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- What the Robin Knows Episode 4
The Book Interrupted women continue their discussion on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of balance, individuality in animals, bird calls, and learning from nature.
Discussion Points:
- Did you like the book?
- Can being out in nature create a balance?
- Time management
- Connecting our book cycles together - what parallels do you see?
- Putting a sail on a canoe
- What did you take away from the book?
- Animals are individuals and listen to each other
- Learning from nature and paying attention, being part of the ecosystem not apart from it
- Learning the bird behaviour and calls
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
32 min - What the Robin Knows Episode 3
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. They continued on to the group discussion, exploring whether energy and emotions are contagious across species, birds calls, pet versus city versus country birds, if they liked reading the book, and much more.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- How did the members like reading the book?
- Individual types of birds and their calls - can you distinguish them?
- From Collision to Connection chapter
- Energy and emotions are contagious - can the birds sense your emotions?
- Pet birds
- City park birds versus country birds
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
40 min - What the Robin Knows Episode 2
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of bird language, multitasking, interconnectedness, naturalists versus naturists, and so much more. The episode ends with a new challenge: can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it?
Discussion Points:
- Technical aspect of the book
- Learning bird language and what it means
- Is it in our DNA to connect us to other animals, sounds, etc?
- Multitasking - is it good for you?
- Interconnectedness of everything
- Jon Young’s learning from Indigenous groups throughout the world
- Categorizing bird sounds and how other animals listen to them
- Naturist versus naturalist - which one is naked?
- Bird call challenge - can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it?
- The recordings of the bird calls - did you listen to them?
- Pop culture tangents
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Vinyl Cafe
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
34 min - What the Robin Knows Episode 1
The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What the Robin Knows”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of sit spots, Scouts, bird watching and putting random found things in your mouth, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of the book.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- Do you have a sit spot/magic spot?
- Were you ever a Scout, Brownie, or Girl Guide?
- Animal and bird watching
- Do you put random found things in your mouth?
- What animals and birds do you see close to your home?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Your Parenting Mojo
How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D. Sampson
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
43 min - Off The Shelf Episode 4 with Kirsten Karchmer
Follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” How has she been over the past year and what are her current projects? How can we change the messaging around periods and puberty?
Discussion Points:
- Tik Tok
- Parents in Texas can now be prosecuted for child abuse if they give their transgendered child medication
- Supporting future menstruators as they begin puberty
- Turning Red animated film - normalizing talking about periods and puberty and changing the messaging
- If men could menstruate
- Dating as a strong women
- Merkins
- Finding self worth and value in ourselves
- Genital smell and why it happens
- Painting a bigger picture of your life to set bigger goals
- Fear of not fitting in and uncertainty - our society of conformity
- Taking the path of love, not the path of fear
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
KirstenKarchmer.com
Forever Brazen
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
Turning Red
If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza
57 min - Talking to Strangers Episode 6
Concluding their series on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Squiggy’s Stumble Forward t-shirt
- Mere’s mullet
- Twitter responses and Kim’s attempt to connect with Oprah
- Book Interrupted playlists
- International Women’s Day - Breaking the Bias
- Our next fan book: The Midnight Library
- Kim’s tarot card interruptions and Celestial Saturdays
- Joy Harjo quote: “silence is the white light of sound”
- Children asking parents stories of when they were younger
- Other podcasts to listen to on similar topics
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
Book Interrupted Teespring Shop
Tony Scruggs The Empathy Guy
Book Interrupted Talking to Strangers Playlist
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigMasterclass - Joy Harjo Teaches Poetic Thinking
Hidden Brain Mind Reading 2.0
Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant
Super Soul Sunday
Hidden Brain Podcast: Mind Reading 2.0
Meredith Lady Lamp Instagram Reel
47 min - Talking to Strangers Episode 5
The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Kim brings to the group a few concerns she has with the book, then they finish with whether they recommend it.
Discussion Points:
- Suicide - is the information in the book is out of date?
- Coupling - do events only happen because of specific circumstances/context?
- Sylvia Plath
- Are poets more likely to commit suicide?
- Crime statistics and race - did Gladwell miss something?
- Do you recommend the book?
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
50 min - Talking to Strangers Episode 4
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. “Friends”, TV, The Stanley Milgram Experiment, authoritative figures, body language, and attractiveness - how do all these things influence our perceptions of strangers and our interactions with them?
Discussion Points:
- Error in the Friends section - it’s Monica not Rachel!
- Does your face show emotion the way that other people expect you to react?
- How has TV affected how we interpret emotion on strangers’ faces?
- Does anyone else’s nose tingle when other people touch their nose?
- Experiments to see how people react to shocking situations
- The Stanley Milgram Experiment
- Do you listen to authority figures, even against your own judgment?
- Body language and attractiveness - how much do they impact our perceptions of others?
- Buying music online
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
My Weekend Was the Plot of Mrs. Doubtfire | No Laugh Newsroom - CollegeHumor
Encanto
Vivo
29 min - Talking to Strangers Episode 3
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. So many things to talk about with this book in the group chat: default to truth, relationships, oppression, the Holy Fool and more.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- The illusion of asymmetric insight - do you think you know more about someone else than they do about you?
- The Holy Fool
- Do you default to truth?
- Relationships and red flags - do you see the truth when there are signs that they are lying?
- Data versus interactions - how much does personal interaction change the way you interpret data?
- How does race and gender oppression affect sentencing and assessment of situations?
- Was this book upsetting to you?
- Group enhancements - do you follow the group?
- Love and marriage
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
43 min - Talking to Strangers Episode 2
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, exploring topics of biases, first impressions, empty sorrys, shoulds versus coulds, rules, sisters, mothers, sense of self and Legends of the Fall.
Discussion Points:
- Have you met a stranger and had a bias, but when talking to them you found out they were the opposite?
- Actions versus words - an empty sorry means nothing/following through on your words
- First impressions
- Shoulds versus coulds - do you live your life because you “should” do things?
- Rules - do you like to follow them?
- Can you be friends with your sister’s friends?
- Are you the hardest on yourself?
- How did becoming a mother change your sense of self?
- Target marketing and are our phones listening all the time?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
5 Love Languages
Legends of the Fall
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Snowden
44 min
About Book Interrupted
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