Booking Overview

Hosted by long-time consulting author Alan Weiss, the show delivers short, contrarian takes on business, culture, and personal growth—often with practical implications for leadership and strategy. For PR professionals, it’s a strong target when you can align a guest’s credibility with original thinking and challenger viewpoints.

Metrics

Episodes: 450

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 5.7k subscribers

30s Ad: 32 - 39, 60s Ad: 38 - 45

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Host

Alan Weiss - Alan Weiss is a highly regarded consulting strategist and author—often described as “The Rock Star of Consulting.” He is known for bold, sometimes contrarian perspectives on how individuals and org...

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Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Established authors, recognized consultants, business strategists, and prominent thought leaders who have publishable, contrarian, actionable ideas (often with a current book or major thesis). Guests should be able to contribute original thinking that aligns with leadership/sales/growth/mindset themes.
Required Achievements:  
Published books (often multiple, with recent releases referenced), Built a credible public platform in consulting/business education, Demonstrated results or widely adopted frameworks for growth/wealth/strategy

Recent Guest Discussions

Randy Gage - Wealth Building Framework; Scale And Prosperity; Ideas From His Book Wealth Without Apology (as Referenced In The Episode Notes).

Recent Topics

Consulting, Business, Sales, Leadership, Strategy, Personal Growth, Mindset, Culture, Productivity, Personal Development

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
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London

May 21, 2026

SHOW NOTES: Wherein Alan shares his views of exotic car density, cab maneuvers, High Tea, American advantages in admiring the Royals, and the lies and deception around priority luggage.

Inappropriate Words

May 14, 2026

SHOW NOTES: “No worries” doesn’t mean “you’re welcome” it means “You didn’t bother me all that much.” “Perfect” doesn’t mean “thank you” it means “You got that right and didn’t waste still more of my time.” “You guys” is terribly inappropriate if the people addressed are not entirely “guys,” and is most misused by women, especially women in the media. “February” and “library” each have two “r’s” in them, or the first is not a month and the second is some kind of fibbing fruit on a vine. ...

Empty Your Mind

May 07, 2026

SHOW NOTES: The fallacy is that you should be prepared to “spring” in a sales call to “pitch” the sale, like a cheetah on the Serengeti chasing an eland. Well, cheetahs can only maintain high speed for a limited duration, and they’re only successful getting a meal one time in ten (as are all predators). One time in ten is not sufficient for a successful career. We need to empty our heads, and not allow our minds to be crammed with facts, figures, “closing” language, and one-upmanship comme...

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