Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.
Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.
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What really happened inside Apple’s first fifty years? David Pogue joins Guy Kawasaki to unpack the myths, the meltdowns, and the moments that built the world’s most influential tech company. From near-misses aboard OceanGate to tense interviews with Elon Musk, Pogue shares ...
Cindy Cohn joins Remarkable People to break down encryption, Section 230, metadata, and the real meaning of the First and Fourth Amendments in the digital age. As longtime leader of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she has taken on the Department of Justice, challenged ma...
Why does personal finance feel so stressful—even when we’re wealthier than ever? Tarun Ramadorai joins Guy Kawasaki to explain why the system isn’t just confusing, but often rigged against ordinary people.
Tarun is a finance professor and co-author of the new book Fixed: Why...
What if healthcare stopped reacting to illness and started anticipating it?
In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki sits down with Dr. Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, to explore how precision health, artificial intelligence, and wh...
What do golf, grit, and gratitude have to do with college success? Renee Fluker answers that question with 25 years of proof. As the founder of Detroit’s College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program, Renee has helped more than 3,000 students—many written off by tradit...
What if the real challenge in your career isn’t working harder—but figuring out who you actually are?
Guy Kawasaki sits down with Suzy Welch—NYU Stern professor, former editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review, and bestselling author—to explore purpose, resilience, and lea...
What does it really mean to give without keeping score? Brad Feld has built a career by answering that question differently than almost anyone in venture capital.
In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki sits down with Brad to unpack the philosophy behind his new b...
What if lasting change didn’t require motivation or willpower?
In this re-released episode of the Remarkable People Podcast, Guy Kawasaki revisits his conversation with BJ Fogg, Stanford behavior scientist and New York Times bestselling author of Tiny Habits.
BJ explains why...
What does it cost to care deeply—and what happens when the work that defines you nearly breaks you?
In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki sits down with Jane Chen, the co-founder of Embrace and author of the raw, unforgettable memoir Like a Wave We Break. Jane s...
What happens when childhood is rewired by smartphones and social media? Jonathan Haidt joins Guy to break down how a single decade transformed attention, resilience, and the emotional lives of millions of kids. Drawing from his bestselling book The Anxious Generation, Jonath...
Maya Shankar joins Guy Kawasaki to unpack the psychology of change—why it rattles us, how it reshapes identity, and what helps people emerge stronger on the other side. Drawing from research, lived experience, and her book The Other Side of Change, Maya challenges the idea t...
What if success depends less on merit and more on the quiet transfer of status? In this episode, Guy Kawasaki interviews Toby Stuart, UC Berkeley Haas professor and leading expert on innovation and social networks, to break open the unseen systems that shape who rises and wh...
Erin Nance is an orthopedic surgeon who has seen firsthand how often patients—especially women—are misdiagnosed, dismissed, or overlooked. In this conversation with Guy Kawasaki, she unpacks why curiosity and humility matter more than hierarchy, how AI is reshaping diagnosis...
What makes ordinary people do extraordinary things? In this episode of Remarkable People, bestselling author and historian Lynne Olson joins Guy Kawasaki to uncover the powerful story behind The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück—a true account of courage, solidarity, and resistance ...
What makes humans so predictably irrational? Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler and Alex Imas join Guy Kawasaki to reveal the quirks that shape our decisions—from golf greens to stock markets. Drawing from their new book, The Winner’s Curse: Then and Now, they revisit the field t...
How do you know what to believe online?
In this re-run episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki talks with Mike Caulfield, research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, about the SIFT method—a practical framework for evaluating online ...
What does leadership look like when the world keeps shifting beneath you? Dara Treseder—Chief Marketing Officer of Autodesk—joins Guy to share how people-first decision-making and focusing on what you can control help leaders stay grounded in uncertain times.
Dara breaks dow...
Ann Wolbert Burgess is no ordinary nurse or researcher—she helped shape the FBI’s profiling program and redefined forensic nursing. In this episode of Remarkable People, she shares gripping insights from the Menendez brothers trial, the Duke lacrosse case, and decades of wor...
What does it take to stay grounded when the world feels increasingly disconnected and tech-driven? That’s the question at the center of this conversation with Baratunde Thurston. A cultural critic, outdoor explorer, author, technologist, and host of Life With Machines and America Outdoors, Baratunde is impossible to categorize—and that’s exactly why this episode lands with such force.
We dig into identity, democracy, interdependence, and the real stakes of living alongside powerful technologies.
This episode pushes us to ask: How do we live well with technology? How do we reconnect in a divided time? And how do we build a future rooted in values—not fear?
Behind every delayed diagnosis and dismissed symptom is a woman who deserved better.
In this moving conversation, Guy Kawasaki talks with Rebecca Bloom, author of When Women Get Sick, about how women’s pain is too often overlooked—and what we can do to change that. With comp...
What if the key to real leadership isn’t standing tall—but standing firm?
In this episode, Brené Brown and Guy Kawasaki unpack the lessons behind her new book Strong Ground. From pickleball injuries to the physics of leadership, Brené explains why teams and societies can’t b...
When democracies falter, it’s easy to lose hope. Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth reveals how organized, nonviolent resistance has repeatedly restored freedom where violence failed—and why democracy endures through the courage of ordinary people. Listen now to learn how courage—not...
What happens when a world-class chef learns that success doesn’t taste like he imagined?
David Chang—the culinary force behind Momofuku and author of Eat a Peach—joins Guy Kawasaki to talk about ambition, burnout, scaling the unscalable, and learning to trade Michelin stars ...
Dr. Tom Frieden has spent his career on the front lines of public health, leading the fight against smoking, tuberculosis, influenza, and more as NYC Health Commissioner and CDC Director. In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki explores Frieden’s powerful philosop...
Before you can lead others, you have to know what leads you.
In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki talks with Robert Glazer — bestselling author of The Compass Within — about the hidden forces that shape our choices, define our values, and ultimately determine o...
What if the secret to organizational success isn’t another management fad but a return to the basics of how work actually gets done? Don Kieffer, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan and former Harley-Davidson executive, joins me on Remarkable People to unpack the five principles of...
Jane Goodall transformed how we see the natural world and our place in it. In this tribute episode, Guy Kawasaki revisits their past conversations filled with humor, courage, and wisdom. Jane reflects on her early journey to Africa, the groundbreaking discoveries with chimpa...
What happens when a former CIA operative turns bestselling novelist? Barry Eisler has the answer. In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki explores Barry’s transformation from covert missions to crafting thrillers that keep readers up all night. From his early days...
What does it take to truly reinvent yourself? Ilana Golan knows. From breaking barriers in her career to building new paths where none existed, Ilana’s story is proof that reinvention isn’t just possible—it’s necessary. In this episode of Remarkable People, she shares how to...
What does it take to build a brand that dominates the mind—and outlasts the competition? Positioning strategist Laura Ries has the answer.
As the president of Ries & Ries and co-author of the classic 22 Immutable Laws of Branding, Laura has advised Fortune 500 companies ...
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