Latest Bestbooks Podcast Episodes
63: The Social Good Book Series: The Long Now Interview with Zander Rose (Part 4)
On Books - October 31, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode I talk with Zander Rose (Director of the Long Now Foundation) on long-term thinking, and building something that lasts longer than ourselves. This is the fourth episode in the series, but feel free to listen to them in any order you like. Books notes available at: http://www.on-b...
62: Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken by Lordo Rinzler
On Books - October 25, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsBuddhism has a lot to say about suffering—and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2,500-year-old teachin...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari [Rebroadcast]
On Books - October 18, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at le...
Buy the Change You Want to See
On Books - October 11, 2021 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsBuy the Change You Want to See is a new book that just came out, by Jane Mosbacher Morris. It's promoting the idea to “Vote with your dollar,” a concept that I love, and to the best of my extent, try to live by everyday. Vote with your dollar is more or less the idea that you, as the consumer,...
Educated by Tara Westover
On Books - October 04, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsEducated is the memoir about a girl who went from being homeschooled in rural Idaho, to receive her Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Along the way she confronts poverty, ignorance, violence, and a host of other challenges. It's the remarkable, true story of Westover's journey to find an educatio...
How Not To Die
On Books - September 27, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America--heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more--and explains ho...
Conscious Capitalism with Corey Blake
On Books - September 20, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsConscious Capitalism is a way of thinking about capitalism and business that better reflects where we are in the human journey, the state of our world today, and the innate potential of business to make a positive impact on the world. Started by Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and professor R...
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
On Books - September 13, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the ide...
How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand
On Books - September 13, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsI love this book because while the subject of is "buildings," it's really about time. What happens to the objects we create over time? Buildings inevitably change with time, but what makes some get better, while others get worse? To answer that question, Stewart Brand has organized hundreds of...
50 Ways to Get a Job with Dev Aujla
On Books - September 06, 2021 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratings50 Ways to Get a Job is a career book with fifty proven exercises you can use to find meaningful work. Last week I met with Dev Aujla to discuss his favorite takeaways from the book. One thing I have concluded after my chat with Dev: Resumes alone don’t work. How do most people apply for a...
Chuck Klosterman, "Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past"
On Books - August 30, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How s...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
On Books - August 23, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsFor decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of ...
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
On Books - August 23, 2021 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsBird by Bird is one of my favorite books on writing, and life. In this episode I'll read from the book, and give you some key takeaways. For more info visit www.castig.org Excerpt: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds wr...
Mastering Bitcoin & The Internet of Money by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
On Books - August 16, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsWhile many books explain the how of bitcoin, The Internet of Money delves into the why of bitcoin. Acclaimed information-security expert and author of Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines and contextualizes the significance of bitcoin through a series of essays spanning the exhila...
Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday
On Books - July 26, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsMany of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it...
Sam Arbesman on The Half-Life of Facts
On Books - July 19, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing. Samuel Arbesman is on the show today to help ...
Interview: Bea Johnson on Zero Waste Home, Rapidfire Q&A, and inventing sustainable business models (Part 2) [The Social Good Book Series]
On Books - July 05, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. The book is a how-to guide for reducing as much waste as possible from your life. In this episode of On Books, I interview Bea and discuss about how to reduce waste.
Book Summary: Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson (Part 1) [The Social Good Book Series]
On Books - June 21, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. The book is a how-to guide for reducing as much waste as possible from your life. In this episode of On Books I share my favorite tips from Bea's book for reducing waste, as well as a reading f...
On Reading Haruki Murakami: What does it mean to follow an author’s canon of work?
On Books - June 14, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsHaruki Murakami’s books are a blend of modern culture, and fantasy. Arguably, Murakami is Japan’s most famous author, his writing resonates on a frequency that is distinctly “Murakami.” Over the past 30 years, Murakami has written 13 novels including: Norwegian Wood (1987), Sputnik Sweetheart ...
Peter Singer on doing "The most good you can do", Rapidfire Q&A, and Social Good Startups
On Books - May 24, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsPeter Singer is a well known Australian philosopher and author. In 2005 Time magazine named Singer one of the top 100 most influential people of the year. His latest two books The Life You Can Save (2009), and The Most Good You Can Do (2015) explore how you can be a vehicle for change in the wor...
Book Summary: The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
On Books - April 26, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, I discuss The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, by Kevin Kelly. The Inevitable is driven by the idea that the technological trends of the next 30 years can be predicted. Over 336 pages the book breaks down the Top 12...
Kevin Kelly on The Inevitable, 60s Counterculture, and How to Read Better
On Books - April 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 39 ratingsThis week I was lucky enough to interview one of my favorite people of all time: Kevin Kelly. Tim Ferriss refers to Kevin as the real-life “Most Interesting Man In The World." He is one of the co-founders of Wired Magazine, co-founder of the Quantified Self Movement, and serves on t...
The Social Good Book Series: The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
On Books - March 29, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, we discuss The Life You Can Save, by Peter Singer. Books notes available at: http://www.on-books.com
The Social Good Books Series: The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
On Books - March 15, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, we discuss The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically, by Peter Singer. Books notes available at: http://www.on-books.com
The Social Good Books Series: The Long Now (Part 3)
On Books - February 08, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsHow do you build something that will last 10,000 years? In this episode of On Books, we discuss The Clock of the Long Now by Stewart Brand. This is the third episode in the series, but feel free to listen to them in any order you like. Books notes available at: http://www.on-books.com
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
On Books - February 08, 2021 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsPersonally, I feel burdened by the daily overproduction of knowledge. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach: I consume countless articles and podcasts, but I can never fully digest it all. Can someone please just tell me what to pay attention to? Enter Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons fo...
Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country (Part 2)
On Books - February 01, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, we discuss Part 2 of Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country. Books notes available at: http://www.on-books.com Subscribe on iTunes! And follow On Books: Twitter: @onbooksshow (http://www.twitter.com/onbooksshow) Facebook: /onbooksshow (http://www.facebook.com/onbo...
The Social Good Books Series: The Long Now (Part 2)
On Books - January 25, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsHow does social change happen over time? What is more powerful nature or commerce? In this episode of On Books, we discuss The Clock of the Long Now by Stewart Brand. This is the second episode in the series, but feel free to listen to them in any order you like. Books notes available at: http:/...
The Social Good Books Series: The Long Now (Part 1)
On Books - January 04, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, we discuss The Clock of the Long Now by Stewart Brand. Books notes available at:http://www.on-books.com
Leave The World Better Than How You Found It
On Books - December 28, 2020 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode of On Books, we discuss an idea I've been consumed by. This discussion will help set the stage for the next series of books coming up. This episode is called, "To Leave the World a Better Place Than How I Found it." Books notes available at: http://www.on-books.com Subscribe on...
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