The James Altucher Show

Do you know one of the most google searches in India is a man trying to get his wife to breastfeed him!? I was surprised too! Have you ever wondered what are the most searches on Google? What are the most ridiculous searches on Google? And Google probably has more data on you than any agencies out there! In this episode, I have Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, American data scientist, economist, and auth...

One of my favorite political commentators, author, and journalist, P.J. O'Rouke has recently passed away. So I decided to re-release an older episode with him, and may he rest in peace. ----Everyone's favorite topic... Trump. I interviewed PJ O'Rourke back in May. But today (the day this show releases) is pretty much the one year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration. And so I explore alte...

It's the Olympic season! There's excitement and disappointment in Olympics! However, do you think there's good and bad about the Olympics? Not a particular year? Just in general! In this episode, A.J. and I sat down and discussed the good and the bad about Olympics! Listen to the episode, tweet us at @jaltucher, and @ajjacobs, and tell us, what do you think about Olympics! My new book Skip The Lin...

Have you thought about reversing your "age" and being healthy again? Or thought about being able to live longer so that you could spend more quality time with your loved ones? In this episode, I was joined by Tony Robbins, an American author, speaker, and philanthropist, and Peter Diamandis, a Greek-American engineer, physician, entrepreneur, and author to talk about their new book,  Life Force: H...

As the world population grows every day, and methods of transportation get safer and safer every passing minute, will we run out of food supply? And will the organ transplant waitlist get longer? I was joined by Amy Webb, an American futurist, author, founder, and CEO of the Future Today Institute, and Andrew Hessel, microbiologist, geneticist, and entrepreneur, to talk about their new book, The G...

Do you ever wonder about the good and the bad about the thing that you sees every day? Take cars for instance. Are cars, good? Or Bad? Just in general? In this episode, A.J. Jacobs, and I talked about the good and the bad about cars! Listen to the episode, and tweet us at @jaltucher, and @ajjacobs and tell us, what do you think about cars! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy...

What happened to the 2016 Bitcoin Bitfinex Hack? Who actually hacked the exchange? In recent news, it seems like Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan were accused of the hack? Did they do it? What do we know, and what do we not know? In this episode, I called up,  Lawrence Lewitinn, the Managing Director at Coindesk, and ask him about the story.  Did they actually do it? How did the hack...

I have been going to Chess Tournament, I have had some wins and some losses. Now, I am thinking about how can I take my chess to the next level. How can I do better in the next chess tournament? I have been studying chess for at least 4 to 5 hours a day, analyzing my games, and been taking chess coaching sessions. And then it hit me, what about, The Alter Ego Effect! So I called up the author of T...

Is it possible to discuss the good and the bad of stories? What are the good and the bad of stories? In this episode, my good friend, A.J. Jacobs joined me to talk about the good and the bad of stories! Listen to the episode, and feel free to tweet at me @jaltucher, or AJ @ajjacobs and let us know what do you think about this new subseries? My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a cop...

We all have seen a dozen of Spies movies, movies about intelligence, we read books about it, we knew who is James Bond, Mission Impossible and all. But the question is still out there, what are spies? What are the intelligence agencies? What are the covert intelligence agencies? In this episode, I am joined by Amy Zegart, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a professor of political science,...

Most places in the United States have finally slowly opened up, people started to travel, some have been going back to work, and some stayed remote. However, what is the data on housing and relocation? In 2020, and 2021, around 9 million people around the US have moved out of their state, some temporary most of them were permanent. In this episode, Robyn, Jay, and I talked about the housing data,...

I have launched a new subseries with my good friend, A.J. Jacobs! As the title mentioned, we discussed, the Good or the Bad of something. It could be anything from gambling, dogs, cosmetics, cars, and more! In this particular episode, we talked about the good and the bad of gambling! Is gambling all bad and no good, or there is actually some good in them? Listen to the episode, and feel free to tw...

In 2021, it's all about Covid, and then Gamestop Stock. Everywhere you go (or can't go), people are talking about Gamestop, AMC, Meme Stock, Wall Street bet, and Reddit! So, what happened? As I mentioned in the podcast, it's not that easy to short a stock, and sure as hell, it's not easy to pull off what Reddit had pulled off on Gamestop! Spencer Jakab, an award-winning financial journalist and a...

I woke up today and saw the news about Ukraine, Russia, and America, and I asked myself, What is going on? Is an invasion happening? What will happen to the economy? So I called my go-to foreign intelligence,  and a fellow friend, Tom Quiggin, a former intelligence officer who served in Bosnia, he worked for the International War Crimes Tribunal, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nanyang Technolo...

Will there be another Civil War here in the US? That has been the conversation that I've heard from either side of the political party?  Looking that what happened in 2020 and last year, all the violence, protest, looting, and civil unrest has made me worry! So I invited Clay Martin, a retired US Green Beret, and author, on to the show to discuss how likely will there be a Civil War? And why has i...

Do you know someone that is like a super connector and just know everyone in the planet? Wouldn't it great to know more people other than your immediate social circle? In this episode, Jen Gottlieb, Actress, and co-founder of Super Connector Media, and Chris Winfield, entrepreneur, writer, coach and co-founder of Super Connector Media, came on to talk about the techniques and the benefit becoming...

Every entrepreneur and business owner out there is especially stressed during the end year. All you think about is, did you hit the end-of-the-year goal? How did you set a new goal for the new year? How can you make sure you hit the goal? In this episode, Jen Glantz, talk about the stress she was dealing with, the goal that she has to set, the obstacle and some legal issue that she was facing at t...

It has been a wild ride in Crypto World in the past couple of years! There are kids and teenagers making million and million of dollars from NFTs, Crypto, and even metaverse! I was so fascinated by what's been happening in the Crypto world, I have Michael Hearne, The Founder of Decentral Publishing, and the host of Uncensored Crypto Podcast  come on to tell me more about what happened in the past...

Part 2 of Tucker Max's Doomer Optimism! If you missed Part 1, make sure you go back and check it out! In this episode, I was joined by Tucker Max, an American author, and public speaker, to talk continuing talking about his article, Doomer Optimism. We talked about empire, and if America is one, and what does the future hold for America. Will it be for the best or for the worst? Tucker also explai...

Have you read or write an article that was somewhat controversial, people leave nasty comments? Or worse even, they try to get you kicked off the group that you were part of for a long time, or you founded the group? This happened to my friend, Tucker Max. In this episode, I am joined Tucker Max, an American author, and public speaker, to talk about one of his articles, Doomer Optimism. How I hear...

2019 was a normal year (for the most part), 2020 pretty much doesn't exist, and 2021 was a bit of a mess. Now as we stepped into 2022, what can we expect? Is anything going to change? Will the supply chain be better? Will we ever get out of the "Covid Lifestyle"?In this episode, Brandon Webb, a former United States Navy SEAL, and SEAL Sniper course Head Instructor, also a founder of sofrep.com, ca...

How often do you have a hard time falling asleep? For me, it's almost every day, until I found this podcast, Nothing Much Happens, which helps people fall asleep by telling soothing stories. So naturally, I invited Kathryn Nicolai, the creator of Nothing Much Happens Podcast, and the writer of the book with the same name, on to talk about the podcast's origin story, what inspired her to start the...

Our "Pod" friend, A.J. Jacobs, an American journalist and author, has finally come out from his writing cave, and come onto the podcast once again! In this episode, AJ shared his experience while writing his upcoming new book, The Puzzler (coming out in April 2022), the interesting puzzles that he had come across, and the way he approaches the new book! We also talked about what is the difference...

It's the end of the year, so it's time to have an annual meeting with the "Millionaire's Series" candidates to look at their progress! In this episode, Jay Yow, The Engineer, has an annual meeting with James Quandahl, Jen Glantz, and Paolo. They talked about their journey, expectation, experience, and their obstacles that they faced during this whole journey! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make...

Have you had the feeling where you woke up one day, in a nice house, nice bed, turn on your new phone, look at social media, scroll through them, and you say to yourself, "My Life Suck!" Well, no more! In this episode, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, an organizational psychologist, and bestselling author sat down with me on Zoom, and we talk all about dealing with negativity and self-doubt. Of course, we also...