807 - A.J. Jacobs: The Most Interesting Man in the World
The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. |
| 0:06.8 | This is the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:12.8 | Today on the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:16.1 | Most interesting man in the world because everything he does, he immerses himself completely. |
| 0:21.1 | I remember when he wrote his article about outsourcing everything in his life. |
| 0:25.8 | He even outsourced arguing with his wife to an outsourcing firm in India. |
| 0:31.2 | Whenever they started arguing, he'd call up the outsourcing firm and let them argue with |
| 0:35.7 | his wife. |
| 0:36.7 | He's written The Know-It-All where he read the encyclopedia Britannic from A to Z. |
| 0:41.9 | He wrote The Year of Living Biblically where he lived a biblical life for an entire year |
| 0:46.0 | and polarity ensued. |
| 0:48.5 | He wrote Drop Dead Healthy where he tried to live a healthy life for a year. |
| 0:52.8 | He had the world's largest family reunion and on and on and on. |
| 0:57.0 | I love this guy's style. |
| 0:59.0 | AJ Jacobs has been a good friend and his book coming out in April is called The Puzzler. |
| 1:04.6 | You'll hear a little about that today more about that in a few months. |
| 1:07.7 | And we also talk about a recent conference he went to of super smart people who were debating |
| 1:13.3 | how the world could end. |
| 1:21.5 | AJ Jacobs once again back on the podcast. |
| 1:24.2 | AJ, I'm so excited to have you here. |
| 1:26.6 | I am so excited to be here. |
| 1:28.2 | I was a hermit for like a year working on a book and I have emerged. |
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