Smart People Podcast

Chris Stemp, Jon Rojas

Booking Overview

Smart People Podcast is a biweekly interview series that brings high-recognition experts into candid, insight-heavy conversations spanning science, leadership, technology, and human behavior. It’s a strong booking fit for thought leaders who can explain complex ideas in an accessible, evidence-driven way.

Metrics

Episodes: 509

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.4k subscribers

Instagram: 1.7k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

smartpeoplepodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Chris Stemp - Host of Smart People Podcast. Leads interviews with a focus on authentic, insightful conversations with highly recognized thought leaders across psychology, leadership, education, technology, entre...

Jon Rojas - Co-host and producer of Smart People Podcast. Supports the show’s interviewing approach and production, helping facilitate conversations that draw out deep, specific guest insights.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Well-respected thought leaders with established expertise and recognition in areas like psychology, leadership, education, technology, entrepreneurship, relationships, neuroscience, economics, and public policy (often with major institutional affiliations, influential publications/books, or notable leadership roles).

Required Achievements:

Academic or research leadership (e.g., university professor, major journal editor), Award-winning or widely recognized books, Senior government or regulatory leadership (e.g., EPA roles), High-profile entrepreneurship/innovation authorship, Public visibility as a trusted expert (media presence, influential frameworks, or thought leadership)

Recent Guest Discussions

Eric Ries - Capitalism And Corporate Value Extraction; Governance; Wall Street Incentives; Brand Decay; Customer Obsession Tradeoffs

Dr. Masud Husain - Neuroscience Of Self And Identity; Memory/attention/motivation; Brain Changes And Changes In Personality; Risk Aversion Over Time

Judith Enck - Human Health Impacts Of Microplastics; Chemical Exposure Pathways; Why Recycling Fails; Economics Driving Plastic Production

Recent Topics

Neuroscience, Psychology, Leadership, Education, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Smart People Podcast

Why We Don’t Trust Each Other Anymore with Claude Steele

September 02, 2026

Why does it feel so hard to talk to people who see the world differently than we do? In this episode, we sit down with renowned social psychologist Claude Steele, author of Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It, to examine the hidden psychological tension that shows up whenever identity, race, politics, or difference enters the room. Steele calls it “churn,” the mental strain of wondering how other people see us, whether we’ll be stereotyped, whether we’ll say the wron...

The Economic Lie That Let Companies Sell Us Out with Eric Ries

June 05, 2026

What if the problem isn’t that a few companies got greedy? What if the problem is that we built a system that teaches companies to sell us out? In this episode, Eric Ries joins us to explain the economic lie sitting underneath so much of modern business: that companies exist to extract as much value as possible for shareholders, even if that means making the product worse, treating employees poorly, breaking customer trust, and slowly destroying the very thing that made the company great. ...

Are You Really You, or Just a Pattern Your Brain Built with Dr. Masud Husain

May 05, 2026

What actually makes you who you are? In this episode, we get into one of the biggest questions a person can ask, not in a vague or philosophical way, but through the lens of neuroscience. Our guest is Dr. Masud Husain, Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at Oxford, Editor-in-Chief of Brain, and the award-winning author of Our Brains, Our Selves, which won the Royal Society Trivedi Best Science Book Prize. Dr. Husain explains how your sense of self is built through memory, at...

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