America Repeats the Same Crisis Every 80 Years. Here's How We Overcome It - Bob Crawford
Does America face a defining crisis every 80 years? In this episode, I sit down with musician and author Bob Crawford to explore the remarkable life of John Quincy Adams, why history may be rhyming on...
23 Jun 33min
Historian: The Untold Story of WWII's Most Fascinating Person - Geoffrey Roberts
Kathleen Harriman was there at the center of it all, at Churchill's side in the Blitz, in Stalin's Moscow, at Yalta, and somehow history almost forgot her. My guest today, renowned historian Geoffrey ...
18 Jun 27min
High Performance Psychologist: The #1 Fear Holding You Back From Your Full Potential
What if the biggest thing standing between you and your best life isn't failure, it's what other people think of you? Today, I sit down with world-renowned high-performance psychologist Michael Gervai...
16 Jun 33min
The Rise and Fall of a Tech Titan - Katie Prescott
Mike Lynch was a working-class kid from East London who built one of Britain's greatest tech companies, and then watched it all collapse in a fraud scandal that stretched across two continents, two co...
11 Jun 29min
You Can't Understand America Without Understanding New York - Russell Shorto
Before New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony built on pluralism, capitalism, and a radical idea that tolerance could be a competitive advantage. Russell Shorto joins me on Open B...
9 Jun 30min
The AI Expert Who Will Change Your Mind About AI - Josh Tyrangiel
I've been saying it for years, AI is the most important conversation we're having right now. Josh Tyrangiel spent a year hunting for the people actually using it to save lives, and what he found will ...
4 Jun 31min
The Dark Side of FDR Nobody Talks About - David T. Beito
Most of us grew up believing FDR saved America — my grandparents certainly did. But historian David Beito just changed everything I thought I knew about one of the most celebrated presidents in Americ...
2 Jun 34min
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 Mai 29min
