Ambition cover art

Ambition

Ambition

By: Justin Gordon
Listen for free

Ambition is a podcast about the world's most ambitious people from history and today, and the lessons you can take from their lives and use in your own work and life. Each episode is deeply researched, built around the definitive biography of one person (or in some cases, two), with dozens of hours spent reading, synthesizing, and pulling out what actually matters: what they built, how they thought, the struggles they overcame, and the tactics, strategies, and principles underneath it all.© 2026 Justin Gordon
Episodes
  • S.I. Newhouse Sr. (The Secretive Media Billionaire)

    S.I. Newhouse Sr. (The Secretive Media Billionaire)
    Jul 1 2026

    He dropped out of school at 13 to support his family. His father abandoned them. He worked full time for a decade before buying his first newspaper. By the time he died at 84, he had built the greatest publishing empire in American history.

    This is the story of S.I. Newhouse Sr., and we have a lot to learn from him.

    Source for this episode:

    • Newspaperman: S.I. Newhouse and the Business of News by Richard H. Meeker

    Links:

    • Ambition website
    • Ambition Summit
    • Follow Justin on Twitter
    • Connect with Justin on LinkedIn
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Trailer: Welcome to Ambition

    Trailer: Welcome to Ambition
    Jun 30 2026

    Ambition is a podcast about history's most ambitious people and the lessons their lives can teach you. Each episode goes deep on one person (or two), built around hours of research into a biography of that subject, covering what they built, how they thought, and the struggles they overcame along the way.

    We're kicking things off with two stories: S.I. Newhouse, who built one of the most powerful media empires in America, and the Wright Brothers, two bicycle mechanics from Dayton who flew before anyone believed flight was possible.

    New episodes drop every 1-2 weeks. Subscribe to the show in your favorite podcasting platform and follow along at ambition.fm.
    Show More Show Less
    1 min
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet