Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison kermitpattison.com A decade in the making, Fossil Men is a scientific detective story played out in anatomy and the natural history of the human body: the first full-length account of the discovery of a startlingly unpredicted human ancestor more than a million years older than Lucy It is the ultimate mystery: where do we come from? In 1994, a team led by fossil-hunting legend Tim White uncovered a set ...
Dec 11, 2020•48 min
Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics by Juan Enriquez
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The Creative Discipline Project: How To Create The Discipline Necessary To Accomplish Your Creative Goals by Christen Rochon Candidlychristen.com Most self-help books are created to help facilitate a solution to a problem. The Creative Discipline Project was created to help entrepreneurs and creatives of all kinds get beyond the roadblocks that prohibit accomplishing goals. Filled with interactive pages and planning guides, this book will walk readers through the following chapters that will shi...
Dec 07, 2020•39 min
Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick by Jen Sincero New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits--breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you've never stuck before. Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make us who we are, from the measly moments that happen in private to the resolutions we loudly broadcast (and, erm, often don't keep)...
Dec 04, 2020•52 min
Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication by Fred Dust A former Senior Partner and Global Managing Director at the legendary design firm IDEO shows how to design conversations and meetings that are creative and impactful. Conversations are one of the most fundamental means of communicating we have as humans. At their best, conversations are unconstrained, authentic and open—two or more people sharing thoughts and ideas in a way that bridges our individual experien...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Every Last Secret by A. R. Torre Welcome to the neighborhood. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home; social standing; and William, her successful, handsome husband. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Neena Ryder isn’t a fellow lady of leisure. A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal is...
Dec 02, 2020•36 min
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped). Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin―enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule i...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Assholes: A Theory - Book & Feature Documentary Film by Aaron James Assholesatheory.com
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Exit Rich: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit by Michelle Seiler Tucker, Sharon Lechter Interview Exitrichbook.com Too many entrepreneurs push off planning for the sale of their business until the last moment. But for a business to sell for what it's really worth — or even more — owners need to prepare for the sale from the very start. In Exit Rich, author and mergers and acquisitions authority Michelle Seiler Tucker joins forces with Sharon Lechter, finance expert and author o...
Nov 20, 2020•51 min
Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters by Kara Goldin Interview WALL STREET JOURNAL Bestselling Business Book Don’t let anyone crush your dreams! Whatever you want to achieve, no matter how hard it might seem, you owe it to yourself to read this book. Undaunted will inspire you to move past your fears and defy the doubters. It doesn’t matter whether you feel confident; it matters what you actually do. Author Kara Goldin turned her unsweetened flavored water into one of the most successful bev...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 30 min
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America by Ellis Cose The critically acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rage of a Privileged Class explores one of the most essential rights in America—free speech—and reveals how it is crumbling under the combined weight of polarization, technology, money and systematized lying in this concise yet powerful and timely book. Named one of Newsweek’s "25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape the Chaos of 2020" Free s...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Be a Dick: How One Person Can Change the World in the Most Unexpected Way by Marc Ensign Amazon Description: "My name is Marc. And I am a Dick. I'm a Dick to all of my friends. And to my family. I'm a Dick to people I know. And to people I don't know. In fact, if we were to bump into each other someday, whether it be online or in real life, I would probably be a Dick to you, too. It's nothing personal. It's just who I am. And who I believe we all should be. Be a Dick: How One Person Can Change t...
Nov 11, 2020•43 min
Wise As #@%!: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the $#!%storms of Life by Gary John Bishop Compelling and straight-shooting wisdom for coping with whatever challenges life throws at us from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself. In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop taught millions of readers how to silence the negative, self-sabotaging voice in their head to thrive. In Wise As Fu*k he expands on his ideas, redefining what it means to be wise and showing how to tackle problems...
Nov 09, 2020•58 min
Creationism USA: Bridging the Impasse on Teaching Evolution by Adam Laats Who are America's creationists? What do they want? Do they truly believe Jesus rode around on dinosaurs, as sometimes depicted? Creationism USA reveals how common misconceptions about creationism have led Americans into a century of unnecessary culture-war histrionics about evolution education and creationism. Adam Laats argues that Americans do not have deep, fundamental disagreements about evolution - not about the actua...
Nov 07, 2020•26 min
October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election by Devlin Barrett Interview The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it was wholly a product of the leadership of the FBI. This is the inside story by the reporter closest to its center. In September 2016, Hillary Cli...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Invisible Girl: A Novel by Lisa Jewell Interview Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct—accusations he strongly denies. Searching for professional advice online, he is inadvertently sucked into the dark world of incel forums, where he meets a charismatic and mysterious figure. Across the street from Owen lives the Fours family, headed by mom Cate, a phys...
Nov 05, 2020•41 min
A Rainbow Like You by Andréa Fehsenfeld Interview Andreafehsenfeld.com Book Song on Spotify Link An iconic rock star with everything to prove. A determined teen runaway with nothing left to lose. When their fates intertwine, the most unexpected journey unfolds. Adrian ‘Jazzer’ Johnson’s gilded rock and roll career is the stuff of legend. From out of the dive bars of Long Beach, this high school dropout rocketed his band to the pinnacle of success. But after a whirlwind decade ended with him brok...
Nov 02, 2020•26 min
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers—her psychotherapy group—and in turn finds human connection, and herself. Christie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she d...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 5 min
A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son by Michael Ian Black Michaelianblack.org A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love. In a world in which the word masculinity now often goes hand in hand with toxic, comedian, actor, and father Michael Ian Black offers up a way forward for boys, men, and a...
Oct 30, 2020•54 min
Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn by Sanjay Sarma, Luke Yoquinto A groundbreaking look at the science of learning: how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which teaching techniques are most effective, and how schools should (and absolutely should not) use instructional technology. This is an essential resource for teachers, anyone interested in cutting-edge research into learning, and parents considering the educational alternatives available to their children. As the head...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min
The World: A Brief Introduction by Dr. Richard Haass Interview CFR.org An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate a time in which many of our biggest challenges come from the world beyond our borders. Like it or not, we live in a global era, in which what happens thousands of miles away has the ability to affect our lives. This time, it is a Coronavirus known as Covid-19, which originated in...
Oct 28, 2020•52 min
Daphne Byrne (Hill House Comics) by Laura Marks Interview When grieving, support can come in many ways. For Daphne, it came as a demon. Turn-of-the-century New York is a growing metropolis for many, but not for Daphne Byrne. After her father's death, her mother is drawn to a spirtualistic group that claims to speak to the dead. Daphne sees through their act right away, but something from the other side sees her too. Or someone? Daphne finds herself in new company, Brother. He offers support and ...
Oct 25, 2020•37 min
Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls by Jax Miller On December 30, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, sixteen-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing. While rumors of drug debts, revenge, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved and the girls were never found. In 2015, crime writer Jax Miller--who h...
Oct 24, 2020•23 min
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman ReevesWiedeman.net "Vivid, carefully reported drama that readers will gulp down as if it were a fast-paced novel" (Ken Auletta) ꟷ The inside story of WeWork and its CEO, Adam Neumann, which tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable, rises and falls in American business history In its earliest days, WeWork promised the impossible: to make the American work place cool...
Oct 23, 2020•37 min
Kokoon Launches on KickStarter: NightBuds - Smart Earbuds for Better Sleep and Relaxation KoKoon Kickstarter
Oct 22, 2020•30 min
Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump by Sarah Posner Sarahposner.com “In terrifying detail, Unholy illustrates how a vast network of white Christian nationalists plotted the authoritarian takeover of the American democratic system. For anyone wondering what a second Trump administration might bring, there is no more timely book than this one.”—Janet Reitman, author of Inside Scientology Why did so many evangelicals turn out to vote for Donald Trump, a serial philan...
Oct 21, 2020•47 min
An in-depth investigation into Donald Trump’s business—and how he used America’s top job to service it. White House, Inc. is a newsmaking exposé that details President Trump’s efforts to make money off of politics, taking us inside his exclusive clubs, luxury hotels, overseas partnerships, commercial properties, and personal mansions. Alexander tracks hundreds of millions of dollars flowing freely between big businesses and President Trump. He explains, in plain language, how Trump tried to tran...
Oct 20, 2020•54 min
VotingSmarter.org CEO/Founder Terry Crandall Interview Votingsmarter.org Download the app: https://apple.co/2HalEBs VotingSmarter is a new educational app which matches voters with their ideal candidates based on issue preferences rather than immutable characteristics or party affiliation. The app was designed to easily educate voters, and to decrease the frequency of voters going on “blind-votes” at the ballot box, because they often end up feeling like they’ve been “catfished” by politicians a...
Oct 18, 2020•42 min
One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger by Matthew Yglesias What would actually make America great: more people. If the most challenging crisis in living memory has shown us anything, it’s that America has lost the will and the means to lead. We can’t compete with the huge population clusters of the global marketplace by keeping our population static or letting it diminish, or with our crumbling transit and unaffordable housing. The winner in the future world is going to have more—mo...
Oct 16, 2020•51 min
On Treason: A Citizen's Guide to the Law by Carlton F. W. Larson Carltonlarson.com A concise, accessible, and engaging guide to the crime of treason, written by the nation’s foremost expert on the subject Treason—the only crime specifically defined in the United States Constitution—is routinely described by judges as more heinous than murder. Today, the term is regularly tossed around by politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle. But, as accusations of treason flood the news cycle, it i...
Oct 15, 2020•45 min
