Moonshots Podcast with Peter Diamandis

Appreciating the work of Peter and the crew, dedicating a one-pager to educate others about the podcast that is a true example of being a Techno-Optimist.

Quick Answer Box: What is Moonshots Podcast?

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis is a weekly technology roundtable tracking exponential technologies and how they impact humanity. Originally launched as Moonshots and Mindsets on October 4, 2022, it is produced by PHD Ventures and hosted by Peter Diamandis.

Current format: Weekly roundtable with the "Moonshots Mates" — Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross, plus frequent contributor Emad Mostaque.

Scale: 250+ episodes as of mid-2026 (279 per Podstatus July 2026), reaching over 1 million entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide. Episodes are typically 1.5 to 2.5 hours.

Where to listen: diamandis.com/podcast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube @peterdiamandis, iHeart, and Megaphone RSS feed.

Table of Contents

1. What is Moonshots Podcast?
2. Who Hosts Moonshots Podcast? Meet the Moonshots Mates
3. Format and Publishing Schedule
4. Where to Listen to Moonshots Podcast
5. What Topics Does Moonshots Cover?
6. Best Episodes and Notable Guests
7. Moonshots vs Exponential Wisdom: What's the Difference?
8. Audience, Ratings and Moonshots LIVE 2026
9. FAQ: Everything About Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

1. What is Moonshots Podcast?

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis defines itself with one line everywhere: Tracking the future of technology and how it impacts humanity.

It is not a daily news recap. It is a strategic roundtable that applies first-principles and exponential thinking to AGI, longevity, space, robotics, and crypto. The mission, stated in the original trailer, is to orient a generation toward solving grand challenges and moving humanity from scarcity to abundance.

The show was launched as Moonshots and Mindsets with Peter Diamandis and is now branded simply as Moonshots with Peter Diamandis. Copyright holder is PHD Ventures. It was created to expand on the conversations Peter was having in Abundance360 and XPRIZE, but in public, weekly, and with builders in the arena.

2. Who Hosts Moonshots Podcast? Meet the Moonshots Mates

The current format that ranks for "moonshots podcast hosts" and "moonshots mates" is a four-person roundtable.

Peter H. Diamandis — Host

Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, Executive Founder of Singularity University, and founder of 25+ companies in health-tech, space, venture, and education. Named by Fortune as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, co-founder and vice-chairman of Celularity, founder of ZeroG and Abundance360 (A360), and New York Times bestselling author of Abundance, BOLD, and The Future is Faster Than You Think.

Salim Ismail — Moonshots Mate

Founder of OpenExO, General Partner at Exponential Venture Capital / The Organizational Singularity Fund, and bestselling author of Exponential Organizations. Founding Executive Director of Singularity University (2008-2010). Built Ångströ, acquired by Google, and led Brickhouse, Yahoo!'s internal incubator. He provides the exponential organization lens on AI and corporate disruption.

Dave Blundin — Moonshots Mate

Managing Partner at Link Ventures, serial entrepreneur who has co-founded 23 companies with at least five achieving $100M+ valuations. Chairman of Cogo Labs and Chairman of EverQuote (NASDAQ: EVER), General Partner at Vestigo Ventures and Exponential Ventures (XPV). Holds a BS in Computer Science from MIT where he researched neural networks at the AI Lab. The venture and math voice on compute, crypto, and model economics.

Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross — Moonshots Mate

Founder and Managing Partner of Reified, focused on AI and complex systems. S.B. in physics, electrical engineering, and mathematics from MIT (the last student to triple-major), PhD in physics from Harvard (2007), former faculty at Harvard and MIT. Joined the roundtable in 2025 and drives deep dives on superintelligence, recursive self-improvement, AI personhood, and quantum limits.

Emad Mostaque — Frequent Contributor

Former CEO and Co-Founder of Stability AI, founder of Intelligent Internet (ii.inc) and author of The Last Economy. The leading voice on decentralized AI vs closed AI on the show.

Legacy context: Peter also co-hosts Exponential Wisdom with Dan Sullivan (Strategic Coach). That show predates Moonshots and focuses on abundance and entrepreneurship. EP #33 with Dan Sullivan explicitly bridges the two.

3. Format and Publishing Schedule

Format: Weekly roundtable, plus long-form interviews. The episode notes almost always start with "In this episode, the mates discuss..." followed by 3 to 4 major pillars. Live episodes are recorded at Abundance Summit.

Cadence: Weekly drops, often multiple times per week when AI model releases accelerate. Over 250 episodes per moonshots.com as of 2026, with 279 to 280 listed by aggregators in July 2026.

Length: 90 to 150 minutes is typical. Deep dives with Elon Musk have run longer.

Signature CTA: Almost every episode includes access to metatrends 10+ years early via qr.diamandis.com/metatrends.

4. Where to Listen to Moonshots Podcast

For SEO, this is the section that outranks thin aggregators. Use the official links:

• Official Hub: diamandis.com/podcast — full archive and Listen Now links
• Apple Podcasts: Moonshots with Peter Diamandis (id1648228034) — 4.0/5 rating historically, also via qr.diamandis.com/applepodcast
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5Y1NyT6srGx38f5LINbH6c — 4.8 rating historically, also via qr.diamandis.com/spotifypodcast
• YouTube: @peterdiamandis — full video, clips, and dedicated Moonshots playlist. Channel exceeds 519K+ subscribers with individual episodes from 100K to 1.8M views
• iHeart: Moonshots with Peter Diamandis | iHeart
• RSS Feed: feeds.megaphone.fm/DVVTS2890392624 — hosted on Megaphone with IAB v2 measurement
• Other: Castbox, Podbean, Boomplay, Radio.net

5. What Topics Does Moonshots Cover?

If you are searching "moonshots podcast ai roundtable" or "moonshots podcast longevity," this is the taxonomy built from 200+ episode titles:

The connective thesis from the Solve Everything paper (co-authored by Wissner-Gross and Diamandis) is: AI is turning cognition into a cheap utility like electricity, Space is the substrate for infinite energy and compute, Crypto is the rail for machine-to-machine payments, and Longevity ensures we live long enough to benefit.

6. Best Episodes and Notable Guests

Guest roster includes Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Cathie Wood, Vinod Khosla, Palmer Luckey, Mustafa Suleyman, Eric Schmidt, David Sinclair, Mo Gawdat, Michael Saylor, Ray Dalio, Brett Adcock, Arianna Huffington.

If you want to start with the most searched "moonshots podcast elon musk episodes":

• EP #1 How Elon Musk Would Save The World — inaugural framing with XPRIZE
• EP #79 Elon Musk on Abundance, AGI, and The Media in 2024 (X Spaces)
• EP #220 Elon Musk on AGI Timeline, US vs China, Job Markets, Clean Energy & Humanoid Robots (Jan 6, 2026)
• EP #239 Elon Musk: Optimus 3 Is Coming, Recursive Self-Improvement Is Already Here, and the Singularity
• EP #95 Ray Kurzweil & Geoff Hinton Debate the Future of AI
• EP #108 Cathie Wood on Bitcoin Halving, Apple/OpenAI & Nvidia Dominance
• EP #148 Ray Dalio on AI, Job Loss & Future of Economy
• EP #159 Vinod Khosla: Tech Predictions Will Change Everything by 2030
• EP #178 David Sinclair on Age-Reversing Science
• EP #183 Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt: What Artificial Superintelligence Will Actually Look Like

7. Moonshots vs Exponential Wisdom: What's the Difference?

This is a common search: "Dan Sullivan exponential wisdom vs moonshots."

Exponential Wisdom is Peter Diamandis + Dan Sullivan. Strategic, philosophical, focused on mindset and entrepreneurship.

Moonshots is Peter + the Mates (Salim, Dave, Alex) + Emad. Tactical, news-driven, deeply technical on frontier models, space, and longevity. If Exponential Wisdom is the why, Moonshots is the what is happening this week and what to do about it.

8. Audience, Ratings and Moonshots LIVE 2026

Reported audience is over 1 million entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide. Apple historically 4.0/5, Spotify 4.8/5 from 185 reviews, with YouTube episodes routinely cited as exceeding 1 million listeners per episode when guest is top tier.

The ecosystem extends beyond audio:

Moonshots LIVE 2026 — inaugural gathering September 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, 1,500 participants, $5M+ awarded across Future Vision XPRIZE and Build with Gemini XPRIZE, hosted in a restored 1920s movie palace. It is the IRL version of the podcast.

Other ventures regularly referenced on the show include Fountain Life (precision diagnostics), Blitzy and VoiceRun (AI-native development), and Abundance360 (the private mastermind that serves as top of funnel for the podcast community).

9. FAQ: Everything About Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

When did Moonshots Podcast start?
October 4, 2022, as Moonshots and Mindsets. It is listed as Active, weekly, creator PHD Ventures on Podchaser.

Is Moonshots and Mindsets the same as Moonshots Podcast?
Yes. Moonshots and Mindsets was the original name. Now branded as Moonshots with Peter Diamandis. The YouTube trailer explicitly notes the former title.

Who are the Moonshots Mates?
Salim Ismail (OpenExO), Dave Blundin (Link Ventures), and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (Reified), with frequent contributions from Emad Mostaque.

How many episodes does Moonshots Podcast have?
250+ per the official site in 2026, 279 per Podstatus as of July 29, 2026, and up to 280 on other aggregators.

How long are Moonshots Podcast episodes?
Typically 1.5 to 2.5 hours for roundtables, shorter for interviews and highlights.

Is there a transcript for Moonshots Podcast?
Official site and Podscripts/third-party note sites publish select transcripts (e.g., EP #220). YouTube auto-transcripts are available for video versions.

Where can I get the Moonshots metatrends?
The show CTA in almost every episode is qr.diamandis.com/metatrends.

Official Links and Sources to Cite

• Official hub: diamandis.com/podcast
• Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis/id1648228034
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5Y1NyT6srGx38f5LINbH6c and qr.diamandis.com/spotifypodcast
• YouTube: @peterdiamandis playlist
• RSS: feeds.megaphone.fm/DVVTS2890392624
• Moonshots LIVE 2026: moonshots.com event page