#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons
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4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2022
⏱️ 139 minutes
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Imagine Dragons Website: https://imaginedragonsmusic.com/
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:29) – Programming
(27:30) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(32:23) – Las Vegas
(37:25) – Spirituality
(40:38) – Ayahuasca
(50:56) – Depression and fame
(54:40) – Introvert
(1:07:19) – Advice from Charlie Sheen
(1:19:58) – Making music
(1:32:33) – Lesson from Rick Rubin
(1:38:34) – Believer
(1:46:05) – Father son relationship
(1:47:22) – Dan’s first song
(1:51:34) – Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin
(1:56:17) – Advice for young people
(2:04:49) – LGBTQ
(2:09:11) – Religion
(2:13:53) – Meaning of life
(2:17:02) – Dan sings
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Dan Reynolds, the lead singer of Imagine Dragons, one of |
| 0:05.0 | the most popular bands in the world with over 75 million records sold and with four songs |
| 0:11.1 | being streamed over a billion times on Spotify. |
| 0:14.9 | Given all that, Dan is one of the most down to earth kind, thoughtful and fascinating |
| 0:19.4 | human beings I've ever met, grounded in part by his lifelong struggle with mental health. |
| 0:26.6 | The darkness, the love and the creative brilliance are all there in this one humble mind. |
| 0:33.1 | For this reason, and many others, we became fast friends. |
| 0:36.5 | Plus, he recently started his journey in programming, which funny enough is where we start this |
| 0:42.3 | wide-ranging, deeply personal and fun conversation. |
| 0:47.4 | Now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. |
| 0:49.8 | Check them out in the description. |
| 0:51.6 | It's the best way to support this podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | We've got Brave for web browsing, Ms. In a Main for Style, Athletic Greens for Health, Indeed |
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| 1:07.3 | She was wise in my friends. |
| 1:08.9 | And now onto the full adreads. |
| 1:10.6 | As always, no ads in the middle. |
| 1:12.1 | I try to make them interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out the sponsors. |
| 1:16.1 | I enjoy their stuff. |
| 1:17.4 | Maybe you will too. |
| 1:19.7 | This show is brought to you by Brave, a fast, privacy-preserving browser that feels like |
| 1:24.9 | Google Chrome, but without the ads are the various kinds of tracking that ads can do. |
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