The Knowledge Project

Shane Parrish, The Knowledge Project (brand)

Booking Overview

A founder-style deep-dive show focused on extracting timeless principles from high performers across technology, leadership, and systems. Each episode offers practical frameworks and high-level strategy through credible first-hand experts, including top founders and C-suite operators.

Metrics

Episodes: 278

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 383.0k subscribers

Instagram: 215.0k followers

30s Ad: 2094 - 2597, 60s Ad: 2513 - 3015

Contact Information

Host

Shane Parrish - Shane Parrish is the host of The Knowledge Project and founder of Farnam Street. He is known for synthesizing ideas from top thinkers into clear, actionable principles and for running in-depth, pri...

The Knowledge Project (brand) - The Knowledge Project is the show name/brand; no additional host is identified in the provided episode data beyond Shane Parrish.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
C-level executives, top founders, or prominent builders with first-hand experience creating or scaling complex systems (technology, AI, education, or large operations). Guests typically have a credible track record, notable public recognition (or equivalent impact), and the ability to articulate underlying principles and decision frameworks.
Required Achievements:  
Co-founding or leading high-impact tech/AI organizations, Scaling organizations to enterprise-level operations or major market presence, Leading innovative education/learning platforms with measurable outcomes, Authoritative thought leadership grounded in execution (systems, incentives, and strategy)

Recent Guest Discussions

Greg Brockman - Openai Founding And Leadership History; AI Progress Toward Agi; Compute Constraints And Access; AI Regulation; Implications For Jobs And Entrepreneurship.

Mario Harik - High-scale Leadership Systems; Decision-making Using Data; Hiring And Developing A-players; Running Effective Meetings; Kpi-driven Execution; Capital/time/people Levers.

Joe Liemandt - Ai-driven Education And Mastery Systems; Incentives And Motivation; Teacher Roles As Guides; Real-time Monitoring; Scaling Education To Mass Impact.

Recent Topics

Leadership, Education, Systems, Strategy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Training, Management

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Knowledge Project
:

[Outliers] The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back

May 19, 2026

Chung Ju-yung built Hyundai because he refused to be stopped. He is known for turning Hyundai into an industrial force that helped transform South Korea. The company built highways, ships, cars, and entire industries. At its peak, Hyundai accounted for 16% of South Korea’s economic output. This episode explores how Chung built Hyundai, how he helped power South Korea’s rise, and how hunger, guilt, discipline, and relentless persistence shaped a man who refused to stop when the path disappea...

Winston Weinberg: Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions

May 12, 2026

Winston Weinberg is the CEO and co-founder of Harvey, the AI platform built for the legal industry. In this episode, Winston explains how AI is reshaping legal work, why judgment becomes more valuable as routine work gets automated, and how to build the prioritization muscle required to move faster, stay focused, and make better decisions when everything is changing. He also shares the operating principles behind Harvey’s growth: make decisions faster, treat most choices as two-way doors, u...

OpenAI Co-Founder: AI Goes Parabolic! Here's What's Next | Greg Brockman

April 22, 2026

The AI race, the future of AGI, and the inside story of OpenAI. Greg Brockman is the co-founder of OpenAI. This is the most detailed first-person account he has given of the 72 hours after Sam Altman was fired, how OpenAI started, and the future. Greg explains how the original Napa offsite produced the three-step technical plan OpenAI has followed for a decade and the real reason OpenAI had to abandon its pure nonprofit structure. He then walks through the 72 hours after Sam Altman was f...

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