Dec. 20, 2020
2020 Wrapped Up: The five best books and podcasts of this year
Five best books for 2020
Range by David Epstein
Listen to the episode: Range by David Epstein: why you need to stop specialising
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Range/9781509843503/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Listen to the episode: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: How powerful stories can change your life
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Listen to the episode: The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile: How wizards and gyms will make you more spiritual
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Listen to the episode: Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: Why playing to win will make you lose
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Infinite-Game/9780241295595/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Listen to the episode: What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami: What you can learn about life from running
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/What-I-Talk-about-When-I-Talk-about-Running/9780307473394/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
Five best podcasts for 2020
Tim Ferris
Listen to the podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/
Two of my favourite episodes
Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More (#424)
Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify — Habits, Systems and Mental Models for Top Performance (#484)
Wind of Change
Listen to the series: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/
Clever
Listen to the series: http://www.cleverpodcast.com/
Two of my favourite episodes
Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom
Broken Record Podcast
Listen to the series: https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/
One of my favourite episodes
TOM PETTY’S WILDFLOWERS II WITH ADRIA PETTY
Murder Ballads Podcast
Listen to the series: https://open.spotify.com/show/13uPg0t3QrwppCHTNQ3aRW
One of my favourite episodes
Five other good things I liked in 2020
Two cookbooks
Flavour by Yottam Ottolenghi
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Ottolenghi-FLAVOUR-Yotam-Ottolenghi/9781785038938/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wrigley
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Falastin-Cookbook-Sami-Tamimi/9781785038723/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
One fiction book
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Honeybee-Craig-Silvey/9781760877224/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf
Two random things that have got me through
Music By: Is this hip hop by LightBeats
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