On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Hosts

• Jay ShettyBritish author, podcast host and former monk who hosts On Purpose

Frequent guests

• Sylvester Stallone · 1 episodeAmerican actor, screenwriter and director known for the Rocky and Rambo franchises; author of the memoir The Steps
• Lucy Hale · 1 episodeAmerican actress known for Pretty Little Liars
• Oprah Winfrey · 1 episodeAmerican broadcaster whom Nguyen said he met while traveling with his Zen teacher
• Andrew Huberman · 1 episodeAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
• Eileen Gu · 1 episodeFreestyle skier who competes for China
• Emilie Kiser · 1 episodeAmerican social media content creator and mother whose son Trigg died after a drowning accident in 2025

Topics

• Forgiveness
• Fame
• Impostor syndrome
• Regret
• Marriage and long-term partnership
• Child abuse
• Meditation
• Grief
• Fortune-telling
• Screenwriting and writer's block
• Aging
• First Blood
• Rocky Balboa (film)
• Rejection
• The Steps (Sylvester Stallone memoir)

Recently covered

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  SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.”

  Sep 28, 2026 · 1 h 29 min

  Jay Shetty interviews Sylvester Stallone about his painful childhood, rejection, creating Rocky, his parents, career slumps, health, marriage and his memoir The Steps.

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  LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.”

  Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 24 min

  Actress Lucy Hale tells Jay Shetty about self-sabotage, early fame, four years of sobriety, freezing her eggs and finding healthy love.

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  OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed Everything

  Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 31 min

  Oprah Winfrey tells Jay Shetty about her Mississippi childhood, surviving abuse, her rise in broadcasting, spiritual practice, legacy, and her upcoming Aha experience at the Sphere.

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  Andrew Huberman: The Simple Habits That Will Transform Your Health

  Sep 7, 2026 · 1 h 42 min

  Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman tells Jay Shetty how morning cortisol, light, movement and meditation shape health, and why prayer transformed his life.

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  EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.”

  Aug 31, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

  Jay Shetty talks with Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu about her upbringing, mindset, direction over hard work, visualization, and her grandmother's death during the Milan Olympics.

All episodes

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