Why is 30-year-old Michael Belkin new school and old fashioned?  Some of it has to do with his reading choices—biographies, how he prefers emails to be sent—a good subject line, and how one book and the author’s appearance at a conference reset his attitude about how business should be conducted.  Simon Sinek says Start with Why.  Michael didn’t just read it, he lives it and builds his professional and personal life around it.

Bedtime was reading time for author and Boston sports anchor and reporter Bob Halloran.   That reading inspired him to become a sportscaster and writer.  Along the way, he survived a health scare, lived to tell about it, and just appreciates the gift of another day to live and a book to read.

Dan Boyne, author of The Seven Seat:  A True Story of Rowing, Revenge, and Redemption tells a story about his life that we can all relate to.  You’ll feel as if you’re in the boat, cheering him on, wishing all bully stories could end this way.  Experience or rekindle the typical college tales from life in the 1970s, laughing with friends and overindulgences.  Dan is a teacher and rowing coach at Harvard.

It’s too much fun. Why leave?  Sportswriter Gene Wojciechowski graduated from college 40 years ago, but never really left.  He’s a fixture on ESPN’s College GameDay, SportsCenter and other platforms.  At the heart of it all, Gene’s a serial reader and writer.  There was no bedtime hour as a child.  He fell asleep at whatever hour it was with a book in his hands.  Still does.

Part two with Nigel Travis, former CEO and current executive chairman of Dunkin’ brands.  Nigel loves a challenge.  He got it at Burger King, Blockbuster, Papa John’s and most recently in running Dunkin’ which he wrote a book about; The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback.  His current challenge is owning and running Leyton Orient, a professional soccer team that he grew up rooting for in his native London.

Coffee and conversation with Nigel Travis, chairman of Dunkin’ Brands.  Hear how he got Dunkin’ brands back on track, took it public, and wrote a book about it.   His love of reading, leading, listening and questioning are all wrapped up in a cup with those familiar colors and taste.

Author Tom Caraccioli is back, shedding tears with grown men over good books, including his own.  If you’ve ever wondered whether twins think alike, you can only imagine how it impacts their writing styles.  Tom doesn’t have to imagine.  He’s lived it with his identical twin brother and coauthor, Jerry.  We revisit Striking Silver and remember a difficult time in American history with Boycott:  Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Actually, they’re FootJoys, but a walk on the golf course with Tom Coyne is like walking a mile in his moccasins.   You won’t just know him, you’ll feel him; his pain, his joy and his sense of adventure. Much like his journey to find the secret to golf in Scotland, he does about the same in his home country.  His next book: A Course Called America is a journey worth taking with Tom shepherding the way.

Recognize that voice?  Josh Brogadir is a professional voiceover artist, actor, Boston TV newsman, former educator and a curious soul with a need to read.  If he’s not reading a book for pay or pleasure, he’s listening to one on audio.  The Dos Equis beer guy is not the most interesting man in the world; Josh is.

You can take the boy out of Philly, but you can’t take Philly out of the boy.  Tom Coyne, the author of A Course Called Scotland, makes friends out of strangers on the golf course, while searching for the secret to golf. He finds the secret within, confronting his own demons and changing attitudes about golf being a good walk spoiled.