The Best Moments of Open Book 2025 Edition
This is our final episode of the year on Open Book, and I wanted to slow things down for a moment and take stock of what we’ve built together. Over the past year, we sat down with extraordinary authors, historians, thinkers, and storytellers—people who spent years wrestling with ideas so we could absorb them in hours. This episode is a reflection on those conversations, the books that shaped them, and why reading remains one of the highest-return investments you can make in your own life. Anthony's Favorite Books of 2025: Circle of Days by Ken Follett I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally Why Nothing Works by Marc J.Dunkelman Who Knew by Barry Diller 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island. 📚 Get a copy of my books: Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto https://amzn.to/43F5Nld From Wall Street to the White House and Back https://amzn.to/47fJDbv The Little Book of Bitcoin https://amzn.to/47pWRmh The Little Book of Hedge Funds https://amzn.to/43LbM83 Hopping over the Rabbit Hole https://amzn.to/3LaykJb Goodbye Gordon Gekko https://amzn.to/47xrLYs 🎥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆! https://www.cameo.com/themooch 🎙️ Check out my other podcasts: The Rest is Politics US - https://www.youtube.com/@RestPoliticsUS Lost Boys - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf6KS9ro1p18Z0ajmXz5qNPGy9qmE8j&feature=shared SALT - https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/featured 📱 Follow Anthony on Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scaramucci/ X - https://x.com/Scaramucci LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anscaramucci/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ascaramucci?lang=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@therealanthonyscaramucci Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
30 Joulu 202540min
Inflation Crisis, Market Predictions for 2026, Trump's Federal Reserve, Crypto's Future
This conversation dives into inflation, affordability, and why the Federal Reserve’s next moves will shape markets heading into 2026. We unpack Trump’s pressure on interest rates, the politics behind choosing the next Fed chair, and how global liquidity—from AI-driven growth to the yen carry trade—ripples through stocks, currencies, and crypto. Along the way, we explore why Bitcoin’s stalled momentum may be a contrarian signal rather than the end of the story. Michael Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. He was formerly a Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Novogratz served on the New York Federal Reserve’s Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets from 2012 to 2015. He serves as the Chairman of The Bail Project and has made criminal justice reform a focus of his family’s foundation. Follow Anthony on X: https://x.com/Scaramucci Follow Novo on X: https://x.com/novogratz Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 Joulu 202531min
The FORGOTTEN STORIES of WWII's BRAVEST SPIES - Kate Vigurs
Kate Vigurs is an independent historian, author, lecturer, and academic advisor. She is the author of Mission France and is a frequent contributor to TV, radio, and the press. Get her wonderful book Mission Europe: The Secret History of the Women of SOE Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island. 📚 Get a copy of my books: Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto https://amzn.to/43F5Nld From Wall Street to the White House and Back https://amzn.to/47fJDbv The Little Book of Bitcoin https://amzn.to/47pWRmh The Little Book of Hedge Funds https://amzn.to/43LbM83 Hopping over the Rabbit Hole https://amzn.to/3LaykJb Goodbye Gordon Gekko https://amzn.to/47xrLYs 🎥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆! https://www.cameo.com/themooch 🎙️ Check out my other podcasts: The Rest is Politics US - https://www.youtube.com/@RestPoliticsUS Lost Boys - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf6KS9ro1p18Z0ajmXz5qNPGy9qmE8j&feature=shared SALT - https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/featured 📱 Follow Anthony on Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scaramucci/ X - https://x.com/Scaramucci LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anscaramucci/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ascaramucci?lang=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@therealanthonyscaramucci Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Joulu 202529min
ENTREPRENEURS Reveal What CENTRAL BANKS Don't Want You To Know! - George Kikvadze and Bill Tai
George Kikvadze is the Founder of Cryptic8 VC, investing at the intersection of technology and longevity. He is also Vice Chairman and an early backer of Bitfury Group, the company at the heart of this book. A Bitcoin pioneer since 2013, he was privileged to be behind three tech unicorns - Bitfury, Cipher Mining, and Hut 8 - with a combined value exceeding $12 billion. A graduate of Wharton and Johns Hopkins, George enjoys tennis, chess, and raising his two sons. Bill Tai has funded startups since 1991, with 23 becoming publicly listed companies. An early backer of Zoom, Canva, and Dapper Labs, he also co-founded data pioneer Treasure Data (acquired by SOFTBANK) and IPInfusion (TSE:4813). Originally a chip designer at LSI Logic and Taiwan Semiconductor, he later led semiconductor IPOs at Alex Brown & Sons. He holds a BSEE from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Harvard, where he advises the Dean. He chairs ACTAI Global, uniting entrepreneurs and innovators for tech-based conservation. Learn about the inside story of Bitcoin in this great new book, And Then You Win: A Start-Up's Untold Story of Grit, Grind, and Glory Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island. 📚 Get a copy of my books: Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto https://amzn.to/43F5Nld From Wall Street to the White House and Back https://amzn.to/47fJDbv The Little Book of Bitcoin https://amzn.to/47pWRmh The Little Book of Hedge Funds https://amzn.to/43LbM83 Hopping over the Rabbit Hole https://amzn.to/3LaykJb Goodbye Gordon Gekko https://amzn.to/47xrLYs 🎥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆! https://www.cameo.com/themooch 🎙️ Check out my other podcasts: The Rest is Politics US - https://www.youtube.com/@RestPoliticsUS Lost Boys - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf6KS9ro1p18Z0ajmXz5qNPGy9qmE8j&feature=shared SALT - https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/featured 📱 Follow Anthony on Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scaramucci/ X - https://x.com/Scaramucci LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anscaramucci/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ascaramucci?lang=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@therealanthonyscaramucci Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
16 Joulu 202541min
EXPOSING America's BROKEN Tax Code for the Rich - Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff is a professor at Boston College Law School and the cofounder and director of the Boston College Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. She is the author of Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead and lead author of The Practical Guide to Estate Planning. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Review of Books, among other outlets. Get a copy of her brilliant book The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island. 📚 Get a copy of my books: Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto https://amzn.to/43F5Nld From Wall Street to the White House and Back https://amzn.to/47fJDbv The Little Book of Bitcoin https://amzn.to/47pWRmh The Little Book of Hedge Funds https://amzn.to/43LbM83 Hopping over the Rabbit Hole https://amzn.to/3LaykJb Goodbye Gordon Gekko https://amzn.to/47xrLYs 🎥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆! https://www.cameo.com/themooch 🎙️ Check out my other podcasts: The Rest is Politics US - https://www.youtube.com/@RestPoliticsUS Lost Boys - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf6KS9ro1p18Z0ajmXz5qNPGy9qmE8j&feature=shared SALT - https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/featured 📱 Follow Anthony on Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scaramucci/ X - https://x.com/Scaramucci LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anscaramucci/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ascaramucci?lang=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@therealanthonyscaramucci Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Joulu 202538min
The Biggest Lie We're Told About About Land - Mike Bird
Mike Bird is the Wall Street editor for The Economist, leading coverage of topics across the American financial industry and contributing to coverage of finance globally. He also cohosts the financial podcast Money Talks. Previously, he was a financial columnist and market reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Bird studied history and politics at the University of Exeter in the UK. Get Mike's new wonderful book The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island. 📚 Get a copy of my books: Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto https://amzn.to/43F5Nld From Wall Street to the White House and Back https://amzn.to/47fJDbv The Little Book of Bitcoin https://amzn.to/47pWRmh The Little Book of Hedge Funds https://amzn.to/43LbM83 Hopping over the Rabbit Hole https://amzn.to/3LaykJb Goodbye Gordon Gekko https://amzn.to/47xrLYs 🎥 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆! https://www.cameo.com/themooch 🎙️ Check out my other podcasts: The Rest is Politics US - https://www.youtube.com/@RestPoliticsUS Lost Boys - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf6KS9ro1p18Z0ajmXz5qNPGy9qmE8j&feature=shared SALT - https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/featured 📱 Follow Anthony on Social Media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scaramucci/ X - https://x.com/Scaramucci LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anscaramucci/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ascaramucci?lang=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@therealanthonyscaramucci Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Joulu 202530min
Prediction Markets, Trump's Federal Reserve, Bitcoin Back to $100K, & MicroStrategy
I am excited to share this conversation with my good friend and investor, Michael Novogratz, to discuss the latest in the state of the markets. We are experimenting with a new format, so please send us your feedback if you have any. This conversation strips away the pretense around Bitcoin's volatility, MicroStrategy's leveraged gamble, and the mainstreaming of speculation with two Wall Street veterans who've traded through every crash and euphoria. From forced liquidation fears to prediction markets disrupting casinos and the slow invasion of crypto into trillion-dollar wealth channels, it's a blunt, unvarnished look at how risk, regulation, and the normalization of gambling are reshaping markets right now. 📚Mentioned in this episode: The Little Book of Bitcoin by Anthony Scaramucci The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki Dow 36,000 by James Glassman & Kevin Hassett Michael Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. He was formerly a Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Novogratz served on the New York Federal Reserve’s Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets from 2012 to 2015. He serves as the Chairman of The Bail Project and has made criminal justice reform a focus of his family’s foundation. Follow Anthony on X: https://x.com/Scaramucci Follow Novo on X: https://x.com/novogratz Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8 Joulu 202532min
