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3 Books With Neil Pasricha — 214 episodes
Chapter 49: Dr. Andrea Sereda's oddly original offerings on opioid overdosing
Chapter 162: Shawn Achor on becoming boundlessly buoyant by building better beliefs
Chapter 161: Yann Martel on rural revelations and reliable writing routines
Chapter 46: Dr. Laura Markham on prioritizing presence to parent peacefully
Chapter 160: Nita Prose on mastering manuscripts and making Molly the Maid
Chapter 45: Rich Roll on wrestling with recovery and running to redemption
Chapter 159: Eve Harlow on bolstering bibliophilia and boosting bookish brains
Chapter 42: Molly Bloom on poker princess privileges and pushing past pomposity
Chapter 158: Sonja Lyubomirsky helps harness happiness by honing hearty habits
Chapter 40: Comedian Pete Holmes on infinite infinities and the insanity of is-ness
Chapter 157: Paul Hawken junks jargon to jolt generations
Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday bashes beachy books and builds a balanced base
Chapter 156: Salim Amin chronicles courage and compassion in crisis and conflict
The Best Of 2025: Neil Pasricha mines memorable, mind-shifting moments and messages
Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system
My Book 'Canada is Awesome' | Full Audiobook
Chapter 155: Bulle the Bookseller broadens borders and births bibliophiles
Chapter 36: Two teenage Mormon missionaries on missing mom to make miracles
Chapter 154: Peter Kimani on conquering the curse of choreographed colonialism
Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness
Chapter: 153: Carl Honoré imparts illuminating insights into intentional idleness
Chapter 27: Robin the Bartender on fiddling with frankincense and fighting for freedom
Chapter 152: Robin Sloan weaves wonder and weirdness into the warbly world of words
Chapter 30: Jerry Howarth on branding, bereavement, and Blue Jays baseball
Chapter 151: The Holderness Family conquers content creation by corralling chaos
Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling
Chapter 150: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien lays down lifelong lessons on leadership, liberalism, and longevity
5 Beach Books to Stretch Your Mind
My New Book! 'Canada is Awesome' | Full Audiobook
Chapter 149: John and Alison on fascism-fighting fiction fomenting freedom and fraternity
Chapter 29: Michael Harris on queer questions and the quest for quiet
Chapter 148: Ginny Yurich obviates obsolete offspring with 1000 hours outside
Chapter 28: Mark Manson on constant cursing and clearing clutter
Chapter 147: Nickisha the Dog Walker on dangerous drivers and dog doo diligence
Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals
Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration
Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation
Chapter 145: Lindyman leverages long-lasting lessons on living a limitless life
Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef
Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds
Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts
Best Of 2024: Neil Pasricha plucks pithy pointers to prime ponderings
Chapter 143: Chris Smalls on anti-Amazon activism and abolishing aristocracy
Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie
Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals
Chapter 7: Vishwas the Uber driver on setting standards and secrets of stellar service
Chapter 141: James Daunt on bespoke bookselling building Barnes and bonds
Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores
Bookmark: The 2-minute happiness practice to wind down your day with intention
Chapter 140: Amy Einhorn on powerful pages and publishing possibilities
Chapter 3: Seth Godin on shifting stories and stretching ourselves
Chapter 139: Lewis Mallard valorizes visionary vandalism
Chapter 138: Maria Popova mines meaning in marginalia
Chapter 137: Jonathan Franzen finds fellow freaks and forges fantastic fiction
Chapter 136: 3 St. Louis Uber drivers on bullets, bruises, and babies
Chapter 135: Cal Newport severs cell subservience to steep slow success
Chapter 134: Susan Orlean on lusty ledes and literary lessons for life
Chapter 133: Celine Song stitches sumptuous stories from Seoul to soul
Chapter 132: Robin Dunbar on nullifying negativity with numbered natural networks
Chapter 131: J. Drew Lanham on breaking boundaries to become better birdwatchers
The Best of 2023: Neil Pasricha rewinds and reflects on the richness of reading
Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos
Bookmark: Leslie Richardson on practicing peaceful parenting
Chapter 129: Sahil Bloom freezes at 4am to find fortune and finish first
Chapter 128: Heather McGowan listens to lessons from the Lakota and Legacy of Luna
Chapter 127: Lenore Skenazy on killing coddling to create capable kids
Chapter 126: Jully Black on anthem alterations and attitude absolutions
Chapter 125: Two Syrian Chefs share sheep and shawarma shopkeeping shenanigans
Bookmark: Live At 'Word On The Street' Book Festival
Chapter 124: Martellus Bennett weaves Willy Wonka with warrior wisdom
Bookmark: Rocking and rolling with ravishing Rich Roll
Chapter 123: Suzy Batiz on suffering, surviving, and selling shit
Bookmark: Honing healthy happy habits with the Holdernesses
Chapter 122: Tank Sinatra on masterpiece microdosing and meme mastery in our manufactured madness
Bookmark: On braving bushy brambles and becoming a birder
Chapter 121: Johann Hari on deleting devious dogma and discovering deeper designs
[Oscar Encore!] Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere
Chapter 120: Timothy Goodman on popping privilege paradigms and paving personal paths
Bookmark: The Current
Chapter 119: Steve Toltz on refining writing rituals and raising ravenous readers
Chapter 118: Catherine Hernandez poses for positivity with pride and presence
The Best of 2022: Neil Pasricha winds and wades through wandering wisdoms
Chapter 117: Ajay Agrawal and Gina Buonaguro on puzzling pasts and portending possibilities
Bookmark: Our Book of Awesome Book Launch Special
Chapter 116: Bryan Stevenson on handling haunting histories with heart and hope
Chapter 115: Gabor Maté targets toxic triggers to transcend trauma
Chapter 114: Light Watkins on Mexico's marvels, meditation myths, and mental mastery
Chapter 113: Alie Ward oozes originality over odysseys and ologies
Chapter 112: Katie Mack on cultivating curiosity and contemplating the cosmos
Bookmark: The two-minute morning rule for having a great day
Chapter 111: Austin Kleon draws on doodling to design and dream
Chapter 110: Kevin Kelly on quashing quandaries with curiosity and creativity
Chapter 109: Rebecca the Sex Educator on embracing erotic exploration
Chapter 108: Mohsin Hamid on the pleasures of pages and the pulse of Pakistan
Chapter 107: Latanya and Jerry build biblio buzz on the Bronx Bound Books bus
Chapter 106: Alok Vaid-Menon battles binary boundaries and beauty biases
Bookmark: How to help someone with anxiety or depression
Chapter 105: Nancy the Librarian on the riches and rewards of resplendent reading
Chapter 104: Boniface Mwangi combats corrosive Kenyan corruption with courage and kindness
Chapter 103: Jonathan Haidt on mirrory misconceptions and morality in the matrix
Chapter 102: Susan Cain on bathing in beauty, books, and bittersweetness
Chapter 101: Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere
Chapter 100: Neil and Leslie on the creative chaos of craft and the kindness of committed community
Bookmark: The Knowledge Project
Chapter 99: Doug the Bookseller on bookstore belonging and bottomless bibliomania
Chapter 98: IN-Q invites intimacy, intentionality, and interstellar inquiry
Chapter 97: Debbie Millman shuns shame to spark spirit and sew soulful symbiosis
Chapter 96: Dave the CEO on stratospheric strategizing and subtle secrets of success
Chapter 95: Bess Kalb on kvetching over koans and kindling comic kinship
Chapter 94: Dan the Tailor on rappelling rabbit-holes and rocking with Ronnie
The Best of 2021: Neil Pasricha curates courageous, candid, and colorful conversations
Chapter 93: Chris Hadfield on the sci-fi and science of sustainable space settlement
Chapter 92: Edward Packard on amplifying awareness with awe and adventure
Chapter 91: Nora McInerny on nixing numbers and nurturing naked needs
Chapter 90: Derek Sivers on shattering suppositions with Stoic soul
Chapter 89: Zafar the Hamburger Man on Bryant's basics and blossoming like Barack
Chapter 88: Mel Robbins on stalling self sabotage and celebrating sexual selectivity
Bookmark: Ologies
Chapter 87: Jason Shiga on perilous puzzles and precarious paths
Chapter 86: My two-year-old son on whimsical wonderings and wandering Waldos
Chapter 85: Jane McGonigal on slaying stress with superhero strengths
Chapter 84: Lori Gottlieb on therapists thoughtfully thrashing thinking theories
Chapter 83: Douglas Rushkoff on divisive duality and designer deaths
Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process
Chapter 81: Dave Eggers on surreptitious spying in the snares of surveillance
Bookmark: SXSW 2019 - Building Trust in Distrustful Times
Chapter 80: Kristin Neff on allowing, accepting, and applying anger artfully
Chapter 79: Yuyi Morales on Mexican massacres and the magic of Márquez
Chapter 78: Louis Sacher on sideways stories from Salinger to Steinbeck
Chapter 77: Jonny Sun on absurd algorithms altering the authenticity of art
Chapter 76: Jenny Lawson on dark dollhouses delivering a door from depression
Chapter 75: George Saunders offers lessons on living a luminous life
Bookmark: Terrible, Thanks for Asking
Chapter 74: Kanmani Guruswami the Midwife on countering colonialism with compassionate care
Chapter 73: Humble The Poet cries crusade but cautions courting controversy
Chapter 72: Adam Grant frowns on feeble feminism from fearmongering fellows
Chapter 71: Shirley the Nurse on hurting with homelessness and healing with heart
Chapter 70: Brené Brown on building boundaries and the beacon of bell
Chapter 69: Cheryl Strayed on forging fearlessness and fracturing facades
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Chapter 68: Roger Martin on mercenary monopolies, material mentors, and managing mayhem
Chapter 67: Roxane Gay on lessons in love and the lethal lure of likeability
Chapter 66: Vivek Murthy on loneliness, living longer, and leading with love
Chapter 65: Nikki Giovanni on potent poetry, powerful prose, and palling with the purveyor of peace
Chapter 64: Rhiannon the Restaurateur on redefining reality
Chapter 63: Brandon Stanton is harnessing histories of humble human heroes
Chapter 62: Myriam Gurba is a bold badass with a bronca against baseless bigotry and brutality
Chapter 61: Temple Grandin on mixing minds making magic
Chapter 60: Shane Parrish masters Munger to map mental models and mold maverick minds
Chapter 59: Jeff Speck is pushing the pleasures of pedestrian propinquity
Chapter 58: Author David Mitchell on designing dizzily dazzling dreams
Chapter 57: Anne Bogel believes books build bridges and boost bibliophile belonging
Chapter 56: Kate the Therapist on navigating knotty natures to nurture our needs
Chapter 55: Brad Montague on fighting fear by forging fantastical futures
Chapter 54: K881901 aka Emily Kim Ae Sun Hunter on twins tied together and tossed to tomorrow
Chapter 53: Vivek Shraya is trashing traditional trans tropes
Chapter 52: Wagner Moura on lessons in living and loving from Latino leaders
Surprise Waning Crescent: Confronting courageous coronavirus questions
Chapter 51: Dr. Qing Li on finding faith and freedom in forests
Chapter 50: Marcus Buckingham on soul ciphers and strength of self
Surprise Waning Crescent: Leslie and Neil on cultivating calm during coronavirus chaos
Chapter 49: Dr. Andrea Sereda's oddly original offerings on opioid overdosing
Chapter 48: Michael Bungay Stanier on massive moons and the magic of metaphor
Chapter 47: Derek The Hype Man on gingers jumping for joy and justice
Chapter 46: Dr. Laura Markham on prioritizing presence to parent peacefully
Chapter 45: Rich Roll on wrestling with recovery and running to redemption
The Best of 2019: Neil Pasricha reminisces on relationships, romance, and radical reading
Chapter 44: Kevin the Bookseller on subtracting stuff and sorting Star Wars
Chapter 43: Lisa Labute on life lessons from loving legumes
Chapter 42: Molly Bloom on poker princess privileges and pushing past pomposity
Chapter 41: Jen Gunter on beating bullying, bigotry, and body bashfulness
Surprise Waxing Gibbous: My new book YOU ARE AWESOME launches today!
Chapter 40: Pete Holmes on infinite infinities and the insanity of is-ness
Chapter 39: Soyoung the Variety Store Owner on Korean culture, connecting community, and cultivating calm
Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday on bashing beachy books and building balance
Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system
Chapter 36: Two teenage Mormon missionaries on missing mom to make miracles
Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness
Chapter 34: Literary superagent Jim Levine on picking priorities to perform at peak potential
Chapter 33: Raj Haldar aka Lushlife on invoking inner inspiration to instigate the Internet
Chapter 32: Cat and Nat on cutting the crap to create community for courageous caregivers
Chapter 31: Juniper the Former Sex Worker on paying for pleasure and progressive parenting
Chapter 30: Jerry Howarth on branding, bereavement, and Blue Jays baseball
Chapter 29: Michael Harris on queer questions and the quest for quiet
Chapter 28: Mark Manson on constant cursing and clearing clutter
Chapter 27: Robin the Bartender on fiddling with frankincense and fighting for freedom
Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals
Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation
Chapter 24: Jonathan Fields on winning with will and weaving why into work
Chapter 23: Jesse Finkelstein zooms into the zeitgeist and zeroes in on zesty Zora
Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef
Chapter 21: Paulette Bourgeois on family foundations, frightening fiction, and forging Franklin
Chapter 20: Debbie Stoller on frenzied female fandom, fighting for freedom, and fourth-wave feminism
The Best Of 2018: Neil Pasricha peers into the past and plucks perfect podcast pieces
Chapter 19: Chip Wilson on living large, launching Lululemon, and leaving a legacy
Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts
Chapter 17: Emily McDowell on family fallouts, finding phrases, and forging false fairytales
Chapter 16: Mitchell Kaplan on cultivating connection, Colorado quests, and creating community
Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie
Chapter 14: Rich Gibbons on paid public preaching, parenting prescriptions, and pickles with perfectionism
Chapter 13: Ariel Bissett on brag-worthy book hauls, brainwashing beasts, and building BookTube
Chapter 12: Chris Anderson on tackling tribalism, trusting trust, and transforming TED talks
Chapter 11: Kerri Kolen on creepy closets, crafting cosmos, and courageously confined kids
Chapter 10: Elan Mastai on astronomical advances, artistic ambitions, and advice for aspiring authors
Chapter 9: Dave Barry on snappy satire, secret societies, and singing with Stephen King
Chapter 8: Sarah Andersen on composing cartoons, combating critics, and cultivating creativity
Chapter 7: Vishwas the world's greatest Uber Driver on setting your own standards and sharing secrets of stellar service
Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores
Chapter 5: Gretchen Rubin on pinpointing personal patterns to perfecting our paths
Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling
Chapter 3: Bestselling author Seth Godin on the stories you tell yourself
Chapter 2: Frank Warren of PostSecret on understanding your past to control your future
Chapter 1: Beginning the Hunt for Life-changing Books ... in the Basement with my Wife Leslie
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