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Every book John Mackey recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- John Mackey has recommended or discussed 12 books on podcasts, as of January 4, 2026.
- John Mackey has talked about books on 5 podcasts, as of January 4, 2026.
- Those books came up in 5 episodes, as of January 4, 2026.
- The 3 books John Mackey has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 4, 2026: A Return to Love, Enlightenment Now and In Defense of Global Capitalism.
- The latest episode with a book mention from John Mackey aired on January 4, 2026.
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Across 5 podcasts. Every show John Mackey appears on, in one place — not just one.
John Mackey’s most recommended books
- A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
- In Defense of Global Capitalism by Johan Norberg
- Superabundance by Marian L. Tupy
- The American Dream by Alexander Green
- The Capitalist Manifesto by Johan Norberg
John Mackey appeared on several podcasts, including David Senra, The Rich Roll Podcast, and Honestly with Bari Weiss, to discuss capitalism, entrepreneurship, and personal philosophy. Mackey recommended Alexander Green's book The American Dream, stating that it demonstrates how the American dream is alive and well. He praised Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love while discussing a course in miracles and a journey of awakening to love. When defending global capitalism and discussing living standards, Mackey recommended Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now, Johan Norberg's In Defense of Global Capitalism and The Capitalist Manifesto, and Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley's Superabundance. Furthermore, Mackey discussed Phil Knight's memoir Shoe Dog with David Senra, calling it one of the greatest entrepreneurial autobiographies ever written and describing it as his own benchmark, and he brought up Helen Schucman's A Course in Miracles when describing the spiritual practices that followed his experience with breathwork.
Books John Mackey recommended or discussed
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A Return to Love
Recommended“yeah um and her book Return To Love was really really great book so the story there for the course of Miracles goes something like this for me”
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Enlightenment Now
Recommended“If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of global capitalism or the now the rework of that the capitalist Manifesto”
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In Defense of Global Capitalism
Recommended“If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of global capitalism or the now the rework of that the capitalist Manifesto”
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Superabundance
Recommended“if they would read um Maran T's book on super abundance people just don't understand the past”
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The American Dream
Recommended“In fact, new book for you to read, just came out. One of my good friends, Alexander Green, has written a book called "The American Dream." And he shows in that book how the American dream is alive and well, and it's never been better.”
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The Capitalist Manifesto
Recommended“If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of global capitalism or the now the rework of that the capitalist Manifesto”
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A Course in Miracles
Discussed“and that that led to breath work and the course of Miracles and a a journey a gentle Journey Through the course of Miracles of Awakening deeper to love”
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How to Change Your Mind
Discussed“and so I did a guided Journey inspired by Michael pollin's book how to change your mind it's like as usual Michael pollins you know he's at The Cutting Edge of what's going on”
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Shoe Dog
Discussed“- This book, that was my benchmark, "Shoe Dog." - It's one of the greatest - entrepreneur autobiographies ever.”
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Stillness Is the Key
Discussed“but I I did read your book Stillness is the key and I bought I bought”
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The Lord of the Rings
Discussed“I used the metaphor the Lord of the Rings which had a big influence on me when I was I read it like five times before I got out of high school”
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The One Minute Manager
Discussed“and an idea I took away from Ken Blanchard's one minute manager which I guess dates me because that book may not have been in print anymore he just said you should catch people doing something right”
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Books John Mackey wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“if you Star Wars is a classic hero's journey but the Lord in the Rings is a classic hero's journey there a a lot of our favorite books and whatnot”
Passing Endurance
“I've always loved reading about adventurers you know I mean who can read endurance for Shackleford and like man that guy was really Brave guy”
Plugged The Whole Foods Diet
“so the reason I did that was I'd come out with uh the Whole Foods diet and the day that my book launch was that happened to be coincidentally but not coincidentally at all”
Plugged The Whole Foods Diet
“I wrote a book about it called the Whole Foods diet I put out there what I think is an ideal diet eat a Whole Foods plant-based diet if you do you're probably going to live to be 100”
Plugged Conscious Leadership
“and then if you looked at my book conscious leadership I made a point of part of the problem why we don't have more love in corporations is that the metaphors people use are primarily hyper-competitive metaphors of War darwinian metaphors or survival of the fittest and oftentimes Sports metaphors with one winner and lots of losers instead of more”
Plugged Conscious Leadership
“and maybe that's one of the arguments that we're making in the book for conscious leadership”