 | This article contains promotional content .(October 2025) |
Jordan Harbinger | |
|---|---|
 Harbinger in 2020 | |
| Born | Royal Oak, Michigan, United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A.), 2004 University of Michigan Law School (J.D.), 2006 |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Known for | The Jordan Harbinger Show The Art of Charm |
| Awards | Best of Apple Podcasts (2018) |
| Signature | |
 | |
Jordan Harbinger is an American podcaster [1] [2] and radio personality.
Prior to his podcasting career, Harbinger studies law at the University of Michigan [3] He subsequently practiced as a lawyer and, in 2007, was employed by a Wall Street firm to work on mortgage-backed securities [4] . He was laid off approximately one year later due to the 2008 financial crisis [3] . In his spare time, Harbinger was known as an adventure traveller who sought out unsafe locations, and being kidnapped on two separate occasions, once in Mexico and again in Serbia [5] . His traveling experience [6] led him to work as tour company guide for "Rebel Tours" (circa 2013 - 2016) facilitating travel for Westerners into North Korea via China [7] .
While in law school, Harbinger started coaching others on how to date and network. He and co-host AJ Harbinger (who uses Jordan Harbinger's last name as a pseudonym) started The PickUp Podcast. [3] [8] When Harbinger graduated in 2006, he moved to New York. [8] Around that time he formed a company called The Art of Charm to turn his coaching into a business. [8] [9]
In subsequent years Harbinger continued producing his podcast as well as focusing on the coaching business. [4] [8] In 2010 an app was launched, and by 2011 Harbinger had a radio talk show called Game On on both Sirius and XM Satellite that aired on Friday nights. [8] [10] The show was the first-ever podcast carried on satellite radio. [11] By 2011, Harbinger had relocated to Los Angeles. [3] Meanwhile, his company had begun to offer week-long "boot camps", [8] as well as other options, such as coaching over the phone. [12]
In 2013 Harbinger demonstrated at DEF CON how easily a person can be manipulated into divulging information to someone who may not be what they claim to be, [13] based on the Robin Sage experiment of 2010. [14]
By 2015, Harbinger was rebranding himself more as a more general self-help personality and was profiling celebrities in the podcasts. [15] [10] [16]
In early 2018, Harbinger split from his former partners, left The Art of Charm podcast, and started a new podcast under his own name. [17] [18] The new show, The Jordan Harbinger Show, was listed by Apple as one of the most downloaded new shows of 2018 and brings in seven-figure numbers in revenue each year. [19] [20] Harbinger interviews focus on a range of high-profile figures; he also provides self-help advice in professional networking, social skills, human dynamics, social engineering, and psychology. [21] [22] [23] [24] The Jordan Harbinger Show releases episodes three times per week and receives over six million downloads each month and 250,000 downloads per episode as of 2020. [19] [25] [11]
Harbinger interviewed Billy McFarland while McFarland was in federal prison. [26] During the interview, McFarland admitted guilt publicly for the first time. The interview was filmed by ABC News and featured in season 1, episode 4 of The Con . [27] [28] [29]
Harbinger has contributed articles to Newsweek Magazine [30] [31] [32] and Entrepreneur . [33] He is a recurring guest on The Adam Carolla Show [34] and in 2021 signed a "high seven-figure" renewal deal on the PodcastOne network. [35]