Walter Isaacson Returns (biographer & historian)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- January 7, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 58m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses Walter Isaacson (The Greatest Sentence Ever Written) is a biographer, historian, and Professor of Hi…
Summary
Walter Isaacson (The Greatest Sentence Ever Written) is a biographer, historian, and Professor of History at Tulane University. Walter returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why he embeds himself into the lives of his subjects to write about them, how empathy can get in the way of success, and discovering the secret sauce of Elon Musk. Walter and Dax t…
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Walter Isaacson (The Greatest Sentence Ever Written) is a biographer, historian, and Professor of History at Tulane University. Walter returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why he embeds himself into the lives of his subjects to write about them, how empathy can get in the way of success, and discovering the secret sauce of Elon Musk. Walter and Dax talk about his interest in people that try to learn as much as possible about everything knowable, the belief that growing up as a misfit can in