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How to Take Over the World
Ben Wilson
Anyone who has achieved greatness has, in part, patterned themselves after those who came before. Napoleon learned from Charlemagne, Charlemagne learned from Caesar, and Caesar learned from Alexander the Great. This podcast analyzes the lives of some of the greatest men and women to ever live. By examining their…
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48%Steve Jobs in Exile
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75%The Cancer Episode
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The Undefeated Samurai: Miyamoto Musashi
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48%Adolf Hitler (Part 3)
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49%Adolf Hitler (Part 2)
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53%Adolf Hitler (Part 1)
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Stanford's Most Controversial Professor on Why Power Is Good For You | Jeffrey Pfeffer
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The Crowd Whisperer: The Psychologist Who Gave Hitler His Playbook
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Top 10 Lessons from 2025
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42%Andrew Carnegie (Part 2)
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50%Andrew Carnegie (Part 1)
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Ernest Shackleton (Remastered)
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59%Cleopatra (Part 2)
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Lee Kuan Yew (Video Version)
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Zero to One
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Nietzsche and Eternal Recurrence (Part 3)
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Nietzsche and the Superhuman (Part 2)
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46%Nietzsche and the Death of God (Part 1)
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Arminius: The Man Who Defeated Rome
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44%Roger Federer
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Lord of the Rings
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Scipio Africanus (with Alex Petkas)
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53%Joan of Arc
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50%Thomas Jefferson (Part 2)
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43%Rome's Revenge: Hannibal Part 2
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The Rise of Hannibal (Part 1)
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JS Bach
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The Gangster Philosopher: Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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“You Couldn’t Pay Me to Stop” — David Senra on Obsession and Great Founders
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How To Be More High Agency & A Political Plan for Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
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Jesus Revisited
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Edwin Land (Polaroid Founder)
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From Orphan to Icon: The Life and Legacy of Coco Chanel
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Donald Trump
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Captain Cook
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Top 10 Lessons from 100 Episodes of How to Take Over the World
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Isaac Newton
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Charlemagne
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Lee Kuan Yew
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John Williams: The Greatest Film Composer of All Time
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Augustus Endnotes and Gladiator II Review
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Augustus
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Dracula (Vlad the Impaler)
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The Rise and Fall of Rasputin: Savior or Sorcerer?
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How Christianity Took Over the World
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Constantine the Great
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Jesus
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The Greatest Coach of All Time: John Wooden
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Nike Founder Phil Knight
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Michael Jordan
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Running Legend Steve Prefontaine
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Picasso
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The Secret of the American Revolution
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The Franklin Guide (Free Preview)
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Benjamin Franklin
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The Hamilton Guide to Taking Over the World (preview)
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The Legacy of Alexander Hamilton (Part 2)
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The Rise of Alexander Hamilton (Part 1)
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Washington vs Cato with Alex Petkas
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The Washington Guide to Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
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President George Washington (Part 3)
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George Washington: Revolutionary General (Part 2)
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The Making of George Washington
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The Shackleton Guide to Taking Over the World (Free Preview)
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Ernest Shackleton: Enduring The Impossible
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Ask Me Anything + Dune 2 Review (Free Preview)
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The Caesar Guide to Taking Over the World
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Endnotes (Free Preview)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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How to Start a Country (Network State Review)
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John D Rockefeller - Endnotes (Free Preview)
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John D Rockefeller
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MrBeast Endnotes (Free Preview)
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MrBeast (Interview)
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Napoleon Endnotes (Free Preview)
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The Reign and Ruin of Napoleon
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The Rise of Napoleon
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Napoleon Movie Review
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Rasputin
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Wright Brothers Endnotes
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Wright Brothers (Part 2)
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Wright Brothers (Part 1)
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Genghis Khan Endnotes
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Genghis Khan (Part 2)
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Genghis Khan (Part 1)
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Oppenheimer: Movie Review + Endnotes
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Oppenheimer
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Britain's Greatest Hero: Horatio Nelson (Episode 2)
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Britain's Greatest Hero: Horatio Nelson (Episode 1)
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Mini-Episode: Quid Non and Bloom's Two Sigma Problem
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Steve Jobs (Part 3)
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Leonardo Da Vinci (Endnotes)
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Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 2)
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Leonardo Da Vinci (Part 1)
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William Randolph Hearst (Part 2)
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William Randolph Hearst (Part 1)
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A Conversation with Alex Petkas of The Cost of Glory
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Joan of Arc (Part 2)
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Joan of Arc (Part 1)
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Sulla (Part 1 from The Cost of Glory)
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Brigham Young (Part 3) - Interview with John Turner
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Brigham Young (Part 2)
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Elizabeth II
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Brigham Young (Part 1)
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Vladimir Putin Part 1 (Updated)
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Walt Disney (Part 2)
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Walt Disney (Part 1)
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Mini-Episode: John Wooden and How to Practice
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Christmas Special
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Napoleon Revisited
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Alexander the Great: Endnotes
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Alexander the Great (Part 2)
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Alexander the Great (Part 1)
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SPECIAL: Interview on "If I Was Starting Today"
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How to Raise a Genius: Laszlo Polgar
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Mini-Episode: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Just Work)
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Philip the Great: Endnotes
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Philip the Great
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Mansa Musa
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Frederick Douglass
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Mini-Episode: The Greatest Poet of All Time: Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Thomas Edison (Part 3)
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Thomas Edison (Part 2)
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Thomas Edison (Part 1)
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Mini-Episode: Catherine the Great
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Mini-Episode: How Steve Jobs Got What He Wanted
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The Wealthiest Family of All Time - The Rothschilds (Part 2)
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The Wealthiest Family of All Time - The Rothschilds (Part 1)
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Julius Caesar (Part 4)
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Julius Caesar (Part 3)
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Julius Caesar (Part 2)
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Julius Caesar (Part 1)
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Vladimir Putin (Part 2)
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Vladimir Putin (Part 1)
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Steve Jobs (Part 2)
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Steve Jobs (Part 1)
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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