David Rubenstein: Why Owners Care About Winning, Not Money
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 the one asking the questions.But near the end of th...
7 Okt 48min
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The Art of a Great Question with Cal Fussman [From the Archive]
Episode Description:Before Cal Fussman interviewed Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and hundreds of other extraordinary people, he spent nearly...
4 Okt 1h 54min
Bill O'Reilly on Brokering a Secret Hostage Release Deal
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 term, Biden’s national security team needed to reac...
30 Sep 33min
Annie Duke on Why We Judge Decisions by Results, Not Logic [From the Archive]
Episode Description: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.That distinction is at the heart of James’s convers...
27 Sep 1h 40min
The Friendliest Store in the Mall | Ron Johnson Built the Apple Store
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:I love the Apple Store.I can walk into one without...
16 Sep 48min
Jon Morrow: The Man Who Changed the Rules [From the Archive]
Episode Description:Jon Morrow’s story begins with a diagnosis that was supposed to be a death sentence.Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Jon was diagnosed at six months old. Doctors told his mother ...
13 Sep 1h 15min
Carlo Rovelli: Nothing Exists Alone
A Note from James: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 Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time,...
11 Sep 57min
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Becoming Kareem, the Skyhook, and the Search for a Self [From the Archive]
Episode Description:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins James for a From the Archive conversation about basketball, identity, mentorship, faith, writing, civil rights, and his book Becoming Kareem: Growing Up O...
5 Sep 28min
