Founders: #194 Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy)

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What I learned from reading Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 by Nicholas Reynolds. ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

[00:00:00] In 2010, I was a historian for the best museum you've never seen, the CIA Museum. We were preparing to install a new exhibit on the Office of Strategic Services, OSS, America's first central intelligence agency. I was tasked with finding out everything I could about this experimental organization, which included researching the company roster. Hastily pulled together to fight the Axis, OSS was an odd creature. At once, a collection of men and women from the upper crust of society on America's East Coast [00:00:31] and a magnet for astonishingly talented and creative people from…

Founders: #194 Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy)

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