @jay_yow07! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook ------------
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728 - The Ultimate Techniques to Cultivate Your Creativity with Josh Linkner
28/06/2021 Duration: 51minYou want to write the best novel, best screenplay, come up with the best business idea, side hustle ideas, you need creativity. Know this, creativity is a muscle, everyone has it, some are stronger than others, in order to grow your creativity muscle, you have to practice it! In this episode, I have on Josh Linkner, an American entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author, to talk about his new book, Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results Hardcover. We talked about how much is creativity nurture versus nature, the techniques to cultivate your creativity, and also in order to improve yourself, you have to come up with ways to put your "Older Self" out of business! Listen to the episode and find out! Remember! Creativity is a muscle, you have to practice every day to have a stronger "Creativity Muscle"! 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 shoul
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Make You a Millionaire! Paolo EP02: Now you have a great idea, What's Next!? Idea branching, and problem solving!
24/06/2021 Duration: 01h25sPaolo had a great idea, he decided to work on it! An app that helps people gain a social following by automatically commending other people's pictures! However, along the way, we have to find a way to beat the "Bot Detection" Algorithm. And at the same time, we discussed how Paolo can branch off his initial idea, what business model he could use, and how to scale his idea on top of branching it. Remember, always starts with what's the easiest and then branches off from there! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitte
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727 - Amanda Ripley: What kind of people survives disaster? Are you one of them?
23/06/2021 Duration: 01h12minDo you know that people that escaped the world trade center during 9/11, sat at their cubicle on average for at least full 6 minutes after the building was hit! The reason being, when you're in the moment, your brain tried to "normalize" the situation, and refused to believe some disaster has happened! In this episode, I once again have Amanda Ripley, American Journalist, and Author, on to talk about one of her older books, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why. We breakdown the 9/11 stories, what are the trait of the people that can "function" during a disaster and intense situation, also what can we do to prepare ourselves for said situation. 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 thi
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726 - The Corruption Behind The Nobel Peace Prize with Unni Turrettini
21/06/2021 Duration: 01h08minIs The Nobel Peace Prize really about peace? What was the origin of The Nobel Peace Prize? Why are there so many controversies behind The Nobel Peace Prize? I sat down with Unni Turrettini, a writer, lawyer, citizen activist, and international speaker, to talk about her book, Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize. We break down what's the secrets behind The Nobel Peace Prize, why is President Obama being awarded one despite two weeks into his presidency? Why some of the people that went to war, ended up getting awarded one? Unni is also on a mission to end loneliness and create a more connected society, which we also talked about in the podcast! She also offers a 3-day free course on Ending Loneliness - 3 Simple Steps For Deeper Connection, Meaningful Relationships, And Lasting Happiness. Click here to join: https://UnniTurrettini.simplero.com/page/106047-list-signup-end-loneliness-in-3-steps-free-course or visit here website here: https://unniturrettini.com/ My new bo
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725 - Man-Made Odds vs Math-Made Odds with Jeff Lerner
16/06/2021 Duration: 01h06minThe return of the podcast friend, Jeff Lerner, CEO / Founder at ENTRE Institute! In this episode, we talked about Jeff's ENTRE Institute, and most importantly what does it takes for someone to start a business! How to choose yourself, what is "man-made odds vs math made odds? How to believe in yourself! Listen and I hope you learnt from Jeff as much as I do! 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 Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a
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724 - How to Have Impossible Conversations when facts don't matter! Peter Boghossian
14/06/2021 Duration: 01h24minFacts Don't Matter! Over the past year, people are either on this side or another, and they're so into their own beliefs, it's almost impossible to have a reasonable and proper conversation with either side! Do you remember all the impossible conversations that you had with your family or friends? It's always unproductive and doesn't lead anywhere! In this episode, I have Peter Boghossian, an American philosopher, pedagogist, and author, on to talk about the techniques of talking to people that he described in his book, How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide. 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