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When I Don’t Feel Like Reading
by KozyLab.org
When I don’t feel like reading, but still want to understand a book.This podcast is a place where talking through books in moments when reading feels difficult, tiring, or simply impossible.Each episode is a short, focused walkthrough of one book — not a full reading, but a way to grasp the main ideas and thoughts using listening instead of pages.If you don’t always have the time or energy to read, but don’t want to miss out on what books have to offer, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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How to Have Impossible Conversations
How to Have Impossible Conversations is a practical guide on communicating effectively with people who hold radically different beliefs in our polarized era. The authors treat conversation as a masterable skill, offering progressive techniques to navigate deep moral and political divides. Core...
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Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators explores the science of human connection, revealing that successful communication hinges on identifying and aligning with others' mindsets. Duhigg argues that every discussion involves three distinct layers: the practical "What's This Really About?", the...
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Outlive
Outlive advocates for "Medicine 3.0," a proactive approach shifting from treating advanced diseases to preventing the "Four Horsemen": heart disease, cancer, neurodegeneration, and metabolic dysfunction. It outlines actionable tactics across exercise, nutritional biochemistry, sleep, and…
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The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited dispels the "Entrepreneurial Myth"—the false belief that understanding technical work qualifies someone to run a business. Gerber argues that every owner embodies three conflicting personalities: the visionary Entrepreneur, the organizing Manager, and the...
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Focus
Daniel Goleman reveals attention as the "hidden driver of excellence" necessary for a fulfilling life. He outlines three critical modes of focus: Inner (self-awareness), Other (empathy), and Outer (systems awareness). While modern digital distractions deplete our concentration, Goleman argues…
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The Whole-Brain Child
The book looks at children’s behavior through the lens of brain development, asking why emotional outbursts and impulsive reactions are often not acts of defiance, but signs of a brain still learning how to work together. Walking through a few ideas from the book that focus on emotion…
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Brain Rules for Baby
In this episode, we dive into the science-based insights of developmental molecular biologist John Medina and his bestselling book, Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five. Rather than offering "Ivory Tower" theories, Medina addresses the six practical…
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
This episode is about Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. I go through the book’s ideas on intuition and deliberation, and the two modes of thinking that quietly shape our judgments and decisions. Rather than aiming for a full overview, this episode lingers on a few concepts that…
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
This episode is about Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I walk through the book’s ideas on fragility, uncertainty, and why some systems don’t just survive chaos, but actually improve because of it. Rather than trying to cover everything, this episode focuses on…
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
This episode is about Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me). Talking through the book’s ideas around self-justification, blame, and why it’s so difficult for people to admit they’re wrong — even to themselves. Rather than a full reading, this episode focuses on the parts that stood out to me and the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
When I don’t feel like reading, but still want to understand a book.This podcast is a place where talking through books in moments when reading feels difficult, tiring, or simply impossible.Each episode is a short, focused walkthrough of one book — not a full reading, but a way to grasp the main ideas and thoughts using listening instead of pages.If you don’t always have the time or energy to read, but don’t want to miss out on what books have to offer, this podcast is for you.
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