2020 Wrapped Up: The five best books and podcasts of this year

from Steph's Business Bookshelf Podcast · host Steph Clarke

Five best books for 2020 Range by David Epstein Listen to the episode: Range by David Epstein: why you need to stop specialising Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Range/9781509843503/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Listen to the episode: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: How powerful stories can change your life Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile Listen to the episode: The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile: How wizards and gyms will make you more spiritual Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf Infinite Game by Simon Sinek Listen to the episode: Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: Why playing to win will make you lose Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Infinite-Game/9780241295595/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Listen to the episode: What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami: What you can learn about life from running Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/What-I-Talk-about-When-I-Talk-about-Running/9780307473394/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf Five best podcasts for 2020 Tim Ferris Listen to the podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Two of my favourite episodes Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More (#424) Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify — Habits, Systems and Mental Models for Top Performance (#484) Wind of Change Listen to the series: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/ Clever Listen to the series: http://www.cleverpodcast.com/ Two of my favourite episodes Ep. 77: Jessica Hische Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom Broken Record Podcast Listen to the series: https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/ One of my favourite episodes TOM PETTY’S WILDFLOWERS II WITH ADRIA PETTY Murder Ballads Podcast Listen to the series: https://open.spotify.com/show/13uPg0t3QrwppCHTNQ3aRW One of my favourite episodes In The Pines Five other good things I liked in 2020 Two cookbooks Flavour by Yottam Ottolenghi Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Ottolenghi-FLAVOUR-Yotam-Ottolenghi/9781785038938/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wrigley Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Falastin-Cookbook-Sami-Tamimi/9781785038723/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf One fiction book Honeybee by Craig Silvey Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Honeybee-Craig-Silvey/9781760877224/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf Two random things that have got me through Udemy Les Mills On Demand Music By: Is this hip hop by LightBeats Support my book habit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stephsbookshelfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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