Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick
Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go "Hmm?" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are...
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- Dr. Sherrie Campbell1 ep
- Dr. Darshan Shah1 ep
- Todd Herman1 ep
Also: Nir Eyal, John Lee, Savannah Louie, James Orsini, Jen Fontanilla, Jay Papasan, Jason Duncan, Tal Ben-Shahar, Glenn Lundy, Steve Taylor, Billy Venkatraman, Jessica Ortner, Steve Lunton
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- 🇺🇸United States · Self-ImprovementHOME#51.2M to 6.4M
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Self-Improvement#662.5K to 13K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Self-Improvement#671.6K to 8.4K
- 🇳🇴NO · Self-Improvement#201.3K to 6.9K
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1.2M to 6.5M🎙 Daily cadence·205 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
4.1M to 22M🇺🇸100% - Active Followers
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2.2M to 12M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/26/26 |  Steven Kotler - We Have Godlike Power and Stone Age Brains - E226 | Your inner critic goes quiet, time bends, and everything you do gets easier and better. A New York Times bestselling author and one of the leading researchers on this state reveals what is happening in your brain, and why it may be the most valuable thing in your life that you are not doing enough of. | 57m 24s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 |  For People Feeling Behind In Life - E225 | What if the thing you are chasing to feel significant is the thing keeping you from your actual life? | 22m 13s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 |  Good Shift - What Are You Waiting For? - E224 | Tomorrow was never tucked in your pocket. What would you stop postponing if you knew that? | 4m 50s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 |  Jack Daly - The Plan He Wrote at 13 Still Runs His Life Today - E223 | At 13, he carried golf bags and asked millionaires how they got there. At 77, he is still training for Ironman and says his best days are ahead. | 41m 35s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 |  What Cancer Taught Me About Time - E222 | Cancer did not make me want to live faster. It made me want to wait less, and there is a world of difference between those two things. | 30m 00s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 |  Good Shift - Your Personal Board of Directors: Ask the Giants a Better Question - E221 | What if you could pull up a chair for Gandhi, Carl Sagan, and Muhammad Ali, and let their lives challenge you to see it differently? | 5m 18s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 |  Evan Carmichael - Rejection to 4 Million Subscribers: The YouTube Growth Playbook - E220 | What if you’re not failing, you’re just still in the part where everyone sucks? Evan Carmichael on why the early version of you is supposed to be bad. | 29m 25s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  Why Do Hurt People Hurt People? - E219 | Right now, someone could be telling a story about you that you’ve never heard. And in that story, you might be the villain. | 29m 43s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 |  Good Shift - Who's Typing? How the Algorithm Vibe Codes You - E218 | What if every repeated thought is a line of code, and someone else has been typing yours? | 9m 02s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  Jill Schulman - A Marine Veteran Explains How to Conquer Fear - E217 | What if confidence is not something you feel before you act, but something you build after? Jill Schulman has the research, and the rope, to prove it. | 50m 18s | ||||||
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| 10/2/26 |  Curiosity Is Your Superpower: Beat Imposter Syndrome for Good- E216 | It took 60 seconds for one presentation to turn into the collapse of an entire career. It took one sound to take it back. | 25m 55s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 |  Good Shift - How Creative Allowance Changes the Way You Plan - E215 | Plant the seed, prepare for the opportunity, and let go of the weather. The surprising part is what life reveals once you do. | 10m 21s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 |  Dr. Robert Epstein - This Harvard Scientist Was Warned to Stay Silent - E214 | Dr. Robert Epstein reveals how Google, algorithms, and AI quietly shape your thoughts, beliefs, and decisions — and how to take back control of your mind. | 1h 00m 05s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Radical Responsibility: When Life Chooses You - E213 | Worrying about what might happen is quietly costing you the one thing you actually have: right now. This episode breaks down how to spend your attention on what's real instead. | 40m 33s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 |  Good Shift - The Currency of Attention - E212 | Your attention is not unlimited, and every day you spend it, whether you notice or not. The question is who is getting what's left. | 6m 01s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  He Turned His Employees Into Millionaires — At 93, Frank Stronach Explains How - E211 | Most CEOs get richer as their company grows. Frank Stronach made his employees richer too, turning an untold number of factory workers into millionaires along the way. | 37m 05s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  IRS - How to See Life From a Completely Different Perspective - E210 | Discover how to challenge the lens through which you see your life and recognize how much of your “reality” may simply be your interpretation. Learn how a small shift in perspective can completely change the way you experience your circumstances—and what you choose to do next. | 41m 55s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  Good Shift - How to keep your feet in the face of adversity - E209 | When life gets loud and adversity threatens to sweep you away, can you stay grounded long enough to choose your response? In this Good Shift, Dr. JC explores how the Interface Response System can help you “keep your feet” by changing not necessarily what happens to you, but how you perceive, process, and respond to it. | 3m 49s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 |  Helen Urwin - The Woman Fortune 500 Brands Called in Secret for 30 Years — Finally Reveals The 9 Freedoms of Being Giant - E208 | Helen Althea Urwin spent 30 years quietly building Mars, Kellogg and Sony. Now she unveils The Nine Freedoms of Being Giant for the very first time, on camera. | 1h 10m 53s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 |  Misunderstoond - How to handle unsolicited criticism - E207 | Dr. JC was called a misogynist by someone who barely knew him. Instead of defending or dismissing it, he got curious. This episode breaks down how to handle labels using the Interface Response System, Whole-O-Graphic Vision, and the choice between being right and being kind. | 42m 32s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 |  GOOD SHIFT- Transformational Gardening Vs. Weed Whacking - E206 | What if the things you keep fighting aren’t the real problem—and the terrain allowing them to thrive is? In this Good Shift, Dr. JC explores the difference between being a Weed Whacker and a Transformational Gardener, and why lasting change may begin by changing the soil rather than endlessly attacking the weeds. | 3m 49s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 |  Danny Goler: DMT, Lasers & the Hidden Structure of Reality: What Science Won't Touch (But He Did) - E205 | Danny Goler's laser experiment reveals hidden code in reality — bridging DMT geometry, Cognitive Physics & consciousness. What did he actually discover? Watch now. | 53m 06s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 |  Why You Trust Fear More Than Your Own Potential - E204 | Why does fear get instant trust while your potential needs proof? Learn Selective Trust — the skill of choosing what deserves your belief. Listen now. | 35m 55s | ||||||
| 9/2/26 |  Good Shift - The Power of Not Making Up Your Mind - E203 | Every automatic “yes” costs you something—and sometimes the person paying the price is your future self. Inspired by Jim Kwik’s Limitless Daily, this Good Shift explores the power of “Hmmm”: creating enough space to decide whether an opportunity truly belongs in the life you’re designing. | 3m 57s | ||||||
| 8/31/26 |  AI Isn’t the Future Without HI: Jim Kwik on Human Intelligence & Becoming Limitless Daily - E202 | In the age of Artificial Intelligence, Jim Kwik believes our greatest advantage may be developing our Human Intelligence. In this powerful conversation about his new book Limitless Daily, Jim reveals how intentionally training your brain and winning your morning can help you think, learn, focus, and live more limitlessly every day. | 54m 39s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | business growthleadership mindset+3 | Glenn Lundy | — | — | business empire800% growth+3 | — | 56m 59s | ||
| 7/17/26 | mindsetemotional detachment+3 | — | — | — | unshakable mindsetemotional detachment+3 | — | 34m 18s | ||
| 7/14/26 | traumaspiritual awakening+4 | Steve Taylor | The Beatles | — | traumaspiritual awakening+5 | — | 1h 00m 25s | ||
| 7/10/26 | cancerradical authenticity+3 | — | — | — | cancer diagnosisradical authenticity+3 | — | 38m 33s | ||
| 7/7/26 | plant medicineAyahuasca+4 | Billy Venkatraman | Ayahuasca5-MeO-DMT+3 | — | Ayahuasca5-MeO-DMT+4 | — | 1h 06m 22s | ||
| 7/3/26 | indifferencepersonal power+3 | — | IRS | — | indifferencepersonal power+3 | — | 36m 25s | ||
| 6/30/26 | EFT tappingcortisol reduction+3 | Jessica Ortner | — | — | EFT tappingcortisol+3 | — | 44m 20s | ||
| 6/26/26 | cancer diagnosispersonal transformation+3 | — | — | — | cancertransformation+3 | — | 39m 09s | ||
| 6/23/26 | overthinkingmental paralysis+3 | Steve Lunton | — | — | overthinkingskydives+3 | — | 39m 09s | ||
| 6/19/26 | curiositycertainty+4 | — | — | — | certaintycuriosity+5 | — | 28m 51s | ||
| 6/12/26 | identity transformationresistance+3 | — | — | — | resistancecalling+3 | — | 41m 05s | ||
| 6/9/26 | relevancesuccess+3 | James Orsini | — | — | relevanceAI+3 | — | 51m 10s | ||
| 6/5/26 | perceptionchildhood+4 | — | — | — | perception trapchildhood+5 | — | 31m 50s | ||
| 6/2/26 | underchargingmoney mindset+3 | Jen Fontanilla | DisneySony+1 | — | money coachvalue of work+3 | — | 45m 15s | ||
| 5/29/26 | emotional healthboundaries+3 | — | — | — | Flow Burglarsemotional drain+3 | — | 20m 57s | ||
| 5/26/26 | productivityfocus+3 | Jay Papasan | — | — | productivitydoing less+5 | — | 1h 05m 42s | ||
| 5/22/26 | unavailabilityboundaries+3 | — | — | — | superpowertexting+3 | — | 42m 57s | ||
| 5/19/26 | successhappiness+4 | Jason Duncan | — | — | success liehard work+5 | — | 57m 01s | ||
| 5/15/26 | sensitivityoverthinking+4 | — | — | — | sensitivityoverthinking+5 | — | 26m 33s | ||
| 5/12/26 | happinessemotional resilience+4 | Tal Ben-Shahar | Harvard | — | happinessemotional resilience+5 | — | 59m 54s | ||
| 5/8/26 | coincidencessignals+4 | — | — | — | coincidencessignals+4 | — | 43m 16s | ||
| 5/5/26 | career changeburnout+3 | Savannah Louie | Survivor | — | career burnoutmillionaire+3 | — | 1h 02m 18s | ||
| 5/1/26 | personal growthhealing journey+4 | — | Ho’oponopono | — | healingoverwhelm+5 | — | 34m 38s | ||
| 4/28/26 | self-respecthealing+3 | Dr. Sherrie Campbell | — | — | choosing yourselfno contact+3 | — | 1h 06m 40s | ||
| 4/24/26 | self-discoverylife purpose+3 | — | — | — | Crazy Walllife story+5 | — | 34m 58s | ||
| 4/21/26 | energyaging+4 | Dr. Darshan Shah | — | — | low energybrain fog+5 | — | 55m 52s | ||
| 4/17/26 | cravingshealth+4 | — | — | — | cravingshealth+5 | — | 41m 16s | ||
| 4/14/26 | self improvementconfidence+3 | Todd Herman | — | — | true selfAlter Ego Effect+3 | — | 1h 07m 03s | ||
| 4/10/26 | mindfulnessfocus+3 | — | — | — | quiet mindnoisy world+3 | — | 32m 46s | ||
| 4/7/26 | beliefsself-improvement+3 | Nir Eyal | — | — | beliefsself-improvement+5 | — | 53m 28s | ||
| 4/3/26 | overthinkingmental freedom+3 | — | — | — | overthinkingmental freedom+3 | — | 1h 02m 56s | ||
| 3/31/26 | AIcreativity+3 | John Lee | — | — | AIcreativity+3 | — | 1h 02m 41s | ||
| 3/27/26 | mindset shiftmental clarity+3 | — | — | — | mental claritymindset+3 | — | 29m 28s | ||
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Chart history for Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick
Peaked at #5 in United States, top 10 in 2 of 8 tracked markets, currently #5 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| United States | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| Norway | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Norway | — | #49 | #49 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #66 | #66 | — |
| Canada | — | #67 | #67 | — |
| Canada | — | #135 | #135 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #181 | #181 | — |
Chart Positions
8 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 4 markets.