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All 462 episodes

Newest first. 425 of them cover at least one book; the rest do not name a specific book in their notes.

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#52
The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
December 25, 2018 · The Republic of Tea
#51
Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
December 17, 2018 · Wild Company
#50
Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive
December 11, 2018 · The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook
#49
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson
December 3, 2018 · Screw It, Let's Do It
#48
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson
November 26, 2018 · Finding My Virginity
#47
Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
November 19, 2018 · Losing My Virginity
#46
I Love Capitalism: An American Story
November 13, 2018 · I Love Capitalism
#45
Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
November 5, 2018 · Built From Scratch
#44
A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
October 30, 2018 · Idea Man
#43
Ray Dalio: Principles: Life and Work
October 22, 2018 · Principles: Life and Work
#42
One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
October 16, 2018 · One from Many
#41
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
October 8, 2018 · The Hard Thing About Hard Things
#40
Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid
October 2, 2018 · Instant, Insisting on the Impossible
#39
Walt Disney: An American Original
September 24, 2018 · Walt Disney
#38
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
September 17, 2018 · The Space Barons
#37
The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
September 9, 2018 · The Fish That Ate the Whale
#36
Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent
September 3, 2018 · Finding The Next Steve Jobs
#35
George Lucas: A Life
August 26, 2018 · George Lucas
#34
Creativity Inc: The Autobiography of the founder of Pixar
August 20, 2018 · Creativity, Inc.
#33
Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
August 12, 2018 · Levi Strauss
#32
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
August 9, 2018 · Alibaba
#31
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue and Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
August 2, 2018 · Zero to One, Conspiracy
#30
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
July 9, 2018 · Elon Musk
#29
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
July 2, 2018 · The HP Way
#28
The Wright Brothers
June 25, 2018 · The Wright Brothers
#27
A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
June 15, 2018 · A Truck Full of Money
#26
My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford
May 2, 2018 · My Life and Work
#25
Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson
April 22, 2018 · Against the Odds
#24
No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
April 15, 2018 · No Better Time
#23
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
April 7, 2018 · The New New Thing
#22
How To Turn Down A Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
March 20, 2018 · How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
#21
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
March 1, 2018 · Masters of Doom
#20
Danny Meyer (The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business)
February 6, 2018 · Setting the Table
#19
Becoming Steve Jobs
January 19, 2018 · Becoming Steve Jobs
#18
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
January 8, 2018 · Let My People Go Surfing
#17
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
January 1, 2018 · The Everything Store

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All 462 episodes

2026

The Tycoons: Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould & Morgan

Ari Emanuel's Autobiography

Mark Zuckerberg's Empire

Sam Walton

How Michael Bloomberg Works

The Mind of Napoleon

How Henry Singleton Worked

How to Write Ads That Sell

Bob Dylan's Autobiography

How Claude Shannon Worked

How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company

How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan

The Merchant Bankers

Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly

Soichiro Honda

Joseph Pulitzer

Jony Ive

Steve Jobs In Exile

Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works

Phil Knight: Founder of Nike

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis

How Elon Thinks

How SpaceX Works

How To Run Down A Dream

How Roger Federer Works

Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi

Excellent Advice for Living

The Singular Life of Rick Rubin

The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin

2025

How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs

The Life of Jesus

Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself

Christian von Koenigsegg

Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder

How Rockefeller Worked

My conversation with Todd Graves

How Larry Ellison Thinks

My Conversation with Brad Jacobs

How Jensen Works

My Conversation with Michael Dell

Thomas Peterffy: The $80 Billion Founder Who Automates Everything

My conversation with Daniel Ek: Founder of Spotify

How Bill Gates Works

The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson

How Elon Works

Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful)

Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage

The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari

How Geniuses and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

An Orphan Who Built An Empire: Leonardo Del Vecchio and The Founding of Luxottica

The Marketing Genius of the Michelin Brothers

Michele Ferrero and His $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire

Jimmy Iovine

Rare Steve Jobs Interview

The Founder of Jimmy Choo: Tamara Mellon

Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters: All of Them!

A conversation on focus and finding your life's work

Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine

Akio Morita: Founder of Sony

Michael Dell

Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities

The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig

Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream

Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood

I Had Dinner With Michael Ovitz

Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words

Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys)

The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess

Expanding A Family Dynasty: Marcus Wallenberg Jr.

Jensen Huang: Founder of Nvidia

The Single Biggest Individual Financier In The World. The Richest Woman In America: Hetty Green

2024

The Most Inspiring Autobiography I've Read: Chung Ju-yung Founder of Hyundai

Rare Jeff Bezos Interview

Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars

Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group