Firefighters explore economics, finance, & the most important monetary technology of the 21st century—Bitcoin. Why it’s important. Its future implications. How this protocol & network functions. The reason it matters within your investment portfolio.
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Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast
You may think you know Anthony Scaramucci: a Harvard Law School graduate who cut his teeth at Goldman Sachs, went on to build two successful businesses and had an 11-day stint in the White House. What people don’t know is he’s an avid reader, endlessly curious, history buff with a restless mind. In his new podcast, Open Book, listeners will hear and get to know the real Anthony: the proud son of immigrant parents, a long-suffering New York Mets fan and a father of five. Each week, he’ll invi ...
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Engaging conversation, Phillip Simon sits down with builders of the Cosmos ecosystem and they dive deep into topics like liquid staking, decentralized governance, and the critical role of community engagement in driving innovation.
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The Biggest Lie We're Told About About Land - Mike Bird
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30:18Mike Bird is the Wall Street editor for The Economist, leading coverage of topics across the American financial industry and contributing to coverage of finance globally. He also cohosts the financial podcast Money Talks. Previously, he was a financial columnist and market reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Bird studied history and politics at th…
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Prediction Markets, Trump's Federal Reserve, Bitcoin Back to $100K, & MicroStrategy
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32:15I am excited to share this conversation with my good friend and investor, Michael Novogratz, to discuss the latest in the state of the markets. We are experimenting with a new format, so please send us your feedback if you have any. This conversation strips away the pretense around Bitcoin's volatility, MicroStrategy's leveraged gamble, and the mai…
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Crypto Collapse, AI’s Ascent, Tariff Trouble, & Venezuela’s Turning Point
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38:42I am excited to share this conversation with my good friend and investor, Michael Novogratz, to discuss the state of the markets. We are experimenting with a new format, so please send us your feedback if you have any. This conversation cuts through the noise of crypto crashes, rate cuts, and AI hype with two veteran investors who’ve lived every bo…
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December 2025 Q&A: Future of MAGA, Advice To My Younger Self, Favorite Book, and more
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26:21📚 Books mentioned in this episode:First Things First by Stephen Covey https://amzn.to/4pLYEs0Learned Optimism by Martin E. P. Seligman https://amzn.to/44566pRThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill https://amzn.to/3KmkwezThe Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason https://amzn.to/4417DgEHow To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie https…
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Scott Galloway RETURNS: Men Are Struggling More Than Ever – Here’s the Brutal Truth
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32:09Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, Post Corona, Adrift, and The Algebra of Wealth. Scott has served on the boards of directors of the New York Times Company, Urban Outfitters, Berkeley’s Haas School…
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Carole King and the Music That Moved a Nation - Jane Eisner
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32:06Jane Eisner is a widely published journalist who held leadership positions at the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Forward. She is the author of Taking Back the Vote. Get a copy of her wonderful book Carole King: She Made the Earth Move Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and found…
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#1 Brain Surgeon: The Secrets to Saving a Child’s Life — What Every Parent Needs to Know Today
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29:56David I. Sandberg, M.D., FACS, FAAP, is a fellowship-trained pediatric neurosurgeon who is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston He has a special clinical and research interest in pediatric brain tumors, and specializes in minimally invasive endoscopic approache…
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Your Ego Is Costing You Everything - Keith Ferrazzi
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28:11Keith Ferrazzi is the founder and CEO of the training and consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight and a contributor to Inc., the Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Earlier in his career, he was CMO of Deloitte Consulting and at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and CEO of YaYa Media. Get a copy of his latest book Never Lead Alone: 10 Shift…
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How One Man Rewrote the Rules of Capitalism - David Gelles
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31:59David Gelles is an award-winning correspondent for the New York Times. He currently writes for the climate desk and previously wrote for the business section and was the “Corner Office” columnist. His book, The Man Who Broke Capitalism, was an instant New York Times bestseller.I love David Gelles, and I love his new book Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yv…
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What Food Teaches Us About Being Human (featuring Austin Butler) - Ruthie Rogers
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41:38Ruthie Rogers, Baroness Rogers of Riverside, CBE, is an American and British chef who owns and runs the Michelin-starred Italian restaurant The River Café in Hammersmith, London. Get her new book Squeeze Me: Lemon Recipes & Art Pre-order her next book, Table 4 at The River Cafe: Conversations about Food and Life Anthony Scaramucci is the founder an…
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November 2025 Q&A: Run for President, Coming Civil War, Book Recs, & more
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39:34Thank you once again for all your wonderful questions. Grateful for your support! 📚 Books mentioned in the episode:The Little Book of Bitcoin by Anthony Scaramucci Circle of Days by Ken Follett One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch The Art of Spending by Morgan Housel The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Checkmate in Berlin by Giles MiltonThe Be…
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The Crash That Shook Wall Street — And The Lessons We Keep Ignoring - Andrew Ross Sorkin
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33:28Andrew Ross Sorkin is an award-winning journalist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC’s signature morning program. He is also the founder and editor at large of DealBook, an online daily financial report published by The New York Times that he started in 2001. Sorkin is the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail and the co-pro…
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Why the System’s Rigged—and How to Unrig It - Jeff Clements
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28:21Jeff Clements is the co-founder and CEO of American Promise. He served twice as Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, most notably as Chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau, where he led more than 100 attorneys and staff in critical law enforcement areas, including consumer protection, antitrust, and unfair trade practices. A fre…
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WWII Historian: The 3 Women Who Changed The Course of WWII - Catherine Grace Katz
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38:02Catherine Grace Katz is a Chicago-born writer and historian. She earned a BA in History from Harvard (2013) and an MPhil in Modern European History from Cambridge (2014), focusing on counterintelligence origins. After working in finance in New York, a bookstore visit inspired her return to history and writing. She is currently pursuing her JD at Ha…
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The Money Expert: “Expenses Don’t Make You Poor! Your Income Does!” - Nick Maggiulli
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28:18Nick Maggiulli is the COO and data scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, where he oversees operations across the firm and provides insights on business intelligence. He is the author of two books, Just Keep Buying and The Wealth Ladder, and Of Dollars and Data, a blog focused on the intersection of data and personal finance. His work has been fe…
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Why America Is Losing — And How We Fix It - Andrew Liveris
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40:49Andrew Liveris is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company and former Executive Chairman of DowDuPont. A recognized global business leader with more than 42 years at Dow and experience in manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, and business and general management.Get a copy of his WSJ bestselling book Leadin…
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The Formula That Made Donald Trump Unstoppable - Ian Reifowitz
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27:17Ian Reifowitz is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at Empire State University of the State University of New York. His articles have appeared in the Daily News, Newsday, The New Republic, and In These Times, among other mainstream outlets. He has also published numerous academic articles.Get a copy of his book here Riling Up the Ba…
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The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Washington - Brody Mullins
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30:10Brody Mullins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter. He spent nearly two decades covering the intersection of business and politics for The Wall Street Journal.Get a copy of his brilliant book, The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big GovernmentAnthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of S…
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The Psychic Who Solved Murders The FBI Couldn’t - John Edward & Robert Hilland
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33:56Robert Hilland is a former police officer and FBI Special Agent who worked in law enforcement for 30 years. He worked a number of high-profile cases including the investigation of serial killer John Smith.John Edward is a psychic medium, lecturer, and multiple New York Times bestselling author who has connected people to Other Side energies for nea…
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Patrick McGee was the Financial Times’s principal Apple reporter from 2019 to 2023, during which time he won a San Francisco Press Club Award for his coverage. He joined the newspaper in 2013, in Hong Kong, before reporting from Germany and California. Previously, he was a bond reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He has a master’s degree in global…
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Jake Tapper: The Trial That Exposed the War on Terror
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32:27Jake Tapper is a CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, currently anchoring an award-winning two-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper. He is also the best-selling author of six books. Get his latest book, which I learned a lot from Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War here: https://amzn.t…
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The Crushing Loneliness of Growing Up With Autism - Leland Vittert
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30:47Leland Vittert is the host of On Balance with Leland Vittert and serves as NewsNation’s Chief Washington Anchor. A veteran journalist, Vittert joined NewsNation in May 2021, where he has been pivotal in covering national affairs and delivering special reports across the network’s primetime weeknight newscasts. Before joining NewsNation, Vittert wor…
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October 2025 Q&A: Post-Trump America, Zohran Mamdani as Mayor, and more
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27:34Your support for Open Book has been overwhelming. As an expression of my gratitude, I am committed to recording monthly Q&A sessions where I answer all your questions. If your question hasn't been answered yet, please keep submitting it, and I promise that I will get to it. This Q&A covers a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, cryp…
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CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig: Trump’s War on the Rule of Law
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33:29Elie Honig is CNN’s Emmy-nominated Senior Legal Analyst, writes a weekly column for New York Magazine and Cafe.com, hosts podcasts on the law and true crime for Vox Media, is a Rutgers University scholar, and is special counsel to the law firm Lowenstein Sandler. His book is one of the must-read political books of the fall, get it here: When You Co…
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James Holland is Back: The Forgotten Campaign That Shaped the World We Live In
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43:50James Holland is the author of Cassino ’44, The Savage Storm, Brothers in Arms, Sicily ’43, Normandy ’44, Big Week, The Rise of Germany, and The Allies Strike Back in the War in the West trilogy, Burma ’44, and Dam Busters. He has written and presented the BAFTA shortlisted documentaries Battle of Britain and Dam Busters for the BBC. He is also the…
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