Old School with Shilo Brooks

Shilo Brooks

isaac@thefp.com

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Booking Overview

Old School with Shilo Brooks is built around intimate, book-driven conversations with notable men about the texts that shaped their thinking and character. For PR, it’s a strong platform for authors, historians, and public intellectuals who can connect a book’s themes to civic life and personal development.

Metrics

Episodes: 33

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 458.0k subscribers

Contact Information

isaac@thefp.com

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Host

Shilo Brooks - Mission-driven host focused on getting more people reading for pleasure. Leads conversations about great books and how reading can make listeners “stronger” and “better men,” featuring guests from ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Prominent authors, biographers, historians, journalists, and public-facing experts—often with major awards (e.g., Pulitzer) or established national recognition.
Required Achievements:  
Major books with cultural/political impact, National journalism or investigative credentials, Prestigious awards (e.g., Pulitzer Prize)

Recent Guest Discussions

Walter Isaacson - The Greatest Sentence Ever Written; The Story Behind The Declaration Of Independence’s Line; Debates Among Founders; Liberty Vs. Common Good

Jon Meacham - The Winds Of War; Why WWII Shaped American Identity; Essential Books/events For Citizens; Patriotism Vs. Nationalism

Joe Nocera - Agatha Christie And Inspiration From The Lindbergh Kidnapping; Why Mystery Fiction Matters; Themes Of Justice And Society’s Hunger For Retribution

Recent Topics

Books, History, Biography, Civics, Philosophy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Old School with Shilo Brooks
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Walter Isaacson on the Sentence That Created America

June 11, 2026

If America has a mission statement, it is this:   “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”  In a special conversation recorded at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson discusses his new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, and the extraordinary story behind the Declaration of Ind...

The WWII Novel That Explains America

June 04, 2026

In this special episode, Shilo Brooks is joined by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jon Meacham at the Jack Miller Center’s annual summit on civic education.  They took the stage at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the perfect setting for a discussion about one of Meacham’s favorite books: The Winds of War. Written by Herman Wouk and published in 1971, The Winds of War is an epic historical novel that follows an American family through the tumult of World War II.  In their ...

Agatha Christie and the Kidnapping That Inspired Her Greatest Mystery

May 28, 2026

In this episode, Shilo sits down with veteran journalist Joe Nocera for a deep dive into the world’s best-selling novelist, Agatha Christie.  Nocera’s new investigative podcast is all about the Charles Lindbergh, Jr., kidnapping, one of history’s most infamous crimes, and a key inspiration behind Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.  They dig into why mystery fiction matters so deeply, the puzzle-like satisfaction of solving the crime, the bloodless elegance of Christie’s plots, and the...

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