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Hosted by Randall Kaplan · business · EN-US · 198 episodes
In Search of Excellence goes inside the lives of extraordinary entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors, athletes, entertainers, and leaders to uncover what it really takes to achieve exceptional success. Hosted by Randall Kaplan - serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, executive coach, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, founder and CEO of JUMP Investors, and creator of the Extreme Preparation™ methodology - the podcast explores the preparation, habits, failures, relationships, resilience, mindset, and decisions behind extraordinary achievement. Randall’s guests include Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mike Tyson, David Solomon, Dana White, Robert Greene, Sammy Hagar, and many more. The show has ranked as high as #3 in Entrepreneurship and #10 in Business on Apple Podcasts. Each episode delivers practical lessons and powerful stories about building careers and companies, overcoming adversity, making better decisions, developing wi
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In Search Of Excellence is hosted by Randall Kaplan. The show has published 198 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Matt Brannigan: Can You Really Break the Patterns Holding You Back? | E195" (15 October 2026, 44 minutes), "The 5 Types of Cheating and the Question Betrayed Partners Never Ask | Jim Sexton | E193" (9 September 2026, 89 minutes), and "Divorce Lawyer Jim Sexton: Why Marriages Fail, Prenups, Sex, Monogamy & Divorce | E192" (18 August 2026, 98 minutes).
In Search Of Excellence publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 198 episodes.
Booking probability for In Search Of Excellence is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. In Search Of Excellence requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. In Search Of Excellence's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for In Search Of Excellence are Holding Companies & Corporate HQs and Business & Management Consulting. In Search Of Excellence has a business audience and around 290,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Randall Kaplan hosts In Search Of Excellence, a business show with 198 episodes published.
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In Search Of Excellence
You can spend seven days changing your life—and return home to discover that your old patterns are still waiting for you. So how do you make personal growth last? In Part 2 of my conversation with Matt Brannagan of the...
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What if an affair isn't where a marriage first breaks, but the moment years of disconnection finally become impossible to ignore? After more than 25 years and 1,000 matrimonial cases, renowned divorce lawyer Jim Sexton...
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Divorce lawyer Jim Sexton has spent nearly 30 years watching marriages fall apart - and he knows the mistakes couples make long before they ever enter a courtroom. In Part 2 of my conversation with Jim Sexton, one of...
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Jim Sexton has spent more than 25 years watching more than 1,000 couples who once loved each other divide their families, fortunes and futures – but the experiences that shaped him most happened long before he entered a...
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Owen Hanson went from USC athlete to international cocaine kingpin, Sinaloa cartel associate, and federal inmate serving a 21-year sentence — but his story did not end in prison. In this raw conversation with Randall...
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Owen Hanson went from a disciplined kid in Redondo Beach to a USC walk-on football player surrounded by celebrities, pro athletes, and power — before one bad decision became the rush he chased for years. In this raw...
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<p>John Mackey built Whole Foods Market from a small natural foods store into a $13.7 billion company acquired by Amazon — but his greatest lessons came from moments of crisis, not victory. From the emotional relief of...
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<p>What does it really take to build a company from one store in Austin, Texas into Whole Foods Market, a global brand with more than 540 stores, $22 billion in annual sales, and a $13.7 billion acquisition by...
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<p>What do you do when the world keeps telling you no? Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer reveals how rejection, curiosity, creativity, and relentless belief helped him build one of the most extraordinary...
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<p>About Brian Grazer:<br/>Brian Grazer is an Academy Award–winning producer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of Imagine Entertainment, one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood...
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<p>Brian Grazer is an Academy Award–winning producer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of Imagine Entertainment, one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood.<br/>Alongside his...
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<p>In Search of Excellence Podcast - with Randall Kaplan<br/><br/>If you’re looking for career advice, mentorship strategies, LinkedIn networking, extreme preparation, and the mindset behind building a world-class...
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<p>Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness, joins Randall Kaplan for a<br/>raw, high-performance conversation on healing, vulnerability, resilience,<br/>and the hidden costs of “prove them wrong” motivation. In...
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<p>Welcome to In Search of Excellence! In this powerful second part of our interview, billionaire entrepreneur and Minnesota Timberwolves owner Marc Lore joins Randall Kaplan to share the unconventional secrets behind...
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<p>In this explosive episode of In Search of Excellence, Randall Kaplan sits down with Marc Lore—the billionaire entrepreneur, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the visionary founder behind Diapers.com (sold to...
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<p>In Part 2 of this incredible interview, Randy Kaplan sits down with world-renowned mentalist and America’s Got Talent finalist Oz Perlman. Oz reveals the psychological frameworks that allowed him to transition from a...
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<p>Welcome to In Search of Excellence! In this episode, we are joined by Oz Perlman, the most sought-after and famous mentalist in the world. Known for his incredible run on America’s Got Talent in 2015, and working...
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<p>Is Rick Caruso running for Mayor of Los Angeles again? In this explosive Part 2 interview on In Search of Excellence, host Randall Kaplan sits down with billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso to discuss the...
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<p>In this episode of In Search of Excellence, Randall Kaplan sits down with Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer and former Los Angeles Mayoral candidate who revolutionized the retail industry. From the...
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<p>World-renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow (Botched, The Swan, RHOC) joins Randall Kaplan on In Search of Excellence to talk about fame, the realities and risks of plastic surgery, Brazilian Butt Lift dangers...
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