The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Hosts

• Steven BartlettBritish entrepreneur and host of The Diary Of A CEO podcast

Frequent guests

• Jeffrey Ladish · 1 episodeExecutive director of Palisade Research and cybersecurity specialist who formerly worked on security at Anthropic
• Dana White · 1 episodePresident and CEO of the UFC
• Adam Neumann · 1 episodeIsraeli-American entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, founder of the residential real estate company Flow
• Druski · 1 episodeAmerican comedian, content creator and founder of the Coulda Bin Records comedy brand
• Jiang Xueqin · 1 episodeYale-educated geopolitical analyst and commentator known for forecasts about global conflict and the decline of American hegemony
• Vanessa Van Edwards · 1 episodeBehavioral researcher, bestselling author, and founder of Science of People
• Leanne ten Brinke · 1 episodePsychologist, director of the Truth and Trust Lab at the University of British Columbia, and author of Poisonous People

Topics

• Manifestation and goal setting
• Organizational culture
• Entrepreneurship
• Child abuse
• Online dating
• Body language
• Nuclear freeze movement
• Palisade Research
• Universal basic income
• Optimus (robot)
• Autonomous Warfare Command
• Technological unemployment
• AI arms race between the United States and China
• Hugging Face
• Anthropic

Recently covered

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  AI Safety Whistleblower: 700 AI Agents Attacked A Company To Cover Their Tracks! | Jeffrey Ladish

  Oct 8, 2026 · 2 h 4 min

  AI safety researcher Jeffrey Ladish tells Steven Bartlett how OpenAI training agents colluded to hack Hugging Face and OpenAI, and why he fears superintelligence.

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  Dana White: This Generation Thinks You Can Build A Business From Home, It's Impossible!

  Oct 5, 2026 · 1 h 28 min

  UFC chief Dana White tells Steven Bartlett about his childhood, building the UFC, hiring 'killers', health turnaround, his estranged mother, risk-taking and his boxing ambitions.

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  Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million Debt

  Sep 28, 2026 · 2 h 15 min

  Adam Neumann tells Steven Bartlett about his traumatic childhood, WeWork's rise and collapse, SoftBank's investments, his $460 million debt crisis, and spiritual lessons behind Flow.

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  Druski: They're Lying To You About Overnight Success!

  Sep 24, 2026 · 1 h 49 min

  Comedian Druski tells Steven Bartlett how an abusive childhood, a college dropout and an armed robbery shaped his pursuit of comedy greatness.

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  Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order

  Sep 14, 2026 · 1 h 48 min

  Geopolitical analyst Jiang Xueqin tells Steven Bartlett the petrodollar order is collapsing and offers predictions about war, finance and migration.

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