Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes

What's Our Problem, by Tim Urban

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If I had to recommend just one audiobook this year, which one would it be? In What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, Tim Urban tackles ...

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, by Bono

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When was the last time you listened to an audiobook that combined history, memoir, and rock music?This audiobook represents storytelling at its finest...

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you need practical advice on identifying dysfunctional family patterns? Or choosing the best path to breaking the cycle and living your life your w...

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is also available on the Access Ideas podcast.What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? The authors of The Good Life p...

Access Ideas podcast episode #1: What Drives Our Obsession with HBO’s Succession?

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Subscribe to the Access Ideas podcast on all podcast streaming platforms. You can expect ad-free, entertaining and informative episodes on a variety o...

Coming soon: Access Ideas podcast begins January 18, 2022

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you an ideas enthusiast or collector? Our new podcast, Access Ideas, expands on a few familiar areas of interest and explores questions you didn’...

Top 2021 Reviews: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My favourite audiobook of 2021! Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (2012) and Help!...

Top 2021 Reviews: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Looking for a gripping TRUE story that's impossible to put down? In his 15-hour audiobook published in April 2021, Keefe captures a family saga that s...

Top 2021 Reviews: High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“This is one of the most important books that will be published in 2021. The Covid vaccine will soon free humanity from a biological pandemic, and t...

Top 2021 Reviews: Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of my top audiobook listens for 2021. Dr Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Brown University. As an addiction psychiatrist and ...

Top 2021 Reviews: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, by Bill Gates, read by Wil Wheaton

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of my top audiobook listens for 2021. Gates identifies the Five Grand Challenges of climate change as manufacturing (31%), electricity (27%), agri...

Top 2021 Reviews: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, read by Carey Mulligan

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever…”Ultimately, stories have emotional power over us...

Top 2021 Reviews: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of my top audiobook listens for 2021! One Goodreads reviewer gave this book three stars out of five, criticizing it as a “Love Letter to Listeni...

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fiona Hill is director of the Center on the United States and Europe, and senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Gr...

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jane Goodall DBE is an ethologist and environmentalist. From infancy she was fascinated by animal behavior, and in 1957 at 23 years old, she met t...

Repeat listen: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of my top audiobook listens for 2021! Think Again is a 21st Century reboot of Enlightenment ideas, celebrating skepticism and science. Adam Grant’...

Classic literature as audiobook: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, read by Maggie Gyllenhaal

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Can the audiobook format add something of value to classic literature? Leo Tolstoy's epic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in wo...

Repeat listen: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, written by Katherine May and read by Rebecca Lee

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of my top audiobook listens for 2021! All of us have experienced unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a brea...

Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health, written and read by Professor David Nutt

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor David Nutt is a neuropsychopharmacologist and researcher at Imperial College London. In 2009, he was infamously dismissed from his role as C...

Projections: A Story of Human Emotions by Karl Deisseroth, read by Karl Deisseroth, Natalie Naudus, Karen Chilton

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karl Deisseroth has spent his life researching the human mind, both as a renowned clinical psychiatrist and as a researcher creating and developing th...

Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland, read by Tom Parks

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy Edward Slingerland makes a bold claim in his new book in that overall and over the course...

Things I Learned from Falling by Claire Nelson

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Things I learned from Falling is promoted as a memoir by Claire Nelson, who shares how she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a desert...

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Dr. Anna Lembke

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Lembke is the medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, program director for the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and chief of the ...

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Haig is an author for children and adults. His memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, was a number one bestseller, staying in the British top ten for 46 ...

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (2012) and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier ...

This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also th...

Critique and Compare: How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera vs. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Self-help references on social media seem to be more popular these days, especially as many of us seek to move forward from pandemic life to something...

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green, read by David Pittu

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet beca...

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Suzanne Simard is a professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences and teaches at the University of British Columbia. She was born in...

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Anthropocene Reviewed started out as a podcast, where bestselling author John Green tried to make sense of some of the contradictions of human lif...

A conversation with Elena Iacono: What insights can we bring to our post-pandemic lives?

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s extended episode, I chat with Elena Iacono. Elena is a professional colleague of mine who helps empower people to support their well-bein...

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you struggle with saying no, or simply telling people what you need? Or, are you someone who secretly or not so secretly embraces JOMO, (the joy of...

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb, read by Brittany Pressley

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As many of us adjust to life after a pandemic, Lori Gottlieb’s memoir is a powerful reminder of how we relate to ourselves and others based on the s...

A conversation with Lucas Cantor, host of the Book Society podcast

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s extended episode, I’m sitting down with Lucas Cantor, a podcaster, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and speaker. He has worke...

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In his 15-hour audiobook published in April 2021, Keefe captures a family saga that spans the twentieth century and leads up to 2020. Members of the S...

The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills by Jesse Singal

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In The Quick Fix, author and podcaster Jesse Singal argues that the trendy, TED-Talk-friendly psychological interventions so in vogue right now will n...

What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing written and read by Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What Happened To You is the latest popular psychology book examining the relationship between trauma and behavioural patterns that many of us struggle...

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Bomber Mafia is a fascinating exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war. The production was initially conceived...

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Julia Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality and host of Rationally Speaking, the official podcast of New York City Skep...

High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“This is one of the most important books that will be published in 2021. The Covid vaccine will soon free humanity from a biological pandemic, and t...

Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Brown University. As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulnes...

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato, read by Lexie McDougal

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened.” – WiredMariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innova...

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He...

Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere by Tsedal Neeley, read by Marisha Tapera

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal) is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Her work focuses on how leaders ca...

A conversation with Rachel Décoste, author of a Year of Return: a Black Woman’s African Homecoming

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever explored your ancestry? What did you discover? In her 2021 audiobook, The Year of Return: A Black Woman’s African Homecoming, Rachel D...

A conversation with Paul Gewuerz, founder of Made to Order Audio: give the gift of a custom audiobook and commemorate your story

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What are the funny or interesting stories from your life? You know, the ones that get retold at every family or friends get together? In this extended...

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, by Bill Gates, read by Wil Wheaton

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gates identifies the Five Grand Challenges of climate change as manufacturing (31%), electricity (27%), agriculture (19%), transportation (16%), and b...

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the Tyranny of Merit, political philosopher Michael Sandel attacks what he calls “the rhetoric of rising” and ideas about meritocracy on both t...

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, read by Dylan Moore

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Glass Hotel is like a literary mosaic of tiny pieces taken from various times, locations, and perspectives. I found this initially disorienting, b...

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Think Again is a 21st Century reboot of Enlightenment ideas, celebrating skepticism and science. Adam Grant’s balance of storytelling and statistics...

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, written by Jonathan Haidt, read by Ryan Vincent Anderson

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is a 2006 psychology book written for a non-academic audience, with insights that remain relevant today. Ha...

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, read by Carey Mulligan

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever…”Ultimately, stories have emotional power over us...

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times written by Katherine May and read by Rebecca Lee

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

All of us have experienced unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a breakup, or a job loss. These experiences can ...

A conversation with author Tom James: Does parenting make people better, less selfish members of society?

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this extended episode, I sit down with author Tom James to chat about his hilarious and thought-provoking book, Your Children Are Boring: How Moder...

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One Goodreads reviewer gave this book three stars out of five, criticizing it as a “Love Letter to Listening” (but lacking tips of how to listen b...

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein, read by Will Damron

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever felt conflicted about the phrase “follow your passion”, or hesitated to try something new because you were already invested in anoth...

Make Listening Your Superpower in 2021: Special extended episode

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This extended episode is also available as an article on medium.com and shares insights taken from some of the audiobooks about listening I've reviewe...

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, written and read by Sir David Attenborough

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel overwhelmed by data and news about climate change? A Life on Our Planet offers some powerful reasons for optimism. Sir David Attenbor...

A Promised Land, written and read by Barack Obama

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be American – and is it possible for Americans to unite in a common cause unrelated to war or terrorism? Barack Obama's un...

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano, read by T. Ryder Smith

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The November 2018 fire that levelled the towns of Paradise and Concow was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, and the...

How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening, written and read by Julian Treasure

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Which habits are keeping you from being a great communicator? Julian Treasure is the chair of the Sound Agency, a firm that advises worldwide business...

The Wolf Hall Trilogy (Thomas Cromwell Series) by Hilary Mantel, read by Simon Vance and Joseph Kloska

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Modern marriage and politics have nothing over the royal court of King Henry VIII. The Wolf Hall Trilogy includes Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies (both...

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, written and read by Oliver Burkeman

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.” ― Oliver Burkeman,The Antidote: Happiness for People Who...

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine, read by James Patrick Cronin

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What if you already have absolutely everything you need to feel satisfied (and even joyful!) about your life? Stoic philosophy is based on the idea th...

Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse: What You Urgently Need To Know by Nina Schick

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While forgery and deception are intrinsically linked to the human condition, the information age in which we live is increasingly moving toward what a...

Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined, written and read by Stephen Fry

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Heroes is the second book in Stephen Fry’s Greek Mythology trilogy; the first book, Mythos, which I also reviewed, focuses on gods and other immorta...

Eat a Peach, written by David Chang & Gabe Ulla, read by David Chang

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever ordered something you enjoyed so much at a restaurant that you tried making it yourself at home? Well, I have, and although I never quit...

Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story) written and read by Daniel Nayeri

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t let the young adult (YA) fiction marketing fool you, this autobiographical story is unforgettable (and much appreciated!) by those with some l...

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question” – Yuval Noah HarariWhat is the right thing to do w...

How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide written by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay, read by Peter Boghossian

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like to have more productive conversations with people who think differently than you or strongly disagree with you? Hint: it’s unlikely t...

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky, read by Michael Goldstrom

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“You don’t have to choose between being scientific and being compassionate.” -- Robert M. Sapolsky Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky is a Professor of...

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, read by Robin Miles

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Has public conversation about racism stalled because we’re limited by the language we use? In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson sets out to reframe how we thi...

What Does it Take to Record & Produce an Audiobook? A Conversation with Narrator Michael Bafuma

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Healthcare professional, musician, and actor Michael Bafuma sought new creative outlets during the Covid-19 shutdown, so he decided to try his hand at...

Favourite Fiction Highlights: Tana French, genre-busting master of psychological suspense

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode goes out to all the listeners who asked me to review fiction on the Audiobook Reviews in 5 Podcast! Tana French is one of my favourite li...

The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, written and read by David Whyte

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have the events of 2020 made you redefine or question the concept of work-life balance? According to David Whyte, the concept of striving to find bala...

Bonus Episode: Ask Me Anything (AMA) #1

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus podcast episode, I answer listener questions about why I don’t include ratings with my reviews, how I identify great listens for futur...

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings and read by Simon Vance

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Max Hastings is an author, journalist and broadcaster whose work has appeared in every British national newspaper. He has published twenty-six boo...

Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City by Fang Fang, read by Emily Woo Zeller

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the epicenter of the COVID pandemic? Fang Fang is the pen name of a 64-year-old Wuhan novelist...

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brittney Cooper is an associate professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University in the United States. She is a ...

Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr. Willie Parker, with Lisa Miller and read by Caz Harleaux

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This title intrigued me because Dr. Willie Parker seems like an unlikely champion of reproductive justice, yet in many ways, his lived experience is w...

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you feeling flummoxed, bamboozled, and stupefied by communication and language online? And how exactly did LOLcats irreversibly change the course ...

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eternity Martis is an award-winning Toronto-based journalist and editor whose work has been featured in The Huffington Post, VICE, Chatelaine, Maclean...

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney, read by Paul Hodgson

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Spinney is a British science journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, and she’s been reporting on the Coronavirus pandemic for the last f...

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq, read by the author

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When was the last time you listened to an audiobook that shattered all of your expectations – from the format and narrative performance, to the genr...

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole, read by the author

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you believe that racism isn’t a problem in Canada, or that it’s a relatively benign issue compared to racism in the United States, or other cou...

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, read by the author

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“For Kendi, the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, there are no non-racists; there are only raci...

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Robin DiAngelo is an antiracist educator and University of Washington professor. She defines white fragility as the defensive moves that white peo...

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden, read by Holter Graham

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This might be the most fascinating memoir ever published by someone under 40; you can’t beat the combination of storytelling, historic context, and ...

What makes an audiobook reader stand out? Extended review and highlights

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re a fan of audiobooks like I am, you’ve likely found yourself drawn to readers with a talent for capturing and keeping your attention! The...

Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined, by Stephen Fry

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Every now and then, I come across an audiobook that’s so entertaining and so deliciously enjoyable, that I limit myself to listening to just an hour...

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition, by Michelle Alexander

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Even 10 years after publication, the systemic issues that Alexander expertly navigates throughout her book remain among the most problematic and unres...

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered who YOU might become if you could just change or develop different habits? In Atomic Habits, James Clear defines success as a s...

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, written by Chris Voss and narrated by Michael Kramer

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This book is for anyone who wants to improve their communication, relationships, and professional lives. Whether you’re job hunting, parenting, sell...

A conversation with author Codi Shewan: What if your legacy isn't what you leave behind, but something you create?

19 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this extended episode, Codi and I discuss his book, Everyday Legacy: Lessons for Living With Purpose, Right Now. Everyday Legacy shares vital lesso...

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright, read by Gabra Zackman

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you enjoy dark sarcasm, witty anecdotes, folk history, pop culture references, and historic epidemiological surveys of disease? If so, this audiobo...

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hari discusses some especially timely concerns: disconnection from meaningful work, from other people, from meaningful values, from childhood trauma, ...

Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This book was praised as “a wake-up call’ when it was published in 2017, yet cuts to pandemic preparedness budgets nevertheless continued, as is p...

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Originally trained as a visual artist, Jenny Odell has established herself over the last year as a writer and podcaster with her excellent podcast ser...

The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry, narrated by Scott Brick

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The scale and numbers associated with the 1918 pandemic always stop me in my tracks. From January 1918 – December 1920, with the worst month in Octo...

The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In my latest podcast, I review The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity, written and read by Douglas Murray. Murray’s main point is that, “...