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Valerie Fridland: The Amazing and Um, Complex World of Linguistics

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We’re on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Valerie Fridland. She is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Nevada in Reno. But her expertise extends far beyond the academic sphere. Valerie imparts her knowledge of [...]

Dan Lyons: How to Improve Your Life By Shutting Up

This week our guest is Dan Lyons. Dan has had a remarkable career as a technology editor, writer, columnist, and podcaster. He even worked for HBO's "Silicon Valley." But in this episode, he discusses his inability to shut up, how it affected his professional and personal life, and what he (and you) can do [...]

Steve Case: Democratizing Entrepreneurship

Are you ready to meet a visionary entrepreneur shaking up the tech world and rethinking the American Dream? I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People – a podcast dedicated to inspiring listeners to reach their full potential. And in this episode, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Steve Case, a billionaire with a [...]

Gretchen Carlson: How to Be Fierce

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to help you be remarkable. Assisting me in this episode is the remarkable Gretchen Carlson. Gretchen became a voice for the voiceless after she went public with harassment claims against then Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. This courageous act accelerated [...]

Derek Sivers: Taking Care of Business

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We’re on a mission to help you be remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Derek Sivers is a former musician, circus ringleader, entrepreneur, programmer, and TED speaker. He is the founder of CD Baby, which he started by accident in 1998 when he was selling [...]

Robert Waldinger: How to Be Happy

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Have you ever pondered the mother of all questions: How do I achieve happiness? We have the answer for you. Robert Waldinger is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. This is the longest scientific study [...]

Héctor García: Finding Your Reason for Living

Happy New Year! I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Héctor García. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE Hector moved from Spain to Tokyo in 2004 and began writing a blog called A Geek in Japan. This led [...]

Kerri Walsh Jennings: What’s It Take to Be a GOAT

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Kerri Walsh-Jennings. She is one of the GOATs–greatest of all time–in women’s volleyball. This description opens up an existential question: “greatest” implies the one and only, but in my humble [...]

Paul Oyer: Real-World, Down, Dirty, and Useful Personal Economics

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Paul Oyer. He is a professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor Economics. Paul obtained his bachelor's in math [...]

Tony Fadell: The Gospel According to the Creator of iPod, iPhone, and Nest

This week's guest on Remarkable People invented three of the top fifty most influential gadgets of all time. You might have one in your pocket right now! I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is Remarkable People. Becoming remarkable is a difficult and painful process. We're on our mission to shorten that time, relieve that pain, [...]

Tyler Shultz: Truth and Consequences from the Theranos Whistleblower

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We’re on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Tyler Shultz. Saying that Tyler is remarkably brave is an understatement. He was the whistleblower on the Theranos debacle that led to the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes. Someone is truly remarkable when [...]

Tom Peters: The Return of Excellence

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. Achieving remarkability is a difficult and painful process. We’re on a mission to make this challenge easier and faster. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Tom Peters. Tom is the co-author of In Search of Excellence. This isn’t an over-statement: in the 1980s, [...]

Geoff Cohen: The Art of Connecting With People

Today’s remarkable guest is Geoffrey Cohen. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on the processes that shape people's sense of belonging and self and the implications of these feelings on social problems. He studies the threats to belonging and self-integrity that people encounter [...]

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