Library

How McDonald's Took Over America | Ray Kroc [Outliers]

by Shane Parrish

Bernie Marcus: The Home Depot Story

by Shane Parrish

How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear

by Shane Parrish

7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire

by Shane Parrish

Be Your Best in 2026: The Most Important Lessons from The Knowledge Project (2025)

by Shane Parrish

How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer

by Shane Parrish

Reed Hastings - Building Netflix

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

by Shane Parrish

Wolfgang Hammer - The Power of Story

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Ric Elias - The Art of Living Well - [Invest Like The Best, CLASSICS]

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Tom Digan & Greg Stewart - Building the World's Best Fitness App

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment

by Shane Parrish

Wolfgang Hammer - The Power of Story

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Tom Deegan & Greg Stewart - Building the World's Best Fitness App

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Be Your Best in 2026: The Most Important Lessons from The Knowledge Project (2025)

by Shane Parrish

Ric Elias - The Art of Living Well

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Reed Hastings - Building Netflix

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Palmer Luckey - Inventing the Future of Defense

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Nick Kokonas - Know What You Are Selling

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Creating on Principle

by David Senra

Martin Escobari - Inside General Atlantic

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Palmer Luckey - Inventing the Future of Defense

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Henry Ellenbogen - Man Versus Machine

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Nick Kokonas - Know What You Are Selling

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Gokul Rajaram - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies

by Patrick O'Shaughnesney

Martin Escobari - Inside General Atlantic

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Ben Horowitz - Backing America's Future

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Gavin Baker - Nvidia v. Google, Scaling Laws, and the Economics of AI

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Henry Ellenbogen - Man Versus Machine

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Building a16z Growth, Investing Across the AI Stack, and Why Markets Misprice Growth

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Gokul Rajaram - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Ben Horowitz - Backing America's Future

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Gavin Baker - Nvidia v. Google, Scaling Laws, and the Economics of AI

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Ari Emanuel - The Anti-AI Bet

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

David George - Building a16z Growth, Investing Across the AI Stack, and Why Markets Misprice Growth

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz - Inside 3G Capital

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II

by Dan Carlin

Ari Emanuel - The Anti-AI Bet

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation

by Dan Carlin

Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III

by Dan Carlin

Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz - Inside 3G Capital

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

by Dan Carlin

Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III

by Dan Carlin

Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation

by Dan Carlin

Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

by Dan Carlin

Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II

by Dan Carlin

Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

by Dan Carlin

Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

by Dan Carlin

Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

by Dan Carlin

Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

by Dan Carlin

Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

by Dan Carlin

Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

by Dan Carlin

Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

by Dan Carlin

Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

by Dan Carlin

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Andrew Carnegie

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Andrew Carnegie

Supernova in the East II

by Dan Carlin

3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees

by Paul Cooper

16. Bagan - City Of Temples

by Paul Cooper

My Life and Work

by Henry Ford

Show 63 - Supernova in the East II

by Dan Carlin

18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs

by Paul Cooper

Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

by Dan Carlin

7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold

by Paul Cooper

9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds

by Paul Cooper

Show 62 - Supernova in the East I

by Dan Carlin

2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse

19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)

17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians

15. The Nabataeans - The Last Days of Petra

14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India

13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron

11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans

by Paul Cooper

12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

by Paul Cooper

Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al. v. United States

by Edward Douglass White

Investigation of the Employment of Pinkerton Detectives in Connection with the Labor Troubles at Homestead, PA

by William C. Oates

BTC259: Bitcoin & Theoretical Physics w/ Jeff Booth, Jack & Nick

by Preston Pysh

George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression

by Tyler Cowen

Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism

by Tyler Cowen

Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts

by Tyler Cowen

Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other

by Tyler Cowen

BTC258: Clarity Act, Bitcoin AI Education, and Payments w/ Parker Lewis

by Preston Pysh

10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames

by Paul Cooper

1. Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled

by Paul Cooper

Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

by Tyler Cowen

Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference

by Tyler Cowen

Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era

by Tyler Cowen

Coca-Cola

by Ben Gilbert

TIP792: Vital Lessons From History's Strangest Financial Stories w/ Kyle Grieve

by Clay Finck

TIP791: Best Quality Stock Idea Q1 2026 w/ Clay Finck

by Clay Finck

TIP790: Wealth Beyond Money w/ Thomas Mueller-Borja

by Clay Finck

TIP789: The Story of Uber w/ Clay Finck

by Clay Finck

TIP788: Simple Investing w/ David Fagan

by Clay Finck

TIP787: The 5 Types Of Wealth w/ Kyle Grieve

by Kyle Grieve

TIP786: Zero to One by Peter Thiel

by Clay Finck

TIP785: My Reflections on Money, Life, and Happiness w/ Stig Brodersen

by Clay Finck

TIP784: History's Biggest Market Bubbles w/ Clay Finck

by Clay Finck

TECH014: Is AGI Here? Clawdbot, Local AI Agent Swarms w/ Pablo Fernandez & Trey Sellers

by Clay Finck

John Amaechi on Leadership, the NBA, and Being Gay in Professional Sports

by Tyler Cowen

TECH013: Monthly Tech Round-up - Davos WEF, Claude Cowork, Macrohard, w/ Seb Bunney

by Clay Finck

RWH065: Joyful Excellence w/ Brad Stulberg

by William Green

Amphenol: The Nervous System for Electronics

by Matt Reustle

Trader Joe's

by Ben Gilbert

Morris Chang - TSMC Founder Interview

by Ben Gilbert

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) Remastered

by Ben Gilbert

Business Breakdowns: Increasing Access to Alternative Investments

by Matt Russell

Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan)

by Ben Gilbert

Amadeus: The IT Backbone of Travel

by Matt Reustle

Cloudflare: Leading Cybersecurity

by Matt Reustle

CompoSecure: Heavy Metal

by Matt Reustle

Databricks: From Data to Decisions

by Matt Reustle

Doximity: The Hub of Healthcare

by Matt Reustle

Exor: Fiat Crisis to Ferrari Glory

by Matt Reustle

Games Workshop: The World of Warhammer

by Matt Reustle

GE Aerospace: Full Throttle

by Matt Reustle

How Investors are using AI

by Matt Reustle

Media M&A

by Matt Reustle

Mercado Libre: E-commerce Empire

by Matt Reustle

Robinhood: Mobile First, Margins Later

by Matt Reustle

WaterBridge: Oil and Water

by Matt Reustle

Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture

by Tyler Cowen

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929

by Tyler Cowen

Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference

by Tyler Cowen

Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work

by Tyler Cowen

Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI

by Tyler Cowen

Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

by Tyler Cowen

Invest Like The Best - The Art of Software Buyouts

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Steve Ballmer

by Ben Gilbert

The National Football League (NFL)

by Ben Gilbert

Jamie Dimon: How J.P. Morgan Became the Most Dominant Bank in America

by Ben Gilbert

Rolex

by Ben Gilbert

Lessons from the World's Elite Money Managers

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Indian Premier League Cricket: The Most Successful Sports Entrepreneurial Story Ever

by Ben Gilbert

Acquired Podcast: Google Search & Ads (Part 1)

by Ben Gilbert

Acquired: Google, the AI Company (Part III)

by Ben Gilbert

Epic Systems: The Untold Story of Healthcare's Most Powerful Company

by Ben Gilbert

Alphabet / Google (Part II, 2004-2015)

by Ben Gilbert

Acquired 10-Year Anniversary Special with Michael Lewis

by Ben Gilbert

Invest Like The Best - The Art of Franchise Investing

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Yahoo! – David Sambur (Apollo)

by Ted Seides

TreviPay – Ignacio Jayanti (Corsair Capital)

by Ted Seides

TaylorMade – David Shapiro (KPS Capital)

by Ted Seides

Training Grounds – Wellington Management, Jean Hynes (EP.423)

by Ted Seides

Invest Like The Best: The Power of Story

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Invest Like The Best - Building Kith

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Invest Like The Best - Building Netflix

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

REALLY Private Equity: How to Buy and Run Small Businesses

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Michael Mauboussin – Active Challenges, Rational Decisions & Team Dynamics

by Ted Seides

A Conversation with Charlie Munger & John Collison

by John Collison

The Century of Capital Group

by Ted Seides

Invest Like the Best: Turning Potential into Prominence

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Investor Identity, Navigation, and Resilience

by Ted Seides

Mavis Tire Express Services – David Roux & Tom O'Rourke (BayPine)

by Ted Seides

Optimizing Investment Performance Through Human Capital

by Ted Seides

Invest Like The Best - Performance During Pain

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Invest Like The Best - Life, Leadership, and LBOs

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Invest Like The Best - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Training Grounds – Bain Capital

by Ted Seides

Ironclad Environmental Services – Chris & Rob Michalik (Kinderhook Industries)

by Ted Seides

Private Equity's New Rules

by Ted Seides

Private Equity's Challenges and Opportunities

by Ted Seides

Hometown Food Company – Henk Hartong III (Brynwood Partners)

by Ted Seides

Great Migration Public to Private Equity

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Conducting Pre-Mortem Analysis

by Ted Seides

Invest Like The Best - Designing The Future

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Invest Like The Best - A Father's Call To Action

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Dan Ariely – The Human Capital Factor

by Ted Seides

Building the World's Best Fitness App

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Building Alpine: Graham Weaver on CEO Training, 5x Returns, and 25 Years of Intellectual Property

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Breitling – Andreas Holzmueller & Luke Chapman (Partners Group)

by Ted Seides

Invest Like The Best - The Gift and The Curse of Staying Private

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Backing The Best Managers In Private Markets

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Asset Management Consolidation

by Ted Seides

Annie Duke – Improving Decision Making

by Ted Seides

The Anti-AI Bet

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Inside General Atlantic

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Building An Entertainment Empire

by Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Andrew Carnegie

The Real Reason to End the Death Penalty

by Paul Graham

The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Andrew Carnegie

My Life and Work

by Henry Ford

Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor

by Seth A. Klarman

The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan

by Carl Hovey

God's Gold: The Story of Rockefeller and His Times

by John T. Flynn

Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J. P. Morgan

by Susie J. Pak

Andrew Carnegie: The Man and His Work

by Bernard Alderson

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

by John D. Rockefeller

Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It

by Louis D. Brandeis

Henry Ford's Own Story

by Rose Wilder Lane

Henry Ford: Highlights of His Life

by The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village

Wealth Against Commonwealth

by Henry Demarest Lloyd

Writes and Write-Nots

by Paul Graham

Write Simply

by Paul Graham

When To Do What You Love

by Paul Graham

What to Do

by Paul Graham

What I've Learned from Users

by Paul Graham

Weird Languages

by Paul Graham

The Two Kinds of Moderate

by Paul Graham

The Shape of the Essay Field

by Paul Graham

The Right Kind of Stubborn

by Paul Graham

The Reddits

by Paul Graham

Metrics and the Evolution of Tech Industry Measurement

by Unknown Author

The Need to Read

by Paul Graham

The Four Quadrants of Conformism

by Paul Graham

The Best Essay

by Paul Graham

The Airbnbs

by Paul Graham

Superlinear Returns

by Paul Graham

Putting Ideas into Words

by Paul Graham

Orthodox Privilege

by Paul Graham

Modeling a Wealth Tax

by Paul Graham

How to Write Usefully

by Paul Graham

How to Work Hard

by Paul Graham

How to Think for Yourself

by Paul Graham

How to Start Google

by Paul Graham

How to Lose Time and Money

by Paul Graham

How to Get New Ideas

by Paul Graham

How to Do Great Work

by Paul Graham

GenAI's adoption puzzle

by Benedict Evans

AI, networks and Mechanical Turks

by Benedict Evans

Testing OpenAI's Deep Research: A Skeptical Analyst's Review

by Unknown Author

ChatGPT Adoption Puzzle: Fast Growth, Weak Engagement

by Unknown Author

Google Search as Natural Monopoly: The Default Position Advantage

by Unknown Author

AI Model Evaluation and the Spectrum of Better

by Unknown

Apple Innovation Critique

by Unknown

LLMs as the New Mechanical Turk: Understanding vs. Correlation in Consumer Internet Systems

by Unknown Author

A Project of One's Own

by Paul Graham

a test of 2330

A New File 2031

The Test of the Year 2006

a test of 1654

another 1635 test

tester 1416

the 13:58 Great Test

the 13:45 Comprehensive

The 13:15 Longer Test

A Longer Test at 13:03

One More Test!

A Longer Test

The Life and Times of Testy

The Life of Testman

Cm 007 Usc Law Commencement 2007

My Life and Work

by Henry Ford

My Life and Work

by Henry Ford