Better With Books

By Rootz

“Great minds discuss idea; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” This podcast is for ideas people. And, of course, book people.

In each (short) episode I take an idea or quote fr... more

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June 27, 2018 BONUS EPISODE - my wretched attempt at writing a poem
You may laugh at this one. I did. Not sure how I kept myself from laughing while reading my "poem". But it was an exercise based on what I learned from the last episode, and as such, it was a success.
The last episode: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetry-is-difficult-why-we-pretend-to-get-it-how-to/id1293449772?i=1000414222827&mt=2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootzmac/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootzmac/
Blog: Rootz’s Blog: https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2
RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks
email: [email protected]
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3min
June 20, 2018 Poetry Is Difficult: why we pretend to get it and how to actually get it
Let's stop pretending. For most of us, poetry is difficult to read and often even boring. But we still wish we could get it and join the ranks of those sophisticated, intellectual romantic types! Well, here's how. . .
BOOK: Helping the Dreamer / Anne Waldman
The Essential Classics Reading List - https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-essential-classics-reading-list.html
Some starter poems:
Annabel Lee (Edgar Allan Poe) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44885/annabel-lee
Because I could not stop for death (Emily Dickinson) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479
Caged Bird (Maya Angelou) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/caged-bird
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost) - https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-road-not-taken/
The Highway Man (Alfred Noyes) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43187/the-highwayman
Best Society (Philip Larkin) - https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/best_society_5891
Second Coming (William Butler Yeats) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming
Some harder poems:
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you speak English better than 90% of the native English speakers - https://9gag.com/gag/aqZYMBv/if-you-can-pronounce-correctly-every-word-in-this-poem-you-speak-english-better-than-90-of-the-native-english-speakers
The Lie (Anne Waldman) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43034/the-lie-56d221b48a40c
In Favor of One’s Time (Frank O’Hara) - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=28360
Pantoum (Marilyn Hacker) - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/pantoum
The Legacy (John Donne) - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_donne/poems/7914
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootzmac/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootzmac/
Blog: Rootz’s Blog: https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/betterwithbooks
RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks
email: [email protected]
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10min
May 30, 2018 90 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Gotten It Right - Virginia Woolf Teaches Minimalism
A Room of One's Own is know for its feminist theme, not it's lessons on minimalism. But it does, in fact, hold a valuable lesson about how to live a happy, contented life.
BOOK: A Room of One's Own / Virginia Woolf
Never Enough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKEMBn_JdCE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootzmac/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootzmac/
Blog: Rootz’s Blog: https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/betterwithbooks
RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks
email: [email protected]
...more
7min
May 28, 2018 90 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Gotten It Right - Virginia Woolf Teaches Minimalism
A Room of One's Own is know for its feminist theme, not it's lessons on minimalism. But it does, in fact, hold a valuable lesson about how to live a happy, contented life.
...more
7min
May 23, 2018 We’ve Run Out of Excuses (also, capitalism isn’t flawless)
Individualism sounds like a good thing, right? But our society has forced us to idealize it while, at the same time, being bullied into being like everyone else, into fitting the mold. How do we live a life of true individualism? Listen to find out!
BOOK: Fight Club / Chuck Palahniuk
Shantell Martin - https://shantellmartin.art
Fight Club - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236124-fight-club?from_search=true
How to Do What You Love - http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0v_JqxFmQ&t=98s
Global Poverty - https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty
How much the average American makes a day - https://www.quora.com/On-average-how-much-money-should-an-American-make-every-day
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_von_Ebner-Eschenbach
Living Wage Calculator - http://livingwage.mit.edu
The World Is CHANGING -- From the CEO of Patreon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_thvMnIxEM
The Cost of Living Full-Time in an RV - https://thesimpleventure.com/much-cost-full-time-rv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootzmac/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootzmac/
Blog: Mind Think: https://mindthinkbyrootz.blogspot.com
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/betterwithbooks
RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks
email: [email protected]
...more
12min
May 22, 2018 We’ve Run Out of Excuses (also, capitalism isn’t flawless)
Individualism sounds like a good thing, right? But our society has forced us to idealize it while, at the same time, being bullied into being like everyone else, into fitting the mold. How do we live a life of true individualism? Listen to find out!
BOOK: Fight Club / Chuck Palahniuk
Shantell Martin - https://shantellmartin.art
Fight Club - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36236124-fight-club?from_search=true
How to Do What You Love - http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0v_JqxFmQ&t=98s
Global Poverty - https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty
How much the average American makes a day - https://www.quora.com/On-average-how-much-money-should-an-American-make-every-day
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_von_Ebner-Eschenbach
Living Wage Calculator - http://livingwage.mit.edu
The World Is CHANGING -- From the CEO of Patreon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_thvMnIxEM
The Cost of Living Full-Time in an RV - https://thesimpleventure.com/much-cost-full-time-rv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootzmac/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootzmac/
Blog: Rootz’s Blog: https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/betterwithbooks
RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks
email: [email protected]
...more
12min
May 20, 2018 We’ve Run Out of Excuses (also, capitalism isn’t flawless)
Individualism sounds like a good thing, right? But our society has forced us to idealize it while, at the same time, being bullied into being like everyone else, into fitting the mold. How do we live a life of true individualism? Listen to find out!
...more
12min
May 13, 2018 What to Do When You’re Not Qualified (but you really, really love it)
Turns out, you don't have to be good at something to (eventually) be successful at it.
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8min
May 02, 2018 How to Protect Yourself from the News - The 2018 News Survival Guide
How is the news making us insecure and close-minded? What's wrong with 100% of all news sources?
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9min
April 20, 2018 Modern-Day Magic - How to tell stories
What does it take to be a storyteller? What's the recipe for a good story? What's the secret to being successful, to being a skilled creator? Turns out, the answers are simple, if not exactly easy.
...more
11min

FAQs about Better With Books:

How many episodes does Better With Books have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.