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The James Altucher Show

807 - A.J. Jacobs: The Most Interesting Man in the World

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Our "Pod" friend, A.J. Jacobs, an American journalist and author, has finally come out from his writing cave, and come onto the podcast once again! In this episode, AJ shared his experience while writing his upcoming new book, The Puzzler (coming out in April 2022), the interesting puzzles that he had come across, and the way he approaches the new book!We also talked about what is the difference between intelligence, and being knowledgeable. He used tomato as an example to explain the difference between the two! A.J. also told me about the "secret" conference that he had attended about how we should be thinking about the future!Listen to this episode, and listen to all the interesting conversations that we had!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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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