Obsession, Secrets, and Sleight of Hand: Inside the Hidden World of Modern Magicians with Ian Frisch
A Note from JamesI’ve always loved books where a journalist gets so deep into a subculture that they become part of it. Magic Is Dead by Ian Frisch is one of those. He starts out covering a secret soc...
16 Okt 20251h 21min
Morgan Housel on The Art of Spending Money and Why Independence Is the Real Luxury
A Note from JamesI’m such a fan of this guy. I loved The Psychology of Money — it felt like he was writing directly about me. I’ve made a lot of money, lost it all, made it again, lost it again. Over ...
9 Okt 20251h 5min
Confronting Evil with Bill O’Reilly
A Note from James: Bill O’Reilly’s new book, Confronting Evil, is both a history lesson and a warning. It’s a study of the most destructive figures in human history—from Hitler, Stalin, and Mao to Gen...
7 Okt 202534min
Built for Growth with Miesha Tate: James Altucher on Ideas, Obsession, and Fulfillment
A Note from JamesMiesha Tate is one of my favorite people in the world. She’s an incredible athlete—the ultimate fighting champion of the planet at one point—but more than that, she’s someone who’s tu...
2 Okt 20251h 37min
Dark Squares: Danny Rensch on Chess, Cults, and Finding Purpose
A Note from JamesThis might be the most insane chess story I’ve ever heard—not even really a chess story, but a cult story. It’s wild, intense, and ultimately inspiring. Danny Rensch grew up in a cult...
24 Sep 20252h
Finding Connection in a Divided World with 'Super Communicator' Charles Duhigg
A Note from JamesI’m really concerned about the level of discourse in this country. It’s almost a cliché to say that now, but especially after the Charlie Kirk assassination, the division feels overwh...
20 Sep 202537min
Inside the Cartel: The Longest Undercover FBI Operation with Martin Suarez and Ian Frisch
A Note from JamesThis is a crazy story. Martin Suarez holds the record for the longest continuous undercover assignment in FBI history. He went undercover as a cartel drug lord—smuggling billions of d...
17 Sep 202556min
[Bonus] Brian Keating on Humility, Chutzpah, and the Arrow of Time
Episode DescriptionRight after wrapping up their main conversation, James and Brian hit record again for a bonus session. What came out is an unfiltered talk on humility, arrogance, and the strange mi...
12 Sep 202515min
