Uncommon Excellence

About Uncommon Excellence

Discover the excellence of history's uncommon leaders, ideas, and businesses through weekly podcast episodes, each exploring key insights from a must-read book. "I am a voracious reader... I am convinced that the single most important thing you can do is to read and think. The more you read, the more you know, and the better decisions you make." — Charlie Munger

Publisher

Liam Applegate

Category

business · business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jan 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Hi Me in 1 Year

   Hi Me in 1 Year. This was recorded on October 12th, 2025, and will be uploaded on October 12th, 2026.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   #37 The Lessons of History

   What I learned from The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant A concise survey of 5,000 years of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. Distilling the rise and fall of civilizations into their most enduring lessons, the Durants examine the forces that have shaped humanity across the centuries. From power, war, and wealth to religion, morality, and human nature. Through the triumphs and failures of those who came before us, they reveal the patterns that persist across generations and what history can teach us about the world we live in today.

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   #36 How Netflix Went From Idea to Reality (Part 2)

   Six months before launch, Netflix was still far from the company we know today. The team was figuring out what kind of company they wanted to build, how they would work together, and even what they should call it. Before Netflix became Netflix, there were countless decisions, arguments, experiments, and uncertainties that had to be worked through. Then came launch day. After months of preparation, the idea was finally put into the real world. On April 14, 1998, Netflix went live. What followed was excitement, pressure, technical problems, and the realization that launching a company is nothing like simply building one.

Who has been a guest on Uncommon Excellence

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Daniel Priestley
• Tyler Schuster
• Jonathan Jarecki
• Vanessa Van Edwards

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

31

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