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Srinivas Rao

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Luke Burgis: Mimetic Desire, Fulfillment, and the Hidden Forces That Shape What We W…

3/3/2026 • 52 min

Author and entrepreneur Luke Burgis joins us to explore the invisible architecture of human desire — and how understanding it can radically change our choices, ambitions, and sense of self. Drawing on his book *Wanting* and the mimetic theory of René Girard, Burgis unpacks how most of what we "want" is shaped not by independent reasoning, but by models — people … Play episode

Laura Owens: Surviving Domestic Violence, Reclaiming Self-Worth, and Letti…
Kristin Neff: The Science and Practice of Self-Compassion
Kate Peterson: Redefining Success and What It Means to Live a Good Life
Kamal Ravikant: Rewiring Your Mind Through the Practice of Self-Love
Justin Connor: The Lungs Hold Grief and Why Workaholism Is Both Saving Gra…
Jim Kwik: Unlocking Limitless Learning and Why Your Brain is Not Fixed
Vanessa Van Edwards: From Student Council Nerd to Decoding Human Behavior
Tiago Forte: Building a Second Brain After Five Schools Taught Him to Be a…
Susan Magsamen: Your Brain on Art and the Neuroscience of Creativity
Robin Dellabough: From Supporting Others' Creativity to Claiming Your Own
Rob Bloom: How Stuttering Forced Creative Problem-Solving and Authenticity
Rich Karlgaard: Why Late Bloomers Win in a Culture Obsessed with Early Ach…
Rebecca Beltran: Redefining Intimacy Through Sex-Positive Courtesanship
Jenny Blake: Free Time, Time-to-Revenue Ratios, and Rejecting the "Time Is…
Marc Elliott: How Media Narratives Shape Truth and the Untold Side of NXIVM
Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Professional Troublemaking and the Power of Making Goo…
Peter Krask: From PhD Dropout to Hollywood Producer—Building Myth Merchant…
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

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