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He cited the book as a source of Charlie Munger's wisdom and noted its influential quotes.
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That's a direct quote from poor Charlie's Almanack.
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He cited the book as a source of Charlie Munger's wisdom and noted its influential quotes.
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That's a direct quote from poor Charlie's Almanack.
Make Something Wonderful
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He described the free ebook as a collection of Steve Jobs's own words, highlighting his philosophy on creating great products.
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Steve Jobs in his own words and it's remarkable. It's a free book called Make Something Wonderful.
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He described the free ebook as a collection of Steve Jobs's own words, highlighting his philosophy on creating great products.
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Steve Jobs in his own words and it's remarkable. It's a free book called Make Something Wonderful.
The Ancient City - Imperium Press (Traditionalist Histories)
The host referenced a great book titled The Ancient City that reconstructs prehistoric civilization and early tribal societies.
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You know, one way of describing, there's this great book called The Ancient City that goes back and reconstructs basically like pre, basically prehistoric civilization, like what it was like.
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The host referenced a great book titled The Ancient City that reconstructs prehistoric civilization and early tribal societies.
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You know, one way of describing, there's this great book called The Ancient City that goes back and reconstructs basically like pre, basically prehistoric civilization, like what it was like.
Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking
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Gelb mentioned that he wrote a book titled Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking, highlighting it as a personal publication on enjoying wine responsibly.
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I wrote a book called Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking.
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Gelb mentioned that he wrote a book titled Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking, highlighting it as a personal publication on enjoying wine responsibly.
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I wrote a book called Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking.
Feeding You Lies
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Hari described her book as exposing how the food industry uses reputablelooking groups to defend harmful chemicals and foodgreed policies.
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And when I wrote about it in my book, Feeding You Lies, the food industry will use groups that look very reputable to defend their chemicals and their food greed policies.
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Hari described her book as exposing how the food industry uses reputablelooking groups to defend harmful chemicals and foodgreed policies.
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And when I wrote about it in my book, Feeding You Lies, the food industry will use groups that look very reputable to defend their chemicals and their food greed policies.
Food Babe Family
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Hari cited Food Babe Family as the second cookbook she authored alongside Food Babe Kitchen.
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I've written two cookbooks, Food Babe Kitchen and Food Babe Family, to help families eat real food.
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Hari cited Food Babe Family as the second cookbook she authored alongside Food Babe Kitchen.
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I've written two cookbooks, Food Babe Kitchen and Food Babe Family, to help families eat real food.
Good Energy
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That's why Dr. Casey Means and Callie Means talk about in their book, Good Energy, that this is something that is literally attacking the entire body when we eat real food.
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Hari referred to the book Good Energy, noting it discusses how certain chemicals attack the body and metabolic health.
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That's why Dr. Casey Means and Callie Means talk about in their book, Good Energy, that this is something that is literally attacking the entire body when we eat real food.
Back Mechanic
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He calls it spinal hygiene. So the book is Back Mechanic by Stu. It's a little bit expensive. It's about 60 bucks, but it's really good.
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They discussed the book as a guide to spinal hygiene, recommending it for learning how to avoid bending at the waist and protect the back.
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He calls it spinal hygiene. So the book is Back Mechanic by Stu. It's a little bit expensive. It's about 60 bucks, but it's really good.
Two Concepts of Liberty / Freedom
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He mentioned reading this work alongside The Hedgehog and the Fox as part of his intellectual background.
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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.
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He mentioned reading this work alongside The Hedgehog and the Fox as part of his intellectual background.
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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.
Confessions of a Philosopher
He called it a wonderful book that he had been reading while reflecting on meaning and mortality.
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He called it a wonderful book that he had been reading while reflecting on meaning and mortality.
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It's a wonderful book called Brian McGee the Confessions of a Philosopher where he talks about his midlife crisis and the quest for meaning.
How to Think Like Socrates
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And your book is called How to Think Like Socrates, which is how to think for yourself.
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He presented it as his new book that teaches readers to think for themselves.
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And your book is called How to Think Like Socrates, which is how to think for yourself.
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
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He mentioned it as a previous book that required four times the effort of his current work.
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He put four times as much work into that book, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor.
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He mentioned it as a previous book that required four times the effort of his current work.
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He put four times as much work into that book, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor.
Socrates in Love
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He praised it as a recent speculative biography of Socrates that he really liked.
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There's a really cool book that came out recently called Socrates and Love by Armand Danguer, which I really like.
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He praised it as a recent speculative biography of Socrates that he really liked.
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There's a really cool book that came out recently called Socrates and Love by Armand Danguer, which I really like.
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There's this book called The User Illusion by Thor Noritrandus.
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Visakan referenced The User Illusion as a lesserknown book by Danish physicist Thor Nrretranders that discusses consciousness and the limits of knowledge.
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There's this book called The User Illusion by Thor Noritrandus.
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
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Visakan mentioned Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking, noting its unconventional method of having readers continue smoking while reading the book.
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...and in the book, easy way to quit smoking by Alan Carr.
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First, let me say, when I was writing the book Just as Deadly, The Psychology of Female Serial Killers, I was thinking to myself, is this a feminist book?
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She discussed writing her book "Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers", published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, noting the upcoming paperback edition.
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First, let me say, when I was writing the book Just as Deadly, The Psychology of Female Serial Killers, I was thinking to myself, is this a feminist book?
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Just as Deadly, The Psychology of Female Serial Killers, Cambridge University Press 2023
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Powers and Thrones
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the last book you and I talked about was when I wrote Powers and Thrones and that was a book that covered more than a thousand years
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Dan Jones mentioned that Powers and Thrones was a book that covered more than a thousand years of history.
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the last book you and I talked about was when I wrote Powers and Thrones and that was a book that covered more than a thousand years
Cynical Hope
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It was mentioned during a conversation about optimism, noting that Dr. Jamil Zaki authored the book titled Hope for the Cynical.
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I had a conversation recently with a guy called Dr. Jamil Zaki, who wrote a book called Hope for Cynics.
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It was mentioned during a conversation about optimism, noting that Dr. Jamil Zaki authored the book titled Hope for the Cynical.
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I had a conversation recently with a guy called Dr. Jamil Zaki, who wrote a book called Hope for Cynics.
Chasing Excellence
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Ben Bergeron's book Chasing Excellence was referenced when discussing the idea of leaning into discomfort as a growth strategy.
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Ben Bergeron in Chasing Excellence says, lean into discomfort as if you were invited.
Seveneves
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I read Seven Eves again, which is just this outstanding scifi book.
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He mentioned rereading the outstanding scifi paperback and praised its quality.
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I read Seven Eves again, which is just this outstanding scifi book.
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