The Downfall of Saddam Hussein: Misjudgments, Paranoia & A Secret with Steve Coll

Welcome back to Open Book—happy new year. This episode is a rapid-fire Q&A, where I tackle everything from books and Bitcoin to Trump, AI, legacy, and what actually matters in a complicated, noisy wor...

15 Jan 24min

In this conversation, Michael and I dig into a world that feels like it’s coming unglued—regime change risks abroad, populism at home, and a Federal Reserve under political pressure. We discuss inequa...

14 Jan 34min

Edward Luce is the Financial Times’s chief US commentator and columnist. He is the author of three acclaimed books: The Retreat of Western Liberalism (2017), Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age...

13 Jan 28min

Tom Freston is a cofounder of MTV and the former CEO of Viacom, where he oversaw Paramount Pictures. Before his Viacom roles, he ran MTV Networks for seventeen years, overseeing Nickelodeon, VH1, Come...

8 Jan 34min

Welcome back to another conversation with me, Anthony Scaramucci and my good friend Mike Novogratz. We cut through the noise to talk about what’s really driving markets right now—from Venezuela and ge...

7 Jan 29min

Brad Meltzer is the Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Rod and twelve other bestselling thrillers. He also writes nonfiction books like The JFK Conspiracy, and the O...

6 Jan 30min

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 author...

30 Dec 202540min

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 ...

29 Dec 202531min