meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Trey Gowdy Podcast

The Legacy Of Our Words With Steven Pressfield

The Trey Gowdy Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In one week, Trey's debut true-crime novel The Color of Death will be available for readers to dive into a captivating fictional world about a shocking murder in a small town, written by a real-world prosecutor.   Ahead of the release, Trey speaks with one of his favorite authors, Steven Pressfield to hear his literary expertise, discuss their individual writing processes and share the inspiration behind their novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi, this is Ava from Vanta. In today's digital world, compliance regulations are changing constantly,

0:07.1

and earning customer trust has never mattered more. Vanta helps companies get compliant fast and stay

0:12.9

secure, with the most advanced AI automation and continuous monitoring out there. So whether

0:17.8

you're a startup going for your first SO stock two or ISO-27,001,

0:21.5

or a growing enterprise managing vendor risk, Banta makes it quick, easy and scalable.

0:26.4

And I'm not to saying that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com.

0:30.2

Music Hey, this is Trey. Thank you for joining us for a Tuesday edition of our podcast.

0:54.7

You know, have you ever thought about running for office or taking up a musical instrument,

0:59.4

trying out for local theater, writing a book? And if you thought about it but didn't follow through,

1:06.3

what is it that kept you from doing it? That's an introspective question.

1:11.0

You have to ask yourself, what resistance did you run into?

1:15.4

In the interest of full disclosure, I read off of an iPad at night.

1:20.2

Part of that is because I want to be a good husband and remain married,

1:23.1

and I don't want the light to keep my wife awake.

1:27.1

But there are, so I read it off an iPad, but there are two like real books, hardcover books that are on my bedside table.

1:35.5

One, as you can imagine, growing up with my parents and being married to my wife is the Bible.

1:41.3

The other is a book called Gates of Fire, which is my favorite book of all time.

1:50.4

It narrowly beats out crime and punishment, but if you're talking about crime and punishment,

1:55.4

you're talking about all-time classics. But I think Gates of Fire is up there as well. And interestingly enough,

2:02.6

as I was thinking about it this morning, you know, what does the Bible have to do with Gates of Fire?

2:07.5

Maybe not a lot, except, except there are stories in both of people who sort of ventured into something

2:14.3

knowing that they were not going to win as we define winning.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 15 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX News Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FOX News Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.