3 Books With Neil Pasricha
199 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 246 ratings3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc.
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Page 103: You are what you do
April 09, 2024 07:33 - 2 minutes - 5.95 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 103 comes from Chapter 10 with award-winning screenwriter and novelist, Elan Mastai. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/10 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 102: One way to land a million-dollar book deal for your first book
April 04, 2024 07:33 - 4 minutes - 11.3 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 102 comes from Chapter 10 with award-winning screenwriter and novelist, Elan Mastai. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/10 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 101: How do you find your writing voice?
March 30, 2024 07:33 - 3 minutes - 7.68 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 101 comes from Chapter 10 with award-winning screenwriter and novelist, Elan Mastai. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/10 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 134: Susan Orlean on lusty ledes and literary lessons for life
March 25, 2024 07:00 - 3 hours - 456 MBI got an email from longtime 3 Booker Bo Boswell who told me he found an enticingly-titled thread on reddit called “What’s your field or study (hobbyist or professional) and what’s a cornerstone beginners book for that topic/field?” The most upvoted reply on the thread read: "Librarian here, Susan Orlean’s ‘The Library Book’ is at first glance a true-crime book about tracking the arsonist who set fire and burned down the main library in Los Angeles, but it also gives a comprehensiv...
Page 93: The most original voice in American comedy writing
March 13, 2024 08:33 - 3 minutes - 7.67 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 93 comes from Chapter 9 with the inimitable, indomitable, indefatigable Dave Barry. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/9 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 92: What to do before you start writing a story
March 08, 2024 08:33 - 2 minutes - 4.73 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 92 comes from Chapter 9 with the inimitable, indomitable, indefatigable Dave Barry. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/9 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 91: Dave Barry's advice on writing comedy
March 02, 2024 08:33 - 3 minutes - 8.23 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 91 comes from Chapter 9 with the inimitable, indomitable, indefatigable Dave Barry. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/9 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 133: Celine Song stitches sumptuous stories from Seoul to soul
February 24, 2024 12:30 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIt’s Oscar season! I was so thrilled to see ‘Past Lives’, the astounding slow-moving-yet-somehow-fast-paced debut film from Celine Song nominated for Best Picture. Best Picture! On her very first film. Oh, and no biggie, Best Screenplay, too. This following a slew of other noms like 5 Golden Globes, 3 Critics Choice Awards, 3 BAFTAs, and a recent Director’s Guild of America win for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a First-Time Feature Film. Leslie and I loved ‘Past Lives’ ...
Page 83: A book that tells us why people enjoy publicly shaming others
February 17, 2024 08:33 - 1 minute - 3.7 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 83 comes from Chapter 8 with Sarah Andersen, author of 'Sarah's Scribbles'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/8 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 82: A book to help you embrace your amateurness
February 10, 2024 08:33 - 2 minutes - 6.14 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 82 comes from Chapter 8 with Sarah Andersen, author of 'Sarah's Scribbles'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/8 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 81: Connecting with your favorite version of yourself
February 03, 2024 20:33 - 1 minute - 3.71 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 81 comes from Chapter 8 with Sarah Andersen, author of 'Sarah's Scribbles'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/8 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail
Chapter 132: Robin Dunbar on nullifying negativity with numbered natural networks
January 25, 2024 17:54 - 3 hours - 263 MBBack in Chapter 101 of ‘3 Books’ we had a magical, eve-of-‘Everything-Everywhere-All-At-Once’-coming-out moment-in-time conversation with creative super-geniuses Daniels — who are Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. We were discussing the fascinating book 'Sex At Dawn' and our conversation led to discussing Dunbar’s Number. Dunbar’s Number! Have you heard of Dunbar’s Number? It’s 150! That’s the cognitive limit on the number of social relationships we can have. We, as in humans. Limit, a...
Page 74: Even if you're not happy, act you're happy
January 22, 2024 08:33 - 2 minutes - 5.73 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 74 comes from Chapter 7 with the world's greatest Uber Driver, Vishwas Aggrawal. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/7 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 73: Treat people well. Forget everything else.
January 16, 2024 08:33 - 2 minutes - 6.41 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 73 comes from Chapter 7 with the world's greatest Uber Driver, Vishwas Aggrawal. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/7 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 72: Nobody will hate you if you're smiling at least
January 08, 2024 08:33 - 2 minutes - 6.19 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 72 comes from Chapter 7 with the world's greatest Uber Driver, Vishwas Aggrawal. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/7 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 71: If I'm doing even Uber, I'm going to do it best
January 03, 2024 08:33 - 4 minutes - 9.43 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 71 comes from Chapter 7 with the world's greatest Uber Driver, Vishwas Aggrawal. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/7 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 131: J. Drew Lanham on breaking boundaries to become better birdwatchers
December 27, 2023 00:33 - 2 hours - 401 MBBuckle up! We are heading down to the fields of Clemson, South Carolina! I got an email from 3 Booker Rumble D. back in February which said “Neil, I have a guest suggestion for you. J Drew Lanham is a 2022 MacArthur fellow and an American ornithologist. I loved his book and would love to hear you interview him (maybe while you guys go birding?)” Intrigued, I looked him up and discovered I … sort of already knew him? I had read and loved his wonderfully thoughtful and nuanced essay ...
The Best of 2023: Neil Pasricha rewinds and reflects on the richness of reading
December 22, 2023 03:27 - 3 hours - 465 MBAnother year around the sun! It is the Winter Solstice which means it is time for our sixth annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books. 3 Books began back in 2018 with a simple goal of counting down the 1000 most formative books in the world ... 3 books at a time. We wanted this show to help all of us read more and read better and we wanted to do that by being different -- with a lunar-based schedule and a deep intention of being an ‘intrinsically-motivated journey’ with no ads, sponsors, c...
Page 63: Judy Blume's advice on getting your kid to read
December 18, 2023 08:33 - 1 minute - 3.47 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 63 comes from Chapter 6 with the one and only Judy Blume. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/6 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 62: The YA series that shaped Judy Blume
December 13, 2023 08:33 - 2 minutes - 5.4 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 62 comes from Chapter 6 with the one and only Judy Blume. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/6 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 61: Judy Blume's favorite children's book
December 08, 2023 08:33 - 4 minutes - 9.34 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 61 comes from Chapter 6 with the one and only Judy Blume. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/6 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos
November 27, 2023 09:16 - 1 hour - 248 MB“Your airbag” by Ralph Nader. “Your seatbelt” by Ralph Nader. “Your cleaner air” by Ralph Nader. “Your safer food” by Ralph Nader. “Your lead protection when you get dental x-rays", “Your warning labels on cigarettes”, “Your right to know if you’re exposed to dangerous chemicals at your job”. By Ralph Nader, by Ralph Nader, by Ralph Nader. We slap names on everything! Bylines. Authorship! We see names on everything in our ego-oriented society with commercialization and profit maximizat...
Bookmark: Leslie Richardson on practicing peaceful parenting
November 20, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour - 168 MBToday I'm putting out a special Bookmark episode of 3 Books featuring my incredible wife Leslie Richardson. If you've been listening to 3 Books for a while you've heard Leslie interviewing guests like Brené Brown, Kristen Neff, and Rebecca the Sex Therapist. And, of course, I started the show by interviewing her way back in Chapter 1. But this time she takes center stage on a topic she's deeply passionate about: parenting. And, specifically here, how to nurture self-compassion as a...
Page 53: This book teaches us why we get fat—and what to do about it
November 17, 2023 08:33 - 4 minutes - 9.77 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 53 comes from Chapter 5 with Gretchen Rubin, author of 'The Happiness Project' and podcaster behind 'Happier'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/5 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 52: An immersive children's book every adult should read
November 13, 2023 08:33 - 3 minutes - 6.83 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 52 comes from Chapter 5 with Gretchen Rubin, author of 'The Happiness Project' and podcaster behind 'Happier'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/5 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 51: Gretchen Rubin's single biggest advice to writers
November 06, 2023 07:33 - 41 seconds - 1.54 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 51 comes from Chapter 5 with Gretchen Rubin, author of 'The Happiness Project' and podcaster behind 'Happier'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/5 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 129: Sahil Bloom freezes at 4am to find fortune and finish first
October 28, 2023 20:24 - 2 hours - 389 MBI flew down to New York City and sat in a plush purple corner booth at the pricey and exclusive Core Club in midtown Manhattan. Sahil Bloom is the youngest member they have because, as he says, "If you get into the right rooms, good things start to happen." Sahil Bloom is a fascinating, unconventional, maniacally disciplined, wisdom-distilling writer, thinker, and investor -- with a goal of motivating a billion people to live their best lives in a kind of Tim Ferriss or Robin Sharma fo...
Page 43: A book for the thoughtful, strange, quirky-curious reader
October 20, 2023 07:33 - 5 minutes - 12.3 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 43 comes from Chapter 4 with Sarah Ramsey, my favorite Toronto Bookseller! Listen to the full chapter on Apple, Spotify, or 3Books.co To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 42: A book for challenging our view of beauty
October 13, 2023 07:33 - 5 minutes - 12.7 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 42 comes from Chapter 4 with Sarah Ramsey, my favorite Toronto Bookseller! To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/4 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 41: A young-adult book that offers us quiet strength and connection...
October 06, 2023 07:33 - 5 minutes - 12.2 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 41 comes from Chapter 4 with Sarah Ramsey, my favorite Toronto Bookseller! To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/4 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 128: Heather McGowan listens to lessons from the Lakota and Legacy of Luna
September 29, 2023 09:57 - 1 hour - 165 MBI started 3 Books back in 2018. I didn't fully appreciate how big, wide, and deep the core question of this 22-year conversation was at the beginning. "What are your 3 most formative books?" Sounds simple! But as you trace back which books inspired ideals, ignited passions, altered values, slingshotted directions...well, it turns out there's always a lot there. That was definitely the case as I recorded Chapter 128 of 3 Books in a Washington DC hotel room overlooking the Potomac ...
Page 34: How do you measure trust?
September 25, 2023 07:33 - 3 minutes - 8.73 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 34 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/3 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 33: How to see (and drop) the narrative
September 18, 2023 07:33 - 1 minute - 4.15 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 33 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/3 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 32: Why you should get off the plane
September 11, 2023 07:33 - 2 minutes - 5.43 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 32 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/3 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 31: How to tell yourself a different story
September 05, 2023 07:33 - 3 minutes - 9.04 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 31 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'. To listen to the full chapter: https://www.3books.co/chapters/3 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 127: Lenore Skenazy on killing coddling to create capable kids
August 31, 2023 01:35 - 1 hour - 227 MBEarly episodes of Sesame Street from the late 1960s show five-year-olds walking streets alone, talking to strangers, and playing on vacant lots, but when those episodes were released on DVD years later a warning was added at the beginning saying “The following is intended for adult viewing only and may not be suitable for young viewers.” I read about this in ‘Stolen Focus’, the massive bestseller by Johann Hari, our guest in Chapter 121. Johann went on in his book to discuss how ‘the c...
Page 22: How to build trust with strangers
August 21, 2023 07:33 - 3 minutes - 8.57 MBPage 22 comes from Chapter 2 with Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret. To listen to the full chapter: http://www.3books.co/chapters/2 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 21: How to get people to open up
August 10, 2023 07:33 - 2 minutes - 6.53 MBPage 21 comes from Chapter 2 with Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret. To listen to the full chapter: http://www.3books.co/chapters/2 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 126: Jully Black on anthem alterations and attitude absolutions
August 01, 2023 18:31 - 1 hour - 237 MBI’ve been lucky enough to be invited onto ‘The Social’ (@TheSocialCTV) a few times. Do you know the show? It’s like ‘The View’, but Canadian, with four dynamic hosts sharing fast-paced opinions in a raucous, bombastic, high-energy exchange. Producers hand you the topics of the day about 30 minutes before you go on — formed by that morning’s early headlines — and then it’s time to form an opinion and get ready to, no big deal, share it live with millions of people a few minutes later. Definit...
Page 13: Fighting book shame
July 28, 2023 10:30 - 1 minute - 3.34 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 13 comes from Chapter 1 with Leslie Richardson. To listen to the full chapter: http://www.3books.co/chapters/1 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 12: How to prioritize reading
July 26, 2023 10:30 - 3 minutes - 7.31 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 12 comes from Chapter 1 with Leslie Richardson. To listen to the full chapter: http://www.3books.co/chapters/1 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Page 11: Why I started this podcast
July 24, 2023 10:30 - 4 minutes - 9.51 MBPages are pulled from Chapters of 3 Books. Page 11 comes from Chapter 1 with Leslie Richardson. To listen to the full chapter: http://www.3books.co/chapters/1 To get the 3 Books email: http://www.3books.co/3mail To join our community: Follow @neilpasricha on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & YouTube
Chapter 125: Two Syrian Chefs share sheep and shawarma shopkeeping shenanigans
July 03, 2023 11:38 - 58 minutes - 135 MB“All the time focus on the positive things. Not the negative things. Then the karma, it will come, it will reflect to you.” Meet Chef Osama Harwash and Chef Houssam Harwash. Two brothers who came to Canada as Syrian refugees and rented a food stall to begin crafting traditional recipes learned from four generations of Syrian chefs. Listen as they share lessons learned from their sheep-farming great-grandfather at the fall of the Ottoman Empire and then tell us how mint and cardamom...
Bookmark: Live At 'Word On The Street' Book Festival
June 18, 2023 04:37 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBDo you have book festivals where you live? I feel like book festivals are such a sign of healthy community. Long lines to check out independent manga. Local bookstores sponsoring stages where authors answer questions. People walking by dressed as Harry Potter and wearing "The book was better" T-shirts. And, of course, just the energy that comes from thousands and thousands of readers walking around carrying bags full of books. And the air pulsating with thousands of people all tal...
Chapter 124: Martellus Bennett weaves Willy Wonka with warrior wisdom
June 04, 2023 03:41 - 2 hours - 399 MBMartellus Bennett is reimagining imagination. He’s perhaps best known in cultural press for his championship NFL career which included the famous Super Bowl LI comeback where his Patriots were down 28-3 at halftime and rallied for a 34-28 win in OT. But Martellus, who goes by Marty now as well as the new moniker Mr.TOMONOSHi, served as starting Tight End and recorded five catches for 62 yards as well as drawing the key Pass Interference penalty that set up the game-winning touchdown. He s...
Bookmark: Rocking and rolling with ravishing Rich Roll
May 19, 2023 15:53 - 19 minutes - 45.6 MBHappy new moon! Here's a story and a snip from my appearance on The Rich Roll Podcast. Listen to the full show right here: YouTube Apple Spotify
Chapter 123: Suzy Batiz on suffering, surviving, and selling shit
May 05, 2023 17:34 - 3 hours - 500 MB“Do you realize what you’ve done? You’ve taken the smell out of shit!” Suzy Batiz says this is what her husband Hector said — shocked! amazed! — when he realized the strange essential oil spray she’d been obsessively working on late into the night for nine straight months really and actually … worked. Today Suzy is founder of billion-dollar-valued Poo-Pourri and supernatural. But the endless topline superlatives surrounding her — EY Entrepreneur of the Year, ranked #240 on Forbes...
Bookmark: Honing healthy happy habits with the Holdernesses
April 20, 2023 04:12 - 58 minutes - 135 MBPenn and Kim Holderness are a beam of light in the world. If you aren't one of the billion people -- like, an actual billion -- who've watched their viral videos, well then, let me quickly usher you over to their YouTube Channel or Instagram feed. From their original 2013 "#XMAS JAMMIES" singing Christmas card (parodied by Kristin Wiig and team on SNL) to their truly astounding "Hamilton Mask-Up Medley" at the peak of the pandemic -- well, it's all right there. Laughs, connection, lov...
Chapter 122: Tank Sinatra on masterpiece microdosing and meme mastery in our manufactured madness
April 06, 2023 04:34 - 1 hour - 257 MBDiluting central news sources. Constantly narrowing echo chambers. An ever-fracturing sense of community. It’s easy to feel disconnected from each other right now — and from what’s collectively real and true in the world. We need people and places that help unify us and bring us together. “Fear displaces faith and vice versa,” says Tank Sinatra on Chapter 122 of 3 Books. “And laughter displaces everything. It’s impossible to be sad when you’re laughing.” It's no wonder more than 10 mil...
Bookmark: On braving bushy brambles and becoming a birder
March 21, 2023 17:23 - 27 minutes - 63.2 MBI felt trapped early in the pandemic. I normally walk every day in downtown Toronto. I write on park benches and in distant coffee shops and love popping into bookstores and bumping into friends. I am very privileged in that I get to travel one or two days a week, too. But then: the pandemic. It hit hard and I was suddenly sitting in a makeshift office upstairs. Staring at four blank walls and peering out a glass door into the trees and electrical wires outside. And then I saw it...