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When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 34:09


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.

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Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 51:08


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.

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A conversation with Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics and Dodgers Manager of Baseball Analytics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 32:33


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.

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Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 2 (Safi Bahcall)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 23:18


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.

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Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 1 (Safi Bahcall)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 24:35


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".

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 3 (Yuval Noah Harari)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 27:05


On the third podcast of this book, we dissect the last 6 lesson of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 2 (Yuval Noah Harari)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 26:33


Our second episode on the book, where we breakdown lessons 5 through 14 of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 1 (Yuval Noah Harari)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 24:37


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.

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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 2 (Anand G.)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 25:56


We conclude and discuss the last half of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" by Anand Giridharadas.

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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 1 (Anand G.)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 33:42


We discuss the first half of Anand Giridharadas' book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World".

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Principles, Part 4 (Ray Dalio)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 31:27


We discuss the second half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles" and conclude the book as a whole.

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Principles, Part 3 (Ray Dalio)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 30:03


We discuss the first half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles".

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Principles, Part 2 (Ray Dalio)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 27:40


We discuss the second section, “Life Principles”, in Ray Dalio's book.

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Principles, Part 1 (Ray Dalio)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 32:41


We discuss the first section, “Where I'm Coming From”, in Principles by Ray Dalio.

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