Dan interviews Richard Horvitz, award-winning actor, voice over artist, writer, and producer. He's been the voice of Zim on Invader Zim, Daggett on the Angry Beavers, Alpha 5 on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ratchet in Ratchet and Clank, and ma

10: Jason Fried

Nov 25th, 2015 42m 8s

Jason Fried, co-founder of Basecamp, joins Dan to talk about building a business (vs. maintaining one), long-lasting businesses, setting a business up to succeed, reinventing your business, thinking big too early, and competition.

9: Denys Zhadanov of Readdle

Nov 20th, 2015 32m 58s

Dan interviews Denys Zhadanov of Readdle, makers of iOS productivity apps including Spark, Calendars 5, and PDF Expert with over 45 million downloads. They discuss the challenges of growing a user base, working within the constraints of the App

8: Paul Haddad

Oct 21st, 2015 36m 38s

Dan interviews Paul Haddad, co-founder of Tapbots and co-creator of the popular Tweetbot iOS app. They talk about the Twitter and Apple ecosystems, independent app development, and more.

7: Andy McMillan

Oct 13th, 2015 46m 28s

Dan interviews Andy McMillan, co-creator of the XOXO Festival in Portland. They discuss the evolution of the event, the importance of a creating local events, creativity, pursuit of excellence, and more.

6: Heather Armstrong

Sep 30th, 2015 42m 4s

Dan talks with Heather Armstrong about her inspiration to start writing on the web, getting "dooced", the importance of sharing her life and making people laugh, storytelling, and how writing for the web has changed.

5: Angelo Coppola

Sep 29th, 2015 1h 9m

Guest Angelo Coppola joins Dan Benjamin to talk about the currenty of life (time) and how to reclaim it, floating vs. sinking, leaving behind the world of marketing, a/b testing, and eyeball tracking for a life focused on quality. They discuss

4: Jeff Veen

Aug 7th, 2015 52m 26s

Dan talks with Jeff Veen, Design Partner at True Ventures, advisor to about.me, Medium, WordPress, previously VP of Design at Adobe, founder of Typekit, and more. They discuss emergent technologies, being first vs. being great, speed and moment

3: Nilay Patel

Jul 19th, 2015 58m 55s

Dan Benjamin interviews Nilay Patel, Editor-In-Chief of The Verge, about his path from the University of Chicago (where he achieved a 3.5 GPA) to law school, Engadget, and The Verge. They discuss the current state of media, web publications, bl

2: Joshua Topolsky

May 15th, 2015 46m 23s

Dan is joined by Joshua Topolsky, the editor of Bloomberg Digital, and Bloomberg Media’s chief digital content officer. He is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Verge, and a co-creator of Vox Media.They talk about creativity, ta

1: Tim Ferriss

Apr 30th, 2015 41m 16s

Dan is joined by Tim Ferriss, who has been described as “A cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.” by the New York Times. He has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People”, Forbes Magazine’s “Names You Need to