The speaker's guest confuses the title of his book, Devil May Dance, with another book about meeting your soulmate at a disco.
The speaker prefers physical books over audiobooks because they enjoy the experience of holding a book and making an agreement to read it. They feel that listening to an audiobook is just another thing added to the same platform used for social media and texting.
The podcast guest, who wrote the book Screw Everyone, Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, discusses the unique experience of being thrown into an emotional TV moment.
The Gulag Archipelago is a must-read book that provides a profound understanding of how people ended up in Russian internment camps, as seen through the perspective of its author, who was once a captive. The book contains insights into human behavior that are still relevant today, such as how once women latch onto something, they are not backing down.
In this podcast snippet, the speaker discusses turning to books as a source of comfort and stability in the midst of uncertainty.
In a world where we no longer gather around campfires to discuss our values and beliefs, books serve as a vital tool for collective conversation and the preservation of our identities. They are sacred objects that our society needs to survive.
The speaker highly recommends a book that provides applicable principles for any industry, expresses gratitude towards the interviewer for their perception, and praises John Lloyd's success in advertising and television comedy.
Ryan Holiday and Jason Calacanis discuss how selling millions of copies of a book could equate to millions in gross profit, as well as the concept of "book as a business card."
From the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, many authors wrote books about what would happen after the Cold War. One of the most famous, which claimed that America would face off against drug cartels, made sweeping statements based on weak evidence.
A conversation about impactful books leads to the recommendation of Judea Paul's "The Mind's Eye," a book that discusses the brain's thinking processes and resource management, which the speaker bought but hasn't read yet as an electronic version is not available.
The speaker suggests that audiobooks are better for fiction, biographies, and memoirs, while physical books are better for self-help, personal development, and business. However, this ultimately depends on personal preference and there is no right way to consume books.
The distinction between a book and a long scroll lies in whether or not the pages are connected. Consumerism and the commercialization of books is discussed.
The speaker admits to not enjoying reading and confesses that it has been a few years since they have read a full book.
