Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes

By Janna Stam

The Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes podcast has already explored some of the best popular nonfiction in over 100 episodes. Hosted by Janna, we review writing style, narration, production, and the ov... more

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April 27, 2021 Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer
https://drjud.com/ (Dr Judson Brewer) is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at https://www.brown.edu/ (Brown University). As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety (https://goeatrightnow.com/ (Eat Right Now), https://unwindinganxiety.com/ (Unwinding Anxiety) and https://cravingtoquit.com/ (Craving to Quit)).
Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded https://www.mindsciences.com/ (MindSciences, Inc.) to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and hospital systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.”
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55628986-unwinding-anxiety (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55628986-unwinding-anxiety)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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7min
April 20, 2021 Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato, read by Lexie McDougal
“This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened.” – Wired
https://marianamazzucato.com/about/ (Mariana Mazzucato) (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/ (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)). She received her BA from Tufts University and her MA and PhD in Economics from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. Her previous posts include the RM Phillips Professorial Chair at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at Sussex University. She is a selected fellow of the UK’s Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and of the Italian National Science Academy (Lincei).
She is winner of international prizes including the 2020 John von Neumann Award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values, and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation’ by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED.
She is the author of three highly-acclaimed books: The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths (2013), The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (2018) and the newly released, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (2021). (bio taken from https://marianamazzucato.com/about (https://marianamazzucato.com/about))
Kara Swisher’s March 15, 2021 podcast conversation with Mariana Mazzucato on Sway: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-mariana-mazzucato.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-mariana-mazzucato.html)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52745048-mission-economy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52745048-mission-economy)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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8min
April 13, 2021 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Merlin’s research ranges from fungal biology, to the history of Amazonian ethnobotany, to the relationship between sound and form in resonant systems. A keen brewer and fermenter, he is fascinated by the relationships that arise between humans and more-than-human organisms. He is a musician and performs on the piano and accordion. Entangled Life is his first book. (from https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/about (merlinsheldrake.com))
Watch Oyster mushrooms consume Merlin Sheldrake’s book: https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/videos (https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/videos)
** Sunday Times bestseller ** https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/audiobook (BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week) ** https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/non-fiction-narrative (British Book Awards Shortlist) ** https://www.rathbonesfolioprize.com/ (Rathbones Folio Prize Longlist) ** https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-technology-books-2020 (Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist) ** http://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/p/richard-jefferies-society.html (Richard Jeffries Society Literary Prize Shortlist) ** https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/cookbooks/andre-simon-awards-2020-longlist-food-cookbook-b1774863.html (André Simon Award Longlist) ** https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-audiobooks-of-the-year-2020-w0g6w7qw6 (The Times audiobook of the year in the category of 'authors voicing their own work') **
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53813848-entangled-life (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53813848-entangled-life)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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7min
April 06, 2021 Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere by Tsedal Neeley, read by Marisha Tapera
Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal) is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Her work focuses on how leaders can scale their organizations by developing and implementing global and digital strategies. She regularly advises top leaders who are embarking on virtual work and large-scale change that involves global expansion, digital transformation, and becoming more agile.
Neeley’s award-winning book, The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations, chronicles the behind-the-scenes globalization process of a company over the course of five years. She has also published extensively in leading scholarly and practitioner-oriented outlets such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, Journal of International Business, Strategic Management Journal and Harvard Business Review, and her work has been widely covered in media outlets such as BBC, CNN, Financial Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and the Economist. Her HBS case, Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, is one of the most used cases worldwide on the subject of virtual work. (from tsedal.com)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56925006-remote-work-revolution
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions
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7min
March 30, 2021 A conversation with Rachel Décoste, author of a Year of Return: a Black Woman’s African Homecoming
Have you ever explored your ancestry? What did you discover? In her 2021 audiobook, The Year of Return: A Black Woman’s African Homecoming, Rachel Décoste shares her epic odyssey to Africa. Like most descendants of enslaved Africans, Décoste could not pinpoint her origins until technology evolved. Guided by a DNA test, she visited 5 countries in as many months – each country held a piece of her ancestry. In her own voice, Décoste recounts her journey with vivid imagery and humour – her pan-African trek is peppered with unexpected twists and delightful discoveries.
Buy The Year of Return: A Black Woman’s African Homecoming audiobook: http://www.yearofreturnbook.com/
Rachel Décoste is a writer, educator and social policy expert from Ottawa, Canada. She has been a community activist since her youth, working with organizations including the Children's Aid Society, S.O.S. Montfort Hospital, the Famous 5 Foundation, and the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund. Her commitment includes international activities: she has traveled abroad to provide aid in South and Central Americas and West Africa.
In 2008, Décoste worked on then-Senator Obama’s presidential campaign and again in 2012. Décoste lived and worked in Washington, DC, where she honed her socioeconomic policy credentials while managing a national bipartisan tech education initiative on behalf of the United States Congress. She was named to the Top 100 Accomplished Black Canadian women in 2018. Décoste has lectured on diversity and inclusion at several top universities in the USA and Canada. She also offers anti-Black racism workshops for North American corporations and firms. (from racheldecoste.com)
Podcast audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions
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1h 3min
March 23, 2021 A conversation with Paul Gewuerz, founder of Made to Order Audio: give the gift of a custom audiobook and commemorate your story
What are the funny or interesting stories from your life? You know, the ones that get retold at every family or friends get together? In this extended episode, I sit down with Paul Gewuerz, the founder of Made to Order Audio, to chat about the art and possibilities of custom audiobooks.
Commission a one of a kind personalized audiobook to commemorate your story: use promo code JANNA at Made to Order Audio for $30 off your custom audiobook orders until May 15, 2021
Made to Order Audiobooks: How it Works
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions
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33min
March 16, 2021 How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, by Bill Gates, read by Wil Wheaton
Gates identifies the Five Grand Challenges of climate change as manufacturing (31%), electricity (27%), agriculture (19%), transportation (16%), and buildings (7%). Since there’s no single solution for any of these sectors, Gates proposes we speed up the cycle of innovation and attract a mix of private and public investment that is more risk tolerant than we’re used to seeing in order to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
What you can do to fight climate change: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/What-you-can-do-to-fight-climate-change (https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/What-you-can-do-to-fight-climate-change)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52275335-how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster?ac=1andfrom_search=trueandqid=09awNLoppjandrank=1 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52275335-how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster?ac=1andfrom_search=trueandqid=09awNLoppjandrank=1)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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8min
March 09, 2021 The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
In the Tyranny of Merit, political philosopher Michael Sandel attacks what he calls “the rhetoric of rising” and ideas about meritocracy on both the political left and right in the United States.
Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. His writings—on justice, ethics, democracy, and markets--have been translated into 27 languages. His course “Justice” is the first Harvard course to be made freely available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajlZMdPkKE (online) and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the “most influential foreign figure of the year.” (China Newsweek).
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50364458-the-tyranny-of-merit (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50364458-the-tyranny-of-merit)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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8min
March 02, 2021 The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, read by Dylan Moore
The Glass Hotel is like a literary mosaic of tiny pieces taken from various times, locations, and perspectives. I found this initially disorienting, but when the bigger picture started to emerge, I was hooked.
Emily St. John Mandel was born and raised on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. She studied contemporary dance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New York.
She is the author of five novels, including The Glass Hotel (spring 2020) and Station Eleven (2014.) Station Eleven was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, won the Morning News Tournament of Books, and has been translated into 34 languages.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49119123-the-glass-hotel (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49119123-the-glass-hotel)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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7min
February 23, 2021 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
Think Again is a 21st Century reboot of Enlightenment ideas, celebrating skepticism and science. Adam Grant’s balance of storytelling and statistics is fascinating, but what makes this listen fun is how Grant challenges us to explore our own tendencies and guides us in how to practice rethinking our beliefs.
How often do you think again? Take the quiz: https://www.adamgrant.net/quizzes/think-again-quiz/ (https://www.adamgrant.net/quizzes/think-again-quiz/)
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Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and TED speaker who helps people find meaning and motivation at work. Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. As an organizational psychologist, he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40.
He is the author of 4 New York Times bestselling books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 35 languages: http://adamgrant.net/giveandtake (Give and Take), http://adamgrant.net/originals (Originals), http://adamgrant.net/optionb (Option B), and http://adamgrant.net/books (Power Moves). His books have been named among the year’s best by Amazon, Apple, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal and praised by J.J. Abrams, Richard Branson, Bill and Melinda Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Kahneman, and Malala Yousafzai. (bio taken from https://www.adamgrant.net/about/biography/ (https://www.adamgrant.net/about/biography/))
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56789923-think-again (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56789923-think-again)
Audio production by Graham Stephenson
Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions)
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