Episodes
How to Raise a Genius: Laszlo Polgar
Is there a formula for genius? One man thinks that he has found it - and he used it to raise all three of his daughters to be wor…
Mini-Episode: Just Work
This week's mini-episode has two stories and two quotes that all focus on a single theme: Just work.
Philip the Great: Endnotes
All my endnotes on Philip II of Macedon, including: * Who was greater, Philip or Alexander? * Why Athens really took over the wor…
Philip the Great
Philip II of Macedon is best known as the father of Alexander the Great. But was he an even greater conqueror than his more famou…
Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa was possibly the richest man of all time, but there was something that mattered much more to him. Find out what it was…
Frederick Douglass
Slave. Runaway. Abolitionist. Orator. Statesman. Legend. On this episode, we explore how Frederick Douglass was able to go from t…
Mini-Episode: The Greatest Poet of All Time: Gerard Manley Hopkins
A short anecdote about the greatest poet of all time, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and why some people might accidentally learn the wro…
Thomas Edison (Part 3)
All of my Edison notes that didn't make it into Part 1 & Part 2, including: Edison vs. Tesla Edison vs. Elon Musk Puritanism and…
Thomas Edison (Part 2)
How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one o…
Thomas Edison (Part 1)
How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one o…
Mini-Episode: Catherine the Great
How did a German girl from a family of little note become one of the most powerful people in the world and one of the greatest ru…
Mini-Episode: How Steve Jobs Got What He Wanted
This is the first-ever HTTOTW short. These 3-minute in-between-isodes will run during weeks when there isn't a new full episode. …
The Wealthiest Family of All Time - The Rothschilds (Part 2)
How did the Rothschilds go from a poor family inhabiting a part-share of a home in a Jewish ghetto to the richest family of all t…
The Wealthiest Family of All Time - The Rothschilds (Part 1)
How did the Rothschilds go from a poor family inhabiting a part-share of a home in a Jewish ghetto to the richest family of all t…
Julius Caesar (Part 1)
His rise, similarities between Caesar and Steve Jobs, the value of being a lawyer, and more
Vladimir Putin (Part 2)
The second half of the life and times of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin (Part 1)
The first of two parts examining the life of Vladimir Putin
Steve Jobs (Part 2)
The second in a two part analysis of Steve Jobs' life
Steve Jobs (Part 1)
The life and strategies of one of the most successful businessmen of all time
