Decoded Genius

About Decoded Genius

Decoded Genius distills decades of mastery from the top 0.0001% in every field. From health and longevity to business, AI, and psychology, each episode helps ambitious people shortcut the learning curve and level up their health, wealth, and happiness.

Publisher

Decoded Genius

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jun 2026

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Meet The AI Insider Trying To Make Superintelligence Illegal

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/WrsXl0wX3_0BECOME A SPONSOR:Email: will@decodedgenius.comCONNECT WITH CONNORWebsite: https://controlai.org/Profile: https://controlai.org/connor-leahyX: https://x.com/NPCollapseLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-j-leahy/Volunteer group: https://torchbearer.community/FOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/WHAT WE DECODED→ Why modern AI is grown rather than written, and why Anthropic's CEO says we understand maybe 3% of what happens inside a neural network→ The Hugging Face escape, and the update that made it worse: a swarm of AI systems collaborating for months on a hidden message board inside OpenAI's own network→ Why Connor says superintelligence cannot be owned by anyone, including America, China or a terrorist group→ What he sealed in the red envelope before filming, and the full probability spread sitting behind that number→ Why he puts unemployment at 50% or more, and why he says every current plan, UBI included, decays straight into dystopia→ AI psychosis, the spiral cults, and the safety researchers he says Claude talked out of caring about safety→ Why he refuses to be called a former OpenAI insider, and what he actually did instead→ The five minute action he tells every listener to take tomorrow morningCHAPTERS00:00:32 The Red Envelope and "Do You Want To Kill AI?"00:02:06 AI vs AGI vs ASI, Grown Not Written00:09:36 From Building AI at 16 To Trying To Ban It00:18:06 Reward Hacking, Sociopathic Optimizers & The Control Problem00:25:49 Washington, Market Failure & The Russian Roulette Test00:39:28 Jobs, China & Why Superintelligence Is An Adversary00:47:27 How It Actually Ends, And Why It Looks Boring01:01:41 50% Unemployment, UBI & Every Road To Dystopia01:05:00 AI Psychosis, Spiral Cults & Never Talk To AIs01:12:30 The Hugging Face Escape & The Secret Swarm01:25:02 Briefing The President In Sixty Seconds01:43:21 The Envelope: 2030 & Recursive Self-Improvement#DecodedGenius #ConnorLeahy #Superintelligence #AISafety #AGI See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Tech Genius Reveals Why The AI Revolution is Inevitable | David Heinemeier Hansson

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/nNx1D54wVEM BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com CONNECT WITH DAVID Website: https://dhh.dk/ (https://dhh.dk/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dhh37 (https://www.youtube.com/@dhh37) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heinemeier-hansson-374b18221/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heinemeier-hansson-374b18221/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhhdrives/ (https://www.instagram.com/dhhdrives/) X: https://x.com/dhh (https://x.com/dhh) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) WHAT WE DECODED → Why David flipped from writing nearly all his code by hand to starting every new piece of code with a prompt, inside a single month → How 37signals cut a $3.2 million annual cloud bill to roughly $800,000, and why a dollar saved beats five dollars earned → Why Jeff Bezos took a minority stake with no control, no timeline and no guaranteed exit, and what he saw that the VCs didn't → The 40-hour weekly moving average he's held for 25 years, and why the first ten hours beat hours 80 through 90 → Why "lifestyle business" was thrown at him as an insult, and why he took it as a compliment → How refusing Apple's 30% cut became the best launch campaign 37signals ever ran → Why he banned politics at work in 2021, and why that fight and the Apple fight are his two proudest moments → The stoic practice he credits for cutting decades of wasted worry CHAPTERS 00:00:45 The AI Supercycle, Agents & Six Months of Whiplash 00:10:08 Bootstrapping, the Dot-Com Bust & the Case for Small Teams 00:19:24 Constraints, Distribution & Starting a Software Business Today 00:24:06 Jeff Bezos, Secondaries & Giving Up Zero Control 00:33:28 SaaS Valuations, Raising in 2026 & the Rough Ride Ahead 00:40:38 Productivity, ATMs, Tractors & Who Gets Left Behind 00:49:59 Guardrails, Doomsday Stories & the Nuclear Mistake 00:59:20 Hustle Culture, the 40-Hour Average & Finding Your Enough 01:22:34 Leaving the Cloud, ONCE & the Case for Commodity Software 01:37:22 The Apple War, Banning Politics & Two Proud Fights 01:46:39 Cars, Le Mans & Why Mechanical Things Still Need Us 01:59:52 Stoicism, Negative Visualization & the Final Advice #DecodedGenius #DHH #Bootstrapping #AIAgents #SoftwareBusiness

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Greatness Expert: How The 1% In History Always Win (The Delusional Method)

   Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/aDc9pxOJwjg (https://youtu.be/aDc9pxOJwjg) ⠀ BECOME A SPONSOR Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) ⠀ CONNECT WITH NIC Website: https://www.nicmunoz.com/ (https://www.nicmunoz.com/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWmuxt2oTeHjZFkVOMoPFA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWmuxt2oTeHjZFkVOMoPFA) Newsletter: https://nicmunoz.substack.com/ (https://nicmunoz.substack.com/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz (https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz) X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz (https://x.com/nic_munoz) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicmunoz/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicmunoz/) ⠀ FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) ⠀ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) ⠀ WHAT WE DECODED → Why obsessive focus on one craft—and living like a samurai—is the foundation of greatness → How Edison, Walt Disney, and Alexander reveal that “effortless genius” is usually intense work combined with intentional mythmaking → Why history’s outliers enter superhuman sprints and accept pain, uncertainty, and sacrifice → What Caesar, Augustus, Napoleon, and Alexander teach about power, perception, speed, and clear leadership → Why wealth alone does not make someone great—and how modern figures compare with history’s most consequential leaders → How biographies and mentor lineages can shape ambition, build belief, and provide a practical roadmap to greatness ⠀ CHAPTERS 00:00:39 Greatness, Obsession & the Samurai Way 00:15:08 Edison, Alexander & the Myth of Effortless Greatness 00:32:18 Superhuman Sprints, Historical Lineages & the Cost of Sacrifice 00:46:00 Caesar, Modern Power & the Future of America 00:52:43 Leadership, Mastery & the Necessity of Pain 01:05:18 Modern Greats, Wealth, & Success 01:12:11 Mentors, Alexander & the Pursuit of Immortality 01:20:39 Biographies, Ambition & a Roadmap to Greatness ⠀ #DecodedGenius #NicMunoz #TheGreats #Greatness #Biographies

4. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Psychologist Who Keeps Suic*dal Patients Alive WARNS About One Word

   Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/EifhqOCH07g (https://youtu.be/EifhqOCH07g) ⠀ BECOME A SPONSOR Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) ⠀ CONNECT WITH CAROLINE Website: https://drcarolinefleck.com/ (https://drcarolinefleck.com/) Book: https://drcarolinefleck.com/book/ (https://drcarolinefleck.com/book/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.CarolineFleck (https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.CarolineFleck) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinefleckphd/ (https://www.instagram.com/carolinefleckphd/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinefleck/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinefleck/) ⠀ FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) ⠀ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) ⠀ WHAT WE DECODED → Why validation is not agreement or praise—and why belonging is a basic human need → How feeling heard builds trust, psychological safety, and honest communication before problem-solving → The copy–propose–take action playbook for defusing conflict and navigating high-stakes negotiations → How leaders can repair team dysfunction—and why better apologies center the other person’s experience → Where acceptance ends: boundaries, manipulation, false beliefs, depression, and “validating only the valid” → Why AI can imitate empathy without caring—and the eight skills behind authentic validation and self-validation ⠀ CHAPTERS 00:00:41 Validation, Belonging & the Cost of Invalidation 00:22:44 Trust, Psychological Safety & the Problem-Solving Trap 00:34:29 Conflict, Negotiation & the Validation Playbook 00:51:18 Leadership, Team Dysfunction & Better Apologies 00:57:06 Relationships, Boundaries & Emotional Manipulation 01:05:52 False Beliefs, Depression & the Kernel of Truth 01:16:06 AI, the Eight Skills & Emotional Intelligence 01:29:10 Family, Clinical Work & Self-Validation ⠀ #DecodedGenius #CarolineFleck #Validation #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence

5. 

   9 Sept 2026

   This YouTube Genius Proves Anyone Can Crack The Algorithm With Your First Upload

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/tuv_XPF6cH8 BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) CONNECT WITH JAKE Twitter/X: https://x.com/JacobRBryant1 FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ WHAT WE DECODED → Why packaging (title, thumbnail, intro) matters more than the video itself → How a Dostoevsky novel became Mark Manson’s highest-viewed video of the year → Why The Royalty Family grew from 100M to 200M monthly views by uploading LESS → The three metrics that matter (APV, AVD, impressions) and why CTR is overrated → How every top-200 creator on YouTube makes over $1 million per month → Why the next MrBeast will come from animation, not vlogging CHAPTERS 00:00:39 Mark Manson, Packaging & Why Titles Win 00:12:46 Thumbnails, Text & First-Principles Design 00:18:03 Dostoevsky, Ideation & Why Ideas Are Everything 00:24:48 Goals, Money & What New Creators Get Wrong 00:37:55 1K to 100K, Outlier Theory & Partnering With YouTube 00:46:48 Title Craft, Max Loading & Rhythm 01:02:05 100K to 1M, Process & Packaging Angles 01:13:10 Metrics, RPMs & Reading Retention Graphs 01:24:07 Upload Less, Cadence & The Royalty Family Story 01:35:44 1M to 10M, Niche Integration & Going Broad 01:49:54 AI, Art & the Future of Creators 01:56:24 Level 5, MrBeast & What Obsession Takes #DecodedGenius #JakeBryant #YouTubeStrategy #ContentCreators #YouTubeGrowth

6. 

   2 Sept 2026

   Billion Dollar Founder WARNS: AGI is Here and Will Replace 89% of Humans

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/IqN1Dd9qWDM BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) CONNECT WITH BEN CERA Website: https://polsia.com/ (https://polsia.com/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bencera-aislop (https://www.youtube.com/@bencera-aislop) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbroca/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbroca/) X: https://x.com/Bencera (https://x.com/Bencera) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) WHAT WE DECODED → How Ben built a one-person AI company valued at $250 million → Why failure, solitude, and climbing Mount Fuji shaped his approach to entrepreneurship → How autonomous workflows can launch companies for $200—and where human judgment remains essential → What launch week, first customers, and overnight bugs taught Ben about self-healing AI → Why building in public, founder-led growth, and human taste matter more as AI content multiplies → Where autonomous agents break down—and what superintelligence could mean for founders and the future of work → How Polsia’s unit economics changed when agents went rogue and its AI bill approached $1 million → Why Ben remains committed to staying solo after raising $30 million—and the personal cost of that obsession CHAPTERS 00:00:40 One-Person Companies, Founder AI & a $250 Million Valuation 00:15:59 Mount Fuji, Founder Resilience & Going Solo 00:36:27 $200 Startups, Autonomous Workflows & Human Judgment 00:51:55 Launch Week, First Customers & Self-Healing AI 01:03:00 Building in Public, Founder-Led Growth & Human Taste 01:13:25 Agent Limits, Superintelligence & the Future of Work 01:34:28 Overnight Bugs, Unit Economics & Rogue Agents 01:50:37 Staying Solo, Raising $30 Million & the Cost of Obsession #DecodedGenius #BenCera #Polsia #ArtificialIntelligence #SoloFounder

7. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Branding Genius WARNING: AI Will Make Most Creatives Obsolete!

   Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/SoJs42Yt9V4 (https://youtu.be/SoJs42Yt9V4) ⠀ BECOME A SPONSOR Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) ⠀ CONNECT WITH CHRIS Website: https://thefutur.com/ (https://thefutur.com/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thefuturishere (https://www.youtube.com/thefuturishere) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thechrisdo/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thechrisdo/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/) ⠀ FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) ⠀ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) ⠀ WHAT WE DECODED → What separates timeless logo design from decoration—and why great marks communicate a feeling instead of literally depicting a service → Why resentment toward client work is often a pricing problem, and how asking for more creates a cycle of confidence → Why the discovery call wins the deal long before the proposal—and how strong questions turn an audition into an audit → How differentiation and necessary friction can make you the prize, protect the relationship, and help you win as the highest bidder → Why Chris walked away from Blind’s client work to scale The Futur—and why low expenses and owned assets are foundational to real wealth → Why hourly billing commoditizes expertise—and how creatives can use AI to increase leverage, charge for judgment, and avoid obsolescence ⠀ CHAPTERS 00:00:38 Logos, Typography & the Trained Eye 00:07:16 Pricing, Confidence & the Extra Zero 00:22:48 Proposals, Discovery Calls & Becoming the Prize 00:40:39 Highest Bids, Necessary Friction & Timeless Thinking 00:58:20 Blind, The Futur & Building Real Wealth 01:10:38 Hourly Billing, Karmic Equity & the Authenticity Test 01:18:36 AI, Creative Obsolescence & Embracing Change 01:26:35 Teaching, Self-Belief & the Champion’s Mindset ⠀ #DecodedGenius #ChrisDo #TheFutur #CreativeEntrepreneurship #BrandStrategy

8. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Ghostwriting Expert: AI Gets Me 100x The Output With 1 Prompt

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/p-rCz9r4ego BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) CONNECT WITH NICOLAS COLE: Website: https://www.nicolascole.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolascole YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeoMQWq1-dAPave3ythD8MQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolascole77 X: https://x.com/Nicolascole77 FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) WHAT WE DECODED → How Nicolas turned free work and ghostwriting into a multimillion-dollar writing business → Why valuable skills and productized services can generate revenue faster than products → What World of Warcraft and Quora taught him about mastery, consistency, and standing out → Why going viral matters less than building a library of ideas that compounds over time → How scaling Digital Press too quickly turned his business from a castle into a prison → Why AI rewards skilled creators—and how detailed prompts can turn expertise into leverage → What personal brands can learn about clear thinking, category ownership, and reputation CHAPTERS 00:00:39 Ghostwriting, Writing Businesses & AI Leverage 00:17:11 Gaming, Quora & the Discipline of Mastery 00:25:55 Virality, Digital Products & Personal Branding 00:36:01 Hooks, Platforms & Compounding Content 00:47:30 Inc., Independence & the First Ghostwriting Client 01:05:38 Scaling, Burnout & Rebuilding the Business 01:17:42 AI, Blogging & the Future of Writing 01:37:17 Skills, Shortcuts & Owning Your Category #DecodedGenius #NicolasCole #Writing #PersonalBranding #ArtificialIntelligence

9. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Mafia Boss: Made $10 Million A Week Breaking The Law (How He Did It)

   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/R125VgykGII BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) CONNECT WITH MICHAEL FRANZESE Website: https://michaelfranzese.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelfranzese Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelfranzese_/ X: https://x.com/MichaelFranzese Franzese Wine: https://franzesewine.com/ Michael’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KIXYD6 FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ WHAT WE DECODED → How Michael’s gasoline operation generated millions of dollars every week → What growing up as Sonny Franzese’s son taught him about loyalty and authority → Why he chose to enter the Mafia—and the destruction that decision caused → His response to murder allegations and the role of government informants → How love, prison, and faith gave him a path out of organized crime → What entrepreneurs can learn about leadership, responsibility, and redemption CHAPTERS 00:00:37 Wealth, Power & the Gasoline Empire 00:16:20 Brooklyn, Family & Growing Up Franzese 00:26:15 Loyalty, Ambition & Entering the Mafia 00:41:10 Murder Allegations, Informants & Mafia Justice 01:03:42 Love, Marriage & Walking Away 01:16:39 Prison, Faith & Finding Purpose 01:24:45 Business, Leadership & Personal Responsibility 01:30:00 Redemption, Regret & Legacy #DecodedGenius #MichaelFranzese #Mafia #OrganizedCrime #Redemption

10. 

    5 Aug 2026

    Branding Scientist: Most Brands Suck and Here’s Why

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/MJYqeLnem1c BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) CONNECT WITH CALEB Website: https://calebralston.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CalebRalston LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebralston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calebralston/ FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ WHAT WE DECODED → Why packaging and viewer retention can matter more than production quality → How generic advice and copied content make a personal brand invisible → The systems behind scaling Gary Vee, Alex Hormozi, and Leila Hormozi → How to become more authentic and compelling on camera → Why chasing virality can destroy audience trust → When to increase content volume, hire a team, and redefine success CHAPTERS 00:00:33 Channel Audits, Packaging & Viewer Retention 00:19:44 Originality, Focus & Intentional Brand Building 00:28:21 Gary Vee, Alex Hormozi & Scaling Content Systems 00:40:30 Personality, Authenticity & Human Connection 00:50:21 Virality, Trust & Audience-First Growth 01:07:28 Volume, Experimentation & Creative Differentiation 01:20:36 Followers, Revenue & Defining the Right Goal 01:28:03 Hiring, Content Teams & Scaling a Personal Brand #DecodedGenius #CalebRalston #PersonalBranding #ContentStrategy #Marketing

11. 

    29 Jul 2026

    Former CIA Agent: America is going to get worse (2030 predictions)

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/RQ0OOeHH6xs What can a former CIA officer learn about you in a matter of minutes—and how much of what you believe about reading people is completely wrong? Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA intelligence officer who teaches people how to apply real-world espionage techniques to business and everyday life. He argues that rapid trust, active listening, and careful information gathering are far more powerful than the body-language tricks commonly associated with spies. In this episode of Decoded Genius, Andrew demonstrates how intelligence officers assess strangers, recruit assets, detect changes in behavior, and use silence to gather information. He also explores the moral gray zones of espionage, the forces driving political division and wealth inequality, and why he believes his family may eventually need to leave the United States. ABOUT THE GUEST Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA intelligence officer and educator who translates intelligence tradecraft into practical tools for business, communication, and life. After leaving the agency, he adapted the skills he learned in intelligence operations for the corporate world and began teaching them to a wider audience. With more than 800,000 subscribers, he has become one of the internet’s most prominent voices on espionage, human behavior, and global intelligence. WHAT WE DECODED → How intelligence officers assess strangers and build rapid trust → Why mirroring works—and how trained operatives use it without being obvious → How the CIA recruits, tests, and secretly vets potential officers → Why lie detection depends on behavioral baselines instead of isolated signals → How SADRAT and the 80/20 rule can improve business, relationships, and life → Why Andrew expects greater political division, economic pain, and shifts in global power CHAPTERS 00:00:38 Surveillance, Tradecraft & Prevention 00:05:19 Reading People, Rapid Trust & Mirroring 00:12:25 CIA Recruitment, Loyalty & Secret Vetting 00:22:26 Active Listening, Lie Detection & Spotting Spies 00:41:34 SADRAT, the 80/20 Rule & Life After the CIA 01:03:40 Moral Gray Zones, Moles & Global Operations 01:33:17 Political Division, Wealth Inequality & Global Power 01:48:03 Silence, Information Vetting & Leaving America CONNECT WITH ANDREW BUSTAMANTE EverydaySpy: https://everydayspy.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Andrew-Bustamante LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bustamante-mba-89812a10b Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everydayspy/ Andrew’s Book (Shadow Cell): https://www.amazon.com/Red-Cell-Inside-Account-Americas-ebook/dp/B0CK8C5XD7 FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com #DecodedGenius #AndrewBustamante #CIA #Espionage #SpySkills

12. 

    22 Jul 2026

    Why Food Companies Want You to Stay Fat and Die (It Makes Them Money)

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/BhEsYJ6gEHY What if sugar isn't a treat, but a poison we've been trained to crave? Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist who spent decades treating childhood obesity, argues that sugar is a chronic toxin and that the food industry has known it all along. In this episode of Decoded Genius, Robert explains why a calorie is not a calorie, how fructose damages the body in four distinct ways, and why the difference between pleasure and happiness may be the key to understanding addiction. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Robert Lustig is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a neuroendocrinologist who spent decades treating childhood obesity. He reached a wide audience after his 2009 lecture "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," and has since become one of the most prominent public voices on the metabolic harms of sugar and ultra-processed food. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and several books, including Fat Chance, The Hacking of the American Mind, and Metabolical. WHAT WE DECODED → Why a calorie is not a calorie, and what that changes → The four ways fructose harms the body, none of them about calories → The corporate playbook used to keep us eating sugar → The seven differences between pleasure and happiness → How leptin and insulin really drive obesity → Whether Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs are worth the cost CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:49 Are Diet Sodas Actually Safe? 00:05:51 Why Sugar Is A Mitochondrial Toxin 00:08:44 What We Got Wrong About Nutrition For 30 Years 00:10:01 The Four Ways Fructose Harms Your Body 00:13:14 Why "Eat Less, Move More" Doesn't Work 00:16:49 Is Obesity Biologically Driven? 00:25:28 Should Sugar Be Regulated Like Alcohol? 00:30:43 The Corporate Playbook For Selling Sugar 00:33:22 Pleasure vs Happiness: The Seven Differences 00:45:03 Does A Sugar Tax Actually Work? 00:54:37 Leptin, Insulin, And The Real Cause Of Obesity 01:01:31 The "Health Foods" That Are Secretly Sugar 01:03:24 What We Stripped Out Of Our Food 01:10:21 Do Ozempic And GLP-1 Drugs Actually Work? 01:19:44 How The Food Industry Brands Children For Life 01:24:40 Your Fault Or Market Research? The Truth About Choice 01:32:29 Re-Engineering Junk Food: The Kuwait Experiment 01:39:19 Final Thoughts CONNECT WITH ROBERT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlustigmd (https://www.instagram.com/robertlustigmd) Website: https://robertlustig.com (https://robertlustig.com/) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com #DecodedGenius #Sugar #MetabolicHealth #Nutrition #RobertLustig

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    15 Jul 2026

    Everything Men Need To Know About Women (Full Master Class)

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/ttwNBYNb0u4 What if women don't actually want what they say they want, and the rules of modern dating run on a logic almost no one says out loud? Dr. Orion Taraban is a clinical psychologist who argues that relationships are economic transactions, and that understanding the hidden laws of the sexual marketplace explains why dating feels broken for so many men and women today. In this episode of Decoded Genius, Orion explains why romantic relationships are at historic lows, what really drives attraction and keeps it alive, and why he believes that within five years, everyone's strongest competition for a partner will be AI. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Orion Taraban is a clinical psychologist in private practice and the creator of PsycHacks, a YouTube channel with over a million subscribers and more than 200 million views. Drawing on his clinical work, he applies evolutionary psychology and economic principles to dating, attraction, and modern relationships. He is the author of The Value of Others, which lays out his economic model of relationships and the dynamics of the sexual marketplace. WHAT WE DECODED → Why romantic relationships are at historic lows, and the economics behind it → The real difference between what attracts a partner and what keeps one → Why women are drawn to bad boys, and how any man can stand out → How sexual marketplace value shifts for men and women over time → What confidence, status, and game actually do in dating → Why AI may soon become everyone's biggest romantic competition CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:58 Toxic Masculinity, Reconsidered 00:05:11 Why Romantic Relationships Are At Historic Lows 00:11:32 Does Monogamy Still Make Sense? 00:15:32 Why Women Are Drawn To Bad Boys 00:19:29 How An Average Man Can Stand Out 00:22:54 Why Men And Women Peak At Different Ages 00:30:06 The Brutal Reality Of Being A Young Man 00:33:21 Do Men Really Need Money To Attract Women? 00:38:00 Getting Someone vs Keeping Them 00:41:50 The Crisis Of Disillusionment 00:44:49 What Happens When Someone Stops Loving Their Partner 00:48:32 Does Body Count Matter? 00:53:47 The Five Endgames For Women In The Sexual Marketplace 01:03:15 Why Men Always "Pay" In Relationships 01:11:33 Are Dating Apps Just A Numbers Game? 01:14:30 How To Approach Women In Person 01:25:21 What Creates Obsession In A Man 01:33:36 How Porn And Social Media Changed Dating 01:36:44 What It Really Means To Be A Man 01:41:35 The Boss Test For Female Disrespect 01:52:01 How To Get Over A Breakup 02:00:01 The Dark Horse And The Ugly Duckling 02:10:15 The Best Dating Advice For Men And Women 02:15:35 Will AI Replace Real Relationships? CONNECT WITH ORION Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orion.taraban (https://www.instagram.com/orion.taraban) YouTube: https://youtube.com/@psychacks (https://youtube.com/@psychacks) Website: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com (https://oriontarabanpsyd.com/) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com #DecodedGenius #OrionTaraban #Relationships #Dating #Psychology

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    8 Jul 2026

    Fasting Expert Explains How to Defeat Cancer (Full Interview)

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/ghwih1KRHBI What if the cure for the world's most common diseases isn't a drug, but the absence of food? Dr. Alan Goldhamer has supervised more water-only fasts than anyone alive, and he argues that many of the chronic diseases we're told to manage for life can actually be reversed. In this episode of Decoded Genius, Alan explains why fasting is a biological adaptation rather than starvation, how the visceral fat around our organs quietly drives heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and what it really takes to break free from the foods engineered to keep us sick. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the founder and director of TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California, the world's largest facility specializing in medically supervised, water-only fasting. Over the past four decades he has overseen the fasting and care of more than 25,000 patients, and the Center has become a leading training site for physicians seeking certification in therapeutic fasting. He is co-author of The Pleasure Trap and Can Fasting Save Your Life?, author of The Health Promoting Cookbook, and a principal investigator on landmark studies of fasting and hypertension. WHAT WE DECODED → Why fasting is a survival adaptation, not starvation → How visceral fat behaves like a tumor and fuels chronic disease → Why "getting well" was never part of the medical paradigm → The pleasure trap and why we crave the most concentrated foods → How fasting and exercise improve the same biomarkers → Whether we're failing at health or being set up to fail CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:29 The Real Benefits Of Fasting Medicine Overlooks 00:03:03 Fasting Is Not Starvation: What Doctors Get Wrong 00:05:37 The Most Dramatic Transformations He's Seen 00:09:33 Can Fasting Improve Depression And Anxiety? 00:12:18 The Pleasure Trap And Why We Crave The Wrong Foods 00:15:13 Is Red Meat The Problem? Animal Foods And Hidden Toxins 00:17:55 Intermittent Fasting And How To Break A Fast Safely 00:22:49 Visceral Fat: The Silent Killer 00:25:33 Why Fasting And Exercise Heal The Body The Same Way 00:29:31 The Fast That Ended 16 Years Of Daily Pain 00:31:59 Rebooting The Body: Cancer And Autoimmune Disease 00:37:51 The Heart Attack That Changed His Brother's Life 00:43:03 Why Modern Medicine Ignores Prevention 00:46:23 A World Designed To Make Us Fat, Sick, And Miserable 00:55:01 How Salt Tricks You Into Overeating 01:01:43 Willpower Or Environment: Are We Set Up To Fail? 01:02:33 Where To Start In The Next 24 Hours CONNECT WITH ALAN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueNorthHealth123 (https://www.youtube.com/@TrueNorthHealth123) Website: https://www.healthpromoting.com/ (https://www.healthpromoting.com/) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com #DecodedGenius #Fasting #MetabolicHealth #WholeFoodPlantBased #AlanGoldhamer

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    1 Jul 2026

    99.8% Unemployment Rate in 2027 (No Jobs Are Safe)

    Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/SnKM6IFzxwM What if the greatest invention in human history is also the last? AI safety researcher Dr. Roman Yampolskiy believes humanity is moving faster toward artificial superintelligence than most people realize—and that we may be dramatically underestimating the risks. In this episode of Decoded Genius, Roman explains why many of the world’s leading AI researchers are concerned about the future, whether superintelligent AI can ever truly be controlled, and what happens if we create something smarter than ourselves. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a tenured computer scientist at the University of Louisville, founder of the Cyber Security Lab, and one of the earliest researchers in the field of AI Safety. He has authored more than 100 academic publications and several books on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and existential risk. WHAT WE DECODED → Why some AI experts believe superintelligence may be impossible to control → The real difference between AI helping humanity and replacing it → Whether AI consciousness is possible—and why it matters → The timeline for AGI and what could happen next → Why the biggest risk may not be malicious AI, but highly competent AI → The questions society should be asking before it’s too late CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:39 Why Superintelligence Could Mean Human Extinction 00:04:26 The Oppenheimer Moment and the Money Behind AI 00:07:22 Manipulation, Control, and the Superintelligence Playbook 00:09:19 The 99.9% Risk and Why Control May Be Impossible 00:12:23 Narrow vs General AI: What Builders Could Do Differently 00:13:43 A Weapon of Mass Destruction and the Global Arms Race 00:16:09 Job Loss, Universal Basic Income, and Safe Careers 00:19:39 The AI Tools Paradox and Big Tech's Real Economics 00:22:43 Post-Labor Economics and the Race to AGI 00:26:20 The Next Five Years and Whether AI Can Be Conscious 00:30:33 The Personal Toll of Studying the Last Invention 00:35:22 Is College Still Worth It? 00:38:28 Markets, Bitcoin, and the Agent Economy 00:41:01 Are We Living in a Simulation? 00:46:36 Who's to Blame and the Final Warning CONNECT WITH ROMAN Website: https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/ (https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/) X: https://x.com/romanyam (https://x.com/romanyam) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam (https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com #DecodedGenius #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AGI #RomanYampolskiy

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    27 Jun 2026

    Is AI Humanity's Last Invention? | Dr. Roman Yampolskiy (Trailer)

    What if the greatest invention in human history is also our last? AI safety researcher Dr. Roman Yampolskiy believes we're racing toward superintelligence faster than we realize—and badly underestimating the risk. In this trailer for his upcoming Decoded Genius episode, get a preview of why some of the world's leading AI researchers fear what's coming, whether superintelligence can ever truly be controlled, and what happens if we build something smarter than ourselves. Full episode dropping soon. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a tenured computer scientist at the University of Louisville, founder of the Cyber Security Lab, and one of the earliest researchers in the field of AI Safety. He has authored more than 100 academic publications and several books on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and existential risk. CONNECT WITH ROMAN Website: https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/ (https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/) X: https://x.com/romanyam (https://x.com/romanyam) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam (https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam) FOLLOW DECODED GENIUS Website: https://decodedgenius.com/ (https://decodedgenius.com/) Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/ (https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/) FOLLOW WILL CANNON Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/ (https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/) Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/ (https://iamwillcannon.com/) BECOME A SPONSOR: Email: will@decodedgenius.com (mailto:will@decodedgenius.com) #DecodedGenius #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AGI #RomanYampolskiy

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