Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Chapter 11: Kerri Kolen on creepy closets, crafting cosmos, and courageously confined kids
Season 1 Episode 11
Our world is so full.
Our world is so busy.
Our world is so cluttered.
Newspaper boxes. Pop-up ads. TVs in elevators. There are so many things trying…
7 years, 4 months ago
Chapter 10: Elan Mastai on astronomical advances, artistic ambitions, and advice for aspiring authors
Season 1 Episode 10
Do you make your own luck?
Do you really control what happens?
Or do you simply dump everything you can in the system, press the big green button, an…
7 years, 4 months ago
Chapter 9: Dave Barry on snappy satire, secret societies, and singing with Stephen King
Season 1 Episode 9
Do you remember the comedy dry zone?
I'm talking about the barren, hardscrabble times when getting a free laugh from the comfort of your toilet wasn'…
7 years, 5 months ago
Chapter 8: Sarah Andersen on composing cartoons, combating critics, and cultivating creativity
Season 1 Episode 8
It's getting tougher to grow up these days.
We're surrounded by endlessly reflecting images of everyone else having fun without us.
There are incr…
7 years, 5 months ago
Chapter 7: Vishwas the world's greatest Uber Driver on setting your own standards and sharing secrets of stellar service
Season 1 Episode 7
In this Chapter of 3 Books, I jump into the backseat of Vishwas Aggrawal's Uber and take a trip you won't soon forget.
This is a story about setting…
7 years, 6 months ago
Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores
Season 1 Episode 6
Did you grow up with Judy Blume?
My mom says I "found my voice" reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing to my sister in the bathtub when I was a litt…
7 years, 6 months ago
Chapter 5: Gretchen Rubin on pinpointing personal patterns to perfecting our paths
Season 1 Episode 5
Welcome to the fifth chapter of 3 Books where I chat with Gretchen Rubin (@Gretchen Rubin) in the Penguin Random House studio in downtown Toronto.
I…
7 years, 7 months ago
Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling
Season 1 Episode 4
Welcome to the first chapter of 3 Books recorded live in an open bookstore!
Book City is in the heart of Toronto's beautiful Bloor West Village neigh…
7 years, 7 months ago
Chapter 3: Bestselling author Seth Godin on the stories you tell yourself
Season 1 Episode 3
I flew down to New York to uncover and discuss the most formative books of the one and only Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) from his Hastings-On-Hudson…
7 years, 8 months ago
Chapter 2: Frank Warren of PostSecret on understanding your past to control your future
Season 1 Episode 2
From a sunny balcony in San Diego overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Frank Warren of PostSecret and I uncover and discuss his three most formative books …
7 years, 8 months ago