MetaLearn Podcast
The MetaLearn Podcast gives you the knowledge and skills needed to understand yourself and the world around you so you can thrive in the 21st century. Host Nasos Papadopoulos interviews the world's top experts in every field, extracting the principles needed learn faster, think smarter and live better.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
ML202: Kevin Kelly on Advice for Living, Becoming the "Only" and The Nature of Wisdom
Kevin Kelly is the co-founder of Wired magazine and author of sveral books including his latest, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier. In this episode we discuss:
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The nature…
ML201: Steven Pressfield on Overcoming Resistance, The War of Art & Finding Your Creative Voice
Steven Pressfield is the bestselling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. In this episode we discuss:
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How shame, honour, and resistance shape the creative life
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ML200: Taking Action, Living Your Values & The Path to Human Progress
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: closing the gap between knowing & doing, the challenge of living your values and the path to human progress.
ML199: Questions, Curiosity & The Death of Expertise
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to ask great questions, the role of curiosity in progress and the impact of modern media and technology on expertise, sensemaking and democracy.
ML198: Creativity, Genius and the Gift & Market Economies
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: the importance of creativity for individuals and society, the process of discovering your genius and the difference between the gift and market economies.
ML197: Emotion, Human Nature & Mental Health Culture
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to understand your emotions, the patterns driving human behaviour and why mental health culture isn't improving mental health.
ML196: Focus, ADHD & The Attention Economy
In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to focus in a world full of distractions, the challenges of ADHD and how to deal with it and why myths about attention are harming you.
ML195: Andrea Domenichini on the 48 Laws of Power in Practice & How To Defend Against Manipulation
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ML194: Raoul Pal on Russia-Ukraine, Investing in Uncertain Times & The Tokenisation of Culture
ML193: Visa Veerasamy on The Art of Introspection, Confronting Your Inner Tyrant and Becoming Your Own Best Friend
Visakan ‘Visa’ Veerasamy is a creator, marketer and the author of two books, Friendly Ambitious Nerd and Introspect. In this episode we discuss: - How to navigate the hero’s journey of developing sel…
ML192: Iain McGilchrist on The Matter with Things, The 4 Paths to Understanding & Answering The Big Questions
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things. In the episode we discuss:
- The differences between the left and right brain hemispheres and …
ML191: Andrew Warner on Insights from 2000+ Interviews, How To Stop Asking Questions & Learning Anything from Anyone
Andrew Warner is an entrepreneur, author and the founder of Mixergy, a platform for interviewing the world’s top founders. In this episode we discuss:- Andrew’s techniques for learning anything from …
ML190: Demetri Kofinas on The Rise of Financial Nihilism, Understanding Narrative Investing & Building a Modern Media Business
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur, financial analyst and the host of the Hidden Forces Podcast. In this episode we discuss:- The key events that shaped the modern world including 9/11 and the 2…
ML189: Oliver Burkeman on Using Your 4000 Weeks, Time Management for Mortals & Overcoming Convenience Culture
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and author of the book 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. In this episode we discuss:
- The time management myths that are holding you back - Practical strategi…
ML188: Armand D’Angour on How To Innovate, Lessons from the Ancient Greeks and The Philosophy of Change
Armand D’Angour is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Socrates in Love and his latest, How To Innovate. In this episode we discuss:- The 3 …
ML187: Larry Grobel on The Art of the Interview, Lessons from Hollywood Stars and Writing Great Stories
Larry Grobel is a writer and interviewer who has interviewed every big name in Hollywood from Robert de Niro to Nicole Kidman, Al Pacino to Angelina Jolie. In this episode we discuss:- The art of a g…
ML186: Gary Lachman on Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, Meme Magic in Politics and Life as a Rockstar
Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:
- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes …
ML185: Andrea Domenichini on Weaponised Autism, Exploring Consciousness and Lessons from Dungeons & Dragons
Andrea Domenichini is a media producer and podcaster who runs his own show Voices in the Dark, and has been helping me with the latest episodes of the MetaLearn podcast. In this episode we discuss:- …
ML184: James Hollis on Creating The Life You Want, Lessons from Jung and Understanding Your Mind
James Hollis is Jungian analyst and author of 16 books, including his latest work Prisms and Living Between Worlds. In this episode we cover:
- How to deal with competing desires and create the life …
ML183: Sergey Young on Living to 200, Investing in the Longevity Revolution and The Science & Technology of Growing Young
Sergey Young is the Founder of the Longevity Vision Fund and author of the book The Science and Technology of Growing Young. In this episode we discuss:
- How using health data will eventually enable…