Not Dead Yet

Ben Sasse, Chris Stirewalt

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast about meaningful lives, history, leadership, and the American experience, featuring prominent historians, military and government leaders, journalists, economists, and documentary filmmakers. Credible pitches include published historians, senior public servants, military leaders, acclaimed filmmakers, and established writers with substantive perspectives on character, public life, or history; booking difficulty is high because recent guests are highly accomplished and nationally recognized.

Metrics

Episodes: 32

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Ben Sasse - Former United States senator, university president, and academic leader.

Chris Stirewalt - Journalist, political analyst, author, and former political editor.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Published historians, senior military or government leaders, prominent journalists and authors, acclaimed documentary filmmakers, and other established public intellectuals.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Senior public service or military leadership, National media platforms, Award-winning documentaries, Recognized scholarship or historical research

Recent Guest Discussions

Andrew Roberts - Winston Churchill, The Anglo-american Special Relationship, Political Philosophy, And Historical Leadership.

H. R. McMaster - Military History, Leadership, Teamwork, Free Societies, And Influential Books About War And American Leadership.

Megan McArdle - Affluence, Happiness, Generational Choices, Risk-taking, And Personal Growth Through Experience.

Ken Burns - Historical Documentary-making, Storytelling For Broad Audiences, Professional Historians, And The American Experience.

Recent Topics

History, Leadership, Statesmanship, American History, Meaning

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Not Dead Yet

Katherine Boyle

September 22, 2026

First return guest, Katherine Boyle, joins the guys to pick up where they left off. How can technology strengthen families? Why do boys need risks? How can women combine work and motherhood? Don’t we all need some suffering? Come for the deep questions, stick around for the autonomous boats, rebuilt shipyards, and American builders.

Andy Crouch

September 15, 2026

Technology, idolatry, time, and habits. Andy Crouch joins the gang to talk about technology, work without rest, and rest. How radical is an hour a day, a day a week, and a week a year? How does rest make us better at work? Is anybody a digital native? Golf, magic, acorn (not cogs) metaphors. It’s a wild ride.

Yuval Levin

September 09, 2026

World renowned for his beauty and his above-average thoughtfulness, Yuval Levin joins the guys. Why does he describe his work as gratitude for America? Why can’t you script a career path? Why do we overcomplicate questions of virtue? Is it true that Ben once sheared a sheep with Yuval in western Nebraska? All this and so much more.

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