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EP48 · 2026-09-23

Patagonia: The Founder Who Gave Away His Company

How a young climber became a blacksmith, challenged the pitons that built his first business, and eventually placed Patagonia under an ownership structure designed to protect its environmental mission.
Intermediate7 min

EP43 · 2026-09-07

Stories: What the World's 10 Richest People Want Next

A current snapshot of the world's ten richest people, comparing their public lifestyles with the businesses, scientific projects, institutions, and forms of influence they continue to pursue.
Intermediate7 min

EP32 · 2026-08-20

Stories: Shohei Ohtani — The Impossible Two-Way Dream

Shohei Ohtani changed baseball by refusing to choose between pitching and hitting, surviving injuries and a disastrous season before proving that the two-way dream could work at the highest level.
Intermediate7 min

EP31 · 2026-08-17

Stories: Taylor Swift — Taking Back Her Music

Taylor Swift answered the sale of her first six master recordings with an unusual plan: record the songs again, invite listeners to choose the new versions, and build enough power to bring her early work home.
Intermediate7 min

EP30 · 2026-08-17

Stories: Lionel Messi — The Long Road Home

Lionel Messi's journey from Rosario to Barcelona, through repeated defeats with Argentina, became a story of leaving home, returning after retirement, and finally finding collective victory.
Intermediate9 min

EP29 · 2026-08-16

Stories: Warren Buffett's Long Game

Warren Buffett's defining advantage was not perfect prediction. It was the patience to learn from Berkshire's textile mistake, recognize enduring businesses, preserve financial strength, and prepare the company to outlast him.
Intermediate14 min

EP28 · 2026-08-15

Stories: Jensen Huang's 30-Year Bet

NVIDIA's rise was not one perfect prediction. Jensen Huang survived a failed architecture, rebuilt around the market, and then spent years growing the CUDA ecosystem that helped power modern AI.
Intermediate9 min