Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 1h 9m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (735)
Since Feb 2026
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
95%
Hosting
www.spreaker.com

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About This Podcast

We’re all dying, but some of us have been brought face to face with that reality. Reflecting on this certainty is part of a life well lived. However long we’ve got, it’s up to each of us to redeem the time. In this new podcast, hosts Ben Sasse and Chris Stirewalt talk with their guests about lives lived with gratitude, grit, and joy.

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Recent Episodes

S1E17 Mitch Daniels

Jun 09, 2026 1h 21m

Indiana is better than West Virginia, nobody disagrees — except Chris. Ben, Chris, and the former Governor — and reality TV star? — Mitch Daniels talk about higher education, the need to deliver…

S1E16 William McRaven

Jun 02, 2026 1h 13m

Ben can’t do pull-ups anymore, so it’s a great time to talk to Admiral William McRaven. The guys talk about the fine line between swagger and arrogance, the importance of clear communication, and the…

S1E15 Listener Mail

May 26, 2026 1h 9m

This Q&A episode has everything. Habits, dispositional conservatism, family bookshelves, Bo Jackson, Viking longboats, Apollo space ships, theology, and more. In an effort to avoid premature…

S1E14 Ben Thompson

May 19, 2026 1h 15m

Ben and Chris talk with tech analyst Ben Thompson about the future. Is AI heaven, or hell, or both? Does the future belong to China or the United States? What’s the deal with Silicon Valley and does…

S1E13 Clint Black

May 12, 2026 1h 12m

Singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer Clint Black joins underachievers Ben and Chris. The gang talks about country music, writing, parenting, career choices, and gratitude. How…

S1E12 Clayton Anderson

May 05, 2026 1h 8m

Astronaut and Nebraskan Clayton Anderson joins the guys to talk about all things space. The human desire to explore, the vocation of spacewalking hundreds of miles above the earth, the rigors of…

S1E11 Walter Russell Mead

Apr 28, 2026 1h 18m

Renaissance man Walter Russell Mead joins the guys to talk about history and global affairs. This episode has everything: Hamiltonians, Jeffersonians, Jacksonians, Wilsonians, Israel, Iran, tech…

S1E10 Nicholas Eberstadt

Apr 21, 2026 1h 6m

Ben and Chris talk a bit about their first jobs and how child labor laws are ruining the country. Then things get super nerdy when Nicholas Eberstadt joins the guys to talk about demographic decline,…

S1E9 Drew and Ellie Holcomb

Apr 14, 2026 1h 10m

Drew and Ellie join the guys to talk about family, art, and soul. Ben has no rhythm, but the musicians talk about art as ache, embodied prayer, and yearning for home. Also, make your kids listen to…

S1E8 Jonah Goldberg

Apr 07, 2026 1h 19m

Jonah joins the boys for their first in-person podcast. Friendship, morphine (higher than average morphine-brain for Ben), note cards, institutions, and journalism. Ben and Chris talk about the why…

S1E7 Chris Pratt

Mar 31, 2026 1h 18m

The guys talk about hard work and hustle, the choices parents make, the ups, downs, and idols of success, and real vs Ned Flanders Christianity. The dude from Avengers, Jurassic Park, and Super Mario…

S1E6 Amy Coney Barrett

Mar 24, 2026 53m

Justice Barrett joins Ben and Chris. Ben shares his status as the founding member of the ACB for SCOTUS club. The three talk about how she writes her opinions, how parenting slows down the train, the…

S1E5 Mike Rowe

Mar 17, 2026 1h 10m

Is the Dirty Jobs guy secretly America’s most popular philosopher? Mike Rowe joins the guys. This episode has everything: vomit, Stoics, turkey insemination, philosopher welders, wonder, and the…

Caitlin Flanagan

Mar 10, 2026 56m

Caitlin runs circles around the guys. They talk about deadlines (for writing and living), living with cancer, raising families, how truth has the last word, and a little bit about California.

S1E3 Conan O'Brien

Mar 03, 2026 57m

Who doesn’t love two Harvard dweebs talking about jokes rather than telling them? The guys talk with Conan O’Brien about dopamine, families, why politicians aren’t funny, his new movie with Rose…

S1E2 Al Michaels

Feb 24, 2026 1h 2m

The guys promised Conan, but when the USA defeats Canada in hockey — 46 years to the day after the 1980 Miracle on Ice — you gotta talk to Al Michaels. Ben, Chris, and Al talk about that incredible…

S1E1 Introduction

Feb 19, 2026 23m

They’re on the clock! In the kickoff episode, Ben and Chris talk about terminal cancer, procrastination, morphine, and parenting — all to explain why they’re launching a podcast now about redeeming…

Trailer

Feb 16, 2026 0m Trailer

We’re all dying, but some of us have been brought face to face with that reality. Reflecting on this certainty is part of a life well lived. However long we’ve got, it’s up to each of us to redeem…

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