Founders Podcast
1) The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
What I learned from reading Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hendrickson.
2) #414 How SpaceX Works
SpaceX is one of the most dominant companies on the planet and their performance gap just keeps getting bigger. In 2025, SpaceX launched more mass to orbit than every other provider on Earth combined....Show More
3) #413 How To Run Down A Dream
Running Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley has been one of the most valuable talks I've heard. For years I have been using ideas from that talk to build this p...Show More
4) #412 How Roger Federer Works
What I learned from reading The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer by Chris Clarey. Episode sponsors: Rampâ â â â â â â gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your...Show More
5) #411 Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi's autobiography is a brutally honest story about a tennis legend who hated the game that made him famous. Agassi traces his journey from a harsh, obsessive childhood training regimen to s...Show More
6) #410 Excellent Advice for Living
On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. Kellyâs timeless advice covers an astonis...Show More
7) The Singular Life of Rick Rubin
There's no one like Rick Rubin. He's a legendary music producer known for his minimalist approach and relentless pursuit of greatness. This episode is what I learned from reading â Rick Rubin: In The S...Show More
8) #409 The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin
"I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.â âRick Rubin. This episode is what I learned from reading The Creative A...Show More
9) #408 How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs
In 2024 Brad Jacobs wrote the book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. In the book Brad explains how he built 8 separate billion dollar companies and other lessons from his 40+ year career as an elit...Show More
10) The Life of Jesus
The Life of Jesus as told in the book Jesus: A Biography of a Believer by Paul Johnson. This episode was originally published on Christmas Eve 2023.