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We are a couple of entrepreneurs who only have time to read for the first 30 minutes of the day. During this podcast we talk about what we have read and how we can use it in our everyday life.

Erica Treadway


    • Jan 24, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 12: Strategies to Approach Anti Racist Topics & Forgetting that Fiction is Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 50:13


    On this episode we talk about two books. Start Here Start Now by Liz Kleinrock & Where The Crawdads Sing By Delia Owens

    Episode 11: Humans are More Than One Thing and is America an Empire?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 57:31


    In this episode we talk about two books, To Shake The Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins & How To Hide An Empire by Daniel Immerwahr. We are so excited to be back talking about the books we are reading!

    Episode 10: Meeting Van Gogh in Your Mind & Being Kind Without Getting Caught

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 71:07


    Episode 10! This week we talk about two books. Just like someone without mental illness only more so by Mark Vonnegut MD and The finally of the New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. We talk about mental health and how some its possible to find success out of physicotic breaks. We also talk about what Michelle Alexander thinks needs to be focused on the world of equality for a better future for people of color.

    Episode 09: Reading For The Planet With Special Guest Bree Barile

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 84:14


    On this episode we talk to our good friend Bree about her reading life and how it has led to her reading and listening to podcasts the planet and how to save it. She talks about the current book she is reading Kings of the Yukon by Adam Weymouth.

    Episode 08: What Did We Read That Made Us Cry? Welcome To Holland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 65:45


    On this weeks episode of the podcast, we talk about two books. Far From The Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon. We talk about Down syndrome and how that community effects our lives. Then we talk more about The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.

    Episode 07: The Systems That Fail “Others” & How To Lend A Hand-kerchief

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 72:49


    In this episode we discuss two books. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles.

    Episode 06: Identity vs Illness & Prison is Big Business

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 83:22


    In this episode we talk about the books Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. We cover topics about minorities and disabilities such as the deaf community and how they are treated. There is a lot of overlapping topics within these worlds.

    Episode 5: Are You Scared of Failure or Success? & Who is Jim Crow?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 66:57


    On today's podcast we discuss the ending of the book Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar. Erica talks about how she doesn't like endings and being more scared of success then failure. Jake picks a new book this week. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. We talk the history of slavery and how it still exists in the way of mass incarceration today.

    Episode 04: What happens to your reading and writing habits after menopause?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 43:43


    Our first guest on the Books in Bed podcast! Erica's mom! We talk a lot about habits and falling out of them as you grow older. And we talk alittle bit about the Tom Robbins book called Skinny Legs and All.

    Episode 03: Is Society Doomed? & Is Happiness Real?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 66:56


    On this weeks episodes we discuss the conclusion of The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen and start a new book called Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment by Tal Ben-Shahar.

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    Episode 2: Is it luck or should you quit your job?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 60:11


    This weeks episode is continuation from last week. We discuss the books, The theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen and When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink. We talk about luck and religion and we tell each other stories of quitting jobs.

    Episode 01 The Leisure Class and Why the Afternoons are Shit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 59:34


    On today's Podcast Jake discusses the book he is reading The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. The second half of the podcast Erica talks about the book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink.

    Episode - Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 7:06


    This is a clip where Erica and Jake discuss what this podcast is all about.

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