Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2023-W17

“And, uh, Vishnu Ghosh is the younger brother of a famous guru and author named, uh, Paramahansa Yogananda, who wrote a book called Autobiography of a Yogi that was published in 1946.”

“Um, and in fact, as much of an influence as his brother's book was, Ghosh was also influenced by the book Muscle Control by a German bodybuilder named Maxick.”

“You’ll be aware of the famous book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which explains how you change your paradigms regarding what you know.”

“Her first book, 'The Beauty Myth,' challenged notions of attraction, arguing that they are societally fabricated.”

“There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.”

“There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.”

“I keep going back to 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions' and 'The Madness of Crowds.'”

“But I do think if you're looking for unconscious motivations, my work dating from The End of America, in which I was focused on torture and surveillance, and my more recent work in which I recognized how violent and a coercive society can become definitely arose from my experience of being raped as a child and then molested as a”

“One really wonderful book is The Body Keeps Score about trauma, right?”

“Your friend Ryan Holiday has an intriguing post where he shared his top 25 biography recommendations; the introduction emphasizes how successful individuals all have biographies on their shelves.”