The 2 Best Books of Titans Podcast Episodes
1) How to Double Your Reading per Year
In this episode, Erik Rostad shares how creating a reading plan can double the amount you read each year.
2) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses book 10 of 52 from his 2020 Reading List – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Show Notes Author: Aldous Huxley Brave New World Purchase the Book Landmark Booksell...Show More
3) 2025 Reading Year Recap
Each year, I stack all of the books from the previous year’s reading list next to me and reminisce over the reading year. It’s one of my favorite yearly podcast episodes and it’s a great way for you t...Show More
4) #272 - Living the Braveheart Life by Randall Wallace
The Braveheart film has had an outsized impact on my life. It first sparked a deep interest in the country of Scotland, that try as I might, I cannot shake. It inspired me to purchase a set of bagpipe...Show More
5) #271 - Rhetorica Ad Herennium by [Cicero]
The two pillars of this reading project are to read more books and to remember what I read. To that end, I’ve experimented with a variety of practices to attempt to assist with memory. I’m always on t...Show More
6) #270 - The Presocratics
I started reading through the complete dialogues of Plato this year. I came to a point where I realized that Plato was referencing philosophers who came before him and I didn’t know anything about the...Show More
7) Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
An introduction to this reading project for anyone new to Books of Titans. I started this in 2017 as an attempt to read more books and experiment with ways to help me remember what I read. It’s morphe...Show More
8) #269 - Plato of Athens by Robin Waterfield
“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”~ Alfred North WhiteheadI’ve been enjoying my Plato Project where I’...Show More
9) #268 - The Idea Machine by Joel J. Miller
I’m making the wild assumption that you like books. Perhaps that’s because you like what’s inside of books - the stories, ideas, information, history. But do you ever just stop and think about the boo...Show More
10) #267 - Sophist by Plato
The goal of this dialogue is to define the Sophist. We’ve seen the Sophist pop up in Greek Tragedy and Comedy and it’s never a pretty picture. They are often contrasted with the Philosopher, the true ...Show More