Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2025-09-09

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Sam Hinkie: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best

Sam Hinkie - Find Your People - [Invest Like the Best, REPLAY]

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Today, we are replaying one of my favorite conversations with Sam Hinkie. Sam worked for more than a decade in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and then as the President and GM of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Sam Hinkie discussed Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro and The passage of power by Robert A. Caro.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Means of Ascent

   Robert A. Caro · at 1:06:03

   Means of Ascent by Robert A.

   Discussed

   “I'm a sucker for this one author, for Robert Caro, who's written a bunch of amazing books that I'm often pushing people. In particular, one of the books, his second book in a series is called Means of Ascent.”

   Sam Hinkie Sam Hinkie - Find Your People - [Invest Like the Best, REPLAY] 2025-09-09 Listen at 1:06:03

   Where to get it

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2. 

   The passage of power

   Robert A. Caro · at 1:12:45

   The Passage of Power by Robert A.

   Discussed

   “There's an amazing scene in Passage of Power where JFK gets shot and they're in Parkland Hospital in Dallas. And LBJ's behind a curtain in a room. The Secret Service is surrounding him. His wife's in the room with him.”

   Sam Hinkie Sam Hinkie - Find Your People - [Invest Like the Best, REPLAY] 2025-09-09 Listen at 1:12:45

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible