The Zack Arnold Podcast
Authentic conversations with brilliant, highly creative humans to help you navigate work, life, and the uncertain, chaotic messy middle in between.
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“Zack Arnold is unusually skilled at connecting with others and bringing out their best ideas. He’s one of the most thoughtful podcasters I know.”
Adam Grant • Organizational Psychologist, 5-Time NYT Bestselling author, Top-Rated Professor Wharton School
Conversations That Don’t Suck
Tired of the same guests answering the same formulaic questions? Not here. This is where you’ll connect with the more vulnerable, human side of some of the world’s most brilliant minds (as well as real people confronting the same challenges as you).
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About your host
If you want to make things that matter, I want to help you.
I’m a former award-winning Hollywood film & television editor, producer, and documentary director turned writer, podcaster, and career coach who loves having deep conversations with interesting, highly creative humans to better understand how we can be useful in this crazy, chaotic world we call reality. I’m excited to share with you the hundreds of deep, honest, and vulnerable conversations I’ve had over the years to help you navigate the next act of work and life on your terms, build genuine relationships, better manage your well-being, overcome your fears and limiting beliefs, and build the habits and systems so you can stay focused on making sh*t that matters.
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Why the World Needs Your Art (Even When It’s On Fire) | with Amie McNee
Amie and I discuss why art matters now, how vulnerability keeps us human amid AI perfection, and why making “shitty art” can be a brave creative…
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Why Optimization Isn’t the Answer (and How to Make the Most of the Four Thousand Weeks We Have) | with Oliver Burkeman
Oliver and I dive deep into why chasing productivity is a trap, how to stop waiting for life to begin “someday,” and why there might be…
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Becoming a ‘Digital Minimalist’ | with Cal Newport
Your smartphone and social media are doing far more damage than you might imagine. Learn how to take back your time, energy, and attention using the…
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How Tiny Changes Can Create Remarkable Results | with James Clear
You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.”. My guest today is James Clear, an author…
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The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | with Greg McKeown
Learn the difference between being ‘busy’ and being ‘productive’ and how to begin the disciplined pursuit of “less but better.”