This Is the Author
658 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA podcast about authors reading their audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio.
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S3 E136: Cristen Conger & Caroline Ervin, Jill Soloway, and Glory Edim
October 16, 2018 18:34 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode meet podcast hosts of Unladylike, Cristen Conger & Caroline Ervin, director and writer, Jill Soloway, creator of the groundbreaking and award-winning TV series Transparent, and founder of Well-Read Black Girl, Glory Edim. You’ll be prepared to smash (glass) ceilings, defy gender roles, and support diverse voices after listening to these authors share both their own inspiring stories – and those of other rabble rousers and role models. And, find out which author’s narration ex...
S3 E135: Alexia Vernon, Mya Spalter, and Rachel Marie Martin
October 16, 2018 18:24 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this episode meet motivational speaker and coach Alexia Vernon, writer Mya Spalter, and blogger Rachel Marie Martin. Listen in as these experts lead you on a path of transformation and empowerment whether you’re seeking professional, spiritual or personal advice and inspiration. And, find out why one author’s dream narrator would actually be a full cast of wonderful, strong women. Step Into Your Moxie by Alexia Vernon: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/574482/step-into-your-moxi...
S3 E134: Markus Zusak, Matt de la Peña, and Nic Stone
October 09, 2018 13:00 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode meet bestselling kids and young adult authors Markus Zusak, Matt de la Peña, and Nic Stone. You’ll hear how their own pasts each inspired them to write their latest stories, whether it’s from an idea that came to one author twenty years ago, to the book one author wishes she had as a guidepost when she was in high school – and of course, why it’s so important for kids to be able to see and hear themselves in books. Plus, from Jim Dale to one’s own brother, hear who their drea...
S3 E133: Jedidiah Jenkins, Heather Havrilesky, and Scott Harrison
October 09, 2018 13:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this episode meet travel writer Jedidiah Jenkins, author and advice columnist Heather Havrilesky, and CEO Scott Harrison. They address the big questions so many of us ask ourselves every day: What is my purpose? Who am I meant to be? And how can I lead a meaningful life that positively impacts others? The personal stories shared in this episode will leave you thinking about positive ways to make change and feel good about yourself. Not to mention, find out which author’s dream narrator pic...
S3 E132: Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, Sam Maggs, and Mashonda Tifrere
October 04, 2018 22:13 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR, hear from beloved actors and happily married couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, writer and host Sam Maggs, and singer Mashonda Tifrere. From marriage to friendships and collaborations to co-parenting, you’ll explore all the different kinds of personal relationships that can enrich your life. And, find out which author’s dream narrator is the voice of Wonder Woman. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullaly and Nick Offerman - http://www.pe...
S3 E131: Scott Belsky, Jay Baer and Daniel Lemin, and Chris Yeh
October 02, 2018 19:26 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode, meet entrepreneur Scott Belsky, marketing experts Jay Baer and Daniel Lemin, and entrepreneur Chris Yeh. You’ll learn about some of the most important--but often forgotten--pieces of business-building. Whether you want to optimize your team’s productivity or create word of mouth buzz among consumers, these experts will walk you through it. And, hear why, even when narrating a business book, channeling emotions is important.
S3 E130: Library Edition, Part 2
September 27, 2018 20:46 - 8 minutes - 11.6 MBIn this special edition of This is the Author, authors Mark and Jay Duplass, Jan Chozen Bays, Stephanie Rosenbloom, Aaron Mahnke, Claudia Renton, Nick Pyenson, and Richard Russo share why libraries are so special to them.
S3 E129: Chip Conley, Reihan Salam, and Nick McDonell
September 24, 2018 20:31 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet hospitality entrepreneur Chip Conley, political commentator and editor Reihan Salam, and journalist Nick McDonell. From how we communicate in the workplace, to how we discuss the immigration debate, and how we talk about the casualties of war, these authors’ books will make you think about the varying viewpoints that affect our world each day. And, find out why, when you’re fifty years old, you should actually only think of yourself as 32 years into ...
S3 E128: Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, Tyler Reagin, and Tal Keinan
September 24, 2018 20:23 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet Google Ventures' "design sprint” creators Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, Catalyst Leader president Tyler Reagin, and Tal Keinan . With these authors, you’ll get access to their handbooks for productivity, leadership, and faith. Plus, find out which author would love to have Winston Churchill narrate his audiobook. Enjoy. Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564727/make-time/ The Life-Giving Leader by...
S3 E127: Dessa, Kate Inglis, and Beth Comstock
September 18, 2018 14:31 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet performer Dessa, author and photographer Kate Inglis, and innovation leader Beth Comstock. Hear the incredibly intimate and true stories of love and loss that brought each writer to the mic and find encouragement and support in facing grief and fear. Plus, discover why recording an audiobook is a delicate balance between narrator and listener. Enjoy. My Own Devices by Dessa: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561615/my-own-devices/ Notes ...
S3 E126: Mark Cucuzzella, Michael Lombardi, and Dr. Tom O’Bryan
September 18, 2018 14:27 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet Mark Cucuzzella, three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi, and Dr. Tom O’Bryan. You’ll be inspired by all of these authors to live better by embracing your dreams and focusing on your health. Plus, discover why one author finds nicknames essential. Enjoy. Run for Your Life by Mark Cucuzzella, MD: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/253698/run-for-your-life/ Gridiron Genius by Michael Lombardi and Bill Belichick: http://www.penguinrando...
S3 E125: Library Edition, Part 1
September 18, 2018 14:11 - 6 minutes - 6.32 MBIn this special edition of This is the Author, listen to authors Mayim Bialik, Heather Turgeon, Alison Pateki, Grant Wahl, Nathalie Nino, Camas Davis, and Mark & Angel Chernoff share why libraries are so special to them.
S3 E124: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ryan North, and Bradley Tusk
September 11, 2018 16:23 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author Ryan North, and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk. Go from space exploration to start-ups, as each of these authors explores the surprising intersection of seemingly-unrelated things: science and military power, history and science, and politics with tech, and business. Plus, hear one author’s plan to gain an invite to Patrick Stewart’s birthday party. Enjoy Accessory to War by Neil deGrasse Tyson...
S3 E123: Jonathan Haidt, Michelle LeClaire, and Carey Nieuwhof
September 11, 2018 16:20 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, former Scientologist Michelle LeClaire, and pastor Carey Nieuwhof. Hear the passion behind each author’s personal journey to the mic and what inspired them; be inspired by the strength and self-love required to escape from a cult; and learn what it takes to be a good leader. Plus, find out which author had trouble pronouncing ramen noodles! Enjoy. The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukian...
S3 E122: Bryan Stevenson, Torrey Maldonado, and Heather Won Tesoriero
September 04, 2018 17:37 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson, teacher and novelist Torrey Maldonado, and former CBS News producer and reporter Heather Won Tesoriero. Hear how these authors are redefining what it means to be a superhero– whether it’s by standing up for America’s youth in underrepresented communities, writing stories that speak to the superhero in all young people, or introducing us to a superhero science teacher and his awe-inspiring students. ...
S3 E121: Khalida Brohi, Kevin Young, and Jeanne Marie Laskas
September 04, 2018 17:33 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet activist Khalida Brohi, poet Kevin Young, and bestselling writer and journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas. You’ll hear about stories from all over the world from the “voiceless” women in Pakistan, to the voices of one’s childhood, to the heartfelt letters of everyday Americans. Plus, learn why poetry, like song, is meant to be shared out loud. Enjoy. I Should Have Honor by Khalida Brohi : http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/536847/i-should-have-ho...
S3 E120: Nathalie Molina Niño, Chris Bailey and Steve Hilton
August 28, 2018 15:57 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this episode we hear from Nathalie Molina Niño, author of Leapfrog, Chris Bailey, author Hyperfocus, and Steve Hilton, author of Positive Populism. Leapfrog by Nathalie Molina Niño: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561511/leapfrog/ Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/562033/hyperfocus/ Positive Populism by Steve Hilton: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/576515/positive-populism/
S3 E119: Dr. Sharon Saline, KJ Dell’Antonia and Maxie McCoy
August 17, 2018 19:28 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBIn this episode we hear from Dr. Sharon Saline, author of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, KJ Dell’Antonia, author How to Be a Happier Parent, and Maxie McCoy, author of You're Not Lost. What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Dr. Sharon Saline: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/562282/what-your-adhd-child-wishes-you-knew/ How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia : http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/539268/how-to-be-a-happier-parent/ You're Not Lost by Maxie Mc...
S3 E118: Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Sam Anderson, Anand Giridharadas
August 17, 2018 19:18 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode, we hear from Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of AWARE, Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town, and Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All. Aware by Daniel J. Siegel, MD: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/539757/aware/ Boom Town by Sam Anderson: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/228335/boom-town/ Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/539747/winners-take-all/
S3 E117: Howard Michael Gould and John Michael Higgins
August 14, 2018 13:13 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode of This is the Author, the author, Howard Michael Gould, and the narrator, John Michael Higgins, discusses recording Last Looks. Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564309/last-looks/
S3 E116: Srinivas Rao, Tiffani Bova, and Jessica Honegger
August 14, 2018 13:07 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet “Unmistakable Creative” podcaster Srinivas Rao, businesswoman Tiffani Bova, and entrepreneur Jessica Honegger. You’ll learn personal and professional skills as these authors talk about creativity, discovering new paths to success, facing your fears…and why one author may have found a new career path thanks to the recording process! An Audience of One by Srinivas Rao: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/534660/an-audience-of-one/ Growth IQ b...
S3 E115: Maeve Higgins, Fatimah Asghar, and Mitch Abblett
August 08, 2018 16:58 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode of THIS IS THE AUTHOR meet comedian Maeve Higgins, poet Fatimah Asghar, and psychologist Mitch Abblett. You’ll go on a journey of personal enlightenment with these authors as they talk about everything from being an immigrant, to how writing is a way of thinking, and how we can better understand ourselves and our patterns in order to find happiness. Plus, perhaps our new favorite answer to who an author’s dream narrator would be if not herself. Hint – he’s blue and has a major...
S3 E114: Laura June, Author of Now My Heart Is Full
July 25, 2018 01:43 - 6 minutes - 8.67 MB"What inspired me to write this memoir was I had a daughter four years ago, and my mother, who had been dead for a long time, was an alcoholic. And as I began to write about motherhood I realized that one thing that was very important to me, in my life with my daughter, was to sort of break a cycle of silence and secrecy that exists within most alcoholic families." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/550388/now-my-heart-is-full/
S3 E113: Camas Davis, Author of Killing It
July 25, 2018 01:41 - 4 minutes - 5.66 MB"I was inspired to write the book when my old editor-in-chief from SAVEUR Magazine reached out to me while I was in France because he'd read some online post that I'd written and said, 'You should think about writing a book.' And I remember telling him, 'No, I don’t want to write a book.'" Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/531102/killing-it/
S3 E112: Amitava Kumar, Author of Immigrant, Montana
July 25, 2018 01:39 - 4 minutes - 5.7 MB"My novel is titled IMMIGRANT, MONTANA. A young man comes to America from India, and hears Dr. Ruth on the radio. He also wants to fall in love, have sex." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/565697/immigrant-montana/
S3 E111: Jean Guerrero, Author of Crux
July 17, 2018 15:06 - 7 minutes - 9.91 MB"I was inspired by Isabel Allende’s memoir PAULA, which she wrote when her daughter was in a coma, which she ultimately did not recover from. I remember I found that book when I was in my MFA program, already pretty close to done with my book. I read that and I saw how she was addressing her daughter directly, and giving the family history to her daughter in an effort to revive her daughter and bring her back to this world. And I realized that what I had wanted to do all along with this book,...
S3 E110: Gretchen Rubin, Author of Happier At Home
July 17, 2018 15:05 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MB"I was inspired to write my book HAPPIER AT HOME because I realized that for me, one of the most important elements for my happiness was feeling happy at home. And I wanted to really dig deep. I wanted to think about how I could be more "at home" at home." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/209400/happier-at-home/
S3 E109: Jonathan Santlofer, Author of The Widower's Notebook
July 09, 2018 17:01 - 5 minutes - 7.54 MB"I wrote my book because I had to. I didn’t plan on it to be a book. I kept notebooks for several years after my wife died and at a certain point I started transcribing them and I realized that in doing that it was not just helping me understand certain things but it was giving me a certain kind of distance I needed to move forward." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563747/the-widowers-notebook/
S3 E108: Paul Greenberg, Author of The Omega Principle
July 09, 2018 16:18 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MB"Here I was really kind of cruising into the very heart of middle age and suddenly there was this compound called Omega-3’s and also this Omega-3 compound was implicitly and explicitly connected to the entire food system of the ocean, at least in how it’s discussed in most magazines and newspapers. I thought this was a good way in to look at a lot of different things going on in the ocean but yet remain focused on what readers are interested in, which is their health and their food." Learn m...
S3 E107: Annie Lowrey, Author of Give People Money
July 09, 2018 16:15 - 6 minutes - 8.36 MB"The inspiration for this book came from a few places; It was really a knitting together of a number of stories and themes that I had been working on for years, having to do with problems with the welfare system, and the kind of grand promise of just giving people cash coming from developing countries, like Brazil. " Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/551618/give-people-money/
S3 E106: Heather Turgeon & Julie Wright, Authors of The Happy Sleeper
July 09, 2018 16:13 - 5 minutes - 8.23 MB"What inspired us to write this book was that we saw so many families and parents struggling with the dilemma of conflicting sleep advice that they were getting. A lot of parents telling us that they really had a feeling that their child was capable of better sleep but that they wanted to be good, responsive, warm parents, and that they’d been reading about attachment parenting and the importance of responding to your baby, your child, so how could they make sense of these two things?" Learn...
S3 E105: Leslie Schwartz, Author of The Lost Chapters
July 09, 2018 16:11 - 5 minutes - 7.58 MB"I wrote my book because I didn’t want to have any secrets and I thought that it would be important to talk about the abuses that women face in jail. I also thought it would be important to talk about books, because even though we live in the digital age, there’s nothing better than holding a book in your hand." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/566410/the-lost-chapters/
S3 E104: Cara Alwill Leyba, Author of Like She Owns The Place
July 09, 2018 16:07 - 5 minutes - 7.02 MB"I was inspired to write this book because I actually wrote a book called GIRL CODE a couple of years ago, which was all about women coming together and supporting one another. But I noticed there was an issue. Women were totally excited and on board to support one another, and they knew that they’d be happier if they did that, but they couldn’t get there if they didn’t have confidence in themselves first." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561708/like-she-owns-the-place/
S3 E103: Beck Dorey-Stein, Author of From The Corner Of The Oval
July 09, 2018 16:04 - 3 minutes - 5.35 MB"My book is about my five years that I spent in the white house in the Obama administration and the two months I spent in the Trump administration as a stenographer. I actually got the job on Craigslist so I was a bit of a fish out of water. The story is really about a young woman, me, finding her way along the corridors of power and making a lot of bad decisions and poor life choices, and having a lot of embarrassing moments, but also figuring out what’s important and what’s not—all while ha...
S3 E102: Ben Reiter, Author of Astroball
July 09, 2018 16:02 - 3 minutes - 4.96 MB"ASTROBALL is really the result of several twists of fate. In 2014, in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, I wrote a cover story about what was then the worst team in baseball, one of the worst teams in baseball history, and we predicted on the cover that they would win the 2017 World Series. And then they actually did. I just had to write a book about the new techniques they used to get from the bottom to the top." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/586547/astroball/
S3 E101: Rose Brock, Author of Hope Nation
July 05, 2018 19:45 - 4 minutes - 5.73 MB"Hope Nation is a collection of stories and essays about hope written by some of my personal favorite YA writers writing for readers today." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/561595/hope-nation/
S3 E100: David Wise, Author of A Headache In The Pelvis
July 05, 2018 19:43 - 3 minutes - 5.27 MB"I wrote this book with Rodney Anderson at Stanford because I suffered from chronic pelvic pain for over 20 years and gratefully I found a way to stop it. The recovery from pelvic pain was one of the major miracles of my life. We wrote this book to bring this amazing method to the many who suffer from chronic pelvic pain syndrome who have not found an answer to their condition." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558308/a-headache-in-the-pelvis/
S3 E99: Nick Pyenson, Author of Spying On Whales
June 26, 2018 18:45 - 5 minutes - 7.77 MB"A lot of the inspiration for this book came from experiences doing fieldwork. I’ve been fortunate in being able to do a lot of different kinds of scientific fieldwork, whether it's digging up fossils, tagging the backs of living whales, or dissecting their carcasses. " Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/556686/spying-on-whales/
S3 E98: Mona Charen, Author of Sex Matters
June 26, 2018 18:42 - 3 minutes - 4.17 MB"I wrote my book because I’ve been thinking about what has gone wrong in our relations between men and women for as long as I’ve been an adult. As I say in the book, my life tracks almost perfectly with the modern second-wave feminist movement, and I think I have a perspective that lifespan gives me about what has gone right and wrong with the movement." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/548987/sex-matters/
S3 E97: Zachary Wood, Author of Uncensored
June 19, 2018 19:52 - 3 minutes - 5.25 MB"I had always wanted to write a memoir one day, and I had always wanted to write a book, and I thought that it'd be a unique opportunity to speak to a number of issues I care deeply about—issues of free speech, issues of race, class, inequality—and ultimately, to speak to the ways in which I hope to make a positive difference in the lives of others." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/562651/uncensored/
S3 E96: Dr. Mona Hanna - Attisha, Author of What The Eyes Don't See
June 19, 2018 19:51 - 4 minutes - 6.42 MB"I decided to write this for three reasons. I wanted a vehicle to keep the spotlight bright on the Flint water crisis because I knew that the nation's attention would fade while many of the needs and problems resulting from the crisis would remain. Second, I also wanted a vessel to share the Flint story not only for our terrible lessons, but to also share that there are Flints everywhere, communities raddled with poverty, injustice, and lost democracy. Finally, I wanted a megaphone to tell th...
S3 E95: Evan Burfield, Author of Regulatory Hacking
June 19, 2018 19:49 - 7 minutes - 9.69 MB"REGULATORY HACKING: A PLAYBOOK FOR STARTUPS is really the culmination of this incredibly cool journey I’ve had the privilege to go on over the last five years. Through co-founding 1776 with Donna Harris, I’ve gotten to meet these incredible startup founders all over the world: from Silicon Valley, from Washington D.C., but also Nairobi, Singapore, London, Brussels. And this is really more a story about the incredible things I’ve learned from them." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhousea...
S3 E94: Wendy Mitchell, Author of Somebody I Used To Know
June 12, 2018 12:36 - 3 minutes - 4.48 MB"I wrote my book, SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW, because I wanted to show the audience that the diagnosis of dementia doesn’t have to mean the end. When people hear the word “dementia” they often think of the end stages. I wanted to show how each person has a beginning, and a middle, and many adventures and laughter in between." Learn more; http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563464/somebody-i-used-to-know/
S3 E93: Shane Snow, Author of Dream Teams
June 12, 2018 12:32 - 3 minutes - 5.43 MB"What planted the seed for this book was a couple of things. I allude to this story of my dad being an engineer, working in nuclear energy. I grew up with this storyline about how all of these amazing scientists collaborated together to create this groundbreaking thing that was going to change the world. Then when I was an adult, I learned how that same technology was probably going to be what wipes us out. I kind of freaked out about this for a while." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomho...
S3 E92: Claudia Renton, Author of Those Wild Wyndhams
June 12, 2018 12:30 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MB"What brought me to write about the Wyndham sisters was the painting, really, the painting that hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It’s a tremendous painting, it’s enormous, and it takes up almost one big wall of the gallery. And if you go and see that painting you’ll see that it kind of socks you in the face. And it was that question of what lay behind that image of perfection of these three women dressed all in white, and what their lives were." Learn more: http://www.pen...
S3 E91: Allen Gannett, Author of The Creative Curve
June 12, 2018 12:27 - 3 minutes - 5.17 MB"I wrote my book because I saw so many creatives, especially marketers, who I work with everyday that would stop before they start." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558024/the-creative-curve/
S3 E90: Jordan Peterson, Author of Maps Of Meaning
June 12, 2018 12:19 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MB"I wrote this book as a consequence of being obsessed, I would say, with the insanity of the Cold War. It struck me in the '80s, and I suppose in the late '70s, that the fact that two armed camps had appeared in the world, each of which was poised to destroy the other utterly, and themselves at the same time, was a problem of such paramount importance that nothing else was worth thinking about." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/597643/maps-of-meaning/
S3 E89: Lauren Groff, Author of Florida
June 04, 2018 19:15 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MB"I began to write this book a few years after we moved to Gainesville, Florida, where we’ve been for about 12 years. The first few years I really lived here kicking and screaming. I did not want to be here. And eventually I started to understand that my more interesting and maybe more complex work comes out of a sense of ambivalence." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/318610/florida/
S3 E88: Mark Goulston, Author of Get Out Of Your Own Way
June 04, 2018 19:14 - 2 minutes - 3.58 MB"What inspired me to write GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY is that most people come to psychotherapy trying to get out of their own way. It’s the greatest block to their success, their happiness, their wellbeing, to living a life they won’t regret, when they get to the end of it." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/337376/get-out-of-your-own-way/
S3 E87: Yrsa Daley-Ward, Author of The Terrible
June 04, 2018 19:12 - 2 minutes - 2.77 MB"My book is a memoir entitled THE TERRIBLE, and THE TERRIBLE is my real-life story. I wrote a memoir by mistake. I intended to write a work of fiction, and when I sat down to write this work of fiction, everything that came out was true." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563909/the-terrible/