Sounds About Right: Audiobooks to Help Us Understand the World
NG Jones
The nonfiction bookclub that’s all about learning new things and challenging our perspectives. In each episode I meet with an author and discuss their book with them.
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Episodes
#68: Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness with Nicholas Humphrey October 09, 2023
#67: The Black Lit Fic ( Literary Fiction) Extravaganza with @jpreads6September 11, 2023
#66: Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds with Shane O'MaraSeptember 04, 2023
#65: For The Book Enthusiasts: In Conversation with @NotThatCostaAugust 30, 2023
#64: Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist It with Patrick Fagan August 21, 2023
#63: What Is a Doctor?: A GP's Prescription for the Future with Dr Phil Whitaker August 14, 2023
#62: Arguing for a Better World: How to Talk About the Issues That Divide Us with Arianne Shahvisi August 07, 2023
#61: Internet Empire: The Hidden Digital War with Sean F. EnnisJuly 31, 2023
#60: Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet with Bart ElmoreJuly 17, 2023
#59: For the Culture: The Power Behind the World's Most Successful Brands, from Apple to Beyoncé with Marcus CollinsJuly 12, 2023
#58: BEING HUMAN: How Our Biology Shaped World History with Lewis Dartnell July 03, 2023
#57: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race with Mary-Jane Rubenstein June 26, 2023
#56: Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature with Sarah Hart June 19, 2023
#55: Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems with William D. Eggers June 12, 2023
#54: The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity with Mark Robert Rank June 05, 2023
#53: The Torture Doctors: Human Rights Crimes and the Road to Justice with Steven H. MilesMay 22, 2023
#52: The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater with Jeff Maynard May 08, 2023
#51: What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech with David Delmar SentíesMay 01, 2023
#50: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back with Bruce Schneier April 24, 2023
#49: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society with Eleanor JanegaApril 17, 2023
#48: The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy with Jon SheltonApril 10, 2023
#47: Breakthrough Community Change: A Guide to Creating Common Agendas That Change Everything with Paul BornApril 03, 2023
#46: Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation with Liz BucarMarch 27, 2023
#45: Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman with Charles Dunst March 13, 2023
#44: Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It with Amy Finkelstein March 06, 2023
