Matt and Jordan work through Marshall McLuhan's media theory and the life of Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda.
1/1/1 • 48 minutes, 35 seconds
Ch. 5 - Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harari)
Ch. 5 - Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harari)
1/1/1 • 2 hours, 21 seconds
Ch. 2 - Einstein (Walter Isaacson), Moonwalking with Einstein (Joshua Foer), Civilian Warriors (Erik Prince)
Ch. 2 - Einstein (Walter Isaacson), Moonwalking with Einstein (Joshua Foer), Civilian Warriors (Erik Prince)
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 52 seconds
Ch. 7 - The Fish That Ate the Whale (Rich Cohen), Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)
Matt and Jordan talk about the incredible history of bananas, Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, and Samuel Zemurray makes a bid for T.H.E. Audio Book Club hall of fame.
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 31 seconds
Ch. 9 - The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley), The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe), PiHKAL (Alexander Shulgin), The Psychedelic Experience (Timothy Leary)
Matt and Jordan review some famous books that explore the topic of psychedelics. Jordan describes his experience taking LSD for the first time.
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Ch. 1 - On China (Henry Kissinger), China's Economy (Arthur Kroeber)
On China (Henry Kissinger), China's Economy (Arthur Kroeber)
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 30 seconds
Ch. 11 - The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery (Robert Greene)
Matt and Jordan return from break to discuss their journey through Eastern Europe and Robert Greene's uncanny ability to analyze wikipedia articles
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 12 seconds
Ch. 12 - Deep Work, So Good They Can't Ignore You (Cal Newport), Remote (DHH, Jason Fried), The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
Matt and Jordan take a look at some of the most popular books around modern work productivity.
1/1/1 • 53 minutes, 41 seconds
Ch. 3 - The Patriarch (David Nasaw), Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)
Ch. 3 - The Patriarch (David Nasaw), Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)
1/1/1 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 17 seconds
Ch. 4 - The Rum Diary (Hunter S Thompson), The Battle for Paradise (Naomi Klein)
Ch. 4 - The Rum Diary (Hunter S Thompson), The Battle for Paradise (Naomi Klein)
1/1/1 • 46 minutes, 5 seconds
Ch. 10 - The Power Broker (Robert Caro), Divided Highways (Tom Lewis)
Matt and Jordan break down Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Robert Moses, the man who built New York.
1/1/1 • 3 hours, 5 minutes, 3 seconds
Ch. 13 - Billion Dollar Whale (Tom Wright), The Oligarchs (David Hoffman), China's Second Continent (Howard French)
Jho Low makes a bid for T.H.E. Audio Book Club hall of fame