Podcast Episodes

Carlos Gutierrez: ADHD Diagnosed at 65, Career Lessons

Episode 1428

Struggle is part of the price you pay, he says, and his own worst stretch came right after he took the top job.

A Note from James:

Carlos Gutierrez was…

2 days, 12 hours ago

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David Rubenstein: Why Owners Care About Winning, Not Money

Episode 1427

He admits he was so bad at firing people at Carlyle that he sometimes promoted them instead by mistake...

A Note from James:

On this show, I’m usually …

1 week, 1 day ago

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The Art of a Great Question with Cal Fussman [From the Archive]

Episode 1426

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Before Cal Fussman interviewed Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and hund…

1 week, 4 days ago

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Bill O'Reilly on Brokering a Secret Hostage Release Deal

Episode 1425

Two weeks after one phone call, four hostages walked free from Gaza...

A Note from James:

After the election, before Trump was sworn in for his second …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Annie Duke on Why We Judge Decisions by Results, Not Logic [From the Archive]

Episode 1424

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A good outcome does not necessarily mean you made a good decision.

And a bad outcome does not necessarily mean you made a bad one.…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

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The Friendliest Store in the Mall | Ron Johnson Built the Apple Store

Episode 1423

Ron Johnson built the Apple Store as Apple's SVP of Retail, and is the author of Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius.

A Note from James…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Jon Morrow: The Man Who Changed the Rules [From the Archive]

Episode 1422

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Jon Morrow’s story begins with a diagnosis that was supposed to be a death sentence.

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Jon was di…

1 month ago

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Carlo Rovelli: Nothing Exists Alone

Episode 1421

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Carlo Rovelli is one of the smartest people I know. He is a theoretical physicist and the author of a lot of great books, including…

1 month ago

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Becoming Kareem, the Skyhook, and the Search for a Self [From the Archive]

Episode 1420

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins James for a From the Archive conversation about basketball, identity, mentorship, faith, writing, civil…

1 month, 1 week ago

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How You Get Rich Isn't How You Stay Rich: 300 Years of Proof | Joseph Moore

Episode 1419

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In 1790, one of the easiest ways to get rich in America was the old-fashioned way: marry someone rich.

George Washington did pretty …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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