Books Applied Podcast

By Iggy Perillo, WSL Leadership

What's Books Applied Podcast about?

A deep dive into an excellent book and how to apply it to make your work, sport and life more awesome. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support

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Books Applied Podcast episodes:

06.03.2024
Books Applied Podcast - Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey - Featuring Special Guest Lisa Alexander
To many of us steeped in grind culture, just the idea of rest is heretical. In this excellent manifesto, Tricia Hersey shares the deeply revolutionary practice of rest as something we all deserve because we are humans. It is not...
05.01.2024
Books Applied Podcast - Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
I read this book and immediately got so excited that I recorded a podcast episode. It is so good. Learning about the different kinds of feedback might just revolutionize how you give feedback. Learning to receive feedback better is a...
04.01.2024
Books Applied Podcast - Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau - Featuring Special Guest Lauren O'Malley
Check out these links and extra resources Lauren mentioned during the show: https://emilyladau.com/ Emily Ladau’s podcast https://www.theaccessiblestall.com/ ASSUME THAT I CAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ivgabfdPQ "Our negative assumptions about people with Down syndrome can lead us to treat them in such a way that these assumptions become reality....
02.01.2024
Books Applied Podcast - Think Again by Adam Grant
In the book Think Again, Adam Grant teaches about the power of being able to change your mind. He makes a strong case for why this mental flexibility is crucial for a happy and healthy life. You're not a sell-out...
01.01.2024
Books Applied Podcast - Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen - Featuring Special Guest Marsha Shandur
We are CONSTANTLY having (or avoiding) difficult conversations. This book will tell you how to do it well. Special guest Marsha Shandur and I talk through highlights of the book and have some laughs discussing having (and also avoiding) Difficult...
12.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown - Featuring Special Guest Jo Linden
Naming your emotions (being aware of how you feel) is integral to emotional intelligence. The feelings wheel is a tool I often share with folks to help jump-start their creativity and awareness when putting words to feelings. In Atlas of...
11.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Featuring Special Guest Charley Downing
DEI Director Charley Downing and Iggy discuss the book Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. We explore the metaphors and reality of caste Wilkerson researched in the US and beyond. We also focus on applying what caste means in a practical sense...
10.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Breath by James Nestor - Featuring Special Guest Lenka Koppova
We explore the surprising and weird world of breathing in this conversation about the book Breath by James Nestor. Lenka Koppova and I discuss improving our lives by paying more attention to how we breathe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
09.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - Featuring Special Guest Franklin Taggart
In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert tells us how to live the life of a creative. Special guest Franklin Taggart and I get into what we like from her advice - which was mostly useful but not completely. We (I) also...
08.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Quit by Annie Duke -- Featuring Special Guest Natalie King
Winners are better at quitting. Their ability to know when to quit gives them the space and energy to win (instead of wasting their efforts on a losing endeavor). The book Quit by Annie Duke explains this counterintuitive phenomenon and...
07.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher - Featuring Special Guest Tara McMullin
The book Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher can come off as a dark exposé of the problems we cause ourselves because we've ingested and internalized capitalism to the point that we can't even imagine another system for a functional world....
06.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow - Featuring Special Guest Rachel Allen
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow provides surprising insights into how we got here and what we've written off along the way to make civilization as we know it seem like it evolved in a smooth...
05.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom, by Rick Hanson - Featuring Special Guest Roberta Ravella
There's more to our brain than we think. In this episode Roberta Ravella and I discuss the book Boddha's Brain and the overlap between Buddhist thinking and modern neruroscience. You can shape how your brain functions - this book will...
04.03.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler Featuring Special Guest Gail Kraft
Learn about ecstasis and why it is unique, unusual and also something you can create (in many ways!) in your life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
03.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - At Home on an Unruly Planet, Madeline Ostrander - Featuring Special Guest, the author, Madeline Ostrander!
Madeline and I discuss her book about being at home as our world changes. Madeline interviewed people in four communities that are navigating their changing world. The book is a compelling narrative of long-form journalism. The book also includes some...
02.01.2023
Books Applied Podcast - The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey - Featuring Special Guest Loren Chadima
This is a book about finding flow in all aspects of your life (sports and work and beyond). It's not about tennis -- well it's a little bit about tennis but mainly as an example for how to achieve flow....
01.02.2023
Books Applied Podcast - Making Numbers Count by Karla Starr and Chip Heath - Featuring Special Guest Melody Baran
When you can communicate numbers well, you can shock and amaze people. This book (and conversation) tells you how. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - You're In Charge, Now What? by Thomas Neff and James M. Citrin - Featuring Special Guest Sabrina Walker Hernandez
Who know taking on a new leadership role could elicit so many laughs? Special guest Sabrina Walker Hernandez also brings up some great points about when you should revisit the ideas in this book - such as during a big...
11.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Daring Greatly, Brene Brown - Featuring Special Guest Janine Bolon
In Daring Greatly, Brene Brown writes about what it means to have courage in the modern world. My special guest Janine Bolon and I discuss this book and, in the most practical sense, how to be a courageous person. --- Support...
10.01.2022
Episode 26 - 7 1/2 Lessons about the Brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett, featuring special guest Audrey Holst
Your brain doesn't have different parts that fight with itself. It sculpts the world you perceive. Its job is to regulate your body efficiently. Learn more fascinating truths (and bust some myths) about your brain in this nerdtastic conversation with...
09.01.2022
Early English Women Novelists and their Heroines
We depart wildly from the usual nerdy book fare for this nerdy discussion about how those early English women writers created such enduring heroines. I talk with Robin Henry about these women writers and the lessons that we can learn...
08.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Will by Will Smith - Featuring Special Guest Fabienne Raphael
My friend Fabienne Raphael and I discuss the memoir Will by Will Smith. We read the book before the 2022 Academy Awards, and although we don't talk about the Oscars specifically, we do talk specifics about WIll Smith's life and...
07.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Quiet by Susan Cain - Featuring Special Guest Aurora Burds Connor
How do you know if you have an introvert on your hands? What are the strengths of introverts and why do we stampede over them at times? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
06.01.2022
Episode 22 - Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman (Featuring Mark Suroviec)
Thinking Fast and Slow has had a huge impact on how I work with people and make decisions. In this episode, I speak with trainer and facilitator Mark Suroviec about highlights from the book and how it influences his work. We...
05.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Wait by Frank Portnoy - Featuring Special Guest Dan Miller
We discuss when it is better to wait and delay making a decision or taking action (spoiler alert: pretty much all the time - but the reason why is intriguing). Some related tangents include fighter pilots, OODA loops, experiential education,...
04.01.2022
Episode 20 - We Should All be Millionaires by Rachel Rogers Featuring Special Guest Tierra Bonds
We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rogers is by turns inspiring and grounded. Special guest Tierra Bonds works in the field of personal and business credit and we have a thoughtful and uplifting conversation about how we think, feel...
03.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Secondhand by Adam Minter - Featuring Special Guest Julia Williamson
I talk with Julia Williamson of Unburdened Life about the book Secondhand by Adam Minter. Julia is here to help you discard the crap you hate and this book talks about how that works. We have a great time talking...
02.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Small List, Big Results by Robbie Samuels - Featuring Special Guest, The Author, Robbie Samuels
Robbie and I discuss his book and what makes it interesting and useful for people who are building their businesses. Robbie also very generously set up a personalized link for listeners to download The Big Results Toolkit, which has several resources...
01.01.2022
Books Applied Podcast - Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - Featuring Special Guests Amy Angelilli and Chandra Sivaraman
We discuss How to Steal Like an Artist and what that means for us as creators in the worlds of improv, coding and leadership. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.01.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein
Which is worse: a scattered distribution of answers to a question or many (or even most) answers being slightly wrong? Surprise! The scattered distribution is way, way worse. Also, when is the last time you thought about how statistical analysis...
11.01.2021
Books Applied Podcast - The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin - Featuring special guest Dan Cayer
We discuss what it takes to do creative work consistently. Dan Cayer brings insights from the world of professional writing. Learn more about Dan Cayer and his work here. ---- To expand your creative problem solving with fun and laughter join me at...
10.01.2021
Books Applied Podcast - The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath - Featuring Special Guest Jess Kubat
We talk about how to create amazing moments in your life (and in the lives of those around you). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
08.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Wilinik and Leif Babin
An improvement on Extreme Ownership (by the same authors) that addresses more of the nuances of leadership. I found it to be a fascinating explanation of how to identify competing extremes in finding your balance as a leader. --- Support this...
07.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink - Featuring Special Guest Hannah Fitzgibbon
Creativity Coach Hannah Fitzgibbon and I discuss how the brain works and how you can make it work better according to Daniel Pink n his book A Whole New Mind. Learn more about Hannah and her work at https://hannahfitzgibbon.com. --- Support this...
06.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Curious by Ian Leslie featuring special guest Chris Martin
We discuss curiosity, what it is and how to cultivate it to live a better life. A lively conversation with Chris Martin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
05.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari - featuring special guest Stephen Warley
How we got to be who we are and the convenient lies that made it happen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
04.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova
Poker isn't about lying and your capacity to adapt and learn is even bigger than you probably expect. Join Maria Konnikova on an amazing journey from not even knowing how to play poker to sponsored professional player in about a...
03.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Atomic Habits by James Clear. Featuring Special Guest Gregor Stoddard.
We love good habits and detest bad habits - this book gets down to details and practical about cultivating more of the good ones and rewiring the bad ones. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
02.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Range by David Epstein - Featuring Special Guest Safiya Robinson
Safiya Robinson and I discuss the ideas presented in Range - why it's better to have broad interests and follow many divergent paths (even if you later choose to specialize in a single area). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
01.20.2021
Books Applied Podcast - Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales
An examination of people who survive harrowing extreme situations and what they share incommon and how to bring more of those deep survival skills into our everyday life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.20.2020
Books Applied Podcast - The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White
How do you like to receive appreciation? How do you like to show it? What are the blindspots you're missing when appreciating others? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.08.2020
Books Applied Podcast - Extreme Ownership by Jocko Wilink and Leif Babin
Ownership of your actions is a great way to take control of your life and when you take it to the extreme you can make powerful changes. Check out the useful ideas from Jocko Willink and Leif Babin in Extreme...
12.08.2020
Books Applied Podcast - Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
How to change your habits and change your life from the master Charles Duhigg. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.08.2020
Books Applied Podcast - Mindset by Carol Dweck
A look at the highlights of the book Mindset by Carol Dweck and how to apply these ideas to your work, sport or life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support
12.07.2020
Books Applied Podcast - Deep Work by Cal Newport
Working deeply is an art and a skill that can be cultivated. Get more done and do better work by applying the ideas from Deep Work by Cal Newport. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksapplied/support

What's Books Applied Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Books Applied Podcast episodes:

Books Applied Podcast - Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey - Featuring Special Guest Lisa Alexander

Books Applied Podcast - Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen

Books Applied Podcast - Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau - Featuring Special Guest Lauren O'Malley

Books Applied Podcast - Think Again by Adam Grant

Books Applied Podcast - Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen - Featuring Special Guest Marsha Shandur

Books Applied Podcast - Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown - Featuring Special Guest Jo Linden

Books Applied Podcast - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Featuring Special Guest Charley Downing

Books Applied Podcast - Breath by James Nestor - Featuring Special Guest Lenka Koppova

Books Applied Podcast - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - Featuring Special Guest Franklin Taggart

Books Applied Podcast - Quit by Annie Duke -- Featuring Special Guest Natalie King

Books Applied Podcast - Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher - Featuring Special Guest Tara McMullin

Books Applied Podcast - The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow - Featuring Special Guest Rachel Allen

Books Applied Podcast - Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom, by Rick Hanson - Featuring Special Guest Roberta Ravella

Books Applied Podcast - Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler Featuring Special Guest Gail Kraft

Books Applied Podcast - At Home on an Unruly Planet, Madeline Ostrander - Featuring Special Guest, the author, Madeline Ostrander!

Books Applied Podcast - The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey - Featuring Special Guest Loren Chadima

Books Applied Podcast - Making Numbers Count by Karla Starr and Chip Heath - Featuring Special Guest Melody Baran

Books Applied Podcast - You're In Charge, Now What? by Thomas Neff and James M. Citrin - Featuring Special Guest Sabrina Walker Hernandez

Books Applied Podcast - Daring Greatly, Brene Brown - Featuring Special Guest Janine Bolon

Episode 26 - 7 1/2 Lessons about the Brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett, featuring special guest Audrey Holst

Early English Women Novelists and their Heroines

Books Applied Podcast - Will by Will Smith - Featuring Special Guest Fabienne Raphael

Books Applied Podcast - Quiet by Susan Cain - Featuring Special Guest Aurora Burds Connor

Episode 22 - Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman (Featuring Mark Suroviec)

Books Applied Podcast - Wait by Frank Portnoy - Featuring Special Guest Dan Miller

Episode 20 - We Should All be Millionaires by Rachel Rogers Featuring Special Guest Tierra Bonds

Books Applied Podcast - Secondhand by Adam Minter - Featuring Special Guest Julia Williamson

Books Applied Podcast - Small List, Big Results by Robbie Samuels - Featuring Special Guest, The Author, Robbie Samuels

Books Applied Podcast - Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - Featuring Special Guests Amy Angelilli and Chandra Sivaraman

Books Applied Podcast - Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein

Books Applied Podcast - The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin - Featuring special guest Dan Cayer

Books Applied Podcast - The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath - Featuring Special Guest Jess Kubat

Books Applied Podcast - The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Wilinik and Leif Babin

Books Applied Podcast - A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink - Featuring Special Guest Hannah Fitzgibbon

Books Applied Podcast - Curious by Ian Leslie featuring special guest Chris Martin

Books Applied Podcast - Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari - featuring special guest Stephen Warley

Books Applied Podcast - The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova

Books Applied Podcast - Atomic Habits by James Clear. Featuring Special Guest Gregor Stoddard.

Books Applied Podcast - Range by David Epstein - Featuring Special Guest Safiya Robinson

Books Applied Podcast - Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales

Books Applied Podcast - The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White

Books Applied Podcast - Extreme Ownership by Jocko Wilink and Leif Babin

Books Applied Podcast - Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Books Applied Podcast - Mindset by Carol Dweck

Books Applied Podcast - Deep Work by Cal Newport