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Book Insights Podcast
Check us out at podcast.memod.com for our entire library of podcast episodes! Each week we do a deep dive into a nonfiction bestseller. Self-Help. Psychology. Business. Philosophy. In around 30 minutes we cover the major themes and ideas of a recent hit, an important work, or an ancient classic....
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The Key to a Good Life: Aristotle's Groundbreaking Insight | Book Insights on Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
*Aristotle’s relentless quest to categorize everything has had a massive impact on philosophical and scientific thinking over the last 2,000 years.
James Comey on Clinton, Trump, and ethical leadership | Book Insights on A Higher Loyalty by James Comey
*Through his discussion of his early life and studies, his long career in law enforcement and role in the spotlight of various Clinton and Trump contr...
How Phil Knight's 'Crazy Idea' - Nike - Revolutionized an Industry | Book Insights on Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
*In Shoe Dog, the famously reticent founder of Nike opens up to tell the story of how he transformed a $50 loan into a multibillion-dollar business. <...
Mark Manson Says You Should Give Less F's | Book Insights on The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
*Despite the attention-grabbing title, this isn’t a guide for rebels without a cause, keen to flip the middle finger at society and authority. Instead...
Meet the True Renaissance Man | Book Insights on Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
*Banned from elite schools due to the circumstances of his birth, Leonardo propelled his own education through endless reading, observation and experi...
Warren Buffett's Investing Secrets | Book Insights on The Essays of Warren Buffett by Lawrence A. Cunningham and Warren Buffett
*Countless books have been written about him, but The Essays of Warren Buffett (first published in 1997) is the only edited compendium of writings fro...
Life Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius | Book Insight on The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
*The twelve chapters of The Meditations, the personal writings of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD), offers modern audiences a clear understanding...
Improve Your Life - Beginning with Your Bed | Book Insights on Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. Raven
*Admiral William McRaven belongs to the US military elite, a Four-Star Admiral who was tasked with some of the country’s most crucial missions.
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Why Humans Need a Tribe | Book Insights on Tribe by Sebastian Junger
*Sebastian Junger’s work as a journalist and film-maker in war zones led him to some startling facts about conflict and hardship: people are often hap...
Katherine Graham: American Icon | Book Insights on Personal History by Katherine Graham
*Katharine Graham had an image as a cultured society hostess who held court from a grand Washington residence, and as the friend of US presidents and...
How to predict the future | Book Insights on The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
*Our brains are machines that are always simplifying and approximating, focusing on some detail that captures our attention. Those details may be impo...
How to Find Hope in a Hopeless Place | Book Insight on Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
*Viktor Frankl’s wife, parents and brother died in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Enduring extreme hunger, cold and brutality, first in Ausc...
Life and Times of Apple's Visionary | Book Insights on Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
*The story of Steve Jobs’s rise, fall and restoration at Apple resembled a Greek epic, and Walter Isaacson was fascinated by the chance to reconstruct...
How to Truly Eat Well | Books Insights on In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
*The common sense and clarity of Michael Pollan’s message – Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants – is what gives it its power, all the more so when c...
Do You Think Like a Fox or a Hedgehog? | Book Insights on The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin
*In later life, Isaiah Berlin regretted calling his essay The Hedgehog and the Fox, but it’s an undoubtedly intriguing title.
*While it investi...
Effective Communication with Kids | Book Insights on The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
*Parenting can be tough work, and at times it can feel like just surviving is the most you’re able to do. But psychotherapists Siegel and Bryson show...
How to Think Like a Shark for Your Business | Book Insights on Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
*In today’s world, competition is becoming increasingly fierce. This leads to bloody battles among competitors who are forced to keep reducing prices...
Rachel Holliss on How To Achieve The Life of Your Dreams | Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
*Like many people, Rachel Hollis had a difficult time growing up. But she realized that, whatever her circumstances, it was no excuse for not designin...
Want to live forever? Eat this | Book Insights on How Not to Die by Michael Greger
*If dying is a certainty, dying early is almost always a choice.
*This is the thread running through Michael Greger’s How Not To Die. Backed up...
The History of the Human Species | Book Insights on Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
*Arguably the most influential self-help book of all time, Dale Carnegie’s bestseller had an immediate impact on publication in 1936, going through 17...
How to Lead with Likeability | Book Insights on How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
*Arguably the most influential self-help book of all time, Dale Carnegie’s bestseller had an immediate impact on publication in 1936, going through 17...
The Man, the Madness, the Tesla Founder | Book Insight on Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
*Elon Musk is an enigma. His vision seems to be motivated by a love for humanity, but he has no trouble treating individuals poorly.
*He’s left...
Book Lounge | Good to Great with Gary Garth
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Good to Great with special guest Gary Garth .
Each week Book Insights creator and author...
Why Companies Succeed or Fail | Book Insights on Good to Great by Jim Collins
*Most great companies enjoyed years of obscurity before their great results compelled the world to look at them. In fact, they seemed just like any ot...
Book Lounge | This Is Marketing with Brandon Leibowitz
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book This Is Marketing with special guest Brandon Leibowitz.
Each week Book Insights creator a...
Marketing for the Digital Age & Beyond | Book Insights on This is Marketing by Seth Godin
*The old-world method of mass advertising through TV and radio was hugely successful for big corporations. With the arrival of the internet, everythin...
Book Lounge | Big Magic with Lauree Ostrofsky
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Big Magic with special guest Lauree Ostrofsky.
Each week Book Insights creator and author...
Unleash Your Creative Potential | Book Insights on Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
*Part spiritual guide and part pragmatic how-to, in Big Magic bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert shares her secrets and processes for all things cre...
Book Lounge - Difficult Conversations with Kevin Gazzara
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Difficult Conversations with special guest Kevin Gazzara.
Each week Book Insights creator...
From Combative to Constructive | Book Insights on Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen
*Difficult Conversations grew out of fifteen years of work at the Harvard Negotiation Project, which focuses on matters of negotiation and conflict re...
Book Lounge - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Kevin Palmieri
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with special guest Kevin Palmieri.
Each week Book...
Stephen Covey's Timeless Advice | Book Insights on 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
*It’s been said that, in the United States, the influence of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is second only to the Bible.
*Not only is...
Book Lounge - The Lean Startup with Brendan Kumarasamy
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Lean Startup with special guest Brendan Kumarasamy.
Each week Book Insights creator a...
Startup Success - Simplified! | Book Insights on The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
*Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup brilliantly articulates the incremental, iterative approach to innovation, which provides a reality check on ego-driven i...
Book Lounge - You Are a Badass with Nancy Pickard
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book You Are a Badass with special guest Nancy Pickard .
Each week Book Insights creator and a...
Unleash Your Inner Badass | Book Insights on You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
*When it comes to self-help, Jen Sincero has been there, read that, and got multiple T-shirts.
*You are a Badass is her effort to distill every...
Book Lounge - Lost Connections with Brittany Days
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Lost Connections with special guest Brittany Days.
Each week Book Insights creator and au...
Depression's Underlying Cause | Book Insight on Lost Connections by Johann Hari
*Prompted by his own experience of living with depression and the escalating levels of depression and anxiety across the Western world, Johann Hari se...
Book Lounge | Emotional Intelligence 2.0 with Christina Eanes
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 with special guest Christina Eanes.
Each week Book Insights cr...
Why EQ Matters More Than IQ | Book Insights on Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves
*In their number one New York Times bestseller, Bradberry and Greaves lay out the four key skills that – once adopted – will exponentially enhance you...