On Books Podcast
1) 63: The Social Good Book Series: The Long Now Interview with Zander Rose (Part 4)
In 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, ...Show More
63: The Social Good Book Series: The Long Now Interview with Zander Rose (Part 4)
23:03 | Oct 31st, 2021
2) 62: Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken by Lordo Rinzler
Buddhism 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 Lodr...Show More
3) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari [Rebroadcast]
From 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 en...Show More
4) Buy the Change You Want to See
Buy 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 ...Show More
5) Educated by Tara Westover
Educated 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 hos...Show More
6) How Not To Die
In 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...Show More
7) Conscious Capitalism with Corey Blake
Conscious 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 ma...Show More
8) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In 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 ...Show More
9) How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand
I 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 be...Show More
10) 50 Ways to Get a Job with Dev Aujla
50 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 ...Show More