#28 - Jeremy Anderberg: Presidential Bios, Podcasts, and the Art of Manliness
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My guest today is Jeremy Anderberg. Jeremy is the Managing Editor and Podcast Producer at Art of Manliness - your one-stop resource for actionable advice that covers every aspect of a man’s life. When he's not working at Art of Manliness, Jeremy is reading and writing his newsletter about what he's reading. Jeremy has read at least one biography of every single US president, and he recently published an article recommending his favorites.
In this episode, Jeremy and I discussed what it means to be a man, simple self improvement tips, growing a podcast to over 100 million downloads, and his thoughts on newsletters. Of course, we also spent a lot of time talking about books and US history.
Selected links from the show:
Jeremy's newsletter, Twitter, and Instagram
Here's What Happened When I Wore a Tie to Work Everyday for a Year
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
Your Master POTUS Reading List by Jeremy Anderberg
A. Lincoln by Ronald White
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro
Can You Recommend a Book? by Joseph Wells
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Our Towns by James Fallows
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Literary Eric on Twitter
Show notes:
01:37 - What does it mean to be manly?
05:55 - What is The Art of Manliness?
07:56 - The most popular topics on AOM
08:54 - What are the simple things men can do to level up?
13:12 - Jeremy's career path
15:49 - How AOM handles podcast advertisements
18:14 - Jeremy's strategy for booking guests before the podcast was popular
22:35 - When did the AOM podcast take off?
22:33 - How AOM researches for podcast guests
30:51 - 'What to Read Next' - Jeremy's newsletter
33:15 - How Jeremy has grown his newsletter
34:54 - Paid vs. free newsletters
39:07 - Jeremy's presidential reading project
41:28 - Does the president matter?
42:09 - The most common character overlaps among the presidents
45:45 - The one presidential bio Jeremy recommends for every American
48:23 - The era of US History Jeremy enjoys reading about
50:44 - Jeremy's favorite biographer
52:49 - Jeremy's question for me
56:54 - Jeremy's advice to a recent college grad
57:14 - Jeremy's favorite mental model
57:52 - Jeremy's advice to a new parent
58:21 - Jeremy's favorite Twitter follow
59:07 - The kindest thing anyone has done for Jeremy
1:00:10 - Where you can connect with Jeremy
