238: Diary of a CEO Bro

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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British entrepreneur and investor Steven Bartlett launched his podcast, Diary of a CEO, in 2017. He quickly found an audience in the tech world, which gave him access to a wide range of celebrities and businesspeople from various domains. By 2024, the podcast became one of the top 5 in the world, netting Bartlett and his team a reported $25M this year alone. Yet as Bartlett’s star rose, his guest list began becoming more and more suspect. Pertinent to our beat, contrarian wellness influencers and philosophers appeared, spreading Covid conspiracies and health misinformation. In his role as curious everyman, Bartlett rarely challenged their narratives, sometimes playing along with their conspiratorial hot takes to an audience in the millions. We look at a few conspiritualist crossovers this week, and discuss what it really takes to become a top 5 podcaster—and the information and integrity that’s sacrificed along the way. Show Notes The Canonization of St. Luigi Sacred Heart of Luigi hanging up at Vito's Pizza Extremist “Saints Culture” Catholic ethicists condemn ‘indifference to suffering’ shown by those celebrating Luigi Mangione 41% of young voters say UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "acceptable" 69% Blame CEO Murder on US Healthcare System Mainstreaming of Violent Accelerationism December Wave 2 2024 AmeriSpeak Omnibus | NORC at the University of Chicago Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation in Diary of CEO podcast What the Most Famous Book About Trauma Gets Wrong Teal Swan Collection—Patreon Bessel van der Kolk: Role in the Satanic Panic He Built a Wellness Empire While Adventuring With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Only 7% of American Adults Have Good Cardiometabolic Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.8	Conspiruality 238.
1:34.0	Diary of a CEO, Bro.
1:37.3	British entrepreneur and investor, Stephen Bartlett, launched his podcast, Diary of a CEO in 2017.
1:44.3	He quickly found an audience in the tech world,
1:46.7	which gave him access to a wide range of celebrities
1:49.2	and business people from various domains.
1:52.7	By 2024, the podcast became one of the top five in the world,
1:56.5	netting Bartlett and his team a reported $25 million this year alone.
2:02.3	Yet, as Bartlett's star rose, his guest list began becoming more and more suspect.
2:08.6	Pertinent to our beat, contrarian wellness influencers and philosophers appeared,
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