Chapter Transcripts

Transcripts from episodes of the podcast.

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

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

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

Chapter 138: Maria Popova mines meaning in marginalia

Chapter 139: Lewis Mallard valorizes visionary vandalism

Chapter 140: Amy Einhorn on powerful pages and publishing possibilities

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

Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals

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

Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds

Chapter 145: Lindyman leverages long-lasting lessons on living a limitless life

Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration

Chapter 147: Nickisha the Dog Walker on dangerous drivers and dog doo diligence

Chapter 148: Ginny Yurich obviates obsolete offspring with 1000 hours outside

Chapter 149: John and Alison on fascism-fighting fiction fomenting freedom and fraternity

Chapter 150: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien lays down lifelong lessons on leadership, liberalism, and longevity