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ReThinking: What motivates great Americans with Ron Chernow

ReThinking: What motivates great Americans with Ron Chernow

Update: 2025-07-081
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Ron Chernow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer whose work has deepened our understanding of the men who made history in America, and even inspired Lin Manuel Miranda to write his musical about Alexander Hamilton. In this episode, he and Adam discuss Ron’s new book on Mark Twain, analyze what fuels outsized accomplishments, and dig into what it takes to uncover new insights into the lives of historical figures.


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Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/)

Guest: Ron Chernow (Website: ronchernow.com/


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Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow


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ReThinking: What motivates great Americans with Ron Chernow

ReThinking: What motivates great Americans with Ron Chernow