Book Theory
Episodes
"Behave" by Robert Sapolsky — Neuroscience of Aggression (Part 1)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Aidan and Aariz for a discussion about Behave, a book about the biology of human aggression. We cover the first ~130 pages in the first part of t...
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with lung cancer during the last year of his...
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Book Theory returns with a discussion of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist whose w...
A conversation with Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics and Dodgers Manager of Baseball Analytics
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are ecstatic to have our first guest, Ben Zauzmer. He’s written Oscarmetrics, a phenomenal book that dives into how one goes about predicting win...
Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 2 (Safi Bahcall)
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We breakdown about many of the ideas of the second half of "Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall and conclude the book with a big-picture review.
Loonshots: Nurturing Crazy Ideas, Part 1 (Safi Bahcall)
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we explore the first half of Safi Bahcall's "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform In...
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 3 (Yuval Noah Harari)
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the third podcast of this book, we dissect the last 6 lesson of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 2 (Yuval Noah Harari)
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our second episode on the book, where we breakdown lessons 5 through 14 of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Part 1 (Yuval Noah Harari)
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode for this book, we discuss and dissect lessons 1 through 4 of "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari.
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 2 (Anand G.)
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude and discuss the last half of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" by Anand Giridharadas.
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade, Part 1 (Anand G.)
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the first half of Anand Giridharadas' book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World".
Principles, Part 4 (Ray Dalio)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the second half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles" and conclude the book as a whole.
Principles, Part 3 (Ray Dalio)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the first half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles".
Principles, Part 2 (Ray Dalio)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the second section, “Life Principles”, in Ray Dalio’s book.
Principles, Part 1 (Ray Dalio)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the first section, “Where I’m Coming From”, in Principles by Ray Dalio.