Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: 131. Getting Old, Adventurously | People I (Mostly) Admire
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Fighting fire
Buy on Amazon"So you wrote a memoir about your years as a firefighter called Fighting Fire, and you tell one incredibly powerful story after another about your experiences. Do you have your own personal favorite story from that book?"
The gutsy girl
Buy on Amazon"Now, that can get toxic for sure, but later I wrote a book about instilling bravery in girls because it was becoming really clear to me when I looked around that women defaulted to fear and that women were really missing out on something important. So the book you're talking about now is The Gutsy Girl."
Lost cat
Buy on Amazon"You wrote a book about, of all things, your cat running away; it's called Lost Cat, and I have to say, being just totally honest, in a million years I never would have read that book if I didn't know I was going to talk to you today."
Tough Broad
Buy on Amazon"Your most recent book is called Tough Broad, and one thing I like about your books is they're also different from one another, but this one starts with an observation which I think is 100% true but almost never talked about, which is that our society is incredibly dismissive of older women."
Extended Mind
Buy on Amazon"I did read Annie Murphy Paul’s book, The Extended Mind, and she talks about awe in there. It turns out awe is really good for us and is really easily triggered by going outside."
Between Two Kingdoms
Buy on Amazon"We're back with a brand new episode featuring Suad Jwad. Her incredible book, Between Two Kingdoms, documents her battle with cancer, and she's also the subject of the recent documentary film American Symphony."