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Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... Whether it's cynical or simply realistic to doubt America's political institutions- Which books have influenced Booker mostAnd much, much more. Oh, and Ezra gives Booker some advice on ...

How to Build a Bookstore on Wheels - Brandi Morpurgo episode
Everything Is Energy with Cathy Heller

How does a silly little idea for a mobile bookstore become a reality? Brandi Morpurgo, creator of Daisy Chain Book Co. had a lifelong lov ...

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Books to Read This Fall episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

... episodes. But if you’re new here, we welcome you with open arms as we introduce you to 4 books we have read or have been wanting to read this fall. Join us as we talk about these books ...

An “uncomfortable” conversation with Cory Booker episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

There is a moral radicalism to the way Cory Booker lives out his politics. He lived for years in a housing project. He leads hunger strikes. He challenges political machines. He’s

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Money Psychology Books to Read This Fall episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

There are a wide range of personal finance books teaching you about money numbers and mathematical equations to guide you to your financia ...

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Books to Kick off the New Year episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Books can be our turn for escape, rest, knowledge and tangible tools that open us to an endless ...

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Minimalism & Simple Living Books to Read in 2024 episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Need something to freshen up your mind for the coming year? We've got you covered! In this episode, Jen and Jill deliver your requested book genre for the book club, which is all a

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Self Help Books to Read This Fall episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

It's the mind itself that shapes the body. This fall season, embracing a new mindset will bring about changes that come with comfort and ease. So, join Jen and Jill as they share a

How to Get Free Books episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Why pay for books when you can read and learn for free? A good read is one that leaves you feeling fulfille ...

How to Turn Pain into Purpose - The Last Bookstore's Josh Spencer episode
Everything Is Energy with Cathy Heller

... n your pain into purpose, and then go on to create one of the most successful independent bookstores in the world? Josh Spencer has survived his own rough chapters of his life’s story, ...

Cory Booker returns, live, to talk trust, Trump, and basic incomes episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Senator Cory Booker is back! In this special live episode of The Ezra Klein Show — taped at Vox Conversations — Booker and I dig into America’s crisis of trust. Faith in both polit

Frugal Side Hustle: Bookkeeping with Kate Johnson episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Want to turn your love for numbers into a money-making side gig? Try bookkeeping! In this special Frugal Side Hustle episode, Kate Johnson joins Jen & Jill to get into the art of b

Book excerpt: A better theory of identity politics episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

This is a podcast episode literally years in the making. It’s an excerpt — the first anywhere — from my book Why We’re Polarized . A core argument of the book is that identity is t

The most important book I've read this year episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... the Paris Climate Agreement; and much more. References: "'There is no planet B': the best books to help us navigate the next 50 years" by Kim Stanley Robinson My conversation on geoengi ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates on my “cold, atheist book” episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

This one was a pleasure. Ta-Nehisi Coates joined me in Brooklyn for part of the “Why We’re Polarized” tour. His description of the book may be my favorite yet. It is, he says, “a c

WE WROTE A BOOK!!! episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Buy What You Love Without Going Broke is finally here! To celebrate, Jen and Jill share the story behind the book in this latest episode. They discuss everything from the initial i

Breakdown; Corbell/Knapp drop, Tic Tac data, Bledsoe book & more episode
That UFO Podcast

Andy is sleep deprived but joined by Dan to take a look at some of the news stories making the rounds this week, they discuss; Weaponized, the new Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp pod

Frugal Friends Summer Book Club: 4 Personal Finance Reads episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

... er is the perfect time to soak up some financial wisdom your way. Get ready for these HOT books to fill in your library this season! Tune in as we recommend personal finance reads to ma ...

How to Write a Bestselling Book - Emily Giffin episode
Everything Is Energy with Cathy Heller

Bestselling author Emily Giffin has topped the charts, selling over 11 million copies of her heartwarming novels such as "Something Borrowed," "Something Blue," and "The One and On

Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building robots, and the best books he's read episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Bill Gates is one of those people for whom "needs no introduction" is actually true. The polymathic Microsoft founder now leads the world's largest and most important private found

What to Do with Your Purge: Tips for Donating, Gifting, and Selling episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

... ell old stuff (ebay, FB marketplace) Declutrr gives quote on your tech (and may also take books, CDs, DVDs, legos) Swappa (charges buyer, not seller) Amazon has trade in program (paymen ...

Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, religion, and 60-day meditation retreats episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... test stories human beings have ever told-Why he reads only 5-10 pages of a huge number of books-His theory that human beings have moved from venerating gods, to venerating themselves, t ...

Meal Planning On A Budget | Intro to Meal Prepping, Planning & What to do When You Just Can't episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

... mportant aspect of our journey! So let's figure out a system that works for us! Sponsors: Books - the frugal entertainment Podcastcrafter.com Podcast Crafter - Check them out and hire t ...

The Life-Changing Magic of a Shopping Ban with Cait Flanders episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

We are so excited to have Cait Flanders, author of "The Year of Less", on the podcast today! Cait underwent a two-year shopping ban that changed not just her finances, but her life

G. Willow Wilson on religion, comics, and modern myths episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... cover on this show. Religion. Spirituality. Gender roles. Traditionalist societies. Comic books.G. Willow Wilson is the author of The Butterfly Mosque, Alif the Unseen, and the Hugo awa ...

What SCARED US while SNEAKING OUT at 3 A.M. episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

This week, Louie and Yoatzi talk about irrational fears, roller coasters, and their old sneaking out videos. Huggies Little Snugglers, now with blowout protection in every directio

Our Creepy Childhood Neighbors episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

Louie and Yoatzi give an update on the neighbor drama. They also discuss string theory, creepy neighbors from childhood, and parents standing up for their kids. Huggies Little Snug

158: What if you entered The Void? episode
This Is Actually Happening

... lowing him on Instagram@dexter_two_omelettes, or on Facebook or Twitter. You can find his books Scratching the Ghost and Rhapsody on Bookshop.org, Amazon, or wherever books are sold. So ...

238: What if you were tortured in an Iranian prison? episode
This Is Actually Happening

... going to marinanemat.com . There you can find contact information and more about her two books, 'Prisoner of Tehran', and 'After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed.' Her books are also available ...

Louie was UNINVITED from the STITCH PREMIERE! episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

We're back, flibbertigibbets! We're bouncing back from being sick at Disney World and talking about why Louie got uninvited from the Lilo & Stitch movie premiere. Huggies Little Sn

Fern Finally Opens Up: Relationship, Being Introverted, Clothing Brand Issues episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

Today we're joined by a very special guest - Fern! We talk about his first impressions of Louie, what all the nicknames mean, and Fern's clothing brand. Huggies Little Snugglers, n

The Confusion on Louie’s Identity episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

We're back bihhhhh! Louie and Yoatzi talk about Pride Month, staying true to yourself, and getting triggered by ragebait. Huggies Little Snugglers, now with blowout protection in e

THERE'S A SHADOW WATCHING LOUIE episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

In this episode, Louie and Yoatzi share some spooky stories, discuss unsolicited attention, and talk about foods they can no longer stand the sight of. What new words are you seein

YAMI IS FINALLY HERE : Growing up Together, Coming Out, and Breaking Up! episode
Pretty, Not Smart With Louie And Yoatzi Castro

We're joined by our longtime friend YAMI to reminisce on playing together as kids, middle school highs and lows, and how Louie and Yami came out to each other. Get tickets to our L

167: What if you had a fetish for disgust? episode
This Is Actually Happening

“Once I was able to be in control of what I decide is disgusting instead of having that placed on me, that’s what helped me become friends with the feeling.” Producer: Whit Missild

193: What if your deepest secret was shared with the world? episode
This Is Actually Happening

“I felt like I was sort of drifting along as something besides human, like I had stepped onto another planet inside my head.” Producers: Whit Missildine Episode Summary: A man haun

Hillary Clinton. Yes, that Hillary Clinton. episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... health care- What skills does a president need that campaigns don't test?- What's on her bookshelf?- Why America stopped trusting elites — and what elites should do about itIf you want ...

Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... nted to ease problems like wealth inequality could do if they did have power? Recommended books: Caste, Class, and Race by Oliver Cox Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams Black Recon ...

We’re postliterate episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

What happens when we read less? What does that do to our ability to understand complex ideas, or even think for ourselves?In today’s episode, guest host Jonquilyn Hill speaks with

Oprah Winfrey | The Teacher Who Noticed episode
The Person Who Believed In Me

"Nobody but nobody can make it out here alone." In this powerful conversation, Oprah Winfrey shares how one teacher's attention saved her life during her darkest years and why bein

Vivian Tu | "You Deserve a Seat at the Table" episode
The Person Who Believed In Me

... he fact that some of the drive is plain spite — the man who doubted her can't walk past a bookstore without seeing her face in the window. Get more stories that remind you the world is ...

Margaret Cho | Ten Years Sober, Still Counting episode
The Person Who Believed In Me

An hour before Margaret Cho arrived to tape this episode, David Begnaud's team found something in court documents neither of them had known. She had come to talk about Mr. Jackson,

Ava DuVernay | The Critic Who Said Yes episode
The Person Who Believed In Me

There's a photograph of a girl outside the Shrine Auditorium giving a thumbs up next to Roger Ebert, who is giving one back. She was around eight, brought there from Compton by her

Dr. Arthur Brooks | Complicated vs. Complex episode
The Person Who Believed In Me

Arthur Brooks was 34, older than everyone else in his PhD program, and his dissertation defense went badly. He knew it. The room included two Nobel laureates in economics and James

How Democracies Die episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... evitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die is going to be one of its most important books. It will be read as a commentary on Donald Trump, which is fair enough, because the book ...

JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... y elites, and how they differ from those he grew up withAnd, as always, much more. Enjoy. Books:-Robert Putnam’s “Our Kids”-William Julius Wilson’s “The Truly Disadvantaged”-Charles Mur ...

Allison from Inspired Budget on Paying off $111,000 of Debt While Starting a Family episode
Frugal Friends Podcast

Paying off debt, saving money, or reaching other financial goals may seem impossible when you have children - but on this episode Allison from Inspired Budget proves to us it's not

Isabel Wilkerson wants to change how we understand race in America episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... t Migration, was a landmark achievement, and remains one of the all-time most recommended books on this show. Wilkerson worked for years on her new book, Caste: The Origins of Our Disco ...

Jenny Odell on nature, art, and burnout in quarantine episode
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

... k became a sensation: it captured a cultural moment, made it onto Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2019 list and became, for many, a touchstone. And then, a global pandemic hit, radical ...

323: What if you were suddenly a blank slate? episode
This Is Actually Happening

... k Times Magazine, The Believer, and Zyzzyva, among others. She lives in California. These books are available wherever books are sold. Listen to exclusive episodes of This is Actually H ...