Episodes

Tom Nichols book The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters might seem like a preachy/complainy rant by a professor… Read More »The Death of Expertise – 016

Behavioral economics is one of the most fascinating and useful subjects to study in my opinion. The authors of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement… Read More »Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement – 015

I don’t agree with a lot of the policies that Barack Obama championed when he was President of the United States, but I have an… Read More »A Promised Land – 014

Amazon is the defining company of a generation maybe more than any other. Amazon Unbound, the second book on the company by Brad Stone, covers… Read More »Amazon Unbound – 013

William Borah, the Lion of Idaho, is probably Idaho’s most well known and important historic figure. He was a United States Senator for 33 years,… Read More »William Borah – 012

Capitalism in America: A History, by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Woolridge, is exactly what it sounds like: an in depth look at the history of… Read More »Capitalism in America: A History – 011

If you want to study decision making, there may be no better way than reading books about and by presidents. George Bush wrote Decision Points… Read More »Decision Points – 010

Are you concerned about inflation speeding up in our economy right now? I definitely am, and so I decided to read a few books about… Read More »The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath – 009

Skin in the Game, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, is as thought provoking as anything you’ve read or heard from that writer/philosopher. It’s central tenant is… Read More »Skin in the Game – 008

Of Wolves and Men, by Barry Lopez, is all about human’s interactions with wolves. But it’s also about the power of stories, and how narratives… Read More »Of Wolves and Men – 007