The James Altucher Show

I have gone broke so many times and made so many mistakes that I've wished that I never made. But, I strongly believe those are the times that made me who I am, and I learnt my lessons. So, I made a checklist to prevent me from going broke. I called it, the 15 Rules on How NOT to Go Broke. I hope you learnt something from the checklist that I made. If you have any question or feedback, tweet at me...

Starting from scratch, we describe with Jeff Lerner of ENTRE Institute a step by step breakdown of how to make money using affiliate marketing. Also, go to https://millionairesecrets.com/jamesa to get the free book! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe t...

I LOVE LUCY! Lucile Ball is truly a choose yourself person, I even wrote about Lucille Ball in my upcoming book, Skip The Line, (Pre-Order it here: http://bit.ly/STHELINE. I have my friend Darin Strauss, a best-selling American writer, to talk about his new book, The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, writing, the new trend in media, and all! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full...

What Do I Do When My Candidate Loses??? 13 Things Mentally Strong People Do When Their Candidate Loses....with Amy Morin, author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, and the host of Mentally Strong People Podcast: https://amymorinlcsw.com/mentally-strong-people-podcast/ Podcast Notes here: http://bit.ly/13ThingsCandidate I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn wha...

I was invited to attend a Panel at Propelify 2020 with Anthony Scaramucci, an American financier who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications from July 21 to July 31, 2017, about The Future is What We Make It. However, I was curious about his days in the White House, so I asked him a bunch of questions about it! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn w...

Another Side Hustle Friday! This time we feature my good friend again, Brian Keating! This is another one that we started brainstorming ideas, and I say, "Jay, hit record, this will be a Side Hustle Friday Episode!" Brian Keating is the Chancellor's Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. He hosts INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE (https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1), a podcast about scienc...

Very excited for this episode! Chuck Wendig, has my dream career, he is an American author, comic book writer, screenwriter, and blogger. He even wrote one of the official Star Wars (post-Disney) canons, Star Wars: Aftermath! In this episode, we talked about all things writing! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so m...

Craig Gass, American actor, comedian, Voiceover artist, and impressionist is the most interesting person, and has to most interesting stories that I have ever known! He grew up around deaf parents and ended up learning an amazing impression skill! He shares the stories of how he got out of this addiction, that time he lived with the one and only Eddie Van Halen, and that time when he was touring w...

When we started recording, we were supposed to talk about 10 ways How The Universe Started with The Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego, Brian Keating but instead, we went right into a long brainstorming session, on how ways to write a book, marketing it, and how to monetize it! T...

Another Side Hustle Friday Episode! This episode did not go the direction that I thought it would go. It was supposed to be 5 businesses that you can start from YouTube, instead, it became an amazing guide on how to start your YouTube Channel so you can build any business from it, and how to have a successful life! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at...

Every time when I talk to Jocko Willink, an American Retired Naval Office, Author, and Podcaster, I learn a million lessons from him. This time is no different! This time we talked about not having any excuses when you're trying to archive any goal, and also, his new book (extended version of the previous book) Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Mk1-MOD1. No excuse and start listening now! En...

Part 2 on monetizing your podcast! In this episode, we talked about ways to monetize your podcast via merchandising, getting hired as a consultant through your podcast, speaking gigs, on and on! Also, enjoy Jay's episodic debut on the podcast! (Technically a second since this is a part of Friday's podcast!) I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesalt...

Once again! I have the best selling author, Ken Follett, on to talk about his new book, The Evening and The Morning. I "sat" down with him, and I selfishly drill him on his approach and technique of writing a book! How did he do it? How did his book manage to sell more than 160 million copies? I have to know! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesa...

Another Side Hustle Friday! I sat down with Jay Yow, the Sound Engineer/ Producer of The James Altucher, to discuss ways to monetize a podcast, we spoke about why this is the best time to launch a podcast and our equipment set up for remote recording and interview. In this episode, we break down that's the different ways you can monetize through Ads, sponsors, affiliate deals, and Patreon! Part 2...

I always wanted to learn to play music, even now, I just bought the Jazz Piano Book, and try to learn it! In this episode, I have neuroscientist, operatic soprano, author of How Music Can Make You Better, professor and podcast host, Indre Viskontas, on to talk about the relationship between neuroscience and music, what music trigger which part of the brain! We also explored the 10 thousand hours r...

Ed Latimore, professional boxer, chess player, author, influencer, social media guru, and even physicist! In this episode, I talked to him about Ed about how he looks at things differently, and what makes him want to dabble into different professions, learning different skills, and how does he get out of his comfort zone! Before the podcast ended, we also talked about the power of annoyance, which...

I am a centrist, and I always try to have as many different sides on the podcast to talk about all the different issues from a different point of view, including Eric Adams, Andrew Yang, Dr. Jo Jorgensen, and more! In this episode, I have the former CIA officer, and conservative American radio host, Buck Sexton on to talk about the current issues, and the media. It's okay and important to open to...

Another episode of Side Hustle Friday! What happens after you wrote your 30 days book challenge? Publish it, market it, sell it! I have recorded this episode with Steve Scott, back in 2017, and now I dusted it out and put it out there for you that have finished the 30 days book challenge, time to monetize it! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesa...

Why are people afraid of change, new technologies, and, right now, election hacking!? I talk with Jason Feifer about why people are always more pessimistic than they should be and that optimism and skepticism are powerful tools to set you apart from the masses and find real success. Plus, Jason shares some fun stories about wild pessimism throughout history I realized during this pandemic that mos...

Lockdown and social distancing are probably the best time for entrepreneurs out there! This episode, I have Marc Lore, President, and CEO of Walmart U.S. eCommerce, on to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur, the future of e-commerce, and how entrepreneurs should take advantage of that! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcas...

This is an important election. But forget about the personalities for a second. This is a step by step, a cocktail party guide to what all the relevant political philosophies are. Decide for yourself what you believe in, and what candidates, national, local, whatever, are most conducive to the philosophy you believe in. Also, now you armed yourself with the best cocktail party knowledge! I write a...

Another Side Hustle Friday! This episode, I have Dan Granger, the CEO of the LA-based ad agency, Oxford Road, on to talk about the podcast advertising industry. We started out talking about Star Wars, and then we segway into the amazing overview of the media industry and the podcast industry! We also talked about how the polarization in the country affects the industry, also what we can help to av...

What's better than one therapist? Two! I love having therapists on the podcast, it's like ME getting a therapy session rather than doing a podcast! This time I have Lori Gottlieb, psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, and Guy Winch, Psychologist and three times TED Talks speakers, on to talk about their new podcast, Dear Therapists Podcast, w...

I always learn when Ryan Holiday, author, and the founder of The Daily Stoic, is on my podcast. His new book, "Lives of the Stoics" is now THE book on how to apply Stoicism to make your every aspect of your life better, as well as learn the history of these great philosophers and the times they've lived in. I always learn something new when Ryan is on the podcast. Each of his prior books were best...

How to detect the "trillion dollars" worth of B.S. out there! People argue pretty much about everything, everyone has their own argument and there's no end to it! How do you call B.S. on it! This is an episode where I summarize a chapter in the book by Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, and the chapter is called, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection. If you enjoy this or if you have any question, y...