How to Take Over the World
Hosted by Ben Wilson · Ben Wilson
4.9from 5,460 ratings
- 146
- Episodes
- 80
- Transcribed
- 5,460
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 326K
- YouTube views
About How to Take Over the World
Anyone who has achieved greatness has, in part, patterned themselves after those who came before. Napoleon learned from Charlemagne, Charlemagne learned from Caesar, and Caesar learned from Alexander the Great. This podcast analyzes the lives of some of the greatest men and women to ever live. By examining their strategies, tactics, mindset, and work habits, How to Take Over the World helps you understand the great ones, so that you can follow in their footsteps.
- Publisher
- Ben Wilson
- Category
- education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Dec 2017
- Latest episode
- 31 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
80 of 146 episodes have a transcript.
31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cancer Update
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Elon Musk
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Steve Jobs in Exile
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Cancer Update
Published 31 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Okay. It's got a, it's kind of like the spike protein on COVID. You can think of it that way. So it's got this like little spike or bump on the outside of the cancer and that's called DLL3. And then, um, there's another little like kind of bumper spike that your T cells have. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on How to Take Over the World
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jeffrey Pfeffer
- Fred Wilson
- Ernest Shackleton
- Lee Kuan Yew
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 325,598
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 908 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 4,552 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts How to Take Over the World?
Ben Wilson host the show. Published by Ben Wilson.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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