What should you believe?
with Dr. Susanna Rinard, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard
Is it ever rational to believe something the evidence doesn't support?
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a podcast by fuad ali & damien joseph
Build the best iteration of yourself.
Conversations with builders, doctors, founders, and thinkers about tech, health, careers, and the mind. One honest conversation at a time, since 2020.
Top 5%
most followed globally on Spotify
10,000+
listeners and counting
4.9
rating on Apple Podcasts
latest iteration · Sep 23, 2026
what we talk about
Every episode gets a color. Six colors, one cube, 98 conversations.
- Mind & Habits Meditation, journaling, patience, and the rest of the inner work. 22 episodes
- Tech & AI AI, product, crypto, and defense tech: what's being built and why it matters. 27 episodes
- Careers Breaking in, pivoting, grad school, and defining work on your terms. 14 episodes
- Health & Medicine Doctors, founders, and researchers dragging healthcare into this century. 14 episodes
- Society & Ideas Politics, media, and philosophy: the systems we all live inside. 9 episodes
- Money & Business Founders and investors on starting, growing, and backing things. 12 episodes
notable guests
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Nick Caldwell
VP Engineering, Twitter
episode #24
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Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
Head of AI Ethics, Twitter
episode #54
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Dr. Prachee Avasthi
Co-Founder & CSO, Arcadia Science
episode #71
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Aman Khan
Head of Product, Arize AI
episode #95
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Danish Ajmeri
Head of Crypto, Wealthsimple
episode #37
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Dr. Ishwar Puri
Dean of Engineering, McMaster
episode #45
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Leo Polovets
Founder, Susa Ventures
episode #79
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Swish Goswami
CEO, Surf
episode #58
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what listeners say
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“I stumbled upon The Next Iteration while seeking advice on actions I could take to change the direction of my life. I cannot express the quality of information that exists in these conversations. I recommend starting with #3 - Feeling Behind.”
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“Podcasts aren't usually my ideal way of consuming information, but you guys have done something different. It's almost impossible to find very well-accomplished people in their early 20s sharing their knowledge. I either reinforce my learning or learn something new through your podcast.”
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“It's been a pleasure working with Damien and Fuad. Every interaction I've had with them has been courteous, energetic, and enthusiastic. Those guys really know how to bring energy to a room, virtual or in person.”
your hosts
Fuad Ali
What do you get when you combine two Gen Z'ers, a lot of coffee, and a bit of existential dread? A podcast, of course. Fuad did his undergrad in Engineering at McMaster, worked as an engineer at SpaceX and Twitter, and is now a Staff PM building Agentic tooling at Arize AI in New York City. Off the mic he's probably reading, running marathons, or working on his fav side project; researching institutional design for swarms of agents. He's always up for meeting new people, so hit his line!
fuadali.com
Damien Joseph
Lao Tzu turned to me and proclaimed “fall down seven times, get up eight.” And so in the face of my seventh quarter life crisis, I picked myself up once more. Afflicted with the brain equivalent of your eyes being bigger than your stomach, I spend most of my time confused; so I started a podcast which I guess makes me professionally confused? During the day I get paid for supporting pharma/biotechs in clinical trials and post-market. Other than that, I adore art, music, meeting new people, learning random new things, fighting a land war in Asia against my nemesis - nihilistic existential dread (I’m winning rn!), and just trying to live the good life. Opinions probably my own. DMs always open to new friends :)