Podcast Recommended Books
Curated books mentioned, analyzed, and recommended by podcast hosts and guests, with original audio recommendations and context.
7 PowersWhy recommended:Hamilton Helmer's strategy framework used in the episode analysis.
The Luxury StrategyWhy recommended:Kapferer & Bastien's luxury-marketing anti-laws, the episode's recurring reference; anti-laws 13 and 19 are quoted on air.
America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a NationWhy recommended:The hosts identify the book as a principal historical source for the episode.
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionWhy recommended:Dominic cites Schama's Citizens for a contemporary slogan demanding Marat's death as the Republic's salvation.
Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an IconWhy recommended:Principal biography cited by the hosts.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le MansWhy recommended:Book cited for the Ford-Ferrari Le Mans rivalry.
Koba the DreadWhy recommended:Martin Amis's book about Stalin, cited for the origin of the Koba pseudonym.
Liberty or Death: The French RevolutionWhy recommended:Dominic draws on McPhee's history for provincial detail: a political club in Honfleur, Normandy.
Marat: Prophet of TerrorWhy recommended:Dominic recommends Baker's newly published biography of Marat as the current definitive life.
Red FamineWhy recommended:Anne Applebaum's Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the famine, basis of the podcast's earlier Russia series.
SeinfeldiaWhy recommended:The hosts' recommended history of the show's making and afterlife; cited again in the thank-yous as a key source.
Tao Te ChingWhy recommended:The book behind The Way of Code; a different book at every reading, per Rubin.
The Animated Man: A Life of Walt DisneyWhy recommended:Michael Barrier biography quoted for SRI's Disneyland site-selection analysis.
The Creative Act: A Way of BeingWhy recommended:Rick Rubin's book discussed on the table during the interview.
The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing SportWhy recommended:Identified by the hosts as a principal episode research source.
The Ride of a LifetimeWhy recommended:Bob Iger's memoir, quoted as a source for leadership events.
Top of the RockWhy recommended:Warren Littlefield's oral history of his NBC years, credited in the thank-yous.
Walt Disney: An American OriginalWhy recommended:Bob Thomas biography quoted for a description of Disney animation's character-centered style.
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American ImaginationWhy recommended:Neil Gabler's biography, identified by the hosts as a principal source for facts and Walt Disney quotations.
We Were Soldiers Once... and YoungWhy recommended:Book cited during a discussion of US airborne and air-assault operations.
What Is to Be Done?Why recommended:Banned book the young Stalin read in seminary, on freedom and personality.
