Transcripts for The Knowledge Project

Shane Parrish

Uncovering the timeless principles that drive success. The Knowledge Project is your key to understanding how the world’s most successful people think, decide, and solve problems. Hosted by Shane Parrish.

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How Elon Musk Solves Problems | Jon McNeill

2026-11-10 · 106 min

Jon McNeill is the former President of Tesla and the co-founder and CEO of DVx Ventures. Elon Musk believes speed creates a competitive advantage, whether it’s speed of decision, speed of cash, or sp...

K.C. Irving: Competing with Giants

2026-11-03 · 125 min

This is the story of K.C. Irving, the man who refused to be stopped. When a railway raised his shipping costs, he bought a ship. When oil suppliers tried to squeeze him, he built a refinery. Whenever...

The Science of Doing Your Best Work

2026-10-27 · 66 min

Steven Kotler is a bestselling author and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective, where he studies the science of peak performance. Most of us have felt it. Hours disappear, everythin...

How to Get People to Say Yes | Ryan Serhant

2026-10-13 · 56 min

Ryan Serhant is a real estate broker, founder of SERHANT., and star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York and Netflix’s Owning Manhattan. He explains how to sell without making people feel sold ...

Charlie Munger's Interview with Todd Combs

2026-10-06 · 48 min

I'm excited to share this previously unreleased 2022 conversation between Charlie Munger and Todd Combs. As with any Munger talk, the subjects are both deep and wide. You'll learn how Munger recogni...

Bill Ackman: The Biggest Fight of His Life

2026-09-29 · 78 min

Bill Ackman is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, one of the most closely watched investment firms in the world. In this conversation, he breaks down how he tells the differen...

Tobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuable

2026-09-15 · 66 min

Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins Shane Parrish to discuss AI agents, better decision-making, and the future of work. He explains how he uses an AI council to examine his hardest decisions and ...

The 12 Years that Changed Steve Jobs

2026-09-01 · 64 min

We all know the Steve Jobs who came back in the late 1990s and saved Apple from becoming a footnote. And we've all heard the story of how, in 1985, he was pushed out of the company he'd created. What...

Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First | Roblox Co-founder and CEO David Baszucki

2026-08-18 · 46 min

David Baszucki is the co-founder and CEO of Roblox, a platform built around a simple idea: give people the tools and incentives to create together. In this short conversation we discuss how a health ...

The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs

2026-08-04 · 100 min

This summer, I’m revisiting one of my favorite episodes. If you haven’t heard it, now is the time. If you have, it’s a classic and worth listening to again. Brad Jacobs has built eight billion-dollar...

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