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How Wall Street’s Billionaires Became Untouchable - William D. Cohan

What happens when you accumulate so much money and power that the normal rules no longer seem to apply? William Cohan joins me to unpack the extraordinary rise of Leon Bl

Harlan Coben Sold 100 Million Books. Here’s His Advice for Aspiring Writers.

He has sold more than 100 million books, but what I love most about Harlan Coben is that he’ll be the first to tell you he still wrestles with self-doubt, and that fear c

The KGB Spy Who Exposed Russia’s Secret Plan to Attack The West - Richard Kerbaj

This is an unbelievable true story of a KGB defector who helped MI5 blow apart the Soviet spy network in Britain, and why British intelligence decided it couldn’t trust t

How Politics Destroyed American Universities - Neil Gross

Neil Gross joins me for a conversation about what happened to the American college experience, how politics, polarization, and fear of speaking your mind have damaged one

Chicago Is at a Breaking Point (But She Says She Can Fix It) - Susana A. Mendoza

Today on Open Book, we're not joined by an author, but by a woman fighting to become the next mayor of Chicago. Susana Mendoza grew up in Chicago learning how to stand up

The Secretive Family Behind a $13 Trillion Financial Empire

Fidelity is one of the most powerful financial institutions in America, but the story of the family behind it has largely remained hidden. Justin Baer joins me to reveal

Ex-CIA Officer: America Has a 20% Chance of Splitting Apart - James Telfer

A former CIA officer sat down to write a "fun airport novel" and ended up putting a 20% probability on America actually splitting apart. James Telfer joins me to talk abo

America is Deeply Broken (Here's How We Can Fix It) - Rye Barcott

What does real courage look like when the cameras stop rolling, and the tribe wants you to fall in line? On this episode of Open Book, I sit down with Rye Barcott, Marine

He Repaired My Marriage And Then We Lost Him Forever - Mike Maimone

I got fired from the White House, my marriage was falling apart, and the guy who talked me off the ledge was my publicist, Howard Bragman, a man so full of life he'd call

July 2026 Q&A: Will I Run For Office? How I Read So Much? How To Fix The American Education System?

You send me the questions, I give you the answers, no filter, no spin, straight from the gut. This month: would I actually run for office, how I manage to read a book a w

The Heartbreaking Atrocity of The Ukraine War (And Why You Should Care) - James Verini

After reading his book on the war in Ukraine, you will understand the significance of this conflict as you never have before. Putin thought he could topple Kyiv in days a

The Truth About Guns In America They Don't Want You To Know! - Mike McIntire

Three-time Pulitzer winner Mike McIntire joins me to talk about his new book Ricochet (out today), and this one hit me hard. We've got more guns than people in this count

The Real Reason Politics & Society Is Broken (And Fixing It) - Susan MacKenty Brady & Stuart Kliman

We're all walking around convinced we're right and everyone else is the problem, and it's tearing apart our politics, our workplaces, our families. Stu Kliman and Susan M

The Billionaire Class Has No Idea What's Coming - Daniel Silva

Daniel Silva is back for the 4th appearance on Open Book, with a new must-read book, Ransom, and once again, he's writing tomorrow's headlines before they even happen, fr

Russia Expert: Putin Destroyed Democracy And Trump's Doing It Too - Jamison Firestone

Putin weaponized the justice system; he went after the media, the universities, and even pulled a comedy show off the air because it made fun of him. On this episode of O

He Invented Online Betting...Then Went To Prison For It - Jay Cohen

He built a betting exchange three decades ahead of its time, got prosecuted for it while John Roberts almost took his case, and served time for something states are now m

"They Should've Been Dead": How 3 Men Survived 28 Hours Surrounded by Sharks - Michael J. Tougias

They made a vow to survive together, no blame, no panic, just 28 hours of pure will against sharks, jellyfish, and the open ocean. My guest, Michael Tougias, lived inside

Jun 2026 Q&A: Breaking From Trump, Reforming American Democracy & Book Recs

It's the June Q&A on Open Book, and you came at me with everything this month: aliens, whether there's a reckoning coming when Trump's term ends, and the honest reason it

The Coach Everyone Called a Failure (He Proved Them Wrong) - Monte Burke

Pete Carroll was written off as a flake, a fraud, and a two-time NFL failure, but then he built one of the greatest dynasties in college football history. This week on Op

America Repeats the Same Crisis Every 80 Years. Here's How We Overcome It - Bob Crawford

Does America face a defining crisis every 80 years? In this episode, I sit down with musician and author Bob Crawford to explore the remarkable life of John Quincy Adams,