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Orioles Owner: Why I'm Bad at Firing People | David Rubenstein
James AltucherOctober 09, 202600:45:58

Orioles Owner: Why I'm Bad at Firing People | David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein, owner of the Baltimore Orioles and founder of The Carlyle Group, explains why he fired a Manager of the Year and what spending more on players really buys. David Rubenstein joins James Altucher to talk about what he learned interviewing sports team owners for his book Inside the Ow...

The Secret Call that freed four hostages, Per Bill O'Reilly
James AltucherOctober 01, 202600:30:23

The Secret Call that freed four hostages, Per Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly joins me to reveal how he helped broker a discussion between Jake Sullivan's team and President-elect Trump that led to four hostages being released from Gaza. O'Reilly, author of Confronting America: What Has to Change, also lays out his blunt case for why corporate media has merged w...

Steve Jobs Hired Target Guy to Build Apple Stores | Ron Johnson
James AltucherSeptember 22, 2026

Steve Jobs Hired Target Guy to Build Apple Stores | Ron Johnson

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. Apple told its staff never to hurry a customer. It assumed four or five visits before anyone bought a Mac. Ron Johnson built the Apple Store as Apple's SVP of Retail a...

No Atom Exists Alone. Not You | Carlo Rovelli, Theoretical Physicist
James AltucherSeptember 16, 202600:54:27

No Atom Exists Alone. Not You | Carlo Rovelli, Theoretical Physicist

Nothing exists on its own. Not an atom, not a galaxy, not you β€” and a physicist spends this hour proving it. Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist working on loop quantum gravity and the author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time and Helgoland. James opens by trying to compress R...

Washington Married for Money β€” and 4 Other Rules That Still Work | Joseph Moore
James AltucherSeptember 02, 202600:59:56

Washington Married for Money β€” and 4 Other Rules That Still Work | Joseph Moore

George Washington got rich the old-fashioned way. He married the richest widow in Virginia. Historian Joseph Moore spent years reading dead people's mail β€” the letters, ledgers, and get-rich books ordinary Americans actually bought β€” to work out what has really built wealth in this country since 170...

Charles Duhigg: How GLP-1s Quiet "Food Noise" and Rewire Your Habits for Good
James AltucherJuly 21, 2026

Charles Duhigg: How GLP-1s Quiet "Food Noise" and Rewire Your Habits for Good

Charles Duhigg lost 45 pounds on a GLP-1 β€” but he says the drug isn't what makes the weight loss last. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power of Habit breaks down why GLP-1s like Ozempic, Zepbound, and tirzepatide quiet the "food noise" in your head, and why that silence opens a rare window ...

Frank Miller on the Skill That Matters More Than Talent
James AltucherJuly 14, 2026

Frank Miller on the Skill That Matters More Than Talent

Frank Miller changed Batman forever. With The Dark Knight Returns, he took a campy TV character and turned him back into a dark, mythic legend β€” and in this conversation, he explains exactly how he did it, and what it cost. I sat down in person with the legendary creator of The Dark Knight Returns, ...

Dr. David Sinclair: The First Human Trial of an Age-Reversal Therapy #podcast #lifespan #longevity
James AltucherJuly 07, 202600:45:38

Dr. David Sinclair: The First Human Trial of an Age-Reversal Therapy #podcast #lifespan #longevity

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair returns to explain how his lab's age-reversal technology has moved from mice and primates into FDA-cleared human trials β€” starting with an attempt to reverse vision loss from glaucoma, a condition considered permanent. Sinclair breaks down the science of Yamanaka fa...

Mark Pincus: Why No App Has Gone Viral in Years
James AltucherJuly 01, 2026

Mark Pincus: Why No App Has Gone Viral in Years

Zynga founder Mark Pincus joins the show to break down why he believes consumer tech is "uninvestable" right now β€” and why building a "failure machine" was the secret behind FarmVille and Zynga's biggest hits. Mark shares the internal Zynga mantra "all new fails," explains his 90/10 rule for evaluat...