Best Of 2024: Neil Pasricha plucks pithy pointers to prime ponderings

Chapter 143: Chris Smalls on anti-Amazon activism and abolishing aristocracy

Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie

Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals

Chapter 7: Vishwas the Uber driver on setting standards and secrets of stellar service

Chapter 141: James Daunt on bespoke bookselling building Barnes and bonds

Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores

Bookmark: The 2-minute happiness practice to wind down your day with intention

Chapter 140: Amy Einhorn on powerful pages and publishing possibilities

Chapter 3: Seth Godin on shifting stories and stretching ourselves

Chapter 139: Lewis Mallard valorizes visionary vandalism

Chapter 138: Maria Popova mines meaning in marginalia

Chapter 137: Jonathan Franzen finds fellow freaks and forges fantastic fiction

Chapter 136: 3 St. Louis Uber drivers on bullets, bruises, and babies

Chapter 135: Cal Newport severs cell subservience to steep slow success

Chapter 134: Susan Orlean on lusty ledes and literary lessons for life

Chapter 133: Celine Song stitches sumptuous stories from Seoul to soul

Chapter 132: Robin Dunbar on nullifying negativity with numbered natural networks

Chapter 131: J. Drew Lanham on breaking boundaries to become better birdwatchers

The Best of 2023: Neil Pasricha rewinds and reflects on the richness of reading

Chapter 130: Ralph Nader on corporate crime creating classist chaos

Bookmark: Leslie Richardson on practicing peaceful parenting

Chapter 129: Sahil Bloom freezes at 4am to find fortune and finish first

Chapter 128: Heather McGowan listens to lessons from the Lakota and Legacy of Luna

Chapter 127: Lenore Skenazy on killing coddling to create capable kids

Chapter 126: Jully Black on anthem alterations and attitude absolutions

Chapter 125: Two Syrian Chefs share sheep and shawarma shopkeeping shenanigans

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Chapter 124: Martellus Bennett weaves Willy Wonka with warrior wisdom

Bookmark: Rocking and rolling with ravishing Rich Roll

Chapter 123: Suzy Batiz on suffering, surviving, and selling shit

Bookmark: Honing healthy happy habits with the Holdernesses

Chapter 122: Tank Sinatra on masterpiece microdosing and meme mastery in our manufactured madness

Bookmark: On braving bushy brambles and becoming a birder

Chapter 121: Johann Hari on deleting devious dogma and discovering deeper designs

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Chapter 120: Timothy Goodman on popping privilege paradigms and paving personal paths

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Chapter 119: Steve Toltz on refining writing rituals and raising ravenous readers

Chapter 118: Catherine Hernandez poses for positivity with pride and presence

The Best of 2022: Neil Pasricha winds and wades through wandering wisdoms

Chapter 117: Ajay Agrawal and Gina Buonaguro on puzzling pasts and portending possibilities

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Chapter 116: Bryan Stevenson on handling haunting histories with heart and hope

Chapter 115: Gabor Maté targets toxic triggers to transcend trauma

Chapter 114: Light Watkins on Mexico's marvels, meditation myths, and mental mastery

Chapter 113: Alie Ward oozes originality over odysseys and ologies

Chapter 112: Katie Mack on cultivating curiosity and contemplating the cosmos

Bookmark: The two-minute morning rule for having a great day

Chapter 111: Austin Kleon draws on doodling to design and dream

Chapter 110: Kevin Kelly on quashing quandaries with curiosity and creativity

Chapter 109: Rebecca the Sex Educator on embracing erotic exploration

Chapter 108: Mohsin Hamid on the pleasures of pages and the pulse of Pakistan

Chapter 107: Latanya and Jerry build biblio buzz on the Bronx Bound Books bus

Chapter 106: Alok Vaid-Menon battles binary boundaries and beauty biases

Bookmark: How to help someone with anxiety or depression

Chapter 105: Nancy the Librarian on the riches and rewards of resplendent reading

Chapter 104: Boniface Mwangi combats corrosive Kenyan corruption with courage and kindness

Chapter 103: Jonathan Haidt on mirrory misconceptions and morality in the matrix

Chapter 102: Susan Cain on bathing in beauty, books, and bittersweetness

Chapter 101: Daniels existentially explore everything everywhere

Chapter 100: Neil and Leslie on the creative chaos of craft and the kindness of committed community

Bookmark: The Knowledge Project

Chapter 99: Doug the Bookseller on bookstore belonging and bottomless bibliomania

Chapter 98: IN-Q invites intimacy, intentionality, and interstellar inquiry

Chapter 97: Debbie Millman shuns shame to spark spirit and sew soulful symbiosis

Chapter 96: Dave the CEO on stratospheric strategizing and subtle secrets of success

Chapter 95: Bess Kalb on kvetching over koans and kindling comic kinship

Chapter 94: Dan the Tailor on rappelling rabbit-holes and rocking with Ronnie

The Best of 2021: Neil Pasricha curates courageous, candid, and colorful conversations

Chapter 93: Chris Hadfield on the sci-fi and science of sustainable space settlement

Chapter 92: Edward Packard on amplifying awareness with awe and adventure

Chapter 91: Nora McInerny on nixing numbers and nurturing naked needs

Chapter 90: Derek Sivers on shattering suppositions with Stoic soul

Chapter 89: Zafar the Hamburger Man on Bryant's basics and blossoming like Barack

Chapter 88: Mel Robbins on stalling self sabotage and celebrating sexual selectivity

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Chapter 87: Jason Shiga on perilous puzzles and precarious paths

Chapter 86: My two-year-old son on whimsical wonderings and wandering Waldos

Chapter 85: Jane McGonigal on slaying stress with superhero strengths

Chapter 84: Lori Gottlieb on therapists thoughtfully thrashing thinking theories

Chapter 83: Douglas Rushkoff on divisive duality and designer deaths

Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process

Chapter 81: Dave Eggers on surreptitious spying in the snares of surveillance

Bookmark: SXSW 2019 - Building Trust in Distrustful Times

Chapter 80: Kristin Neff on allowing, accepting, and applying anger artfully

Chapter 79: Yuyi Morales on Mexican massacres and the magic of Márquez

Chapter 78: Louis Sacher on sideways stories from Salinger to Steinbeck

Chapter 77: Jonny Sun on absurd algorithms altering the authenticity of art

Chapter 76: Jenny Lawson on dark dollhouses delivering a door from depression

Chapter 75: George Saunders offers lessons on living a luminous life

Bookmark: Terrible, Thanks for Asking

Chapter 74: Kanmani Guruswami the Midwife on countering colonialism with compassionate care

Chapter 73: Humble The Poet cries crusade but cautions courting controversy

Chapter 72: Adam Grant frowns on feeble feminism from fearmongering fellows

Chapter 71: Shirley the Nurse on hurting with homelessness and healing with heart

Chapter 70: Brené Brown on building boundaries and the beacon of bell

Chapter 69: Cheryl Strayed on forging fearlessness and fracturing facades

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Chapter 68: Roger Martin on mercenary monopolies, material mentors, and managing mayhem

Chapter 67: Roxane Gay on lessons in love and the lethal lure of likeability

Chapter 66: Vivek Murthy on loneliness, living longer, and leading with love

Chapter 65: Nikki Giovanni on potent poetry, powerful prose, and palling with the purveyor of peace

Chapter 64: Rhiannon the Restaurateur on redefining reality

Chapter 63: Brandon Stanton is harnessing histories of humble human heroes

Chapter 62: Myriam Gurba is a bold badass with a bronca against baseless bigotry and brutality

Chapter 61: Temple Grandin on mixing minds making magic

Chapter 60: Shane Parrish masters Munger to map mental models and mold maverick minds

Chapter 59: Jeff Speck is pushing the pleasures of pedestrian propinquity

Chapter 58: Author David Mitchell on designing dizzily dazzling dreams

Chapter 57: Anne Bogel believes books build bridges and boost bibliophile belonging

Chapter 56: Kate the Therapist on navigating knotty natures to nurture our needs

Chapter 55: Brad Montague on fighting fear by forging fantastical futures

Chapter 54: K881901 aka Emily Kim Ae Sun Hunter on twins tied together and tossed to tomorrow

Chapter 53: Vivek Shraya is trashing traditional trans tropes

Chapter 52: Wagner Moura on lessons in living and loving from Latino leaders

Surprise Waning Crescent: Confronting courageous coronavirus questions

Chapter 51: Dr. Qing Li on finding faith and freedom in forests

Chapter 50: Marcus Buckingham on soul ciphers and strength of self

Surprise Waning Crescent: Leslie and Neil on cultivating calm during coronavirus chaos

Chapter 49: Dr. Andrea Sereda’s oddly original offerings on opioid overdosing

Chapter 48: Michael Bungay Stanier on massive moons and the magic of metaphor

Chapter 47: Derek The Hype Man on gingers jumping for joy and justice

Chapter 46: Dr. Laura Markham on prioritizing presence to parent peacefully

Chapter 45: Rich Roll on wrestling with recovery and running to redemption

The Best of 2019: Neil Pasricha reminisces on relationships, romance, and radical reading

Chapter 44: Kevin the Bookseller on subtracting stuff and sorting Star Wars

Chapter 43: Lisa Labute on life lessons from loving legumes

Chapter 42: Molly Bloom on poker princess privileges and pushing past pomposity

Chapter 41: Jen Gunter on beating bullying, bigotry, and body bashfulness

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Chapter 40: Pete Holmes on infinite infinities and the insanity of is-ness

Chapter 39: Soyoung the Variety Store Owner on Korean culture, connecting community, and cultivating calm

Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday on bashing beachy books and building balance

Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system

Chapter 36: Two teenage Mormon missionaries on missing mom to make miracles

Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness

Chapter 34: Literary superagent Jim Levine on picking priorities to perform at peak potential

Chapter 33: Raj Haldar aka Lushlife on invoking inner inspiration to instigate the Internet

Chapter 32: Cat and Nat on cutting the crap to create community for courageous caregivers

Chapter 31: Juniper the Former Sex Worker on paying for pleasure and progressive parenting

Chapter 30: Jerry Howarth on branding, bereavement, and Blue Jays baseball

Chapter 29: Michael Harris on queer questions and the quest for quiet

Chapter 28: Mark Manson on constant cursing and clearing clutter

Chapter 27: Robin the Bartender on fiddling with frankincense and fighting for freedom

Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals

Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation

Chapter 24: Jonathan Fields on winning with will and weaving why into work

Chapter 23: Jesse Finkelstein zooms into the zeitgeist and zeroes in on zesty Zora

Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef

Chapter 21: Paulette Bourgeois on family foundations, frightening fiction, and forging Franklin

Chapter 20: Debbie Stoller on frenzied female fandom, fighting for freedom, and fourth-wave feminism

The Best Of 2018: Neil Pasricha peers into the past and plucks perfect podcast pieces

Chapter 19: Chip Wilson on living large, launching Lululemon, and leaving a legacy

Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts

Chapter 17: Emily McDowell on family fallouts, finding phrases, and forging false fairytales

Chapter 16: Mitchell Kaplan on cultivating connection, Colorado quests, and creating community

Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie

Chapter 14: Rich Gibbons on paid public preaching, parenting prescriptions, and pickles with perfectionism

Chapter 13: Ariel Bissett on brag-worthy book hauls, brainwashing beasts, and building BookTube

Chapter 12: Chris Anderson on tackling tribalism, trusting trust, and transforming TED talks

Chapter 11: Kerri Kolen on creepy closets, crafting cosmos, and courageously confined kids

Chapter 10: Elan Mastai on astronomical advances, artistic ambitions, and advice for aspiring authors

Chapter 9: Dave Barry on snappy satire, secret societies, and singing with Stephen King

Chapter 8: Sarah Andersen on composing cartoons, combating critics, and cultivating creativity

Chapter 7: Vishwas the world's greatest Uber Driver on setting your own standards and sharing secrets of stellar service

Chapter 6: Judy Blume on bouncing balls, biting breasts, and building bookstores

Chapter 5: Gretchen Rubin on pinpointing personal patterns to perfecting our paths

Chapter 4: Sarah Ramsey on beating book blame with brilliant bookselling

Chapter 3: Bestselling author Seth Godin on the stories you tell yourself

Chapter 2: Frank Warren of PostSecret on understanding your past to control your future

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