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 04, 2023•23 min
20 Minute Books
Every Tuesday, a new book summary!
Embark on a journey of knowledge with the "20 Minute Books" podcast, your free gateway to invaluable insights distilled from best-selling non-fiction books. Spanning categories such as Business, Entrepreneurship, Psychology, and more we transform influential works into engaging (roughly) 20-minute summaries. Perfect for commuters, budding entrepreneurs, or book enthusiasts, join me as I distill key takeaways from a world of wisdom, offering a rich library of book summaries directly to your ears. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your knowledge landscape in a time-efficient manner.
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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 04, 2023•31 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 04, 2023•19 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 04, 2023•26 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 04, 2023•39 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 03, 2023•20 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 03, 2023•25 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 03, 2023•33 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 03, 2023•23 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 03, 2023•26 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 03, 2023•20 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 03, 2023•30 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 03, 2023•26 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 03, 2023•20 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 03, 2023•20 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 02, 2023•27 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 02, 2023•30 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 02, 2023•25 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 02, 2023•23 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 02, 2023•33 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 02, 2023•28 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 02, 2023•25 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 02, 2023•30 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 02, 2023•21 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 02, 2023•20 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 01, 2023•26 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 01, 2023•23 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 01, 2023•23 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 01, 2023•28 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 01, 2023•23 min
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