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Peter Krask: From PhD Dropout to Hollywood Producer—Building Myth Merchant and Findi…

1/6/2026 • 61 min

Peter Krask, creator of Myth Merchant and former Hollywood producer, shares his journey from quitting grad school to producing reality TV to building a business around storytelling and mythology. After realizing a PhD wasn't his path, Krask dove into the entertainment industry, learning the business side of creativity—budgets, staff, international shipping, and … Play episode

Oliver Burkeman: Why Positive Thinking Fails and the Paradox of Pursuing H…
Michelle Gielan: How Small Shifts in Communication Create Big Changes in H…
Breaking Free from the Plan: How Decision Engineering Can Transform Your L…
Justin McRoberts: Mortality, Meaning, and Giving Away Everything You've Got
Jeff Wald: Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Why Personal Re…
Jeff Spencer: The Champion Blueprint and the Eight Inevitable Steps to Pea…
Jason Naylor: The Psychology of Color and Why Bright Hues Unlock Positivit…
Jacob Sager Weinstein: The Memory Palace Method and Why You Cannot Synthes…
Hillary Weiss: The Danger of Just Mindset and Why Imitation Is a Trap for …
Gautum Mukunda: The Paradox of Leader Selection and Why Unfiltered Preside…
Cal Newport: Why Social Media Is Big Tobacco Not Big Oil and the Steam Whi…
Cal Newport: Cognitive Athleticism and Why Elite Performers Protect Their …
Ethan Kross: Mastering Your Inner Voice Before It Masters You
Eric Barker: The Science of Relationships and Why Playing Well with Others…
Brea Starmer: Redefining Work Around Highest and Best Use, Not Hours Logged
Dylan Beynon: Building Mindbloom and the Science of Psychedelic-Assisted T…
Douglass Vigliotti: Wrestling with Conviction and Why Creative Work Demand…
Donny Jackson: The Internalized Stains of Slavery and Why Empathy Cannot D…
Bjorn Ryan-Gorman: Coming Out as Gay in the Snowboarding World and Reclaim…
David Epstein: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Ayelet Fishbach: The Science of Motivation, Why Fantasies Fail, and Balanc…
Daniel Stillman: The Architecture of Conversations and Why Every Interface…
Dandapani: Mastering Your Mind as an Operating System, Sexual Energy Trans…
Cal Newport: Slow Productivity, Escaping Pseudo Productivity, and the Thre…
Alan Stein Jr: The Performance Gap Between Knowing and Doing, and What Eli…
Andrew Yang: Universal Basic Income and the Automation Crisis Remaking Ame…
Christy Tennery-Spalding: Building Political Homes and Redefining Self-Car…
Andrew Bustamante: Inside the Mind of a Spy — Tradecraft, Trust, and the C…
Chris Fussell: Systems, Mindset, and Leading at the Edge
Carlos Adell: From Drug Dealer to Industrial Engineer to Finding True Succ…
Alison Shcraeger: The Economics of Risk and What a Las Vegas Brothel Taugh…
John Epstein: Testing Acast Sync and Update Functionality
Akshay Nanavati: Finding Bliss Through Suffering, Silence, and the Edge of…
David Brooks: Seeing People Deeply in a World of Shallow Interactions
Damon Centola: Why Change Spreads from the Edges—Not the Influencers
Jennifer Wallace: Raising Resilient Kids in a Culture That Says They're Ne…
Laura Huang: Creating an Edge in a World That Won’t Hand You One
Emily Fletcher: The Science and Simplicity of Unlocking Human Potential Th…
Courtney Harding: Building the Future of Human Connection Through XR, Educ…
Daniel Lieberman: Dopamine, Desire, and Why Enough is Never Enough
Annie Duke: Why Knowing When to Quit Is a Superpower
The Science of Mastery: Anders Ericsson on Deliberate Practice
The Operating System of Transformation: Salim Ismail on Exponential Thinki…
Dennis Xu: Designing Tools That Think Like We Do
The Science of Focus: Gloria Mark on Attention Rhythms, Flow Myths, and Di…
Sonkhe Ahrens: Building a Thinking System That Generates Insight, Not Noise
Kevin Surace — Building Smarter, Leading Better, and Adapting to AI
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