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Chapter 138: Maria Popova mines meaning in marginalia
Season 1 Episode 138
Maria Popova was born in communist Bulgaria and emigrated to the U.S. six days after her 19th birthday back in 2003. She studied at the University of…
1 year, 5 months ago
Chapter 137: Jonathan Franzen finds fellow freaks and forges fantastic fiction
Season 1 Episode 137
I remember getting the knife. It was near Christmas about 10 years ago and Leslie and I were zipping up a tiny suitcase before a beach trip wit…
1 year, 6 months ago
Chapter 136: 3 St. Louis Uber drivers on bullets, bruises, and babies
Season 1 Episode 136
I just got back from St. Louis.
It was my first time there and I met a wonderfully rich collection of people who I'm so excited to introduce you to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Chapter 135: Cal Newport severs cell subservience to steep slow success
Season 1 Episode 135
Cal Newport is a guide, a visionary, a role model to me and millions of others on living an intentional and productive life amidst our noisy, scatter…
1 year, 8 months ago
Chapter 134: Susan Orlean on lusty ledes and literary lessons for life
Season 1 Episode 134
I got an email from longtime 3 Booker Bo Boswell who told me he found an enticingly-titled thread on reddit called "What's your field or study (hobby…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chapter 133: Celine Song stitches sumptuous stories from Seoul to soul
Season 1 Episode 133
It's Oscar season!
I was so thrilled to see 'Past Lives', the astounding slow-moving-yet-somehow-fast-paced debut film from Celine Song nominated f…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chapter 132: Robin Dunbar on nullifying negativity with numbered natural networks
Season 1 Episode 132
Back in Chapter 101 of '3 Books' we had a magical, eve-of-'Everything-Everywhere-All-At-Once'-coming-out moment-in-time conversation with creative su…
1 year, 11 months ago
Chapter 131: J. Drew Lanham on breaking boundaries to become better birdwatchers
Season 1 Episode 131
Buckle up! We are heading down to the fields of Clemson, South Carolina! I got an email from 3 Booker Rumble D. back in February which said "Neil, I …
2 years ago
The Best of 2023: Neil Pasricha rewinds and reflects on the richness of reading
Season 1
Another year around the sun!
It is the Winter Solstice which means it is time for our sixth annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books. 3 Books began bac…
2 years ago
Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos
Season 1 Episode 130
"Your airbag" by Ralph Nader. "Your seatbelt" by Ralph Nader. "Your cleaner air" by Ralph Nader. "Your safer food" by Ralph Nader. "Your lead protect…
2 years, 1 month ago