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Hi Folks - today’s guest was Brendan Greeley, a highly respected journalist with two decades of experience covering economic and monetary policy for Bloomberg, The Economist, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal Europe, and The Financial Times, where he still writes a regular column. He is also a graduate student at Princeton University, where he is working towa...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was Alex Wright, a writer and author who was a technology designer in a previous life, having held tech leadership roles at IBM, the New York Times, Etsy, Instagram, Google, and Hearst. He joins me today to talk about his brand-new book Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper , one that provides a sweeping history of the rough-...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was Robin Wigglesworth, graduate of the London School of Economics, author, podcast host, journalist, and editor of the financial blog Alphaville for the Financial Times, one of the preeminent business publications in the world. He joined me today to talk about his brand-new book A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World. In this episode, Robin an...

Hi Folks - my guest today was Victor Sebestyen, seasoned journalist, editor, and historian who has spent a career working for major news publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including the London Evening Standard, The Times, The Daily Mail , and Newsweek . He joined me today to talk about his brand-new book Weimar Germany: The Death of a Democracy. In this episode, Victor walks us through th...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was Stephen Kinzer, journalist, historian, professor and author of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War. In this episode, we talk about the infamous Dulles Brothers: the power they wielded, the governments they overthrew, the hubris they displayed, and the lessons we can draw from it. Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotre...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was Kenneth Whyte, Canadian journalist, publishing executive, historian, and author with a storied and decorated career in media, journalism, academia, and much more. He joined me today to talk about his book, Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times. We discuss Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, his legacy, and where he deserves to be ranked in the pantheon...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was Michelle Berenfeld, archaeologist, historian, professor, and author of the brand-new book, Lessons from a Lost Republic: What Ancient Rome Can Teach Us About This American Moment. In this episode, Michelle and I draw parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and American decline, what went wrong, and what can be done about it. Get full access to Jonathan Burdett...

Hi Folks - today’s guest was C.W. Goodyear, historian, and author of President Garfield: from Radical to Unifier . We discuss James Garfield, his legacy, why he is largely forgotten, and why his life and legacy deserve a second look. Enjoy! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, Today’s guest was Jonathan Jordan, a man who wears many hats as a lawyer, federal judge, military historian, book critic for the Wall Street Journal, and author of five books. He joined me today to discuss his newest book, Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary Friendship. We talked about the close alliance and friendship between Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchil...

Hi Folks, On today’s episode, I sat down with financial historian Liaquat Ahamed to discuss his new book 1873, a book that chronicles the world’s first great depression. We discuss monetary policy, boom and bust cycles, and the parallels between the railroad boom of the late 19th century and the AI boom in our era. Enjoy! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, On today’s episode, my guest was Christopher Leonard, business reporter, investigative journalist, and author of The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy. In this episode, Chris and I sprint through the last 20 years of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, explore what went wrong, and find solutions to the problems confronting us. Enjoy! Get full acce...

Hi Folks, My guest for today’s episode was Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a leading thinker on politics, culture, and history. In today’s episode, he joins me to discuss his newest book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again. Enjoy! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread...

Hi Folks, Today’s guest is Robert Merry, veteran, journalist, historian, and author of five books. Robert is a man of many talents, an Army veteran, a former publishing executive, and a historian, but the bulk of his career has been covering American politics as a reporter and a journalist since the Nixon administration. He is here with me today to talk about his latest book Decade of Disunion: Ho...

Hi Folks, Today’s guest was Jeffrey Rosen, historian, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, host of the brand-new podcast “The Blessings of Liberty”, and author of The Pursuit of Happiness. For those of you who may not be aware, Jeffrey was the second-ever guest on my podcast, and he returned today to talk about his book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers o...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Adam Hochschild, journalist, writer, historian, author of 11 books, and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Adam and I spoke about his newest book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis. His book tells the story of a forgotten, dark chapter in American history between World War I and the Roaring Twent...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Eric Jay Dolin, a graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, and an award-winning author of 17 books, including his latest The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, My guest for today’s episode is Adam Cohen, lawyer, journalist, writer, and author of five books on law and history. He has taught at Yale Law School, served on the New York Times editorial board, and written for the Washington Post, LA Times, and the Atlantic, among others His latest book is The Captain’s Dinner, a shipwreck, an act of cannibalism, and a murder trial that changed legal...

Hi Folks, On today’s podcast, my guest today was Peter Stark, adventurer, writer, and historian. I brought him on to talk about his book Astoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, On today’s episode, my guest is James Traub, writer, journalist, and author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, which in my estimation, is the best single-volume biography of our 6th president in existence. Mr. Traub is here with me today to talk about the book, and I feel it only appropriate that on the 250th year anniversary of our nation, we give John Quincy Adams the tremendous cr...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Kai Bird, columnist, biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer , a book he co-wrote with Martin J. Sherwin. In this episode, we explore Oppenheimer’s brilliant achievements and his humiliating defeat, his formidable intellect and his inexcusable foolishness. My podcast is also now available on...

In this latest episode of my podcast, Pulitzer Prize winner Professor McDougall joins me to discuss his new book, The Mighty Continent, a brilliant analysis of modern European history, from the 1500s to the present. If you enjoy this episode, please like/comment and share the link with the history lovers in your life. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substac...

In today’s episode, I am joined by David S. Brown, historian, professor of history at Elizabethtown College, and author of several books, including his brand-new biography of Teddy Roosevelt called In the Arena : Teddy Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution. In this interview, we’ll explore not only how Teddy’s beliefs shaped the modern presidency—but also how his muscular foreign policy was resp...

Hi Folks, This is my conversation with Talmage Boston, lawyer, historian, and author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Greatest Presidents. In this episode, Talmage joins me to distill decades of historical study and conversations with top presidential scholars into a clear, compelling framework for understanding what true leadership looks like at the highest level. We explore th...

Hi Folks, Here is my conversation with Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a leading thinker on politics, culture, and history, and the author of the book The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left . It’s about book two men who came to embody the great divide in modern politics — the revoluti...

Hi Folks, Here is my conversation with Edward Fishman — a man who has served in the U.S. state department in sanctions, economic statecraft and foreign policy roles, and now teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He sat down with me to talk about his new book Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. The book traces how the United States has...