Jordan Harbinger

Harbinger studied law at the University of Michigan^[2] and subsequently practiced as a lawyer. In 2007, he was employed by a Wall Street firm to work on mortgage-backed securities and was later made redundant during the 2008 financial crisis.^[3]

Harbinger later promoted himself as an "adventure traveller" who travelled to unsafe locations and was subsequently kidnapped on two separate occasions, once in Mexico and again in Serbia.^[4] He was later hired as a tour guide for "Rebel Tours" (circa 2013–2016) facilitating travel for Westerners into North Korea via China.^[5][6]

While in law school, Harbinger experimented with date coaching and networking and later created The PickUp Podcast.^[2][7] After graduating, Harbinger moved to New York^[7] and formed a company called The Art of Charm.^[7][8][3][7]

In 2010 he launched an app, and in 2011 he co-hosted a radio talk show with Joshua Pellicer called Game On on both Sirius and XM Satellite.^[7][9][10] The show concluded its run in 2011^[2] with Harbinger creating new businesses in Los Angeles.^[7][11]

In early 2018, Harbinger split from his former partners, left The Art of Charm podcast, and started a new podcast The Jordan Harbinger Show under his own name.^{[12][13][14][9][15]} In 2021, Harbinger signed a renewal deal on the PodcastOne network.^[16] His self-help podcast was listed by Apple as one of the top 25 most downloaded new shows of 2018.^{[17][18][19][20][21][1][22][10]} In 2023, according to Entrepreneur, the show averaged 5 to 10 million downloads a month. ^{[citation needed]}