FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

FOMO Sapiens is the podcast for anyone who wants to make smarter decisions, take action, and thrive in an unpredictable world. Hosted by Patrick J. McGinnis—the guy who coined FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)—this show brings you insights from world-class entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who’ve mastered the art of navigating uncertainty. Each episode is packed with real-world strategies, powerful stories, and actionable advice to help you cut through the noise, take control of your choices, and build a life you actually want—without the fear of missing out. Listen now and start making decisions on your own terms.

Episodes

S14 E14 From Teacher to Entrepreneur: How Anthony Passalacqua Built Shootin’ School with the 10% Mindset

December 18, 2025 • 38 mins
What happens when a dedicated teacher decides to build a business on the side, one lunch break at a time? In this episode, Patrick talks with Anthony Passalacqua, founder of Shootin’ School, who transformed a passion for basketball into a thriving training company, multiple inclusive sports ventures, and a nonprofit serving kids with special needs. Anthony shares how the 10% Entrepreneur framework gave him the confidence to go full...
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S14 E13 Goldie Chan: How to Build Your Personal Brand Online

December 11, 2025 • 37 mins
In this inspiring conversation, Patrick sits down with Goldie Chan, the “Oprah of LinkedIn” and author of Personal Branding for Introverts, to unpack how introverts can thrive in the noisy world of online self-promotion. Goldie shares how she became one of LinkedIn’s first video creators—posting over 800 consecutive daily videos—and built a global reputation for her creative authenticity and consistency. She breaks down the differe...
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S14 E12 The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage with Ranjay Gulati

December 4, 2025 • 39 mins
What if courage isn’t about being fearless, but about taking action despite fear? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis speaks with Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School professor and author of How to Be Bold. Ranjay shares why our cultural myth of the “fearless hero” is misleading and explains how courage is a learnable skill that anyone can practice, whether as an individual, a team, or an organization. He explores t...
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S14 E11 Adapting Mindfulness to the AI Age, with Mo Edjlali

November 27, 2025 • 47 mins
In this conversation, Patrick talks with Mo Edjlali, founder and CEO of Mindful Leader and author of Open MBSR, about the future of mindfulness in an age defined by distraction, polarization, and artificial intelligence. Edjlali reflects on his journey from tech entrepreneur to mindfulness advocate after the 2008 financial crisis, and offers a powerful critique of how popular meditation apps have turned mindfulness into “comfortain...
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S14 E10 Byron Loflin: Think You’re Ready to Be CEO? Here’s What it Takes.

November 20, 2025 • 36 mins
In this FOMO Sapiens episode, Patrick McGinnis speaks with Byron Loflin, Global Head of Board Advisory at NASDAQ and co-author of CEO Ready, about how to build better boards, smarter leaders, and more resilient organizations. Loflin’s career was shaped by the 2008 financial crisis, when he saw firsthand the cost of poor governance and weak risk oversight. Since then, he’s made it his mission to elevate board standards and prepare f...
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S14 E9 SharkNinja’s Playbook for Relentless Innovation (and FOMO), with Mark Barrocas

November 13, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Mark Barrocas, CEO of SharkNinja, to explore how the company transformed from a small appliance player into a global innovation powerhouse. Barrocas explains how SharkNinja’s consumer-obsessed culture drives every breakthrough—from identifying overlooked frustrations to designing products that cross the “threshold of viral.” He also shares how lessons from failure, li...
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S14 E8 Caroline Hirsch, The Visionary Who Built a New York Comedy Empire

November 6, 2025 • 35 mins
Caroline Hirsch, the legendary founder of Carolines on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival, has spent four decades shaping the world of stand-up comedy. In this episode, she shares how she turned a small cabaret into the most influential comedy club in America, and how strategic instincts, resilience, and love for the art form built an empire. From discovering future stars to navigating Times Square’s rebirth, Hirsch reveals ...
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S14 E7 Morgan Housel: The Psychology of a Richer Life

October 30, 2025 • 42 mins
What does it really mean to live a “rich” life? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks with Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of Money and The Art of Spending Money. Morgan shares a deeply personal and counterintuitive perspective on wealth, exploring not only what money can do, but, more importantly, what it can’t. He reflects on why the drivers of true happiness (love, health, sleep, admiration)...
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S14 E6 How BeautyCounter Founder Gregg Renfrew Is Redefining Clean Beauty Again with Counter

October 23, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis welcomes Gregg Renfrew, the visionary founder behind BeautyCounter and now Counter, for an honest and inspiring conversation about resilience, leadership, and reinvention. Gregg shares how a deep concern for health and the environment led her to pioneer the clean beauty movement, building one of the most trusted brands in the industry. But after selling BeautyCounter to The Carlyle ...
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S14 E5 A Rad Future: Isabelle Boemeke on How She’s Making Nuclear Energy Cool

October 16, 2025 • 36 mins
What if the biggest solution to climate change is the one we fear the most? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis speaks with Isabelle Boemeke—known online as Isodope—a climate influencer and creative technologist who has become one of the most visible advocates for nuclear energy. Isabelle shares her unconventional journey from fashion model to climate activist, why the public perception of nuclear energy is so misalig...
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S14 E4 Unlocking Team Intelligence with Jon Levy: Rethinking Leadership, Collaboration, and the Power of Glue Players

October 9, 2025 • 37 mins
What really makes a team successful? Is it star power, charisma, sheer talent, or something else entirely? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks with behavioral scientist and author Jon Levy about his groundbreaking work on leadership and team intelligence. Levy challenges conventional wisdom by debunking the “alpha leader” myth, tracing its roots back to a misinterpretation of wolf behavior, and exposing how toxi...
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S14 E3 Kosterina Founder Katina Mountanos on Scaling an Olive Oil & Wellness Brand

October 2, 2025 • 34 mins
What if the bottles in your pantry could tell the story of your heritage and your health? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Katina Mountanos, founder of Kosterina, to explore what it takes to move from corporate finance and retail roles into leading a mission-driven wellness brand. Raised between Greece and the U.S., Katina’s passion for early-harvest, high-polyphenol extra virgin olive oil began in h...
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S14 E2 From Finance to Founder, Nancy Twine’s Makers Mindset

September 25, 2025 • 36 mins
What would make you leave a thriving Wall Street career to start something completely new? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis speaks with Nancy Twine, founder of Briogeo and one of the most influential voices in clean beauty. After seven years at Goldman Sachs, Nancy walked away to build a brand rooted in authenticity and passion. She shares the personal loss that sparked her entrepreneurial journey, how she carved o...
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S14 E1 How AI is Unlocking the Cure for Thousands of Illnesses, with Dr. David Fajgenbaum

September 18, 2025 • 36 mins
What if the cure for deadly diseases is already sitting on a pharmacy shelf? Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a physician, scientist, and co-founder of Every Cure, nearly died five times from Castleman disease before finding an existing drug that saved his life. Now in remission, he’s leading a global mission to unlock hidden uses for thousands of forgotten medicines with the help of AI. In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, David shares his incre...
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S13 E26 Unlocking Your Multi-Hyphenate Potential, with Cathy Heller

July 17, 2025 • 40 mins
Are you stuck believing you must pick just one path? Cathy Heller, host of Abundant Ever After and best-selling author, returns to FOMO Sapiens to break that illusion wide open. In this episode, Cathy shares how embracing a multi-hyphenate identity, from music to real estate to coaching, unlocked more freedom, creativity, and abundance than she ever imagined. She reveals her surprising discovery that she’s an introvert who needs sa...
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S13 E25 Wharton Vice Dean Lori Rosenkopf on Redefining Success Beyond the Unicorn Myth

July 10, 2025 • 37 mins
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who doesn’t fit the “tech bro” stereotype? This week on FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Lori Rosenkopf, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School and author of Unstoppable Entrepreneurs, to debunk the myth that success requires venture capital and billion-dollar valuations. Lori reveals seven real-world paths to value creation, from the bootstrapper and social entrepreneur to...
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S13 E24 How Ankur Gopal is Building Tech Talent in Unexpected Places

July 3, 2025 • 39 mins
What if your biggest entrepreneurial edge wasn’t your skills or network, but your capacity to endure setbacks and keep innovating anyway? This week on FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks to Ankur Gopal, founder and CEO of Interapt, named one of the “100 Most Meaningful Businesses in the World.” Ankur shares how discovering his own resilience reshaped his journey from Kentucky to nationwide impact. He explains how Interapt’s paid t...
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S13 E23 Unplugging from the Algorithm: Hannah Koizumi & Hugh Jones on Taking Back Your Mind

June 26, 2025 • 44 mins
Ever feel like your digital life has turned into a mind-bending simulation? This week on FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis sits down with Hannah Koizumi and Hugh Jones, co-founders of Drumbeat Labs and the nonprofit Civic Attention, to dissect how today’s online platforms hijack our attention and warp our sense of reality. Hannah, a data scientist and civic organizer, and Hugh, a self-taught developer and digital strategist, break dow...
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S13 E22 Inside Microsoft’s Innovation Playbook with Dean Carignan

June 19, 2025 • 38 mins
How does a company as massive as Microsoft keep innovating year after year? Patrick McGinnis sits down with 20-year Microsoft veteran Dean Carignan, co-author of The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft, to find out. Dean reveals the surprisingly learnable and scalable strategies behind the tech giant’s transformation, from launching Xbox to navigating the AI frontier. You’ll learn why innovation isn’t just about invention, h...
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S13 E21 The No-Boss Life: Firat İşbecer on Entrepreneurship, Angel Investing, and Global Growth

June 12, 2025 • 37 mins
What drives someone to turn down the 9-to-5 path before it even begins? In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick McGinnis talks to Firat İşbecer, CEO of Commencis and one of Turkey’s most active angel investors, about how he knew early on that he would never work for someone else. Firat recounts the founding of Pozitron, a mobile banking startup launched before smartphones became ubiquitous, and how he scaled and sold it to Monitis...
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