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The James Altucher Show

How to Outrun Dinosaurs and Escape the Titanic | Cody Cassidy

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever imagined yourself as Scott Bakula's character in Quantum Leap, traveling back in time into a disastrous scenario? For many of us, it would spell doom. Luckily, today's guest Cody Cassidy - author of How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes - is here to keep us alive.Cassidy has written a string of fascinating and entertaining history books, including And Then You're Dead and Who Ate the First Oyster? In today's conversation, he and James run through ways to survive archetypically horrific events in Earth's history. They attempt to survive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. They try to avoid contracting the bubonic plague. They try to decide whether presenting dental floss to a king would keep them from the gallows!History may be the most dangerous place on earth, but that doesn't mean you can't visit. And with a copy of How to Survive History, some penicillin, and this episode of the podcast, you just might make it out alive.-----------What to write and publish a book in 30 days? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/writing to join James' writing intensive!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 jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------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 PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow 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

I didn't know that you could outrun a Tyrannosaurus Rex until Cody Cassidy just told me, like,

0:13.5

Jay, did you know that?

0:14.5

No, I have no idea we can outrun a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

0:18.0

So Cody Cassidy just taught us how to survive in the dinosaur age, how to survive an asteroid,

0:24.1

how to survive if you were on the Titanic, and a whole other thing.

0:27.3

If you were on a book, how to survive history, it's out right now.

0:31.1

Here's Cody Cassidy breaking it down, how to survive all these different types of historical

0:34.8

disasters, fascinating stuff.

0:40.5

This isn't your average business podcast, and he's not your average host.

0:45.3

This is the James Altiger show.

0:56.4

Cody Cassidy, thank you for joining the podcast.

0:59.3

First off, that's a real cool name, Cody Cassidy.

1:00.8

Sound like you belong in the TV show Yellowstone.

1:03.5

Where are you from?

1:04.5

I'm just from Palo Alto, so about as far from the ranch as you can get.

1:09.7

So you wrote this book, How to Survive History, How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape

1:14.1

Punpei, Get off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophies.

1:19.9

Such a fun book.

1:21.0

You did so much research for this.

1:23.1

I think, of course, from dinosaurs to the plague, How to Survive the Titanic, and How

1:27.7

to Survive Ice Ages, what made you do this book?

1:31.5

You know, it started when I initially read a study that suggested that I could outrun

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