Made Of.

Made Of is curated storytelling built on one belief: inspiration is the most valuable currency. We study the defining moments that reveal what inspiration is Made Of. Through every story, we synthesize the wisdom, lessons, and inspiration worth carrying into our own lives. Subscribe for lessons that inspire how you think, strengthen how you live, and expand what you believe is possible.

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Sep 18, 2026

28 min

A Billionaire's Warning: Stop Chasing Money 
What if chasing money is the very thing keeping you from having enough?
Daniel Lubetzky built KIND into a $5 billion company, sold it to Mars, and became a Shark Tank investor. His whole life, though, has been a warning against making money the goal.
His story starts in Dachau, where a German soldier threw his starving teenage father a rotten potato. That one small act of kindness kept him alive, and it became the foundation of everything his son would build.
In this episode:
The parable of the 50th coin, and why comparison culture keeps us from ever feeling satisfied
The rotten potato that saved a family and inspired a brand
Why Daniel turned down Sullivan & Cromwell and McKinsey for a $10K fellowship in Israel
PeaceWorks: a decade of rejection, duct-taped trunks, and door-to-door sales
The hungry marathon run that led to KIND
The "AND" philosophy: you don't have to choose between profit and purpose
What the $5 billion Mars deal actually means, and what it doesn't
You might already have 49 coins. Don't let the 50th one steal your peace.
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Chapters:0:00 Cold open0:22 The parable of the 50th coin4:28 A rotten potato in Dachau8:00 The mall chase10:50 Walking away from McKinsey13:50 PeaceWorks and the grind19:56 The birth of KIND22:16 The AND philosophy24:05 $5 billion, and what actually matters26:27 Integrity, kindness & hustle: Daniel Lubetzky's success lessons

Sep 18, 2026

28 min

Sep 11, 2026

20 min

YOUR AGE KNOWS YOUR DATE. NOT YOUR LIMIT.
Serena Williams doesn't need to win. She said so herself. At 44 years old, with 23 Grand Slam titles and nothing left to prove, she's stepping back onto the court after nearly four years away — and the internet's only question is "why?"
In this episode of Made Of, we trace Serena's arc from her first Grand Slam win at 17, to winning a title eight weeks pregnant, to calling her 2022 retirement an "evolution" instead of an ending — and use her story to ask a harder question: who actually gave you your deadlines? The age you think you should've "figured it out" by. The timeline you're quietly measuring yourself against. The thing you stopped trying because you were scared of the wrong question — not "will I fail," but "will they ask why I started so late."
This isn't a tennis episode. It's for anyone who's ever felt too old, too late, or too far behind a clock they never actually agreed to.
New episodes weekly. Subscribe, rate, and share if inspiration deserves better storytelling.

Sep 11, 2026

20 min

Sep 11, 2026

20 min

Your Age Knows Your Date. Not Your Limit. Serena Williams doesn't need to win. She said so herself. At 44 years old, with 23 Grand Slam titles and nothing left to prove, she's stepping back onto the court after nearly four years away — and the internet's only question is "why?"
In this episode of Made Of, we trace Serena's arc from her first Grand Slam win at 17, to winning a title eight weeks pregnant, to calling her 2022 retirement an "evolution" instead of an ending — and use her story to ask a harder question: who actually gave you your deadlines? The age you think you should've "figured it out" by. The timeline you're quietly measuring yourself against. The thing you stopped trying because you were scared of the wrong question — not "will I fail," but "will they ask why I started so late."
This isn't a tennis episode. It's for anyone who's ever felt too old, too late, or too far behind a clock they never actually agreed to.
New episodes weekly. Subscribe, rate, and share if inspiration deserves better storytelling.

Sep 11, 2026

20 min

Sep 4, 2026

20 min

Sergey Brin’s story didn’t begin with Google.
It began with a six-year-old boy whose family left the Soviet Union in search of a life with fewer limits.
Years later, a chance meeting with Larry Page would become one of the most consequential partnerships in modern history — eventually building Google and changing how billions of people access information.
But this episode isn’t just about Google.
It’s about what Sergey Brin’s life can teach us about starting over, choosing people who challenge us, becoming a beginner again, betting on ideas before the world understands them, and refusing to let the circumstances we inherit determine the ceiling of our lives.
We break down:
• The environment Sergey Brin was born into — and why his family left• What immigration and starting over can teach us about growth• Why Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s relationship worked• The $100,000 check that helped turn Google from an idea into a company• Why the right people don’t always agree with you• The power of curiosity, experimentation, and becoming a beginner again• What Brin’s journey can teach us about possibility
Made Of studies the defining moments, decisions, relationships, and beliefs behind remarkable lives — then looks for the lessons we can carry into our own.
Because these stories aren’t meant to simply show us what someone else accomplished.
They’re meant to expand our understanding of what can happen when curiosity, courage, the right people, and the willingness to keep evolving come together.

Sep 4, 2026

20 min

Sep 4, 2026

20 min

Sergey Brin’s story didn’t begin with Google.
It began with a six-year-old boy whose family left the Soviet Union in search of a life with fewer limits.
Years later, a chance meeting with Larry Page would become one of the most consequential partnerships in modern history — eventually building Google and changing how billions of people access information.
But this episode isn’t just about Google.
It’s about what Sergey Brin’s life can teach us about starting over, choosing people who challenge us, becoming a beginner again, betting on ideas before the world understands them, and refusing to let the circumstances we inherit determine the ceiling of our lives.
We break down:
• The environment Sergey Brin was born into — and why his family left• What immigration and starting over can teach us about growth• Why Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s relationship worked• The $100,000 check that helped turn Google from an idea into a company• Why the right people don’t always agree with you• The power of curiosity, experimentation, and becoming a beginner again• What Brin’s journey can teach us about possibility
Made Of studies the defining moments, decisions, relationships, and beliefs behind remarkable lives — then looks for the lessons we can carry into our own.
Because these stories aren’t meant to simply show us what someone else accomplished.
They’re meant to expand our understanding of what can happen when curiosity, courage, the right people, and the willingness to keep evolving come together.

Sep 4, 2026

20 min

Aug 28, 2026

20 min

Six years after Chadwick Boseman’s passing, his life still forces us to wrestle with a powerful question:
What does it mean to build something that outlives you?
In this episode of Made Of, we explore the life, work and legacy of Chadwick Boseman — an artist whose impact extended far beyond the screen.
While privately fighting cancer, Chadwick continued to create some of the defining performances of his career. He understood the magnitude of Black Panther, the importance of representation and the responsibility that came with portraying figures who carried meaning far beyond entertainment.
But this episode isn’t only about what Chadwick accomplished.
It’s about what he was made of.
Sacrifice. Awareness. Unity.
Through his story, we examine how confronting mortality can sharpen our understanding of life, why legacy is often built long before the world recognizes it, and how a single person’s work can continue inspiring people long after they are gone.
Maybe living forever has nothing to do with escaping death.
Maybe it means creating something your lifetime isn’t long enough to contain.
This is Made Of: Chadwick Boseman.

Aug 28, 2026

20 min