The Zach Show
Zach Grossfeld sits down with the people who fascinate him, from comedians and athletes to rocket scientists and dominatrixes. Zach unpacks the defining moments of their work, the challenges they’ve overcome, how they intersect with pop culture, what drives them, and everything in between.
Past guests include FINNEAS (music artist/producer), Mark Normand (comedian), Aubrey de Grey (longevity scientist), Eben Britton (NFL/psychonaut), Andy Weir (author), Mistress Natalie (dominatrix), Coleman Hughes (writer/podcast host), Ryan Serhant (real estate), Dorothy Roberts (Law Professor), and hundreds more.
The Zach Show 2.0 (Full uncut episodes, AMAs, and more): https://thezachshow.supercast.com/
Produced by AUXORO Studios.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 285
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
#199 - Dr. Christopher McCurdy: THE TRUTH ABOUT KRATOM, Withdrawal Myths, Benefits Vs. Hazards, Kratom Bans, Malaysian Farms, FDA Deception, & Reversing Pain
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Dr. Christopher McCurdy and Zach discuss cutting-edge research on the pharmacology of Kratom, the mythology surrounding the withdrawal of kratom, how dose affec…
#198 - Rick Alan Ross: EXPOSING DESTRUCTIVE CULTS, Tom Cruise And Scientology, Deprogramming Followers, Jim Jones, NXIVM, & Is Andrew Tate A Cult Leader?
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Rick Alan Ross and Zach discuss how destructive cults control, manipulate, and sometimes kill their followers, how someone like Tom Cruise could be hooked into …
#197 - Dr. Robert Zubrin: THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY ON MARS, Origin Of Life, Elon Musk's Starship Plan, Alien Existence, & The Genius Of JFK
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Dr. Robert Zubrin and Zach discuss Robert's plan for humanity to settle Mars and why we must, whether human life was seeded from Martian origins, Elon Musk's St…
#196 - Lessons From 2022: NEAR DEATH ON SADDLEBACK, F*ck The Formula, The Mark Normand Interview, Wedding Boners, & Subway Fights
On this special episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Zach discusses the lessons he's learned from 2022 including a near-death experience while climbing Saddleback Peak in The Adirondacks, why you shouldn't…
#195 - Steve Keen: PREDICTING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, The Church Of Neoclassicals, Climate Catastrophe, Cuba, & Is Bitcoin Money?
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Steve Keen and Zach discuss how Steve predicted the 2008 financial crisis and housing collapse, why Neoclassical Economics is more like a Church than a science,…
#194 - Alex Finley: THE EVOLUTION OF SPYING, Inside The CIA, Terrorist Franchises, Russian Interference, Iraq War, & Cyber Threats
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Alex Finley and Zach discuss the art of spying and how it's changed over the decades, Alex's time in the CIA as Directorate of Operations serving in Europe and …
#193 - Dr. James Fallon: INSIDE THE MIND OF A PSYCHOPATH, Discovering One's Own Psychopathy, Genghis Khan, Free Will, The Family Tree Of Darkness, & Spiritual Perception
In this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Dr. James Fallon and Zach discuss what makes the mind of a psychopath, Dr. Fallon's shocking discovery that he himself has the brain of a psychopath, Genghis Kh…
#192 - Kelsi Sheren: ARTILLERY GUNNING IN AFGHANISTAN, Deadly IED Blast, Traumatic Brain Injury, Taliban Mindset, & Taekwondo
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Kelsi Sheren and Zach discuss Kelsi's experience as an artillery gunner, deploying to Afghanistan, surviving a deadly IED blast while on an operation with the B…
#191 - Sam Tallent: THE BEAUTY OF STANDUP, Anarchist Commune Life, Norm Macdonald, O-Line Mentality, & Touring With Tim Dillon
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Sam Tallent and Zach discuss what makes the pursuit of standup comedy beautiful, Sam's time living in an anarchist commune in Ithaca, NY, communism vs capitalis…
#190 - Derek Gaines: THE SURREAL SHROOM SET, Patrice O'Neal Advice, Violent Hecklers, Reel Comedy, & The Stage God Mentality
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Derek Gaines and Zach chat about the set on shrooms that changed the way Derek thought about comedy, words of wisdom from the late legend Patrice O'Neal, situat…
#189 - Ciaran O'Loughlin: AWAKENING ON AYAHUASCA, Climate "Activists," Tales Of Mephedrone, Porn Programming, & The Failed Artist's Guide
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Ciaran O'Loughlin and Zach discuss Ciaran's eye-opening experience on ayahuasca, the recent climate change protests that involve the destruction of famous artwo…
#188 - Greg Banks: SINGING FROM THE SOUL, Hurricane Katrina, NYC Busking Tales, Rockstar Style, Psychedelics, & The Jayson Corwise Collab
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Greg Banks and I discuss what it means to sing from the soul with both your voice and the guitar, how Greg lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, stories about G…
#187 - Adam Nathan Fleury: THE REALITY OF VIOLENCE, Capitalism 2.0, The Nisour Square Massacre, Movement As Medicine, & Thai Street Fights
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Adam Nathan Fleury and Zach discuss what violence is really like in the throes of hand to hand combat, why we need a version of capitalism that moves beyond jus…
#186 - Christopher Bartel: VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES, VR Prisons, Taliban Sanctions, Virtue Ethics, & Trolley Problem Twist
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Christopher Bartel and Zach discuss what makes it morally right versus wrong to commit acts of violence in video games, how virtual reality could be used as a t…
#185 - Ryan Sprague: CONNECTING WITH CANNABIS, Taking 50 Doses Of LSD, Facing Your Father's Death, Anxiety Tools, & Ancient Civilizations
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Ryan Sprague and Zach discuss connecting with cannabis as a plant medicine, the time Ryan accidentally ingested fifty doses of LSD, Ryan's preferred method of i…
#184 - Daniele Bolelli: THE WILD WISDOM OF IKKYU SOJUN, Sex Worker Experience, The Power Of Luck, Kill Bill, & Flowing With Chaos
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Daniele Bolelli and Zach discuss the Japanese monk Ikkyu Sojun who embraced a life full of zen, sex, and sake. Avoiding monasteries, Ikkyu wrote that if you wan…
#183 - Dorothy Roberts: KILLING THE BLACK BODY, Reproductive Freedom, Crack Baby Myths, Racial Bias In Artificial Intelligence, & Vanessa Peoples
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast Dorothy Roberts and Zach discuss how black women's bodies have been controlled and abused throughout history, the "unrestrained reproductive freedoms" of white s…
#182 - Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams: THE BALCO STEROIDS SCANDAL, Double Life Of Barry Bonds, Victor Conte, Facing Prison, Legalizing PEDs & The Danger Of Ego
On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams discuss The BALCO Steroids Scandal of the early 2000's lead by mastermind Victor Conte, the duality of Barry Bond's existen…
#181 - Mistress Natalie: THREE DECADES AS A DOMINATRIX, The Art Of BDSM, Electric Butt Plugs, Slut Training, & Losing Weight With Kink
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On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Mistress Natalie and Zach discuss Mistress Natalie's thirty years worth of experience as a domina…
#180 - Chris Ryan: THE WITCH HUNT AGAINST SEXUAL FREEDOM, Sex At Dawn, The Rattlesnake Wrangler, Monogamy, & America The Ridiculous
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On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Chris Ryan and Zach discuss the witch hunt against sexual freedom and nuance in today's society, …