Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Zero to One
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thoughts on Peter Thiel's Zero to One. ----- 00:00 Why this episode 05:15 Horizontal vs. Vertic...
Nietzsch and Eternal Recurrence (Part 3)
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy on how to live a life worthy of eternity. It ...
Nietzsche and the Superhuman (Part 2)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of Nietzsche's life, and his teachings about the superhuman (ubermensch) the last ma...
Friedrich Nietzsche
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode covers the first half of Friedrich Nietzsche's life, his concept "the death of God" and...
Arminius: The Man Who Defeated Rome
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, Rome grew unchecked, until one man was able to reverse their fortunes, and free his c...
Roger Federer
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Roger Federer the greatest tennis player of all time? Despite not being the winningest player, ma...
Lord of the Rings
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode of Becoming the Main Character, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts...
Scipio Africanus (with Alex Petkas)
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Petkas joins to discuss the great Roman general Scipio Africanus, his relationship with Hanniba...
Joan of Arc
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How Joan of Arc went from a small peasant girl to determining the fate of nations, and what it tells...
Thomas Jefferson (Part 2)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jefferson rebounds from his disastrous and governorship and personal loss to create a political lega...
Thomas Jefferson (Part 1)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did Thomas Jefferson overcome failure after failure to become the most significant politician of...
Rome's Revenge: Hannibal Part 2
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hannibal Barca was Rome's greatest enemy. What was it about his strategies and leadership style that...
The Rise of Hannibal (Part 1)
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hannibal Barca was Rome's greatest enemy. What was it about his strategies and leadership style that...
JS Bach
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the great composers of all time. What stands out is not only how gre...
The Gangster Philosopher: Francois de la Rochefoucauld
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Francois de la Rochefoucauld, was an infamous aristocrat who was always scheming, seducing, and figh...
“You Couldn’t Pay Me to Stop” — David Senra on Obsession and Great Founders
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
David Senra of the Founders podcast joins to discuss the most important attributes of great founders...
How To Be More High Agency & A Political Plan for Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On this premium subscriber I talk about how to be more high agency, including how to frame problems,...
Jesus Revisited
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jesus of Nazareth was the son of a carpenter. He never traveled further than 150 miles from his home...
Edwin Land (Polaroid Founder)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Polaroid founder Edwin Land is one of the most innovative inventors to have ever lived. Steve Jobs c...
From Orphan to Icon: The Life and Legacy of Coco Chanel
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Despite an incredibly challenging childhood, Coco Chanel revolutionized women's fashion. The episode...
Donald Trump
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Donald Trump: real estate mogul, master marketer, and the most polarizing figure of our time. How di...
Captain Cook
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Captain Cook was one of the greatest explorers of all time. And he also lived on of the most adventu...
Niccolo Machiavelli
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The name of Machiavelli is synonymous with deceit, oppression, atrocity, and naked power. But his le...
Top 10 Lessons from 100 Episodes of How to Take Over the World
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Top lessons from 100 lessons of How to Take Over the World and more than 100 biographies on the grea...
Isaac Newton
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Isaac Newton was one of the great geniuses in human history. He established the basic laws of physic...
Charlemagne
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Charlemagne was a king, emperor, conqueror, reformer, and the father of a united Europe. On this epi...
Lee Kuan Yew
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Lee Kuan Yew took a crowded, dirty, poor port town, and turned it into one of the world's great citi...
John Williams: The Greatest Film Composer of All Time
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
John Williams is the brilliant composer behind film scores like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Pott...
Augustus Endnotes and Gladiator II Review
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
My takeaways and endnotes from the life of Augustus Caesar. Plus a conversation with Alex Petkas, an...
Augustus
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How does one go about creating the Roman Empire? That is exactly what Caesar Augustus did, and on th...
Dracula (Vlad the Impaler)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Who was Vlad Dracula, and how did he go from Romanian ruler to blood-sucking monster? On this episod...
The Rise and Fall of Rasputin: Savior or Sorcerer?
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did Grigory Rasputin become a close personal advisor to one of the most powerful people on earth...
How Christianity Took Over the World
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What was it about Christianity that allowed it to grow from a few dozen believers to a global religi...
Constantine the Great
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Constantine the Great united the Roman empire, founded one of the world's great cities, oversaw the ...
Peter (Free Preview)
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Simon Peter was Jesus's top guy. But he also denied him three times, and constantly got in trouble f...
Jesus
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jesus of Nazareth was the son of a carpenter. He never traveled further than 150 miles from his home...
The Greatest Coach of All Time: John Wooden
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The story of how John Wooden won ten national championships on the way to becoming the greatest coac...
Nike Founder Phil Knight
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The story of how Phil Knight founded one of the great companies - and brands - of all time. ----- Sp...
Michael Jordan
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something, but I can't accept not trying. I can't accept it...
Running Legend Steve Prefontaine
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
"Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something be...
Picasso
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
"When I was a child, my mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you a...
The Secret of the American Revolution
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On this mini-episode, I talk about my combined takeaways from the founding father of the United Stat...
The Franklin Guide (Free Preview)
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Topics on the Franklin Guide to taking over the world include: How to convince someone of your view...
Benjamin Franklin
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest scientists, writers, diplomats, and statesmen of all time....
The Hamilton Guide to Taking Over the World (preview)
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The ten-step guide to being Alexander Hamilton. In the endnotes section, I also discuss: My review...
The Legacy of Alexander Hamilton (Part 2)
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alexander Hamilton was the greatest and most indispensable of the American founding fathers. On this...
The Rise of Alexander Hamilton (Part 1)
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alexander Hamilton was the greatest and most indispensable of the American founding fathers. (At lea...
Washington vs Cato with Alex Petkas
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this conversation with Alex Petkas of the Cost of Glory podcast, we talk about one of Washington'...
The Washington Guide to Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What was the key to George Washington's success that made him such a beloved president and leader? ...
President George Washington (Part 3)
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did George Washington shape the future of the United States of America as its first president? I...
George Washington: Revolutionary General (Part 2)
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Washington is one of the most celebrated and beloved leaders of all time. What was it about W...
The Making of George Washington
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Washington is one of the most celebrated and beloved leaders of all time. What was it about W...
The Shackleton Guide to Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What was the key to Ernest Shackleton's success that made him "the greatest leader that ever came on...
Ernest Shackleton: Enduring The Impossible
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Ernest Shackleton's ship is trapped in Antarctic ice, he and his crew must figure out how to su...
Ask Me Anything + Dune 2 Review (Free Preview)
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
AMA #1 - I answer questions about obsession vs discipline, where my intro music came from, who is co...
The Caesar Guide to Taking Over the World
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why is Julius Caesar one of the greatest men to have ever lived? What made him so remarkable? And ho...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Endnotes (Free Preview)
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did Arnold Schwarzenegger train? What was his approach to failure? Why did he just make things u...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Bodybuilder. Actor. Governor. Arnold Schwarzenegger has managed to make his way to the top of three ...
How to Start a Country (Network State Review)
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Want to take over the world? Well, how about we start with a country? On today's episode I review Ba...
John D Rockefeller - Endnotes (Free Preview)
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Was John Rockefeller a good man or a bad one? What did he do after he retired? How do his charitable...
John D Rockefeller
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did John D Rockefeller become the richest man of all time, and leverage that wealth into unparal...
MrBeast Endnotes (Free Preview)
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
More of my takeaways about obsession, cloning yourself, keeping a schedule, and more. --- New Websi...
MrBeast (Interview)
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
To watch this episode on YouTube, tap here: https://youtu.be/xlwwhAeknkA ----- MrBeast joins the po...
Napoleon Endnotes (Free Preview)
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this endnotes episode, I cover Napoleon's psychology, his leadership style, his love life, his ch...
The Reign and Ruin of Napoleon
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 2 covers the reign and eventual fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, starting shortly after his crowning...
The Rise of Napoleon
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 1 covers the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing his journey from a modest beginning on the isl...
Napoleon Movie Review
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
My review of the Ridley Scott directed movie, Napoleon. I go through what I liked and didn't like, s...
Rasputin
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE (AND ALL FUTURE BONUS CONTENT) SUBSCRIBE HERE --- Takeoverpod.supercast.com...
Wright Brothers Endnotes
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE (AND ALL FUTURE BONUS CONTENT) SUBSCRIBE HERE --- Takeoverpod.supercast.com...
Wright Brothers (Part 2)
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 2 covers the the triumph of the Wright Brothers, and how achieved human flight for the first ti...
Wright Brothers (Part 1)
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 1 covers the the rise of the Wright Brothers, and how they went from frontier bicycle salesmen ...
Genghis Khan Endnotes
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE (AND ALL FUTURE BONUS CONTENT) SUBSCRIBE HERE --- Takeoverpod.supercast.com...
Genghis Khan (Part 2)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 2 covers the creation Genghis Khan's empire. It dives deeper into how he led, the strategies he...
Genghis Khan (Part 1)
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Part 1 covers the awe-inspiring ascent of Genghis Khan, the legendary conqueror. Discover how he ove...
Oppenheimer: Movie Review + Endnotes
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What did the movie Oppenheimer get right? What was historically inaccurate? Did they manage to captu...
Oppenheimer
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Learn the true story behind the father of the atomic bomb. This episode explores not only his ground...
Britain's Greatest Hero: Horatio Nelson (Episode 2)
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Admiral Horatio Nelson's achievements and victories, including The Battle of Copenhagen and the batt...
Britain's Greatest Hero: Horatio Nelson (Episode 1)
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The early life and the dramatic rise of Admiral Horatio Nelson, a naval hero of Great Britain. Episo...
Mini-Episode: Quid Non and Bloom's Two Sigma Problem
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Thoughts on Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his motto "Quid Non" and Benjamin Bloom and his famous "two sig...
Steve Jobs (Part 3)
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
My notes and takeaways from Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. ----- Sponsors: F...
Leonardo Da Vinci (Endnotes)
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The second half of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci - artist, inventor, scientist, writer, playwright, ...
Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 2)
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The second half of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci - artist, inventor, scientist, writer, playwright, ...
Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 1)
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The early life and career of Leonardo Da Vinci - artist, inventor, scientist, writer, playwright, an...
William Randolph Hearst (Part 2)
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The rise of Williams Randolph Hearst as a politician, the expansion of his media empire, the creatio...
William Randolph Hearst (Part 1)
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The rise of Williams Randolph Hearst, founder of the Hearst Corporation and the first media magnate....
A Conversation with Alex Petkas of The Cost of Glory
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hey everyone - next week I'll be back with a normal episode but in the mean time please enjoy this c...
Joan of Arc (Part 2)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joan of Arc's legacy, her greatest attributes, theories on the voices in her head, and more. Please ...
Joan of Arc (Part 1)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joan of Arc goes from being a peasant girl, to leading one of the greatest armies on earth in less t...
Sulla (Part 1 from The Cost of Glory)
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The life and times of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, as told by Alex Petkas on The Cost of Glory. Fin...
Brigham Young (Part 3) - Interview with John Turner
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
An interview with Dr. John Turner, professor at George Mason University and biographer of Brigham Yo...
Brigham Young (Part 2)
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Brigham Young leads his people on a journey into the wilderness and builds a new kingdom in the dese...
Elizabeth II
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The life and times of Elizabeth II, the late queen of the United Kingdom. Special thank you to our s...
Brigham Young (Part 1)
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How Brigham Young rose from abject poverty to lead The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. ...
Vladimir Putin Part 1 (Updated)
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Vladimir Putin: Modern day czar, KGB man, billionaire, reformer, autocrat. In part 1, we examine his...
Walt Disney (Part 2)
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Walt Disney's rise to greatness, including his creation of Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Disneyland, and...
Walt Disney (Part 1)
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Walt Disney's childhood, adolescence, how how he got his start in animation, and his first successes...
Mini-Episode: John Wooden and How to Practice
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
John Wooden was known as one of the greatest coaches of all time. So why he did he have shorter prac...
Christmas Special
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The story of St. Nicholas, plus listener questions!
Napoleon Revisited
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How exactly was Napoleon able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time? On this episode,...
Alexander the Great: Endnotes
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Everything you didn't know you needed to know about Alexander the Great. Topics include a brief revi...