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Why Buddhism Is True (Robert Wright) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 55
What are the secular parts of Buddhism that align with evolutionary biology/psychology?
In the somewhat provocatively titled 'Why Buddhism Is True', …
5 years, 2 months ago
Doing Good Better (William MacAskill) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 54
How can we use our resources to help others the most? William MacAskill, one of the cofounders of the Effective Altruism movement tries to answer thi…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 53
How many people do you know that you would describe as a 'psychopath'?. If you answered none than you might be surprised at some of the info containe…
5 years, 2 months ago
Two Who Survived (M. Lee Connolly) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 52
'Two Who Survived' is the story of Rose & Max Schindler in the Nazi concentration camps, written by M. Lee Connolly. It follows their separate journe…
5 years, 2 months ago
Thinking, Fast And Slow (Daniel Kahneman) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 51
How well do you really know your own mind?
'Thinking, Fast And Slow' is a hugely influential book published by the Nobel Prize winning psychologist D…
5 years, 2 months ago
So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Jon Ronson) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 50
What is the most shame you have felt and was it something public or private? 'So You've Been Publicly Shamed' is a deep dive into the topic of shame …
5 years, 2 months ago
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 49
Disgrace: the loss reputation/respect as the result of a dishonourable action. J. M. Coetzee is a Nobel Prize winner and also was awarded the Booker …
5 years, 2 months ago
Learnings From 'The War Of Art' - Steven Pressfield
Season 1 Episode 48
In this bonus episode Juan goes through some of his favourite quotes and learnings from Steven Pressfield's 'The War of Art'. This is supplementary t…
5 years, 2 months ago
The War Of Art (Steven Pressfield) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 47
Do you find yourself procrastinating and unable to overcome the negative self-talk of why you can't do something great? 'The War Of Art' is a fabulou…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 46
How much can one man endure while fulfilling his personal obligations to family/society?
'The Age of Innocence' was published in 1920 and one year la…
5 years, 2 months ago