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24 alternatives to The Beautiful Struggle #012: Jeff Sheldon

Jeff Sheldon on his Origin Story

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Beautiful Struggle #012: Jeff Sheldon launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Beautiful Struggle #014: Andy Mineo▲54

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   The Beautiful Struggle #011: JGivens▲51

   The Beautiful Struggle #011: JGivens

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   StarTalk Radio - The Science of Love▲58

   A cosmic queries episode

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   Reboot podcast▲205

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   The Meaning Movement Podcast - Creating a Portfolio Life with Jeff Goins▲54

   Inspiration for work worth doing

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   The Program – A fictional podcast inspired by Hacker News stories▲162

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    Coming to terms w/ a messed up subculture.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Beautiful Struggle #008: Dre Murray▲52

    Growing up as the youngest child, storytelling, and more

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65

    Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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    a16z - A podcast about podcasts▲140

    Discussing podcast discovery & community w/ PH & Roman Mars

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    An insightful look behind the scenes of the Pluto probe.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Internet History Podcast - CompuServe Founder Jeff Wilkins▲53

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    Hatching - 17: How to meet your heroes▲93

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    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Re/code Decode - Shyp CEO, Kevin Gibbon▲128

    This podcast is the Uber for “Why?”

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Making Waves Podcast - Episode 1: Getting from 'Oh Crap to Hell Yeah' with Community Feat. Jon Schickedanz▲60

    A new podcast designed to shatter common communication

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Escape the monotony of serious work

    2016 · its alternatives →

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