The Lucas Bean Show
I dive deep into psychology, history, science, philosophy, human nature, technology and business.
I talk to thinkers, doers, leaders, visionaries and teachers while bring lessons from the worlds most amazing entrepreneurs, visionaries, business thinkers, philosophers, psychologists and cultural leaders on the planet
We focus on the people that are both leading the pack in cutting edge technology while also highlighting our history, people, culture and trending topics who are leading us into this new era of life with AI.
We find the simple message in complex theories and distill it down for you so even a 5th grader can understand it.
Join us for our next episode. See you there.
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Episodes
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Today I sit down with Jonathan Butterworth.
Jonathan is a former fortune 200 executive turned entrepreneur. In this episode we unpack what it really means to redefine success, face fear, and build a life on your own terms. From selling his first business in college to rediscovering his purpose after corporate life, Jonathan shares raw lessons on leadership, courage, life, meaning, purpose and the psychology of fulfillment.
Key Topics Covered:
Breaking free from fear and societal conditioning
Lessons from climbing the corporate ladder
Managing people vs. truly leading them
Turning layoffs into life-changing opportunities
How confidence and curiosity drive success
The underrated power of relationships and mentors
I Love this episode and I'm happy to call Jonathan a friend.
Enjoy everyone.
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
He is a renowned security researcher and writer, and an award-winning public speaker.
Josh has a master's degree in IT concentrating in Internet Security. He has also taken doctorate-level coursework in Information Security.
Josh has conducted cybersecurity research for well over 25 years. Apple has publicly acknowledged Josh for discovering an Apple ID authentication vulnerability. Josh’s research is often featured in Forbes and other major news outlets worldwide.
Josh is a great guy, we had a great conversation.
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Today we chat with Tarik DiDomenico a friend an AI Specialist at RedHat. He's Ex-Sony, MUFG, EY works in AI for Enterprise, former Exec Media, Entertainment and Fintech Exec.
He previously worked with me at Sony Pictures and he's just a very smart guy.
We chat about: working at Sony Pictures Building Products Running companies Moving to Montana
This is an amazing conversation with a wicked smart guy and all around good dude.
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Today we chat with Tibo Louis-Lucas founder of the amazing popular apps TweetHunterPro and LinkedIn Automation app Taplio.
We chat about how he built these two products with rapid iteration. During the pandemic he was building a new product every week for months until he found a hit (or two).
He went through 7 failed products before he found Tweet Hunter Pro and it was a slow steady climb to success. Taplio also became wildly successful as LinkedIn content creation took off.
This is an amazing conversation with a wicked smart founder and all around good guy.
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Follow Tibo here: https://twitter.com/tibo_maker
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Today we chat with Matt Burke video game executive who worked at
Nintendo and Wizards of the Coast.
We talk James Bond Evolution of movies, Matt's history at Nintendo, Nintendo games, E3James Bond Golden Eye, Super Smash Brothers, Zelda, N64, Wii, Nintendo Cube, Nintendo Switch, Counter Strike, Unreal Tournament 2, Starwars, Pedro Pascal, Pablo Hidalgo, Playstation and Pioneering costs of adding something new to a market and training consumers on the new thing.
We chat about so much.
You'll want to listen to this one.
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Follow Matt here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewburke/
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
In todays episode we talk with Khe (Khemaridh) Hy the youngest managing partner at BlackRock in history.
We discuss:
- Khe's origin story- Getting the job at BlackRock- Khe's Networking style (double breakfast)- Khe leaving BlackRock to become a creator- The leap from high paid executive to creator- Personal Burn rate (treat it like a business) - Exercise routine- What he does now- The future What a great discussion we had. We also found out we live 1/2 mile from each other.
Are we going surfing soon? Listen to find out.
Follow Khe here: https://www.youtube.com/@radreadsco
Follow me here: https://youtube.com/@Lucasbean
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
On todays episode we chat with Maika Isogawa who has a fascinating past, present and future.
She's an ex Cirque Du Soleil Aerialist (flying around in the air) went to school at Standford and started her new career as a tech founder of Webacy. Webacy is a startup focused on security on the Web3 space.
Very interesting conversation conversation.
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Follow Maika here: https://twitter.com/maikaisogawa
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
On Todays episode I speak with Marlon Holden and amazing artist and outdoorsman. He also has a unique talent of being great at business before he was any of these other things.
We talk about:
How he grew up
Self sufficiency
building a tech startup in the fintech space
becoming an outdoorsman
art creation and photography
bow hunting
all around philosophy on life
building on social media (254,000 followers on instagram)
He's also my friend. You don't want to miss this episode.
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Follow Marlon Here: https://www.instagram.com/marlonholden/
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Today I had the pleasure to chat with Matt Higgins about his book "Burn the Boats" A guide to abandon self doubt and commit fully to your goals.
Matt's background includes:
Former Shark from Shark Tank
Harvard Business School Teacher
Founded his own Venture Capital firm RSE ventures
Worked New York Jets
Worked for Miami Dolphins
Best selling author of "Burn the Boats"
Matt's resume reads like a modern day super hero.
Matt is definitely one of the nicest guys and was generous
with his time.
You won't want to miss this one.
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Follow Matt: https://twitter.com/mhiggins
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Today we were lucky enough to chat with Video game Pioneer and Creator and CEO of Beamable Jon Radoff.
We chat about:
Games
Founder & CEO at Beamable
His Amazing career of success
What are his favorite games
Web3
We go into so much more. Jon is a great guy, he's wicked smart and I'm happy to call him a friend.
Follow me: https://twitter.com/Luke360
Follow Jon: https://twitter.com/jradoff