What Is The Knowledge Project Podcast on fs.blog About?

The Knowledge Project is Farnam Street's interview podcast, hosted by Shane Parrish, built around one question: how do highly successful people think, decide, and solve problems? If you want practical insight into decision-making from founders, investors, and operators rather than news commentary, this is the show's focus. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or via the RSS feed.

What the podcast covers

fs.blog describes the show as offering "the highest density of wisdom per episode of any podcast." Episodes are conversations with people who have made consequential decisions in business and investing, aimed at extracting lessons you can apply to your own work and life.

The topics follow the site's broader themes: decision-making, thinking clearly, and continuous improvement. Recent episodes listed on the site illustrate the range:

• The Science of Doing Your Best Work — performance and how to sustain it
• Ryan Serhant: How to Get People to Say Yes — persuasion and sales
• Charlie Munger's Interview with Todd Combs — investing judgment
• Bill Ackman: The Biggest Fight of His Life — high-stakes decision-making
• Tobi Lütke: AI Agents, Better Decisions, and the Future of Work — technology and decision quality

The through-line is not a single industry but a single skill: making better judgments under uncertainty.

Where to listen

The site links directly to the major platforms:

If you already use a podcast app, the RSS feed is the most flexible route; otherwise, Apple Podcasts or Spotify are the one-click options.

How it fits into fs.blog

The podcast is one part of a larger content system on Farnam Street. The site pairs it with:

• A free weekly newsletter — described as readable in under five minutes, with nearly one million subscribers, and a bonus download of Chapter 1 of Clear Thinking
• Books — Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results, a framework for clearer thinking, and The Great Mental Models series on seeing the world more accurately and avoiding problems before they occur
• Farnam Street membership — ad-free podcast versions, early episode access, hand-edited transcripts, AMA sessions, subscriber-only content, and courses on productivity

So if you find the podcast useful, the transcripts and early access sit behind membership, while the newsletter and book chapter sample are the free entry points.

Who it's for

The show suits listeners who want to study how experienced decision-makers reason — investors, founders, managers, and anyone working on their own judgment. It is less suited to people looking for daily news or tactical how-to tutorials; the format is long-form conversation.

A practical way to start: pick one recent episode on a topic close to your own work (for example, the Tobi Lütke episode if you're weighing how AI affects decisions), listen once for the ideas, then check whether a transcript or the newsletter summary helps you retain the framework.