Podcasts by 3 Books With Neil Pasricha
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 20-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc.
For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
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Page 62: The YA series that shaped Judy Blume from 2023-12-13T08:33
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Page 62 comes from Chapter 6 with the one and only Judy Blume.
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Page 61: Judy Blume's favorite children's book from 2023-12-08T08:33
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Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos from 2023-11-27T09:16
“Your airbag” by Ralph Nader. “Your seatbelt” by Ralph Nader. “Your cleaner air” by Ralph Nader. “Your safer food” by Ralph Nader. “Your lead protection when you get dental x-rays", “Y...
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Bookmark: Leslie Richardson on practicing peaceful parenting from 2023-11-20T11:30
Today I'm putting out a special Bookmark episode of <...
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Page 53: This book teaches us why we get fat—and what to do about it from 2023-11-17T08:33
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Page 53 comes from Chapter 5 with Gretchen Rubin, author of 'The Happiness Project' and podcaster behind 'Happier'...
Page 52: An immersive children's book every adult should read from 2023-11-13T08:33
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Page 51: Gretchen Rubin's single biggest advice to writers from 2023-11-06T07:33
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Chapter 129: Sahil Bloom freezes at 4am to find fortune and finish first from 2023-10-28T20:24
I flew down to New York City and sat in a plush purple corner booth at the pricey and exclusive Core Club in midtown Manhattan. Sahil Bloom is the youngest member they have because, as he says, ...
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Page 43: A book for the thoughtful, strange, quirky-curious reader from 2023-10-20T07:33
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Page 42: A book for challenging our view of beauty from 2023-10-13T07:33
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Page 41: A young-adult book that offers us quiet strength and connection... from 2023-10-06T07:33
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Chapter 128: Heather McGowan listens to lessons from the Lakota and Legacy of Luna from 2023-09-29T09:57
I started 3 Books back in 2018.
I didn't fully appreciate how big, wide, and deep the core q...
Page 34: How do you measure trust? from 2023-09-25T07:33
Page 34 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'.
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Page 33: How to see (and drop) the narrative from 2023-09-18T07:33
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Page 32: Why you should get off the plane from 2023-09-11T07:33
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Page 31: How to tell yourself a different story from 2023-09-05T07:33
Page 31 comes from Chapter 3 with Seth Godin, author of 'Tribes' and 'Linchpin'.
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Chapter 127: Lenore Skenazy on killing coddling to create capable kids from 2023-08-31T01:35
Early episodes of Sesame Street from the late 1960s show five-year-olds walking streets alone, talking to strangers, and playing on vacant lots, but when those episodes were released on DVD year...
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Page 22: How to build trust with strangers from 2023-08-21T07:33
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Page 21: How to get people to open up from 2023-08-10T07:33
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Chapter 126: Jully Black on anthem alterations and attitude absolutions from 2023-08-01T18:31
I’ve been lucky enough to be invited onto ‘The Social’ (@TheSocialCTV) a few times. Do you know the show? It’s like ‘The View’, but Canadian, with four dynamic hosts sharing fast-paced opinions ...
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Page 13: Fighting book shame from 2023-07-28T10:30
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Page 12: How to prioritize reading from 2023-07-26T10:30
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Page 11: Why I started this podcast from 2023-07-24T10:30
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Chapter 125: Two Syrian Chefs share sheep and shawarma shopkeeping shenanigans from 2023-07-03T11:38
Meet Chef Osama Harwash and Chef Houssam Harwash. Two b... Listen
Bookmark: Live At 'Word On The Street' Book Festival from 2023-06-18T04:37
Chapter 124: Martellus Bennett weaves Willy Wonka with warrior wisdom from 2023-06-04T03:41
Martellus Bennett is reimagining imagination.
He’s perhaps best known in cultural press for his championship NFL career which included the famous Super Bowl LI comeback where his P...
Bookmark: Rocking and rolling with ravishing Rich Roll from 2023-05-19T15:53
Chapter 123: Suzy Batiz on suffering, surviving, and selling shit from 2023-05-05T17:34
“Do you realize what you’ve done? You’ve taken the smell out of shit!”
Suzy Batiz says this is what her husband Hector said — shocked! amazed! — when he realized the strange essential oil...
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Bookmark: Honing healthy happy habits with the Holdernesses from 2023-04-20T04:12
Penn and Kim Holderness are a beam of light in the world.
If you aren't one of the billion people -- like, an actual bi...
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Chapter 122: Tank Sinatra on masterpiece microdosing and meme mastery in our manufactured madness from 2023-04-06T04:34
Diluting central news sources. Constantly narrowing echo chambers. An ever-fracturing sense of community. It’s easy to feel di...
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Bookmark: On braving bushy brambles and becoming a birder from 2023-03-21T17:23
I felt trapped early in the pandemic.
I normally walk every day in downtown Toronto. I write on park benches and in distant coffee shops and love popping into bookstores and bumping...
Chapter 121: Johann Hari on deleting devious dogma and discovering deeper designs from 2023-03-07T12:40
[Oscar Encore!] Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere from 2023-02-20T07:05
Chapter 120: Timothy Goodman on popping privilege paradigms and paving personal paths from 2023-02-05T18:28
Happy Snow Moon, everybody!
I've been thinking a lot again about what makes life i...
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Bookmark: The Current from 2023-01-21T20:53
Happy new moon!
Today I’m sharing a recent conversation I had with veteran journalist Matt Galloway for his show The Current.
Chapter 119: Steve Toltz on refining writing rituals and raising ravenous readers from 2023-01-06T23:07
What is your favorite novel?
It's a hard question. A big question! A question that...
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Chapter 118: Catherine Hernandez poses for positivity with pride and presence from 2022-12-23T10:16
Do you ever have a book go viral through your family?
Your aunt reads it and tells...
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The Best of 2022: Neil Pasricha winds and wades through wandering wisdoms from 2022-12-21T21:48
Can you believe it?
We started 3 Books back on March 31, 2018 with the go...
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Bookmark: Our Book of Awesome Book Launch Special from 2022-12-06T05:01
My new book Our Book of Awesome comes out today!
Chapter 116: Bryan Stevenson on handling haunting histories with heart and hope from 2022-11-23T22:57
I got a phone call at 1-833-READ-A-LOT from Austin Wong in Oregon telling me we had to get Bryan Stevenson on 3 Books. I looked into Austin’s req...
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Chapter 115: Gabor Maté targets toxic triggers to transcend trauma from 2022-11-08T10:02
Let’s flash back to Budapest Hungary in 1944 where a little baby boy named Gabor lay crying in his crib. He wouldn’t stop. Couldn’t stop. His mother calle...
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Chapter 114: Light Watkins on Mexico's marvels, meditation myths, and mental mastery from 2022-10-25T10:48
Five years ago I was invited down to Brooklyn to speak at an event called The ...
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Chapter 113: Alie Ward oozes originality over odysseys and ologies from 2022-10-09T20:54
Oh hey.
It’s the person who just d...
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Chapter 112: Katie Mack on cultivating curiosity and contemplating the cosmos from 2022-09-25T21:54:54
I want to make you dizzy.
I want to make you look up into the sky and comprehend, ...
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Bookmark: The two-minute morning rule for having a great day from 2022-09-23T01:03:28
Chapter 111: Austin Kleon draws on doodling to design and dream from 2022-09-10T09:59:12
Buckle up!
Today we are flying down to hot, hot Austin, Texas where we’re going to...
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Chapter 110: Kevin Kelly on quashing quandaries with curiosity and creativity from 2022-08-27T08:17:34
Kevin Kelly is a man of many titles.
Krista Tippett calls him a ‘philosopher techn...
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Chapter 109: Rebecca the Sex Educator on embracing erotic exploration from 2022-08-12T01:35:44
Chapter 108: Mohsin Hamid on the pleasures of pages and the pulse of Pakistan from 2022-07-28T17:54:59
Mohsin Hamid is one of the greatest writers of this generation.
He was born in 197...
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Chapter 107: Latanya and Jerry build biblio buzz on the Bronx Bound Books bus from 2022-07-13T18:37:30
Happy full moon!
Hard to believe we are halfway through our fifth year of this epi...
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Chapter 106: Alok Vaid-Menon battles binary boundaries and beauty biases from 2022-06-29T02:52:52
Alok ("A-loke") Vaid-Menon was born in College Station, Texas in 1991 to parents from India and Malaysia.
When they were young they’d dress up in their...
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Bookmark: How to help someone with anxiety or depression from 2022-06-21T09:13:09
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Chapter 105: Nancy the Librarian on the riches and rewards of resplendent reading from 2022-06-14T11:51:28
Nancy Pearl is a Superhero Librarian.
One of our values on 3 Books is “Librarians ...
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Chapter 104: Boniface Mwangi combats corrosive Kenyan corruption with courage and kindness from 2022-05-30T11:30:43
Boniface Mwangi is a Nairobi-based social justice activist fighting for equity in his home country and abroad. In ...
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Chapter 103: Jonathan Haidt on mirrory misconceptions and morality in the matrix from 2022-05-16T04:14:38
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Chapter 102: Susan Cain on bathing in beauty, books, and bittersweetness from 2022-04-30T20:28:42
This is a very unique chapter!
It is a double chapter, in a way.
Chapter 101: Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere from 2022-04-16T18:55:31
The best movie I have seen in years is called Everything, Everywhere All At Once and i...
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Chapter 100: Neil and Leslie on the creative chaos of craft and the kindness of committed community from 2022-04-01T06:24:52
Welcome to Chapter 100!
Thank you for four years of this journey and conversation....
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Bookmark: The Knowledge Project from 2022-03-20T15:33:50
Welcome to Bookmark #5.
Last year we started experimenting with the idea of releas...
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Chapter 99: Doug the Bookseller on bookstore belonging and bottomless bibliomania from 2022-03-18T07:17:56
Just dial 416-482-5665 and chances are Doug Miller will pick up the phone at Doug Miller Books, an incredible stuffed-to-the-ceiling bookstore that repres...
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Chapter 98: IN-Q invites intimacy, intentionality, and interstellar inquiry from 2022-03-02T17:34
I’m very pleased, privileged, and proud to introduce or re-introduce you to the sunbeaming sage that is IN-Q.
Chapter 97: Debbie Millman shuns shame to spark spirit and sew soulful symbiosis from 2022-02-16T16:56:09
Are you a passionate fan of Design Matters like I am? It’s one of the world’s oldest podcasts a...
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Chapter 96: Dave the CEO on stratospheric strategizing and subtle secrets of success from 2022-02-01T05:46:24
David Cheesewright is the former CEO of Walmart International.
In that role he led...
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Chapter 95: Bess Kalb on kvetching over koans and kindling comic kinship from 2022-01-17T23:48
“Why are women, who have the whole male world at their mercy, not funny? Please do not pretend to know what I am talking about.”
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Chapter 94: Dan the Tailor on rappelling rabbit-holes and rocking with Ronnie from 2022-01-02T18:33
Daniel Torjman is beautiful.
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The Best of 2021: Neil Pasricha curates courageous, candid, and colorful conversations from 2021-12-21T15:59
Can you believe it?
We started 3 Books back on March 31, 2018 with the go...
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Chapter 93: Chris Hadfield on the sci-fi and science of sustainable space settlement from 2021-12-19T04:35
Chapter 92: Edward Packard on amplifying awareness with awe and adventure from 2021-12-04T07:43
Were you one of the 500 million people who read Choose Your Own Adventure ...
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Chapter 91: Nora McInerny on nixing numbers and nurturing naked needs from 2021-11-19T08:57
Welcome to Chapter 91 of 3 Books!
How are you holding up in 2021? It has been a wi...
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Chapter 90: Derek Sivers on shattering suppositions with Stoic soul from 2021-11-04T21:14
Chapter 89: Zafar the Hamburger Man on Bryant's basics and blossoming like Barack from 2021-10-20T14:56
I was riding my bike in downtown Toronto the other day and rolled past my old neighborhood a couple blocks north of Lake Ontario. And as I was riding I noticed my ...
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Chapter 88: Mel Robbins on stalling self sabotage and celebrating sexual selectivity from 2021-10-06T11:05
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Bookmark: Ologies from 2021-09-22T19:21
Happy Fall Equinox Northern Hemisphere people. And Happy Spring Equinox to our friends south of the equator!
Chapter 87: Jason Shiga on perilous puzzles and precarious paths from 2021-09-20T23:54
Chapter 86: My two-year-old son on whimsical wonderings and wandering Waldos from 2021-09-07T00:51
Do you ever feel book guilt?
Do you ever feel book shame?
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Chapter 85: Jane McGonigal on slaying stress with superhero strengths from 2021-08-22T12:01
Happy Sturgeon Moon, everybody! And happy Blue Moon, too! Jane McGonigal joins us on Chapter 85 of 3 Books to help us celebrate.
Chapter 84: Lori Gottlieb on therapists thoughtfully thrashing thinking theories from 2021-08-08T13:50
Do you have a therapist?
Do you meet up with someone on a regular basis to open up...
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Chapter 83: Douglas Rushkoff on divisive duality and designer deaths from 2021-07-24T02:36
“Our technologies, markets and cultural institutions, once forces for human connection and expression, now isolate and repress us. It is time to remake so...
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Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process from 2021-07-10T01:16
What was your first Tarantino experience?
I was thirteen years old in an unfinishe...
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Chapter 81: Dave Eggers on surreptitious spying in the snares of surveillance from 2021-06-24T18:39
I discovered Dave Eggers in the late 90s when the Internet was all belts and pinions and the only two comedy websites that I remember reading were Listen
Bookmark: SXSW 2019 - Building Trust in Distrustful Times from 2021-06-21T03:31
3 Books is published on the lunar calendar.
I share one new chapter of the show on the exac...
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Chapter 80: Kristin Neff on allowing, accepting, and applying anger artfully from 2021-06-10T10:52
Chapter 79: Yuyi Morales on Mexican massacres and the magic of Márquez from 2021-05-26T11:13
“The Ys sounds like Js,” Yuyi Morales tells me when I ask for the correct way to pronounce her name. It’s embarrassing to ask but my detective work online...
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Chapter 78: Louis Sacher on sideways stories from Salinger to Steinbeck from 2021-05-11T18:59
I was a tiny and skinny kid with thick glasses at my public school in the suburbs of Toronto in the early 80s. I w...
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Chapter 77: Jonny Sun on absurd algorithms altering the authenticity of art from 2021-04-27T03:31
Happy Pink Moon, everybody!
Way back in 2017, I came across a feature article in The New York Ti...
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Chapter 76: Jenny Lawson on dark dollhouses delivering a door from depression from 2021-04-12T02:30
Do you suffer from anxiety disorder? Depression? Intrusive thoughts? Obsessive compulsive disorder? Voluntary hair pulling? Avoidant personality disorder?...
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Chapter 75: George Saunders offers lessons on living a luminous life from 2021-03-28T18:48
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 ...
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Bookmark: Terrible, Thanks for Asking from 2021-03-20T09:37
Chapter 74: Kanmani Guruswami the Midwife on countering colonialism with compassionate care from 2021-03-13T10:21
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 ...
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Chapter 73: Humble The Poet cries crusade but cautions courting controversy from 2021-02-27T08:17
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 ...
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Chapter 72: Adam Grant frowns on feeble feminism from fearmongering fellows from 2021-02-11T19:05
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 ...
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Chapter 71: Shirley the Nurse on hurting with homelessness and healing with heart from 2021-01-28T19:16
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 70: Brené Brown on building boundaries and the beacon of bell from 2021-01-13T05:00
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 69: Cheryl Strayed on forging fearlessness and fracturing facades from 2020-12-30T03:28
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Best of 3 Books podcast 2020 from 2020-12-21T10:02
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 68: Roger Martin on mercenary monopolies, material mentors, and managing mayhem from 2020-12-14T16:16
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 67: Roxane Gay on lessons in love and the lethal lure of likeability from 2020-11-30T09:29
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 66: Vivek Murthy on loneliness, living longer, and leading with love from 2020-11-15T05:07
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 65: Nikki Giovanni on potent poetry, powerful prose, and palling with the purveyor of peace from 2020-10-31T14:49
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 64: Rhiannon the Restaurateur on redefining reality from 2020-10-16T19:31
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Chapter 63: Brandon Stanton is harnessing histories of humble human heroes from 2020-10-01T21:05
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Chapter 62: Myriam Gurba is a bold badass with a bronca against baseless bigotry and brutality from 2020-09-17T11:00
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Chapter 61: Temple Grandin on mixing minds making magic from 2020-09-02T05:22
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Chapter 60: Shane Parrish masters Munger to map mental models and mold maverick minds from 2020-08-19T02:41
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Chapter 59: Jeff Speck is pushing the pleasures of pedestrian propinquity from 2020-08-03T15:58
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 58: Author David Mitchell on designing dizzily dazzling dreams from 2020-07-20T17:32
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 57: Anne Bogel believes books build bridges and boost bibliophile belonging from 2020-07-05T04:44
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Chapter 56: Kate the Therapist on navigating knotty natures to nurture our needs from 2020-06-21T06:41
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 55: Brad Montague on fighting fear by forging fantastical futures from 2020-06-05T19:12
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 54: K881901 aka Emily Kim Ae Sun Hunter on twins tied together and tossed to tomorrow from 2020-05-22T17:38
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to u...
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Chapter 53: Vivek Shraya is trashing traditional trans tropes from 2020-05-07T10:45
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to u...
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Chapter 52: Wagner Moura on lessons in living and loving from Latino leaders from 2020-04-23T02:25
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to u...
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Surprise Waning Crescent: Confronting courageous coronavirus questions from 2020-04-16T10:00
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 51: Dr. Qing Li on finding faith and freedom in forests from 2020-04-08T02:35
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Chapter 50: Marcus Buckingham on soul ciphers and strength of self from 2020-03-24T09:28
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to u...
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Surprise Waning Crescent: Leslie and Neil on cultivating calm during coronavirus chaos from 2020-03-20T14:34:04
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred locat...
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Chapter 49: Dr. Andrea Sereda’s oddly original offerings on opioid overdosing from 2020-03-09T17:47
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each of the 333 chapters discusses the 3 ...
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Chapter 48: Michael Bungay Stanier on massive moons and the magic of metaphor from 2020-02-23T15:32
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 47: Derek The Hype Man on gingers jumping for joy and justice from 2020-02-09T07:33
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 46: Dr. Laura Markham on prioritizing presence to parent peacefully from 2020-01-24T21:42
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 45: Rich Roll on wrestling with recovery and running to redemption from 2020-01-10T19:21
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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The Best of 2019: Neil Pasricha reminisces on relationships, romance, and radical reading from 2020-01-01T04:59
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 44: Kevin the Bookseller on subtracting stuff and sorting Star Wars from 2019-12-26T05:13
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person...
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Chapter 43: Lisa Labute on life lessons from loving legumes from 2019-12-12T05:12
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Chapter 42: Molly Bloom on poker princess privileges and pushing past pomposity from 2019-11-26T15:05
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Chapter 41: Jen Gunter on beating bullying, bigotry, and body bashfulness from 2019-11-12T13:34
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Surprise Waxing Gibbous: My new book YOU ARE AWESOME launches today! from 2019-11-05T05:01
Chapter 40: Pete Holmes on infinite infinities and the insanity of is-ness from 2019-10-28T03:38
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Chapter 39: Soyoung the Variety Store Owner on Korean culture, connecting community, and cultivating calm from 2019-10-13T21:07
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred locat...
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Chapter 39: Soyoung the Variety Store Owner on Korean culture, connecting community, and cultivating calm from 2019-10-13T21:07
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Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday on bashing beachy books and building balance from 2019-09-28T18:26
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Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system from 2019-09-14T04:32
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Chapter 36: Two teenage Mormon missionaries on missing mom to make miracles from 2019-08-30T10:37
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Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness from 2019-08-15T12:29
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Chapter 34: Literary superagent Jim Levine on picking priorities to perform at peak potential from 2019-08-01T03:11
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Chapter 33: Raj Haldar aka Lushlife on invoking inner inspiration to instigate the Internet from 2019-07-16T21:38
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Chapter 32: Cat and Nat on cutting the crap to create community for courageous caregivers from 2019-07-02T19:16
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Chapter 31: Juniper the Former Sex Worker on paying for pleasure and progressive parenting from 2019-06-17T08:30
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Chapter 31: Juniper the Former Sex Worker on paying for pleasure and progressive parenting from 2019-06-17T08:30
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Chapter 30: Jerry Howarth on branding, bereavement, and Blue Jays baseball from 2019-06-03T10:01
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Chapter 29: Michael Harris on queer questions and the quest for quiet from 2019-05-18T21:11
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Chapter 28: Mark Manson on constant cursing and clearing clutter from 2019-05-04T22:45
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Chapter 27: Robin the Bartender on fiddling with frankincense and fighting for freedom from 2019-04-19T11:12
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Chapter 27: Robin the Bartender on fiddling with frankincense and fighting for freedom from 2019-04-19T11:12
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Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals from 2019-04-02T23:27:22
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Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation from 2019-03-21T01:42
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Chapter 24: Jonathan Fields on winning with will and weaving why into work from 2019-03-06T16:03
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Chapter 23: Jesse Finkelstein zooms into the zeitgeist and zeroes in on zesty Zora from 2019-02-19T15:53
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Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef from 2019-02-04T21:03
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Chapter 21: Paulette Bourgeois on family foundations, frightening fiction, and forging Franklin from 2019-01-21T05:16
Were you one of the sixty million people who grew up reading Franklin The Turtle?
We were handed a dog-eared stack of them when my first son was...
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Chapter 20: Debbie Stoller on frenzied female fandom, fighting for freedom, and fourth-wave feminism from 2019-01-06T01:28
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The Best Of 2018: Neil Pasricha peers into the past and plucks perfect podcast pieces from 2019-01-01T04:59
Chapter 19: Chip Wilson on living large, launching Lululemon, and leaving a legacy from 2018-12-22T17:48
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Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts from 2018-12-07T07:20
I discovered David Sedaris after asking my college writing mentor h...
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Chapter 17: Emily McDowell on family fallouts, finding phrases, and forging false fairytales from 2018-11-23T05:39
Have you ever looked through a bunch of greeting cards and felt like nothing reflected the way you feel?
The greeting card industry is 150 years old, and yet they haven’t quite m...
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Chapter 16: Mitchell Kaplan on cultivating connection, Colorado quests, and creating community from 2018-11-07T16:01
Did you know the average person lives for 1,000 months?
Or that the average person is awake for 1,000 minutes per day?
That’s why I like the number 1,000 so much, and partly why I ...
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Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie from 2018-10-24T16:24
Oh, this life, this world.
As Mitch says, once you find purpose, and once you find style… what’s left?
Beauty.
What’s left is finding and putting out beauty into the world.<...
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Chapter 14: Rich Gibbons on paid public preaching, parenting prescriptions, and pickles with perfectionism from 2018-10-09T03:46
“On the one hand, information wants to be expensive because it’s so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, informati...
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Chapter 13: Ariel Bissett on brag-worthy book hauls, brainwashing beasts, and building BookTube from 2018-09-25T02:52
Do you remember the first person who introduced you to the love of reading?
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Chapter 12: Chris Anderson on tackling tribalism, trusting trust, and transforming TED talks from 2018-09-09T18:01
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Chapter 11: Kerri Kolen on creepy closets, crafting cosmos, and courageously confined kids from 2018-08-26T11:56
Our world is so full.
Our world is so busy.
Our world is so cluttered.
Newspaper boxes. Pop-up ads. TVs in elevators. There are so many things trying to grab our at...
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Chapter 10: Elan Mastai on astronomical advances, artistic ambitions, and advice for aspiring authors from 2018-08-11T09:57
Do you make your own luck?
Do you really control what happens?
Or do you simply dump everything you can in the system, press the big green button, and then hang on for the hairy-sc...
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Chapter 9: Dave Barry on snappy satire, secret societies, and singing with Stephen King from 2018-07-27T20:20
Do you remember the comedy dry zone?
I’m talking about the barren, hardscrabble times when getting a free laugh f...
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Chapter 8: Sarah Andersen on composing cartoons, combating critics, and cultivating creativity from 2018-07-13T02:47
It’s getting tougher to grow up these days.
We’re surrounded by endlessly reflecting images of everyone else having fun without us.
Th...
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Chapter 7: Vishwas the world's greatest Uber Driver on setting your own standards and sharing secrets of stellar service from 2018-06-28T04:53
In this Chapter of 3 Books, I jump into the backseat of Vishwas Aggrawal's Uber and take a trip you won't soon forget.
This is a story about...
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Chapter 7: Vishwas the world's greatest Uber Driver on setting your own standards and sharing secrets of stellar service from 2018-06-28T04:53
In this Chapter of 3 Books, I jump into the backseat of Vishwas Aggrawal's Uber and take a trip you won't soon forget.
This is a story about...
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Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores from 2018-06-13T19:43
Did you grow up with Judy Blume?
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Chapter 5: Gretchen Rubin on pinpointing personal patterns to perfecting our paths from 2018-05-29T14:19
Welcome to the fifth chapter of 3 Books where I chat with Gretchen Rubin (Listen
Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling from 2018-05-15T11:47
Welcome to the first chapter of 3 Books recorded live in an open bookstore!
Book City is in the heart of Toronto's beautiful Bloor West Village neighborhood and that's where I settled int...
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Chapter 3: Bestselling author Seth Godin on the stories you tell yourself from 2018-04-30T00:58
I flew down to New York to uncover and discuss the most formative books of the one and only Seth Godin ( Listen
Chapter 2: Frank Warren of PostSecret on understanding your past to control your future from 2018-04-16T01:57
From a sunny balcony in San Diego overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Frank Warren of PostSecret and I uncover and discuss his three most formative books and pull out the resonant th...
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Chapter 1: Beginning the Hunt for Life-changing Books ... in the Basement with my Wife Leslie from 2018-03-31T12:36
Welcome! This is an unusual first chapter. In every other chapter I'll have a guest, their three most formative books, and a discussion touching on life's biggest themes. But this one? You'll jo...
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3 Books With Neil Pasricha: A Podcast Trailer from 2018-03-27T13:38
Listen in for a hint of what's to come with five-time NYT Bestselling Author Neil Pasricha's brand new podcast: 3 Books With Neil Pasricha.
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