The Danny Miranda Podcast

Sean Millea is a comedian, filmmaker, and creator. In this conversation, we spoke about becoming friends with Mark Normand, working for Gary Vaynerchuk, how he's consistently viral, the future of video, his fake interviews with Ariana Grande and Tom Holland, and his existential crisis as a creator. (0:00) Intro (1:03) Boxing & Comedy (2:11) Fears Creatively (3:13) Large Following (6:25) Class...

Sriram Krishnan and Aarthi Ramamurthy are two of technology's leading voices. They are also podcasters. Aarthi has worked at Clubhouse, Facebook, Netflix, and Microsoft. Sriram is an investor for Andreessen Horowitz. They have interviewed people like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Hawk, Palmer Luckey, and A.R. Rahman. (0:00) Welcome To Show (1:45) Starting Podcast (6:02) Outside...

Visakan Veerasamy is a writer. He describes himself as a “friendly, ambitious nerd.” In this wide-ranging conversation, you’ll find out why. We discussed lessons from tweeting 212,000 times, how to make the world a more loving place, why you should consult your inner newsfeed, and how writing a book helped him evolve. (0:00) Lesson From COVID (5:43) Thoughts On Work (15:19) Coaching (20:03) Tweeti...

Adam Gilbert is the creator of MyBodyTutor. Over the past 15 years, he’s coached thousands of people on creating better habits with their health. In this episode, Adam explained... • How he built his business • How he and Noah Kagan have become friends • Lessons from coaching thousands • Common mistakes he finds most people make in their 20s • Adam’s spiky perspective on therapy • How to find your...

Sid Yadav is the creator of Circle, the all-in-one community platform for creators & brands. In this conversation, Sid talks about his early days as a creator himself, working at Teachable, the importance of sending cold emails, how he raised money, how he found product-market-fit, and his challenge to people listening: (0:00) Early Blogging Days (7:13) Creating (10:18) United States (18:08) C...

Kyle Offutt is a creator. He is attempting to eat a meal with someone in every state (currently halfway through his journey). In this conversation, we spoke about Kyle not feeling understood in his hometown, his transition from planner/engineer to letting go, his perfect day, why taking little steps is important, life as music, and his experience at Creator Camp. (0:00) 50 Meals, 50+ Strangers (9:...

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Ocho, a company focused on helping you learn everything you need to build wealth as an entrepreneur, freelancer, consultant, or independent business owner. He is also the creator of Teachable, which has helped over 100,000 creators monetize through courses. Ankur sold Teachable in March 2020 for a "healthy 9-figure amount." In this conversation, we spoke about the ea...

Nik Sharma is a brand builder. He's the creator of Sharma Brands (a marketing agency that's worked with MrBeast and Emma Chamberlain). In this conversation, we spoke about not going to college, how he's used Twitter effectively, the two skills everyone should learn if they're about to graduate college, and how he got in contact with Mark Cuban via cold email. (0:00) Bob The Builder (2:16) Nik’s Ch...

Jack Raines is the writer of YoungMoney.co, a blog/newsletter with more than 20,000+ readers. Jack covers finance and career advice and has quickly built it up over the past 18 months.   In this conversation, we spoke about how Jack has met his heroes, what it's like to lose $150,000 in a day, getting mentioned in Tim Ferriss' newsletter, why you should travel more, and how he hopes to be rem...

Noah Huisman is a modern-day renaissance man. He’s an author, venture capitalist lawyer, gym owner, and fitness connoisseur.  In my two weeks in Austin, Noah served as a tour guide. He took me through workouts, allowed me to use his gym, and helped me explore the different sights. He also opened my mind to new perspectives and ideas. He's one of the smartest and strongest people I know. &nbsp...

Joe Foster is the founder of Reebok. In this conversation, he discussed the early days (his first 21 years in business), why he never got a job, his most important lesson, the importance of a name, what rapid growth feels like, and what he thinks of his American counterpart, Phil Knight. (0:00) Welcome Joe (1:15) World War II (6:10 Father’s Failing Company (9:11) Badminton (11:14) Early Days of Re...

Dwarkesh Patel is the host of The Lunar Society – a podcast that interviews intellectuals, scientists, and founders. He's also a writer and an interesting thinker.   In this post, we spoke about Dwarkesh getting followed by Jeff Bezos, what the future is going to be like, the most important problems, high volatility, and his interesting challenge to the audience.   (0:00) High School Deb...

Nat Eliason is a writer. Over the past year, he went down the wild crypto rabbit hole and lived to tell the tale.    In this conversation, we spoke about how he got $30,000 stolen from him, his new book deal, writers who've impacted him, how to get your first 10,000 subscribers, and much more.   (0:00) Crypto Rabbit Hole  (4:48) Stolen $30,000  (10:08) Writing  (22:23...

Codie Sanchez is an entrepreneur and writer. She is a creator who is winning the game of content (amassing an audience of millions across Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube over the past two years). And if you listen to her in this interview, it's no surprise.  Before she ran boring businesses as an investor, she worked as a journalist and in private equity. But then she had a realizatio...

Joshua Becker is the author of Becoming Minimalist. It's a blog, a book, and a newsletter - that boasts over 1,000,000 readers every month.  In this conversation, we spoke about how Joshua became a minimalist, how his work as a blogger had origins in theology, why creating happens after clearing space, jealousy, fame, and the first step you should take to minimalism. (0:00) Choosing Theology...

Zach Pogrob is a relentless human. He’s the most recurring guest on the podcast (four times!) because he’s a great friend and special human. He's also the owner of a luxury photo booth company.   In this conversation, we spoke about creating online, finding your obsession, design, relentless humans, top creators, and how my Instagram has taken off in the past week since we’ve been here (20,00...

Andrew Murnane is a creator. In just two years, he's built a following of over 1,000,000 on TikTok and 150,000 on Instagram. Why? Because his videos are thought-provoking, interesting, and insightful.    In this conversation, we went deep on some of Andrew's favorite topics: creating, death, flow state, letting go of the past, and becoming yourself online.   (0:00) Leaving New York&...

Dulma Altan is a content creator. Her TikTok account has grown a loyal audience of almost 100,000 people (in one year) for her business breakdowns of women. In this conversation, we spoke about what it means to be a skillful human, how Dulma wants to be remembered, how to express your gifts, the ups and downs of creating, why she's been procrastinating her podcast, and why you should romanticize t...

Iman Gadzhi is a 22-year-old entrepreneur. In just a few years, he's amassed a multi-million dollar fortune.    And more recently, he's been putting the gas on his socials (100,000,000 views in August). He's built a following of over 600,000 subscribers on YouTube.  In this interview, he went deep on his specific social media strategy, his early childhood moments, his competitive st...

Anthony Pompliano is an entrepreneur, investor, and learner. He's also a prolific creator. He writes a newsletter (The Pomp Letter) to over 225,000 people. He hosts The Pomp Podcast, where he's published over 1,000 episodes. He has also previously worked at Facebook.   In this conversation, we spoke about the following topics:   (0:00) Time  (3:35) Lessons From War  (9:06) Pomp...

Sahil Bloom is a writer and entrepreneur. In this conversation, we spoke about insecurities, imposter syndrome, how his perception of fame has changed, his writing process, a few different challenges on living a better life, and how he met Bill Gates, Tim Cook, and Warren Buffett.    (0:00) Why Sahil Writes  (4:40) Fame  (13:20) Purpose  (16:03) Finding People  (19:45...

Sebastian Ghiorghiu is a 23-year-old entrepreneur. In the past five years, he has transformed his body, brain, and wallet. He has built his following on YouTube from 0 to over 560,000+ subscribers. In this interview, Sebastian talked about how he mended his relationship with his mother, what happened when he went viral on TikTok, and how he started loving himself. Topics: (0:00) Getting Started&nb...

Neville Medhora is a copywriter, course creator, and pioneer of online blogging. In this episode, we spoke about his unusual thoughts on death, how he wrote his little book on copywriting, where the future is going, and his lack of adversity.   (0:00) Early Blogging  (4:25) Twitter Party  (7:03) The Future  (9:43) Happiness  (18:01) Death  (21:31) Hack Your Brain&nbsp...

Justin Murphy, Ph. D., is a political scientist whose research has been published in peer-reviewed journals. He received his Ph. D. from Temple University in 2014 before teaching political science at the University of Southampton, where he was a permanent Lecturer. In 2019, he left academia to focus on research and teaching. He now works full-time independently on the internet - OtherLife.co...

Nick Gray is a professional party creator. Yeah, that exists. After two multi-million dollar exits, Nick started writing articles on his blog, sending out a free monthly friends newsletter, and hosting great small parties. Then, he got so good at it... that he wrote a book on it. In this conversation, we focused on how the best way to make friends as an adult is to host great cocktail parties (tha...