Episode · EconTalk · 2026-02-02
Russ Roberts & Daniel Coyle: books mentioned on EconTalk
How to Flourish (with Daniel Coyle)
Author Daniel Coyle talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts on the art of flourishing: why it's a natural phenomenon rather than mechanical; how taking life's "yellow doors"--or detours from a straight, ex
Russ Roberts recommended The master and his emissary by Iain McGilchrist. Daniel Coyle discussed Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth and The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The master and his emissary
Recommended“And of course, you referenced the work of Ian McGrist, the master and his emissary, and his a past econ where we talked about that those two kinds of attention. And I encourage listeners to go back and listen to that episode to to look at I would say read his book, but his book is quite dense and quite”
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Portnoy's Complaint
Discussed“She took an old monastery and retrofitted it so that everything in it was from 1959 as if you know the Dean Martin records and a copy of Port Noise Complaint and all the furnishings...”
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The Artist's Way
Discussed“She on a whim publishes a book. Um, it's now sold millions and millions and millions of copies. It's called the artist's way and it's a series of exercise built on letting go of control...”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Flourish
“His latest book is Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment.”
Passing Quiet
“And uh I hope to be interviewing um Susan Kaine in the coming weeks on her book Quiet which is about the fact that some people like to be alone sometimes.”