FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis
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- 12 nov 2026
Sobre o podcast
FOMO Sapiens is the podcast for anyone who wants to make smarter decisions, take action, and thrive in an unpredictable world. Hosted by Patrick J. McGinnis—the guy who coined FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)—this show brings you insights from world-class entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who’ve mastered the art of navigating uncertainty. Each episode is packed with real-world strategies, powerful stories, and actionable advice to help you cut through the noise, take control of your choices, and build a life you actually want—without the fear of missing out. Listen now and start making decisions on your own terms.
Episódios 556
S15 E7 Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, FOMO, and Identity
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks with Luke Burgis, entrepreneur-in-residence at The Catholic University of America and author of Wanting and The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks with Luke Burgis, entrepreneur-in-residence at The Catholic University of America and author of Wanting and The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. Luke explains René Girard’s idea of mimetic desire, the observation that people want what others want, and why the rivals they measure themselves against end up shaping their choices more than they admit. He describes how his years as a young investment banker in Hong Kong taught him that you cannot be at the party without being affected by the party, and how that question grew into a book about the one (the self) and the 99 (the crowd). The conversation covers the difference between a solid self and a pseudo-self and why many old rites of passage have moved online. It also turns to how Paul Tillich’s The Courage to Be applies to work and relationships. Luke closes with a question most people never ask, where they might fit in too much, and an exercise for planning how to act the next time family or friends pull them back into old patterns.
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S15 E6 Reid Blackman on What Can Happen When AI Agents Go Rogue
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Reid Blackman, founder of Virtue Consultants, host of the Ethical Machines podcast and author of The Ethical Nightmare Challenge: How to Avoid …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Reid Blackman, founder of Virtue Consultants, host of the Ethical Machines podcast and author of The Ethical Nightmare Challenge: How to Avoid the Worst of AI. Reid explains why a governance playbook built for narrow AI cannot be patched for AI agents, which he defines as a large language model connected to tools and given some autonomy. He walks through the many decisions that sit between a foundation model and an end user, why a single failure can cascade through connected systems, and why responsibility is shared between the companies that build models and the companies that customize them. The conversation turns to regulation, where Reid expects courts to move faster than legislatures, and to his own worst-case scenario: a breakdown in shared reality. In the FOMO 4, he tells CEOs who have never run an AI ethics review to start by writing down what their AI ethical nightmares are.
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S15 E5 Craig Robinson on Why Success Is the World's Most Convincing Happiness Trap
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Craig M. Robinson, former Chief Growth Officer of Industrious, CEO of Global Corporate Services at Newmark, and President of the U.S. Region at …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Craig M. Robinson, former Chief Growth Officer of Industrious, CEO of Global Corporate Services at Newmark, and President of the U.S. Region at Colliers International, to talk about the book he wrote after decades at the top of corporate America left him pre-diabetic, on Zoloft, and quietly unfulfilled. The Happiness Reboot: The Path to Reclaiming Your Joy is part memoir, part research-backed framework, and part direct challenge to the scripts most high achievers never stop to question. Craig, now an executive coach and adjunct professor at Emory's Goizueta Business School, breaks down why the pursuit of success is structurally designed to fail as a happiness strategy, what the happiest countries in the world actually have in common, and why the research says you have less than a one percent chance of being fulfilled in life if you are not fulfilled in your work.
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S15 E4 DJ DiDonna: A Sabbatical Might Be the Most Strategic Career Move You'll Ever Make
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with DJ DiDonna, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, founder of The Sabbatical Project, and author of Big Time Off: The Transformative Power …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with DJ DiDonna, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, founder of The Sabbatical Project, and author of Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One (Simon & Schuster, July 2026). DJ spent nearly a decade researching why extended time away from work is one of the most impactful experiences a person can have, interviewing almost 250 sabbatical alumni to learn what makes the difference between a transformative break and an expensive vacation. The conversation covers the three pillars of an effective sabbatical (duration, disconnection, and experimentation), why most people take sabbaticals involuntarily after a crisis rather than by design, how companies can build sabbatical programs that pay back in retention and resilience, and why the concept of "regret insurance" might be the most honest argument for stepping away before you have to.
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S15 E3 What Drives Every Human Decision You've Ever Made, with MacArthur Genius Rebecca Goldstein
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, MacArthur Fellow, National Medal of the Humanities recipient, and author of the new book The Mattering Instinct: How …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, MacArthur Fellow, National Medal of the Humanities recipient, and author of the new book The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us (Liveright, 2026), for one of the most philosophically rich conversations the show has had. Rebecca holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Princeton, has taught at Yale, Columbia, NYU, Dartmouth, and Harvard, and has spent more than 40 years developing a theory she calls the mattering instinct: the universal human drive to prove to ourselves that we genuinely deserve the attention we give ourselves. Her argument is that this single instinct is the source of our species' greatest achievements and deepest atrocities, that it explains depression, tribalism, religious belief, entrepreneurship, and the need for love, and that understanding where you sit on what she calls the mattering map is one of the most clarifying things you can do for your own life.
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S15 E2 Karim Jouini on Why AI Is Breaking Software Faster Than Anyone Can Test It
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Karim Jouini, co-founder and CEO of Thunders.ai, to explore a problem most people in tech are ignoring: as AI writes code at unprecedented speed …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Karim Jouini, co-founder and CEO of Thunders.ai, to explore a problem most people in tech are ignoring: as AI writes code at unprecedented speed, no one has figured out how to test it fast enough. Karim brings a rare perspective to this conversation: he started his first software company at 16 in Tunisia, running a cyber café management system, spent seven years at Microsoft growing from software engineer to engineering manager, and then co-founded Expensya, an AI-based expense management platform that was acquired by Medius for over $120 million. Now he's building Thunders.ai, which deploys AI agents that build, run, and debug software tests using plain natural language, making enterprise-grade testing accessible to every team. The conversation spans entrepreneurship timing, the AI infrastructure bubble, digital sovereignty, and why the most intellectually challenging job in software might be the one everyone underestimates.
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S15 E1 Marketing Guru Allan Dib on Why Marketing Is Simpler Than You Think, and How AI Is Raising the Stakes
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Allan Dib, serial entrepreneur and author of the million-copy bestseller The 1-Page Marketing Plan, to make the case that most businesses are …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Allan Dib, serial entrepreneur and author of the million-copy bestseller The 1-Page Marketing Plan, to make the case that most businesses are overcomplicating marketing, and that AI is about to make that mistake far more costly. Allan breaks down his signature nine-block framework across three phases (before, during, and after) and introduces the PVP Index, a tool for identifying the ideal target market based on personal fulfillment, value to the marketplace, and profitability. The conversation also gets into why niching down is counterintuitive but essential for discoverability in both search engines and AI assistants, why the technical moat that agencies relied on for years is rapidly disappearing, and why the most underpriced marketing asset right now might be a handwritten note.
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S14 E36 Gotham FC’s Emily Tisch Sussman on Building a Dynasty in Women's Soccer From the Inside.
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Emily Tisch Sussman, co-owner of the two-time NWSL champion New York/New Jersey Gotham FC, creator and host of the award-winning iHeart podcast …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Emily Tisch Sussman, co-owner of the two-time NWSL champion New York/New Jersey Gotham FC, creator and host of the award-winning iHeart podcast She Pivots, Tony-nominated Broadway producer, and Democratic political strategist. Emily's career has moved from federal policy to cable news to podcasting to sports ownership, and the through line is a relentless instinct for white space. The conversation covers what it actually takes to own a championship team in women's sports, why brands keep coming in at the wrong price point and missing the opportunity, and what it was like to fight the White House, the NYPD, and the transit authority all in one championship season. If you have any FOMO about the women's sports moment, Emily has one message: you are right to feel it.
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S14 E35 Marcus Buckingham on Why Love Is the Most Powerful and Most Measurable Force in Business
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis welcomes back Marcus Buckingham, New York Times bestselling author, psychometrician, and one of the most influential voices in leadership over the last 30 …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis welcomes back Marcus Buckingham, New York Times bestselling author, psychometrician, and one of the most influential voices in leadership over the last 30 years, to discuss his new book Design Love In: How to Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business, published by Harvard Business Review Press. Marcus spent decades resisting the word "love" in a business context — until the data made it impossible to ignore. His research shows that the relationship between experience and behavior isn't linear but follows a J-curve, meaning only extreme positive experiences — the fives — drive any behavior at all. And when you study the fives, the word people instinctively use to describe them is love. The conversation gets into why Net Promoter Score is measuring the wrong thing, what love actually means when it's predictive of behavior, and how leaders can intentionally design experiences that make both customers and employees say "I love that" and mean it.
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S14 E34 How to Change Your Behavior to Make GLP-1s Work Long-Term with Noom CEO Geoff Cook
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Geoff Cook, CEO of Noom, the leading digital health platform combining psychology, technology, coaching, and clinical care. Geoff co-founded The …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Geoff Cook, CEO of Noom, the leading digital health platform combining psychology, technology, coaching, and clinical care. Geoff co-founded The Meet Group, a NASDAQ-listed social entertainment company he led for 18 years through its $500 million sale, before joining Noom to tackle something bigger: the full picture of human health. The conversation gets into why GLP-1s are only as effective as the habits built around them, what the real data shows about weight regain after discontinuation, how Noom's behavior change stack actually works, and why microdosing is quietly becoming one of the most interesting developments in preventative health. Geoff also shares why he started microdosing himself, what it did to his running habit and A1C, and how AI is making it possible to deliver genuinely personalized health guidance at scale for the first time.
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S14 E33 Former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb on Raising Resilient Kids in a World That's Protecting Them to Death
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Brandon Webb, former U.S. Navy SEAL, Course Manager of the elite SEAL Sniper Program, and New York Times bestselling author, to talk about his …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Brandon Webb, former U.S. Navy SEAL, Course Manager of the elite SEAL Sniper Program, and New York Times bestselling author, to talk about his new book, Puddle Jumpers, and the uncomfortable argument at its center. The same mental management principles Brandon used to transform sniper training, including the visualization and self-talk frameworks developed by 1976 Olympic gold medalist Lanny Bassham, turned out to be just as powerful when applied to raising kids. The result is a parenting philosophy built not on protection but on preparation: letting children fail, experience consequences, and do hard things early so that they develop the roots to withstand whatever comes later. It's a conversation that will make a lot of parents uncomfortable and probably make their kids' lives a lot better.
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S14 E32 Max Marchione: Building a New Health System From the Ground Up at 25
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Max Marchione, co-founder and President of Superpower, a fast-growing preventative health platform making concierge-level medicine accessible for …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Max Marchione, co-founder and President of Superpower, a fast-growing preventative health platform making concierge-level medicine accessible for $199 a year. Max founded Superpower after a decade of misdiagnosis across more than 20 doctors, a frustration that led him to ask a simple but radical question: What if the best healthcare available to billionaires could be made available to everyone? The company has raised over $50 million, tests hundreds of biomarkers to build a digital twin of each member, and uses AI to deliver the kind of personalized health analysis that used to cost tens of thousands of dollars a year. But the conversation isn't just about health tech. It's about what it takes to build something from nothing as a first-time founder in your mid-twenties, why clarity comes from action rather than thinking, and why the single most important variable in your outcomes might be where you choose to live.
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S14 E31 Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad, and How to Build One That Won't
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup method and author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, to discuss his bold and urgently …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup method and author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, to discuss his bold and urgently needed new book, Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great. Eric's core argument is as simple as it is unsettling: the corruption that destroys great companies is not primarily a problem of bad actors or weak ethics; it is structural. The systems governing organizations, ownership, incentives, accountability, board composition, and decision-making quietly reshape behavior over time until even principled leaders are producing outcomes they never intended. Drawing on two decades of work with founders, CEOs, and investors, and on vivid case studies from Costco, Patagonia, and H-E-B, Eric makes the case that incorruptibility is not a fantasy — it is a design problem, and builders have more agency than they think.
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S14 E30 Laura L. Rubin: Journaling Is the Most Underrated Performance Tool You're Not Using
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Laura L. Rubin, founder of AllSwell Creative and author of The Big Unlock: Liberate Your Creativity Through Mindful Journaling, published by …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Laura L. Rubin, founder of AllSwell Creative and author of The Big Unlock: Liberate Your Creativity Through Mindful Journaling, published by Simon & Schuster. Laura spent over a decade as a marketing and communications executive before building AllSwell into one of the leading voices on mindful writing, hosting hundreds of workshops for tens of thousands of participants and bringing journaling to some genuinely surprising places — from pro surfers to venture capital firms. The conversation gets into the science of what actually happens when you put pen to paper, why the inner critic exists and how to work around it, and why journaling may be the most cost-effective longevity and creativity tool available to anyone. Laura also introduces her four by four by four method — a gentle on-ramp for people who think they don't have time — and walks Patrick through a live coaching session that makes the whole thing feel very doable.
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Ep 29 S14 - VaynerX’s Claude Silver on Why Being Yourself at Work Is the Most Strategic Thing You Can Do
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Claude Silver, the world's first Chief Heart Officer and #2 executive at VaynerX, to explore what it actually means to show up as yourself at …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Claude Silver, the world's first Chief Heart Officer and #2 executive at VaynerX, to explore what it actually means to show up as yourself at work — and why most people don't. Claude is the author of Be Yourself at Work, an instant USA Today bestseller that reframes authenticity not as a soft ideal but as a genuine strategic advantage, and the conversation lives up to that premise. They dig into the three pillars at the heart of her framework — emotional optimism, emotional bravery, and emotional efficiency — and what it takes to move through all three without skipping steps. Claude explains why the armor people wear to work is rooted in fear, why bravery without optimism goes nowhere, and why the people who seem most stoic are often the most emotional underneath. Patrick brings in the concept of pronoia — the belief that the world is conspiring to help you — and the two find a lot of common ground on what it means to lead from a place of genuine openness rather than performance.
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S14 E28 What VC Investors Won't Tell You About Getting Funded, with Charlie O’Donnell
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Charlie O'Donnell, founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and author of Founder Unfriendly: What Investors Won't Tell You About Getting Funded, for …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Charlie O'Donnell, founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and author of Founder Unfriendly: What Investors Won't Tell You About Getting Funded, for one of the most practical and honest conversations about venture capital you're likely to hear. Charlie has spent more than two decades inside the New York startup ecosystem, starting as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures, helping open First Round Capital's NYC office, and going on to invest in over 100 companies through Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first venture fund based in Brooklyn. In this conversation, he dismantles some of the most persistent myths about fundraising: what "interested" actually means from a VC, why rejection is data and not a verdict, how to time-bind a process to create real urgency, and how to shape the conversations investors have after you leave the room. If you've ever wondered why a seemingly weaker startup got funded while yours didn't, this episode has the answer.
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S14 E27 Jon McNeill: The Algorithm Behind Tesla's Hypergrowth
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Jon McNeill, former President of Tesla, former COO of Lyft, and CEO of DVx Ventures, to unpack the operating system behind one of the most extraordinary …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Jon McNeill, former President of Tesla, former COO of Lyft, and CEO of DVx Ventures, to unpack the operating system behind one of the most extraordinary growth stories in business history. During McNeill's tenure at Tesla, revenue grew from $2 billion to $20 billion in just 30 months. That kind of growth doesn't happen by accident — it follows a system. In his new book, The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX, McNeill lays out the five-step framework Elon Musk built at Tesla: question every requirement, delete every unnecessary step, simplify and optimize, accelerate cycle time, and only then automate. The conversation gets into how established companies like GM used these same principles to build the Hummer EV in roughly half the expected time, why speed is an advantage that shows up most powerfully on the balance sheet, and how the one-way/two-way door framework can help any leader make faster, smarter decisions without second-guessing themselves into paralysis.
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S14 E26 B2B Sales Guru Rob Snyder on The Real Physics Behind Sales
Sales isn’t about persuasion, and that misunderstanding is what keeps most founders stuck. In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick talks with Rob Snyder, a serial B2B founder, Harvard Business School alum, and …
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Sales isn’t about persuasion, and that misunderstanding is what keeps most founders stuck. In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick talks with Rob Snyder, a serial B2B founder, Harvard Business School alum, and venture partner, to break down what actually drives revenue in zero-to-one startups. Rob shares how two years of brutal rejection forced him to unlearn everything business school taught him about sales, and how discovering real demand (instead of trying to create it) unlocked rapid growth. Together, they unpack why founders over-invest in product and pitch decks, why customers don’t want to be convinced, and how the best sales conversations feel effortless. If you’ve ever built something you believed in, only to find no one buying, this episode will fundamentally change how you think about sales, demand, and product-market fit.
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S14 E25 Liz Tran on AQ: The New Intelligence for a World That Won't Stop Changing
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Liz Tran, founder of Inner Genius and author of AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing, to explore a simple but urgent idea: in …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Liz Tran, founder of Inner Genius and author of AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing, to explore a simple but urgent idea: in a world defined by constant disruption, IQ and EQ are no longer enough. What we need now is AQ, the Agility Quotient, which Liz defines as your capacity to handle change, disappointment, and uncertainty. Drawing on a decade of work with over 200 founders and executives, Liz breaks down the four AQ archetypes — the Astronaut, the Firefighter, the Neurosurgeon, and the Novelist — and explains what each one looks like at its best and worst. The conversation gets into how AI is leveling the IQ playing field, why the most impressive résumés can actually signal lower AQ, and how the real divide in today's world isn't political or economic — it's between the people who are undone by change and the people who know how to use it.
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S14 E24 Tracy Anderson on Why Integrity Outlasts Glamour
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with wellness pioneer Tracy Anderson to explore what it takes to build something that actually endures in an industry built on trends. Tracy reflects on her …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with wellness pioneer Tracy Anderson to explore what it takes to build something that actually endures in an industry built on trends. Tracy reflects on her 25-year journey, from pioneering a research-driven approach to movement in the late 90s to watching a flood of imitators cash in on simpler versions of her life's work. She explains why she never pursued celebrity clients, how authenticity and truth-telling became the foundation of her brand, and why the wellness industry's obsession with quick fixes, protein hacks, and longevity optimization is, in her view, just FOMO in a lab coat. The conversation also tackles creative protection as a moral issue, the difference between glamour and real beauty, and why living the questions, rather than chasing the answers, is the only path to results that last.
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S14 E23 How to Remain Human in the Age of AI, with Florence Shaffer
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Florence Shaffer, the founder and CEO of Becoming, a human performance company that helps leaders navigate sustained complexity without losing themselves …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Florence Shaffer, the founder and CEO of Becoming, a human performance company that helps leaders navigate sustained complexity without losing themselves in the process. Florence spent more than 20 years leading digital transformation inside global brands, including Burberry and Estée Lauder, before turning her lens inward, to the hidden constraints that quietly distort how high-achievers think, decide, and live. The conversation centers on a counterintuitive idea: that the defining risk of the AI era isn't machines replacing humans, but humans increasingly behaving like machines: deferring decisions, optimizing obsessively, and losing their grip on what actually matters. Florence shares three core capabilities she believes will determine who thrives in this next era: stability of the nervous system, clarity of orientation, and commitment to a direction. If you've ever felt successful on paper but hollow underneath, this episode will help you understand why and what to actually do about it.
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S14 E22 Buttcoin, Memecoins, and the Future of FOMO Finance, with Matt Beall
In this conversation, Patrick talks with Matt Beall, Chairman and CEO of Bealls Inc., one of America's oldest retail chains and one of the first national retailers to accept cryptocurrency at checkout. Matt is …
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In this conversation, Patrick talks with Matt Beall, Chairman and CEO of Bealls Inc., one of America's oldest retail chains and one of the first national retailers to accept cryptocurrency at checkout. Matt is also a prominent figure in the Buttcoin community, a memecoin born from a 2011 internet joke that has grown into something far more serious than its name suggests. They dig into how crypto became a real payment option at Bealls, what memecoin culture actually looks like from the inside, and why FOMO may be the single most powerful force driving speculative markets today. They also talk about the rise of $FOMO, a new memecoin that has kept Patrick busy learning about memecoins himself. Matt also shares his perspective on Buttcoin's trajectory, what it takes for a memecoin community to build genuine staying power, and why real-world commitment matters in a space that most people still dismiss as chaos. This episode is essential listening for anyone curious about the intersection of retail, crypto, community-driven finance, and the psychology of missing out.
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S14 E21 The Wellness Industry’s Biggest Blind Spot, with Chris Wharton
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Chris Wharton, to unpack what’s broken in the modern longevity and wellness industry. Chris argues that while interest in healthspan is …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Chris Wharton, to unpack what’s broken in the modern longevity and wellness industry. Chris argues that while interest in healthspan is exploding, the conversation is being driven by oversimplification, misinformation, and loud voices rather than rigorous science. He explains why there is no such thing as a single “longevity expert,” why biology is deeply individual, and why chasing hacks before mastering fundamentals is a losing game. Together, they explore the real drivers of long-term health, the danger of health FOMO, and why majoring in the “majors” — movement, nutrition, sleep, stress, and human connection — matters more than any trend, supplement, or biohack. This episode is a sober, science-first reset for anyone overwhelmed by modern wellness advice and looking for signal instead of noise.
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S14 E20 The Hidden Beliefs That Control Your Attention, with Nir Eyal
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick welcomes back Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable, to discuss his newest book, Beyond Belief. The conversation starts with a paradox we all …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick welcomes back Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable, to discuss his newest book, Beyond Belief. The conversation starts with a paradox we all recognize: we know exactly what to do, yet we don’t do it. Nir explains why the missing piece isn’t discipline or motivation, but belief. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and personal experience, he introduces a powerful framework showing how belief shapes attention, anticipation, and agency, and how those forces quietly determine what we see, feel, and do. Patrick and Nir explore limiting beliefs, extremist certainty, and why nuance is a competitive advantage in a polarized world. They also examine how beliefs function not as truths, but as tools—and how choosing better tools can unlock better decisions, healthier relationships, and more focused lives. This episode is a practical and philosophical guide to reclaiming agency in an age of distraction, outrage, and endless information.
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S14 E19 Daniel Coyle on Why Community Beats Status
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Daniel Coyle, bestselling author of The Culture Code, The Talent Code, and his new book Flourish, to explore a deceptively simple question: why do so many …
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In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick sits down with Daniel Coyle, bestselling author of The Culture Code, The Talent Code, and his new book Flourish, to explore a deceptively simple question: why do so many high achievers still feel empty? Drawing from years of research inside elite teams, thriving communities, and high-performing organizations, Dan explains why nobody flourishes alone — and how modern life has quietly pulled us away from the connection we’re biologically wired for. The conversation spans leadership, anxiety, attention, and the difference between building a “machine” and cultivating a “garden.” Patrick and Dan break down practical ideas leaders can apply immediately, from the power of saying “I screwed that up,” to the difference between mowing the lawn and tending the greenhouse. This is an optimistic, grounded episode about how to reclaim energy, meaning, and growth — at work, at home, and in everyday life.
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S14 E18 Sahil Bloom on How to Win the Long Game Without Burning Out - Part 2
In Part 2 of this FOMO Sapiens conversation, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Sahil Bloom to explore what it actually means to build a meaningful life and career in the age of infinite noise.Sahil reflects on …
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In Part 2 of this FOMO Sapiens conversation, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Sahil Bloom to explore what it actually means to build a meaningful life and career in the age of infinite noise.
Sahil reflects on the responsibility that comes with modern influence, arguing that creators today wield unprecedented power to compound either positive or negative energy. He explains why chasing outrage and rage bait might juice short-term engagement, but quietly destroys long-term opportunity, and why the most durable creators think in decades, not days. The conversation turns deeply practical as Sahil shares his philosophy on time, boundaries, and decision-making. This episode is a masterclass in long-term thinking: how to protect your time, preserve your energy, and make decisions that compound over a lifetime instead of optimizing for the next hit of validation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S14 E17 Sahil Bloom on The Hidden Cost of the Default Path - Part 1
What if the biggest risk in life isn’t failure, but settling for something that’s merely fine? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Patrick sits down with Sahil Bloom, former private equity investor turned …
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What if the biggest risk in life isn’t failure, but settling for something that’s merely fine? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Patrick sits down with Sahil Bloom, former private equity investor turned global creator and author of The Five Types of Wealth. Sahil unpacks the invisible forces that keep smart, ambitious people stuck on paths that don’t quite fit: from the psychology of insecurity to the “region-beta paradox” that explains why so many people stay in unfulfilling careers. This episode is a deep dive into agency, ambition, and why clarity doesn’t come before action… it comes from it.
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S14 E16 Who Controls Knowledge Now? Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s Founder, on the Future of the Web - Part 2
In Part 2 of this conversation, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, joins Patrick McGinnis to confront the hardest question of our time: how do we build trust in a world …
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In Part 2 of this conversation, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, joins Patrick McGinnis to confront the hardest question of our time: how do we build trust in a world where reality itself is becoming unstable? From AI-generated content and deepfakes to misinformation and collapsing institutional credibility, this episode explores what trust looks like under pressure. Jimmy shares his framework for rebuilding trust, the governance principles that protect neutrality, and the leadership choices required to build systems that endure in an era of technological acceleration.
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S14 E15 Jimmy Wales on How Wikipedia Builds Trust in a Post-Truth World - Part 1
What does it take to build trust at the scale of billions? In this episode, Patrick sits down with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, to unpack how one of the internet’s …
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What does it take to build trust at the scale of billions? In this episode, Patrick sits down with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, to unpack how one of the internet’s most improbable projects became one of its most trusted institutions. From early skepticism and ridicule to the human systems that made collaboration possible, this conversation explores how trust is built person-to-person, how purpose creates alignment, and why Wikipedia succeeded where so many platforms failed. This is a deep dive into the architecture of trust — and the foundations of building something that lasts.
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S14 E14 From Teacher to Entrepreneur: How Anthony Passalacqua Built Shootin’ School with the 10% Mindset
What happens when a dedicated teacher decides to build a business on the side, one lunch break at a time? In this episode, Patrick talks with Anthony Passalacqua, founder of Shootin’ School, who transformed a …
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What happens when a dedicated teacher decides to build a business on the side, one lunch break at a time? In this episode, Patrick talks with Anthony Passalacqua, founder of Shootin’ School, who transformed a passion for basketball into a thriving training company, multiple inclusive sports ventures, and a nonprofit serving kids with special needs. Anthony shares how the 10% Entrepreneur framework gave him the confidence to go full-time, the systems he built to scale while teaching, the risks he took during the pandemic, and the mindset that keeps him grounded as a father, business owner, and community leader.
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Anthony Passalacqua is the founder of Shootin' School, one of the fastest-growing basketball instruction programs in the region, known for its emphasis on skill development, coaching quality, and player mindset. A former teacher turned entrepreneur, Anthony built Shootin’ School using the 10% Entrepreneur approach: starting small, systemizing early, and scaling sustainably while still working full-time in education.
After transitioning into entrepreneurship, Anthony expanded his impact by co-founding Because We Can Sports, an inclusive sports instruction program for kids of all abilities, including those with special needs. During the pandemic, he and his team took a bold step by building their own training facility, Jump Shots, allowing them to continue serving athletes at a time when most gyms were closed.
Anthony is also the founder of the Integrated Athletic Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to creating inclusive leagues and providing high-quality uniforms for children with special needs. His commitment to community development recently led to a donation of 2.5 acres of land for a future accessible sports complex.
Known for his process-driven mindset, relentless work ethic, and customer-first philosophy, Anthony brings a unique blend of teaching, leadership, and entrepreneurial creativity to every venture he builds.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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