3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-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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Chapter 154: Peter Kimani on conquering the curse of choreographed colonialism
Saison 1 · Épisode 154
mercredi 5 novembre 2025 • Durée 02:22:53
We're heading to Africa!
Over the years we have taken the 3 Books podcast on the road many times ... from recording in Judy Blume's bookstore in Key West to to the back of Jackie's Uber in St. Louis to Jonathan Haidt's kitchen in New York we've gone where the stories take us. And for the first time we are going to the 55-country and 1.5 billion person continent of Africa.
I am so excited to share the first of three chapters of 3 Books recorded in Nairobi, Kenya.
I landed there and went whizzing down busy streets with colourful stalls, wandering goats, people pulling carts full of eggs, women carrying baskets on their heads, endless whizzing bodas (motorcycles).
I visited the lovely home of novelist and professor Peter Kimani — where he lives with his wife Anne and their two boys. Peter is a huge mind and talented writer whose work spans New York Times Notable novels such as 'Dance of the Jakaranda' to writing a poem for Barack Obama's presidential inauguration. Peter has studied at the University of Iowa—the Harvard of writing schools, perhaps!—and earned his doctorate at the University of Houston. He was awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Kenya's highest literary honor, and is a professor at Aga Khan University in Nairobi.
Let's sit down outside in his backyard garden, near the mango and orange trees, below the calls of the Pied Crows, and discuss normalizing abnormalities, decolonizing our minds, The Hardy Boys, writing as an extension of living, whitewashing conservation, Peter's 3 most formative books, and much, much more...
Let's flip the page to Chapter 154 now...
Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness
Saison 1 · Épisode 35
mardi 21 octobre 2025 • Durée 01:13:03
"Whatever Jen Agg says is worth listening to," said Anthony Bourdain.
I fully agree!
If you live in Toronto you probably know Jen Agg. If you don't, let me tell you she runs the best restaurants in town! Come visit and try them!
Her most recent stunner is a two-story converted auto-body shop turned Toronto Life #1 ranked restaurant called "General Public" and it is a feast for the senses.
Jen describes the place as "part Narnia, part fancy British pub, and part '80s cocaine dream" which gives you a sample of her incredible way with words on top of dishes on top of lighting on top of music on top of ... vibe. I was at General Public last week with my friend Agostino and we split Rainbow Trout Tartare, Hiramasa Crudo, Chicory Salad, and Popcorn Clams and Mussels. And those were just our appetizers! And precisely none of the items fully described the depth of surprising and fresh ingredients leading to the full-body sensory experiences we had when taking our first bites...
Jen Agg has opened many other award-winning restaurants including Bar Vendetta, Grey Gardens, Le Swan, Rhum Corner, Hoof Cocktail Bar and, famously, The Black Hoof (RIP), where I still remember my friend Drew ordering a Spicy Raw Horse Sandwich with raw egg on top many years ago. His verdict? "Delicious!" Of course that place turned the restaurant scene in the city sharply sideways!
And sharply sideways is such a great way to live...
I admire Jen Agg's sharply sideways ways and also highly recommend her bestselling memoir "I Hear She's A Real Bitch" (perhaps the best memoir title of all time?)
My New Book! 'Canada is Awesome' | Full Audiobook
Saison 1
samedi 21 juin 2025 • Durée 58:44
BIG NEWS!
I just finished writing CANADA IS AWESOME: A Little Book About A Big Country.
This podcast is me reading the whole book!
The book is about all the weird, wonderful, beautiful things that make Canada ... Canada.
Did you ever notice Canadians speak in the collective?
"What do you think of the weather we're having?"
"Shall we grab a Tims before the meeting?"
"Think we have a shot at the playoffs?"
We, we, we.
We use the word we so much.
Why do we feel like such a collective?
I don't think it's complicated.
I think it's because we are one.
We all toss around half of everything we make into a big glass jar and use it to pay for everyone's health care, education, and services.
Sure, the system's never perfect, but if you shatter your ankle in an icy Canadian Tire parking lot, need a dozen years of free school for five kids in Kamloops, or want to drive on freshly snowplowed roads from Comox to Cornwall to Cape Spear, well ... we got you.
We got you.
We got everyone.
So today I'm releasing the audio version of my first new book in three years.
For free!
With no ads!
It's a gift.
The Canadian way.
I'm sharing the audiobook for free on the 3 Books podcast feed and on YouTube and then on Canada Day (July 1st) I'll be publishing the full text and a beautifully formatted PDF for free download on my blog (www.neil.blog) and also selling paper books—both black and white paperbacks and full-color hardcovers—at cost, starting July 1st.
It's a different type of book than I've done before—a 78-page, bright red, self-published love letter to my home country. And it was designed by a Canadian in Ottawa (Steve St. Pierre), audio and video edited by a Canadian in Toronto (Dave Boire), and even the t-shirt I'm wearing in the YouTube video was designed and manufactured by a Canadian in Toronto (Daniel Torjman). If you're Canadian I hope you feel pride in who we are. If you're not Canadian, I hope this helps you see Canada a little clearer. Maybe it will inspire you to visit ... or to move here! Flip this on for your long road trip and let's let ourselves get inspired by what's possible when grit, determination, and kindness come together across culture and language. Let's reflect on shared goals of spending time with loved ones, hitting best-in-world education rates, and, of course, kicking back by the lake with a Moosehead and a bowl of ketchup chips. This is a piece of writing close to my heart and something I have been working on for over a decade. It began as a 1000 word blog post on '1000 Awesome Things' (2012), turned into a 5000 word Audible Original audiobook (2017), and now, today, in 2025, has become a 10,000 word physical book and audiobook that I offer here as my gift to you—and to us. I hope you like it. Neil
Chapter 87: Jason Shiga on perilous puzzles and precarious paths
Saison 1 · Épisode 87
lundi 20 septembre 2021 • Durée 01:25:52
I grew up reading the Choose Your Own Adventure series but it had been years — decades even! — since I'd read a game book. Then I stumbled upon the fascinating book Meanwhile by Jason Shiga and was completely sucked back into this incredible genre.
When you open Meanwhile you are a young boy on his way to an ice-cream shop. If you get vanilla? You go home. The end! But if you get chocolate? You plunge into thousands of endlessly splintering storylines. You meet a mad scientist. You jump in a time travel machine. The fate of the world is suddenly at stake!
I have no idea how someone could imagine a book this complex and yet so elegant to experience. I was sucked in. So I reach out to Jason Shiga and was grateful that he agreed to come on 3 Books.
Jason is a Japanese-American cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and unconventional — very unconventional — narrative techniques into his work. He grew up in California and studied Pure Mathematics at the University of Berkeley.
Chapter 86: My two-year-old son on whimsical wonderings and wandering Waldos
Saison 1 · Épisode 86
mardi 7 septembre 2021 • Durée 36:00
Do you ever feel book guilt?
Do you ever feel book shame?
Do you ever feel bad when you quit a book?
Do you ever feel like the books you read aren't 'hard' enough?
These are common feelings that I know I've had. I say we need to get rid of all the book shame and book guilt we learn as we grow up because there really is no right or wrong way to read. We need to escape the book exhaustion that can come with endless Shakespeare, mandatory classics, and piles of textbooks.
We need to tell kids that they can read whatever they want to read.
Picture books! Comic books! Young Adult!
Whatever.
Just follow your joy and keep the books coming.
I partly started 3 Books as a way to keep stoking the flames for that pure love of reading books.
For most of my adult life, I lost my love of reading. Loved books as a child! And yet somehow by my late 20s I had almost completely stopped reading books. What was it? I'm not sure if it was too many dry textbooks, the endless addiction of social media feed, or the false belief I just didn't have time to read anymore.
How many times have you heard that?
Chapter 85: Jane McGonigal on slaying stress with superhero strengths
Saison 1 · Épisode 85
dimanche 22 août 2021 • Durée 01:34:29
Happy Sturgeon Moon, everybody! And happy Blue Moon, too! Jane McGonigal joins us on Chapter 85 of 3 Books to help us celebrate.
Let's start off with a question.
What would you do if you jumped out of a desk chair and slammed your head directly into an open cupboard door which gave you a massive concussion that left you bedridden for months? Oh, and you were told "No reading, no writing, no video games, no work, no email, no running, no alcohol, and no caffeine."
Well, most of us would probably just lie there.
I mean, what else could you do?
Well, if you're Jane McGonigal that's not what you do. No! If you're Jane McGonigal, what you do is design a game, in your concussion-riddled state, to help you get better. You create an avatar. You give yourself goals. You select projects. And you slowly help yourself heal! You call the game Jane the Concussion Slayer, after your favorite TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and then you release it out into the world.
Today that game has helped over a million people tackle challenges like concussions, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. It's been renamed Super Better and been evaluated by clinical trials, randomized control studies, and all kinds of scientific white papers as the top game in the world treating depression, anxiety and pain.
Is it any wonder Jane was the first person to study computer and video games in her PhD at Berkeley? Or that she's a TED superstar with two talks racking up over 15 million views about how gaming can make a better world and ? Or that she's the bestselling author of and (yes) ? Or the Director of Games Research & Development at the ? No, I did not make any of that up. And I could go on!
Chapter 84: Lori Gottlieb on therapists thoughtfully thrashing thinking theories
Saison 1 · Épisode 84
dimanche 8 août 2021 • Durée 01:15:11
Do you have a therapist?
Do you meet up with someone on a regular basis to open up, talk about yourself, and get into the weeds of your emotions? Maybe the ones you can articulate, the ones you can't articulate, the ones you're angry about having, the ones you're confused about having.
I started seeing a therapist about 10 years ago.
After the loss of my marriage and my best friend, it was suggested by my parents that I would benefit from seeing a therapist.
I'm embarrassed to admit I said no. "I don't need a therapist! I don't have problems! That's for people with problems! That's not me!"
Maybe it was the years, decades, generations of stigma and taboos around that word? Therapy. Growing up I never heard about anyone going to therapy except in the context of some desperate, last second attempt to salvage something like a failing marriage at the eleventh hour.
Maybe that's why I'm talking about it today! I'm very lucky to have a therapist. And proud of it too, I'd say. My wife Leslie is, too. We talk openly about going to therapy with our children. So often, so easily, so quickly, people say, 'I've got to go to workout, I've got to go to the gym, I've got to run on the treadmill.' We're so open about sharing physical self care. But we aren't nearly as open about mental self care. And that conversation only progresses globally if we keep having conversations like the one we're about to have today…
So welcome, welcome, welcome. Great to have you here. Thank you for reading all the way down here! Are you new? Are you a 3 Books virgin? If so, you picked a wonderful chapter to begin with. Chapter 84 with Lori Gottlieb. If you like it, we'd love to have you join our community. is by and for book lovers, writers, makers, sellers and librarians. The show is a 100% a labor of love and a piece of art with no ads, no sponsors, no promotions, and no interruptions. We've got deep values like no book guilt, no book shame, the right to sip, the right to dip. We're not about reading as a chore, or as a job, or as homework. We're all about discovering or rediscovering the pure joy of books or deepening the love you already have.
Chapter 83: Douglas Rushkoff on divisive duality and designer deaths
Saison 1 · Épisode 83
samedi 24 juillet 2021 • Durée 01:58:18
"Our technologies, markets and cultural institutions, once forces for human connection and expression, now isolate and repress us. It is time to remake society together, not as individual players, but as the team we actually are: Team Human."
That little paragraph is printed right on the cover of the latest book by Douglas Rushkoff.
Seth Godin calls him acerbic. I'll call him provocative. Douglas is not afraid of anything! His writing is confident and he's got the research and logic ready behind every point.
No wonder he's been named one of the world's most influential thought leaders. Douglas hosts the popular Team Human podcast, writes for The Guardian, and is the documentarian behind Generation Like and . He's also responsible for coining many popular phrases including "viral media" and "social currency."
Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process
Saison 1 · Épisode 82
samedi 10 juillet 2021 • Durée 01:58:57
What was your first Tarantino experience?
I was thirteen years old in an unfinished basement watching Reservoir Dogs on VHS and can still remember how shook my friends and I were when we saw it.
Well, the Tarantino Experience continues with his brand new book Once Upon A Time In Hollywood which is the propulsive, addictive, roller-coastering movie novelization of his award-winning film. I absolutely loved it.
Today we're going to talk about: Quentin Tarantino's favorite writer, how we thicken our skin in a thin-skinned world, how we can live confidently in a clickbait world, how one goes about writing a movie novelization, what an unlikely spinoff to Inglourious Basterds might look like, why we should avoid self censorship, what are Quentin's thoughts on meme Quentin Quarantino, his three most formative books, and much, much, more …
Chapter 81: Dave Eggers on surreptitious spying in the snares of surveillance
Saison 1 · Épisode 81
jeudi 24 juin 2021 • Durée 01:18:24
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 The Onion and McSweeney's.
The Onion's site was the notorious outcropping of a campus comedy newspaper from Wisconsin and McSweeney's was founded by a publishing dynamo Whiz Kid named Dave Eggers who'd worked at places like Wired and Might Magazine, which he'd cofounded out in San Francisco.
In 2000 Dave's 'anti-memoir' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius came out and, no big deal, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. I loved the book and the seemingly endless creative fireworks Dave was capable of producing.
Now there is of course no where else to sit down with Jen than one of her restaurants so for this one we slip into the front booth at the delectable "french diner" that is Le Swan. Btw, if you go you might find yourself making a new Spotify playlist like I did to remember the great music you're hearing—"Ooh la la" by Ronnie Lane followed by "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison followed by "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson followed by "Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan!
Of course it's hard to pay attention to the music when you're gobbling Smoked Trout Rillette, Steak Tartare, and the city's best Corn Dogs!
Let's sit down and talk about fussiness as a virtue, the art of dining alone, having a healthy marriage with someone much older than you, the brilliant Jen Agg's 3 most formative books, and much, much, MUCH more...
It was an honour and privilege to talk to Jen Agg in this classic chapter of 3 Books.
What are we going to talk about on this show? Well there is a lot to learn including: what is a Japanese chicken commune? How does children's literature address taboos we have around death? How can a love of puzzles inform creativity? What are moral dilemmas and what can we learn from them? What is the 'classic trolley problem'? What is the relationship between books and video games? What is the state of the game book industry? How do we think about playing with a book? And, of course, what are Jason Shiga's three most formative books?
Let's turn the page into Chapter 87 now …
What You'll Learn:
Why is death taboo in children's literature?
What is pure mathematics?
How can a love of puzzles and brain teasers inform creative work?
What is elegance of form?
What is an interactive form of literature?
What can we learn from moral dilemmas and the state of humanity today?
Why are moral choices so good for game books?
What's the classic trolley problem?
How can books and video games co-exist?
What is the state of the game book industry today?
How can we encourage our kids to get into game books?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
Chapter 86 of 3 Books is a little different. It's a mental intermezzo between deep dives.
It's a way to hopefully remind us of the pure joy that comes from reading books. Of spreading books out on the carpet and playing with them and doing somersaults over them. This chapter is about tapping back into that childhood love of reading.
We are going to hang out on my bedroom floor with my two year old son …
Join me as we flip the page into Chapter 86 …
What You'll Learn:
Why are chapter books scary?
What can books with flaps teach us about our cities?
Why do so many people go to the bathroom in train stations?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
Jane McGonigal is a humanistic designer of alternate realities and her life goal is to see a game developer win the Nobel Peace Prize. I love her work and the incredible force for good it is having on the world.
Let's grab a seat with Jane and talk: how we live with greater flow, how we harness our children's 'soul force', why we maybe shouldn't be limiting screen time, how to choose games for kids, what questions you should ask your kids about the games they play, the best card game out there, exploring the boundaries of our psychic selves, and, of course, Jane McGonigal's 3 most formative books.
Let's turn the page into Chapter 85 now …
What You'll Learn:
How can we bend the rules of reality?
What is the power of a twin relationship?
What is a soul force?
How should we think about nature and nurture as we parent?
Are our identities more malleable today?
What is the difference between social media and gaming?
What is flow?
Why do game designers learn about flow?
How can flow be a resource for humanity?
How do we find our own flow?
How can we shift away from bullshit jobs?
Why should we shorten the workday week?
How can games help treat PTSD and depression?
How can we better manage screen time for our kids?
How should we curate games for our kids?
How can games help our kids learn confidence?
Why should kids teach their parents how to play video games?
What are the key questions you should be asking your kids about the video games they play?
What is a predictor of video game addiction?
How does TV benefit kids?
Why should you watch TV with your kids?
Why should you know the theme songs of your kids' favorite TV shows?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
3 Books
Today I am very excited to share with you a conversation with the one and only Lori Gottlieb.
Do you know Lori Gottlieb?
She's a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone which has sold well over a million copies. It's even being adapted as a television series. She writes the extremely popular weekly column Dear Therapist in The Atlantic. She contributes regularly to The New York Times, has a very popular TED Talk, shared one of the best stories at The Moth ever, and is a member of the Advisory Council for Bring Change To Mind. Finally, she also hosts her own wonderful podcast called Dear Therapists.
As a therapist who writes about therapy, Lori kicks open the door to conversations we need to have.
We are going to talk about finding a therapist, making adult friends, what you should ask instead of 'how are you?', how heterosexual women often react to men crying, processing grief, the key ingredient to vulnerability, tennis partners, defining emotions, the voices in our head, the root cause of trauma, why insight is the booby prize of therapy, and, of course, about the wonderful Lori Gottlieb's three most formative books.
Let's turn the page into Chapter 84 now …
What You'll Learn:
What is the difference between content and process in therapy?
How do people move through their struggles?
What makes us human at our core?
How can we find ourselves in the stories of others?
How much should we share about ourselves on social media?
What is the importance of authenticity for a writer?
How do therapists use their own humanity to help others?
How should we navigate vulnerability in writing?
How can authors write about their own children without betraying their stories which are their own to tell?
What is true vulnerability?
What are the misconceptions surrounding therapy?
How do you test drive your therapist?
How do we discover our dark side and how can it help us grow as a human being?
What is the beauty of mentor mentee relationships?
Why are adult friendships hard to come by, specifically for men?
Why is it harder for men to be vulnerable?
Why do we apologize when we cry?
What is the danger of labeling feelings?
How can we use our feelings without judgement to make better decisions?
What is the danger of numbing our feelings?
Why should we not talk our kids out of their feelings?
How should we deal with loss and why are the commonly listed stages of grief not necessarily helpful?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
We are going to talk about Bitcoin, reality tunnels, what the internet really is, the benefits of slack, rebuilding societal trust, the source code for magic, Timothy Leary and designer deaths, facts versus reality, mycelium and trees, Bardo orgies, the purpose of play, and, of course, the incredible Douglas Rushkoff's three (or maybe four!) most formative books.
Let's flip the page into Chapter 83 now …
What You'll Learn:
What is a media theorist?
How is Team Human doing?
What is the true environmental cost of Bitcoin?
Why is slack so important?
How can we rebuild trust where it is lost?
How do we free ourselves from societal pressures?
Is there such a thing as an original thought?
How does intergenerational living benefit society?
Why should we never retire?
What is Chapel Perilous?
What is a reality tunnel?
How do you surf reality?
How does tradition keep us sane?
How should we think about death?
What is the difference between death and dying?
What is the Tibetan bardo?
What kind of games should we strive to play in life?
What is the purpose of play?
What was the original vision for the internet?
What is the true meaning of the Sabbath in today's world?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
I'm going to be in your left ear (from a furnace room at my family's lake house rental!), Quentin's going to be in your right ear (from his writing studio in Hollywood Hills!) and you will be sitting right between us.
Let's flip the page into Chapter 82 now …
What You'll Learn:
What's the difference between releasing a movie and releasing a book?
What should we make of today's ad-driven culture?
How do we build thick skin today?
Why is failure so important in the creation of art?
What do critics offer artists?
How do you decide what to do when you can do anything you want?
Why is the artistic path such a guide post?
Who was the first rock and roll idol?
What is the balance between progressivism and artistic freedom?
What principles should be followed when turning a movie into a book?
What are the artistic and relationship implications of having confidence?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
Dave is also co-founder of 826 National which is a non-profit dedicated to tutoring and helping students age 6 - 18 with writing. (The organization helps over 100,000 students a year.) Oh, and Dave's written screenplays like Away We Go, together with his wife Vendela Vida, and The Wild Things, the Spike Jonze-directed adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
His latest book The Museum of Rain is about to release. I read it and loved it and was so excited to talk to him about it.
He called in from a landline for our chat because he is known for being off the grid. No wifi and no smartphone!
I was nervous and, to help the interview along, I completely mismanaged my time, so the whole thing may or may not dissolve into complete disarray by the end. But we somehow still managed to discuss: spying, life without smart phones, the ethics of Alexa, how to get boys to read, cheering for the underdog, the problem with Rotten Tomatoes, the joys of old old laptops, the tradeoff between convenience and surveillance, making art in an algorithmic society, and of course the incredible Dave Eggers' three most formative books…
Let's flip the page into Chapter 81 now …
What You'll Learn:
What are the trade-offs between surveillance and convenience?
Why do we give away our privacy so easily?
How do we figure out which companies to trust?
How can we help kids find their way to books on their terms?
How do we carve out mental space for ourselves?
How do we make art and ignore the algorithm?
How do we consume art?
What is particular about the podcast art form?
How does great art shine in today's shallow world?
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of an inspiring person. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, George Saunders, Angie Thomas, Daniels, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, 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 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 by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Happiness Equation', 'Two-Minute Mornings', and 'The Book of Awesome.' For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
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