
The Ancient Secret to Finally Breaking Free From Your Past - Steven Pressfield
Back for a second time on Open Books is a living legend: Steven Pressfield!!! He's spent his entire career writing about warriors, and what he told me in this conversation stopped me cold: the only wa...
29 Touko 29min

Bestselling Historian: The Revolution That Shouldn't Have Happened - Douglas Brunt
Before the Soviet Union, before Stalin, before communism swallowed half the world — there was one man who almost stopped all of it, and history buried him on purpose. Douglas Brunt brings him back to ...
28 Touko 31min

WWII Historian: 3 Decisions That Built The West and How We're Destroying It - James Holland
James Holland is one of the greatest WWII historians alive, and his new book should be on the desk of every world leader. We get into the three decisions that built the entire postwar order, and why d...
26 Touko 39min

Why People Feel Empty, Lonely, and Like Nothing They Do Matters - Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Jenny Wallace has written the book for our moment, a masterclass on why so many of us feel empty, disconnected, and like nothing we do actually matters. This isn't just self-help; this is a diagnosis ...
21 Touko 27min

May 2026 Q&A: Rebuilding After Trump, 3 Books That Changed My Life, Young Men in Crisis
This month's Q&A, we're getting into everything: the three books that changed how I think about money, how I went from Goldman Sachs to sick in bed on day one of my own company, and why I still say m...
19 Touko 24min

The One Thing That Will Bring China Down - Simon Elegant
I've spent time in Hong Kong, I've watched this city transform firsthand, and I can tell you what Beijing has done there is the blueprint for everything that comes next. Today I'm sitting down with Si...
14 Touko 31min

NYT Bestselling Historian: Why George Washington Was the Greatest Leader Who Ever Lived — H. W. Brands
George Washington didn't just win the American Revolution; he invented what it means to lead with honor, and my guest today, award-winning historian H.W. Brands, is going to tell you exactly why this ...
12 Touko 32min



















