Book Schmooze
Book Schmooze is a book review podcast where we ramble about books that we just read, mostly non-fiction. Contact Email: bookschmooze@gmail.com “If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.”― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Episodes
10 episodes
The Sovereign Individual by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
Coughing our way through this intriguing book. Happy New Year!
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2:11:00
Open Borders by Bryan Caplan
In this episode we disucss the "graphic textbook" Open Borders by econ professor Bryan Caplan, illustrated by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoonist Zach Weinersmith.EDIT: Caplan recently published some new interesting thoughts ab...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:44:12
The Machiavellians by James Burnham
Welcome to season 2 of Book Schmooze with all new books and a brand new microphone!! Notes: Robert Michels was actually German!
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:12:29
Atomic Habits by James Clear
In this episode we discuss the widely popular self-improvement classic "Atomic habits" by James Clear. Enjoy and do check out James Clear's weekly newsletter: https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1
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2:04:34
[GERMAN] Also sprach Zarathustra von Friedrich Nietzsche
*CAREFUL* THIS EPISODE IS IN *GERMAN* To celebrate the anniversary of the fifth episode of the Book Schmooze podcast, we made an episode in GERMAN!
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1:49:02
Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In this crisp episode we talk about Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by probability researcher and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Check it out! Spoiler alert: this is nowhere near a comprehensive review, quite the...
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1:59:43
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
In this episode we discuss "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel.
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4:16:10
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis
In the second episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we babble about the book "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life" by Luke Burgis. The book is based on the so called "Mimetic Theory" by René Girard which we also discuss.
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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
In this inaugural episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we review the book "The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't" by Julia Galef. Is it RAD or is it WHACK? Find out by listening to this episode.Som...
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