Society Is Closer To Collapse Than We Think - Luke Kemp
Today on Open Book, we’re diving into one of the biggest questions in human history: why do civilizations rise—and why do they collapse? Cambridge scholar Luke Kemp joins me to explain why the forces ...
12 Mar 29min
America’s Economic Divide, Global Energy Crisis, AI Job Losses, Bitcoin’s Future
The world feels like it’s unraveling—oil shocks, AI replacing jobs, and markets trying to figure out what comes next. Mike Novogratz and I break down why this economy is splitting in two, where Bitcoi...
11 Mar 32min
March 2026 Q&A: America Going Broke, Working for Trump, Books You Must Read
In this month’s Q&A episode of Open Book, I answer questions from viewers across YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X on topics ranging from politics and global markets to career decisions, philosophy,...
10 Mar 30min
The Lie That Built Modern China - Frank Dikötter
I've spent a lot of time studying China — the culture, the power, the politics — and I thought I knew the story, but my guest today, historian Frank Dikötter, absolutely blew my mind, because the foun...
5 Mar 33min
War in Iran, Trump’s Anthropic Ban, & Jane Street’s Bitcoin Rigging
This week was absolutely insane — we've got US and Israeli strikes on Iran, markets somehow shrugging it off, and the Trump administration trying to kneecap Anthropic even while using their AI to pick...
4 Mar 33min
The Death of Power As We Know It - Elizabeth Day
Today we've got the brilliant Elizabeth Day on Open Book, and let me tell you, her new novel One of Us is the book of the year — a razor-sharp, hilariously dark dive into the corruption of power, clas...
3 Mar 40min
Trump Tariffs Overturned, $56T Debt Surge, AI Replacing Workers & Fed Cuts Debate
Welcome back to All Things Markets — Today, Mike Novogratz and I are ripping into the big stuff: tariffs getting struck down, a potential $56 trillion national debt, and whether the bond market is jus...
25 Feb 33min
The Greatest Generation Never Told Us the Truth About War - Peter Caddick-Adams
Peter Caddick-Adams is a lecturer in military history and current defense issues at the UK Defence Academy. He is the author of Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell and Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives. ...
24 Feb 38min
