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T.H.E. Audio Book Club

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 16 ratings

Jordan Leigh and Matthew English talk about books

Books Arts Education literature book club society history new ideas
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Episodes

Ch. 13 - Billion Dollar Whale (Tom Wright), The Oligarchs (David Hoffman), China's Second Continent (Howard French)

February 09, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB

Jho Low makes a bid for T.H.E. Audio Book Club hall of fame

Ch. 12 - Deep Work, So Good They Can't Ignore You (Cal Newport), Remote (DHH, Jason Fried), The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)

January 05, 2019 05:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

Matt and Jordan take a look at some of the most popular books around modern work productivity.

Ch. 11 - The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery (Robert Greene)

December 02, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

Matt and Jordan return from break to discuss their journey through Eastern Europe and Robert Greene's uncanny ability to analyze wikipedia articles

Ch. 10 - The Power Broker (Robert Caro), Divided Highways (Tom Lewis)

October 26, 2018 05:00 - 3 hours - 214 MB

Matt and Jordan break down Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Robert Moses, the man who built New York.

Ch. 9 - The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley), The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe), PiHKAL (Alexander Shulgin), The Psychedelic Experience (Timothy Leary)

October 12, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB

Matt and Jordan review some famous books that explore the topic of psychedelics. Jordan describes his experience taking LSD for the first time.

Ch. 8 - Understanding Media (Marshall McLuhan), Propaganda (Edward Bernays), Manufacturing Consent (Noam Chomsky)

October 01, 2018 05:00 - 48 minutes - 56.2 MB

Matt and Jordan work through Marshall McLuhan's media theory and the life of Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda.

Ch. 7 - The Fish That Ate the Whale (Rich Cohen), Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)

September 20, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Matt and Jordan talk about the incredible history of bananas, Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, and Samuel Zemurray makes a bid for T.H.E. Audio Book Club hall of fame.

Ch. 6 - The Idea Factory (Jon Gertner), The Chip (T.R. Reid), Crystal Fire (Michael Riordan)

September 15, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Ch. 6 - The Idea Factory (Jon Gertner), The Chip (T.R. Reid), Crystal Fire (Michael Riordan)

Ch. 5 - Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harari)

September 07, 2018 05:00 - 2 hours - 139 MB

Ch. 5 - Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harari)

Ch. 4 - The Rum Diary (Hunter S Thompson), The Battle for Paradise (Naomi Klein)

August 31, 2018 05:00 - 46 minutes - 53.3 MB

Ch. 4 - The Rum Diary (Hunter S Thompson), The Battle for Paradise (Naomi Klein)

Ch. 3 - The Patriarch (David Nasaw), Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)

August 24, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Ch. 3 - The Patriarch (David Nasaw), Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)

Ch. 2 - Einstein (Walter Isaacson), Moonwalking with Einstein (Joshua Foer), Civilian Warriors (Erik Prince)

August 17, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Ch. 2 - Einstein (Walter Isaacson), Moonwalking with Einstein (Joshua Foer), Civilian Warriors (Erik Prince)

Ch. 1 - On China (Henry Kissinger), China's Economy (Arthur Kroeber)

August 07, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 136 MB

On China (Henry Kissinger), China's Economy (Arthur Kroeber)