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Book Theory episodes:
August 15, 2022When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi) We discuss When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with lung cancer during the last year of his residency. In his memoir, Paul recounts his life before and after his diagnosis and searches for meaning as his passing approaches.
...more July 19, 2022Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl) Book Theory returns with a discussion of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist whose work continues to inspire millions to hold onto hope and find meaning in their lives.
...more November 26, 2020A conversation with Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics and Dodgers Manager of Baseball Analytics We are ecstatic to have our first guest, Ben Zauzmer.He’s written Oscarmetrics, a phenomenal book that dives into how one goes about predicting winners during the biggest night in Hollywood, and how he’s been able to have a near-perfect record doing so. He brings light to many of the surprising predictive tools used, and takes a big picture view as well, devoting a chapter to each Oscar category. He also poses a question in each chapter that launches a discussion and pulls the curtain behind the numbers.He's been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Hollywood Reporter, and graduated from Harvard college in 2015 with a major in Applied Math, parlaying his talent in numbers and statistics into his career.Recently, Ben is a 2020 World Series champion, having worked the last five years in the baseball operations department for the LA Dodgers to make the metrics a formula for success on the baseball field.We’re super excited to have him on today....more November 21, 2020Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 2 (Safi Bahcall) We breakdown about many of the ideas of the second half of "Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall and conclude the book with a big-picture review.
...more October 31, 2020Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 1 (Safi Bahcall) In this podcast, we explore the first half of Safi Bahcall's "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries".
...more October 15, 202021 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 3 (Yuval Noah Harari) On the third podcast of this book, we dissect the last 6 lesson of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".
...more October 04, 202021 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 2 (Yuval Noah Harari) Our second episode on the book, where we breakdown lessons 5 through 14 of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".
...more September 28, 202021 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 1 (Yuval Noah Harari) On the first episode for this book, we discuss and dissect lessons 1 through 4 of "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari.
...more September 25, 2020Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 2 (Anand G.) We conclude and discuss the last half of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" by Anand Giridharadas.
...more September 12, 2020Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 1 (Anand G.) We discuss the first half of Anand Giridharadas' book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World".
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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.