Best Booklovers Podcasts (2025)

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Chapter 147: Nickisha the Dog Walker on dangerous drivers and dog doo diligence 1:08:21

1d ago1:08:21

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Let's go for a walk! I've sometimes imagined 3 Books as a long walk with a friend. So today—let's take one! Nickisha moved to Toronto from Jamaica when she was 16 to reunite with her mom and after working as a travel agent she broke out on her own to run a successful business full of fresh air, exercise, community, and lots of love. I sometimes see…

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 9:19

7d ago9:19

9:19

By Eden Rusdia

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They Both Die At The End 4:38

14d ago4:38

4:38

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals 48:47

16d ago48:47

48:47

No one does it like Angie. Racial tensions, police shootings, citizen uprisings. Does this sound like the setting of a YA novel? How about three of them? Her debut 'The Hate U Give,' her sophomore release 'On The Come Up,' and her third 'Concrete Rose' were all on The New York Times bestseller list, and her fantasy middle school-level book '…

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Under The Same Stars 7:02

29d ago7:02

7:02

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration 2:57:33

1M ago2:57:33

2:57:33

Is porn good sex education? Why does body autonomy matter for kids? Does talking about sex kill the mood? Emily Nagoski has the answers! Emily is a sex educator and activist whose mission is to teach us how to live with confidence and joy inside our bodies. She does this as the New York Times bestselling author of 'Come As You Are,' 'Burnout,' and …

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White Bird 7:57

1M ago7:57

7:57

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation 1:09:37

2M ago1:09:37

1:09:37

What do you know about James Frey? Or what do you think you know about James Frey? I’m guessing it’s not nothing. Everyone has an opinion! When I first spotted 'A Million Little Pieces' on my wife’s bookshelf when we were moving in together I was like “Oh? Really? That book? The Oprah guy?” And she was like “Have you read it?” And I was like “No,…

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Other Words For Home 6:36

2M ago6:36

6:36

By Eden Rusdia

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Wonder 5:49

2M ago5:49

5:49

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 145: Lindyman leverages long-lasting lessons on living a limitless life 2:31:31

2M ago2:31:31

2:31:31

Don't use mouthwash. Why? It's not Lindy. At least that's what Paul Skallas, a Chicago-born technology lawyer who goes by Lindyman online, says. I was fascinated to read a New York Times profile of him titled "The Lindy Way of Living," and knew I wanted to have him on 3 Books. In the 2012 book 'Antifragile,' the statistician and scholar Nassim Nich…

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Extraordinary 4:32

2M ago4:32

4:32

By Eden Rusdia

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The Penderwicks 4:36

2M ago4:36

4:36

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef 1:53:29

3M ago1:53:29

1:53:29

We live in interesting times. And they're getting interestinger! I keep my eyes open for big thinkers to help guide and inform me as I keep trying to make sense of the world. My friend Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is one of those people: Tim has a giant mind willing to engage with our fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. The big ques…

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The Wild Robot 4:38

3M ago4:38

4:38

By Eden Rusdia

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The War That Saved My Life 3:45

3M ago3:45

3:45

By Eden Rusdia

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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon 3:48

3M ago3:48

3:48

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds 1:18:20

3M ago1:18:20

1:18:20

Nick Sweetman is one of Toronto's most prominent graffiti artists. Last February I was walking down Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto with my friend Michael Bungay Stanier, who was our guest back in Chapter 48, and as we strolled under a giant bridge I saw a giant ... well, it looked like a photo! But it wasn't a photo. It was a massive spray-paint…

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Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts 1:31:56

3M ago1:31:56

1:31:56

Who else loves David Sedaris? I discovered him in 1997 when an old mentor/editor at Golden Words, my college humor papers, suggested I pick up his book 'Naked' to become a better writer myself. I found the essays sardonic, witty, uncannily observational, and laugh-out-loud funny. I couldn't believe how gently and elegantly he wrote about topics ran…

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Best Of 2024: Neil Pasricha plucks pithy pointers to prime ponderings 49:28

4M ago49:28

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Happy Solstice! As we do every December solstice it's time for our 7th Annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books. 3 Books is our 22-year-long conversation to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. This year we sat with academics at Oxford to bus drivers in St. Louis, with Jonathan Franzen in Santa Cruz to Oliver Burkeman …

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The Cruel Prince 4:37

4M ago4:37

4:37

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 143: Chris Smalls on anti-Amazon activism and abolishing aristocracy 1:39:20

4M ago1:39:20

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Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world with over a million employees in the U.S. alone. A monolith responsible for trillions of dollars of revenue through retail, entertainment, and infrastructure. But Chris Smalls took it on anyway. Chris had worked at Amazon for 5 years before he was fired in March 2020 after leading a walkout at Ama…

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This Woven Kingdom 3:11

4M ago3:11

3:11

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie 39:58

5M ago39:58

39:58

Once you find purpose, and once you find style… what’s left? Beauty. What’s left is finding and putting out beauty into the world. There are not many writers who have genuinely figured this out … but one of them is Mitch Albom. Mitch is the author of 'Tuesdays with Morrie,' the bestselling memoir of all time, as well as 'The Five People You Meet…

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A Curse So Dark And Lonely 4:37

5M ago4:37

4:37

By Eden Rusdia

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Introduction 3:11

5M ago3:11

3:11

By Eden Rusdia

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Five Feet Apart 3:10

5M ago3:10

3:10

By Eden Rusdia

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Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals 2:11:49

5M ago2:11:49

2:11:49

Are you ready for a writing masterclass from one of the best self-help writers in the world? After graduating from Cambridge, Oliver Burkeman wrote the popular column “This Column Will Change Your Life” in ‘The Guardian’ for over 15 years sharing his real-world, real-time poetic exploration of the self-help universe. In 2021 he published 'Four Thou…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Booklovers Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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BOOK POWER

Eden Rusdia

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3 Books With Neil Pasricha

Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author

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Between the Reads

Audra Russell

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Chapter 147: Nickisha the Dog Walker on dangerous drivers and dog doo diligence 1:08:21

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 9:19

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They Both Die At The End 4:38

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Chapter 26: Angie Thomas on righting racist wrongs and remembering radicals 48:47

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Under The Same Stars 7:02

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Chapter 146: Emily Nagoski on exuberant erotic exploration 2:57:33

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White Bird 7:57

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Chapter 25: James Frey on drunk, defiant differentiation 1:09:37

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Other Words For Home 6:36

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Wonder 5:49

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Chapter 145: Lindyman leverages long-lasting lessons on living a limitless life 2:31:31

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Extraordinary 4:32

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The Penderwicks 4:36

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Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef 1:53:29

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The Wild Robot 4:38

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The War That Saved My Life 3:45

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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon 3:48

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Chapter 144: Nick Sweetman on breaking boundaries with brilliant birds 1:18:20

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Chapter 18: David Sedaris on holding happiness hostage and healing holes in our hearts 1:31:56

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Best Of 2024: Neil Pasricha plucks pithy pointers to prime ponderings 49:28

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The Cruel Prince 4:37

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Chapter 143: Chris Smalls on anti-Amazon activism and abolishing aristocracy 1:39:20

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This Woven Kingdom 3:11

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Chapter 15: Mitch Albom on making music, managing mojo, and memorializing Morrie 39:58

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A Curse So Dark And Lonely 4:37

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Introduction 3:11

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Five Feet Apart 3:10

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Chapter 142: Oliver Burkeman relishes reflection and reveals writing rituals 2:11:49

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