The Long Game by Mehdi Yacoubi

The Long Game 168: Dad's Workouts, Dating, AI Scientists, Hiring, Talent, Charisma

🧠 The Divided Mind, Omega-3s, UFC, Viscerality, Factory Farming, Self-Help, and Much More!

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

The Long Game 167: Not Dying, Paranoia, Agency & Intelligence, Feelings, Aerobic Training, Kids

🏆 Winning, Running, Grip Training, Ireland, Brazil, Beauty, and Much More!

Oct 30 • 

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The Long Game 166: Parenting Time, Protein Powders, Discomfort, LLMs, Consciousness

🧪 Lead in Your Shakes, Stoic Discomfort, AI Brain Rot, Quantum Memory, Love as Dialogue, and More

Oct 23 • 

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The Long Game 165: The Pathologization Pandemic, Wandering Minds, Advice Doesn't Work, Rare Earths

🤖 Superintelligence Isn’t Enough, Instagram, Job Applications, B2B Sales, Electrolytes, and Much More!

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The Long Game 164: Fake Natty, Natural Potential, Avoidance, The Dragon Hatchling, 996, Thinking

🇪🇺 How Europe Crushes Innovation, Private Truths, IQ, Bezos, Sneakers, Friends, Dichotomies, and Much More!

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

The Long Game 163: Microplastics, Mold, Craft, AI Slop, Digital Hygiene, LLMs

🔙 We're back! NotebookLM, Dirt, Brain Predictions, The Score, Cousins, AI Progress, The FDE Model, and Much More!

Sep 30 • 

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October 2024

The Long Game 162: Policy Ideas for a Healthier Country, AI Agents, Parenting, Status, Mindbody Syndrome

🧠 Intelligence and Height, Create, Advertising, Dating Apps, and Much More!

Oct 3, 2024 • 

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July 2024

The Long Game 161: Executive Physicals, Self-Help Paradox, Strategic Cope, Go Big or Go Small, Founding Sales

🚰 Water Quality, Documenting Everything, Friendship, Attractiveness & Confidence, Downfall of Modern Podcast, Grip, Building, and Much More!

Jul 22, 2024 • 

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February 2024

The Long Game 160: Most Supplements Don't Work, Efforts and Joy, Blueprints & Maps, Rockefeller

🛠 Great Work, Perplexity, Pull-Ups, Beeper, How to Do Things if You Don't Have Talents, Love the Mission or Love the Game, and Much More!

Feb 16, 2024 • 

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December 2023

The Long Game 159: Strength vs. Size, The Real Cause of Burnout, Moderation, Differentiation, First Dates

👥 How to Transform Your Social Life, Zuzalu, Perplexity, Sabbaticals, Why the Culture Wins, and Much More!

Dec 20, 2023 • 

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September 2023

The Long Game 158: Exercise & Depression, N=1 is the Ultimate Truth, Agency, Distribution

🫀 Low HRV, BookTok, Optimization, A New Technology Manifesto, The Paradox of Liberation, and Much More!

Sep 27, 2023 • 

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The Long Game 157: Increasing Your VO2 Max, Couple Dynamics with Kids, Optimization, Rest

🏥 Apple Health Tips, Cynicism Masquerades as Wisdom, Marriage, Move Fast & Break Things, Blood Pressure, and Much More!

Sep 11, 2023 • 

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