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Every book Cole Brauer recommended on podcasts
Cole Brauer is a professional ocean sailor who appeared as a guest on The Rich Roll Podcast to discuss her historic voyage racing a sailboat completely around the world. During the interview, Brauer discussed her book, First Light, and shared numerous insights regarding the writing process, her motivations, and the behind-the-scenes realities of elite endurance sailing. She explained that she designed the book explicitly as an accessibility experiment aimed at making the traditionally exclusive world of sailing more transparent and inclusive, noting that she deliberately selected a typography that is easy for dyslexic readers to navigate. Brauer discussed how the narrative captures her realization out on the water that she wanted to pursue competitive sailing for the rest of her life, while also recounting how she chose to include unexpected details about her upbringing and her time participating in an underground fight club. Throughout the conversation, she reflected on the vital support she received from her team, explaining that she dedicated the book to the Day brothers and Jimmy, whose total trust and financial backing made her ambitious dream a reality, which directly inspired alternative titles and themes centered around sailing solo while remaining deeply supported by others.
Books recommended by Cole Brauer
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First Light
Discussed“I wanted the book to be very much like a an accessibility experiment. And when we look at sailing, we don't see accessibility. We don't see inclusion at all.”
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Books Cole Brauer wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Light: Cole Brauer's Life Lessons From Racing Her Sailboat Around The World | The Rich Roll Podcast | 2026-10-29 | 16 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I recently saw Al, who's in the book. He's in the prologue. He was my boyfriend who’s the fisherman and I recently saw him.”
“And I just recently met up with my uh my meteorologist Chelsea, who I mentioned in the book a lot. We met here in New York.”
“And we we would definitely not have a book right now if my parents had been, "Oh, no, you must be a doctor. You must be a lawyer. You must be this."”