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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Book Summary

"A guide to using ancient practices to improve your quality of life and achieve your goals" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Robin Sharma Category: Religion & Spirituality

Dec 4, 202322 min

The Disordered Mind - Book Summary

"What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Eric R. Kandel Category: Psychology

Dec 4, 202330 min

Until the End of Time - Book Summary

"Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Brian Greene Category: Science

Dec 4, 202340 min

I Contain Multitudes - Book Summary

"The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ed Yong Category: Health & Nutrition

Dec 4, 202324 min

A Thousand Brains - Book Summary

"A New Theory of Intelligence" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jeff Hawkins Category: Science

Dec 4, 202319 min

Skin in the Game - Book Summary

"Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Category: Science

Dec 4, 202322 min

The Language Instinct - Book Summary

"How the Mind Creates Language" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Steven Pinker Category: Science

Dec 4, 202331 min

The Age of Empathy - Book Summary

"Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Frans de Waal Category: Science

Dec 4, 202319 min

Phantoms in the Brain - Book Summary

"Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee Category: Psychology

Dec 4, 202326 min

The Brain that Changes Itself - Book Summary

"Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Norman Doidge Category: Psychology

Dec 4, 202339 min

The Communist Manifesto - Book Summary

"Workers of the world unite!" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Category: Philosophy

Dec 3, 202320 min

How to Create a Mind - Book Summary

"The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ray Kurzweil Category: Science

Dec 3, 202325 min

The Great Influenza - Book Summary

"The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History" Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: John M. Barry Category: History

Dec 3, 202333 min

On the Origin of Time - Book Summary

"Stephen Hawking's Final Theory" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Thomas Hertog Category: Education

Dec 3, 202322 min

Suggestible You - Book Summary

"The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Erik Vance Category: Health & Nutrition

Dec 3, 202325 min

The Science of Kissing - Book Summary

"What Our Lips Are Telling Us" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Sheril Kirshenbaum Category: Science

Dec 3, 202319 min

Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels - Book Summary

"How Human Values Evolve" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ian Morris Category: History

Dec 3, 202329 min

Emotional - Book Summary

"How Feelings Shape Our Thinking" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Leonard Mlodinow Category: Personal Development

Dec 3, 202325 min

The Passion Paradox - Book Summary

"A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness Category: Personal Development

Dec 3, 202320 min

What If? 2 - Book Summary

"Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Randall Munroe Category: Science

Dec 3, 202319 min

Superintelligence - Book Summary

"Paths, Dangers, Strategies" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Nick Bostrom Category: Science

Dec 2, 202327 min

Calling Bullshit - Book Summary

"The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West Category: Personal Development

Dec 2, 202329 min

Livewired - Book Summary

"The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Eagleman Category: Science

Dec 2, 202324 min

In Praise of Walking - Book Summary

"The new science of how we walk and why it’s good for us" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Shane O'Mara Category: Health & Nutrition

Dec 2, 202322 min

The Great Mental Models - Book Summary

"General Thinking Concepts" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien Category: Personal Development

Dec 2, 202332 min

A General Theory of Love - Book Summary

"The science behind falling in love" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon Category: Science

Dec 2, 202328 min

Where Good Ideas Come From - Book Summary

"The Natural History of Innovation" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Steven Johnson Category: Creativity

Dec 2, 202324 min

The Emperor's New Mind - Book Summary

"Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Roger Penrose Category: Psychology

Dec 2, 202330 min

The Science of Living - Book Summary

"219 Reasons to Rethink Your Daily Routine" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Stuart Farrimond Category: Personal Development

Dec 2, 202321 min

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Book Summary

"A groundbreaking study in how science progresses" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Thomas S. Kuhn Category: Science

Dec 2, 202320 min

The Body Keeps the Score - Book Summary

"Mind, Brain and the Body in the Transformation of Trauma" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Bessel van der Kolk Category: Health & Nutrition

Dec 1, 202325 min

River of the Gods - Book Summary

"Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Candice Millard Category: History

Dec 1, 202322 min

The Genius of Dogs - Book Summary

"Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man’s Best Friend" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202322 min

The Genius of Birds - Book Summary

"Behold the brilliance of birds!" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jennifer Ackerman Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202327 min

A Sky Full of Birds - Book Summary

"In Search of Murders, Murmurations and Britain’s Great Bird Gatherings" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Matt Merritt Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202322 min

Cat - Book Summary

"How humanity fell in love with our feline companions" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Katharine M. Rogers Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202318 min

The Fate of Food - Book Summary

"What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Amanda Little Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202324 min

The Inner Life of Animals - Book Summary

"Love, Grief, and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Peter Wohlleben Category: Nature & the Environment

Dec 1, 202330 min

Wiser - Book Summary

"The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Dilip Jeste with Scott LaFee Category: Philosophy

Dec 1, 202321 min

The Demon-Haunted World - Book Summary

"Science as a Candle in the Dark" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Carl Sagan Category: Religion & Spirituality

Dec 1, 202329 min

Breath - Book Summary

"The New Science of a Lost Art" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: James Nestor Category: Health & Nutrition

Nov 30, 202325 min

The Three Marriages - Book Summary

"Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: David Whyte Category: Religion & Spirituality

Nov 30, 202326 min

Signs - Book Summary

"The Secret Language of the Universe" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Laura Lynne Jackson Category: Religion & Spirituality

Nov 30, 202319 min

The Immortality Key - Book Summary

"The Secret History of the Religion with No Name" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Brian C. Muraresku Category: History

Nov 30, 202321 min

The Right Side of History - Book Summary

"How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Ben Shapiro Category: Religion & Spirituality

Nov 30, 202328 min

Righteous Indignation - Book Summary

"Excuse Me While I Save the World!" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Andrew Breitbart Category: Politics

Nov 30, 202314 min

Feral - Book Summary

"Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: George Monbiot Category: Nature & the Environment

Nov 30, 202327 min

Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life - Book Summary

"Living the Wisdom of the Tao" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Wayne W. Dyer Category: Religion & Spirituality

Nov 30, 202321 min

We Are the Weather - Book Summary

"Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Jonathan Safran Foer Category: Nature & the Environment

Nov 30, 202325 min

Keep Showing Up - Book Summary

"How To Stay Crazy In Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Karen Ehman Category: Religion & Spirituality

Nov 30, 202322 min