What you earn matters, but how you think about money matters more. This episode breaks down Housel’s insights on wealth, contentment, and why personal finance is never one-size-fits-all. A reminder that financial success is as much psychological as it is strategic.
The God Delusion challenges one of humanity’s oldest institutions through the lens of science and reason. In this episode, we explore Dawkins’ core thesis: That belief in God is not only unnecessary, but potentially harmful in modern society.
Fulfilment isn’t about external success, it’s about internal experience. Flow teaches how structured goals, clear feedback, and focused effort create the conditions for joy. This episode explores how to find more of that, more often.
Behind every great decision is a set of guiding rules. Principles teaches how to develop your own, model outcomes like a machine, and build a life that’s both aligned and efficient. This episode distils the mindset that powers billion-dollar thinking.
Childhood used to be active, social, and in-person. Now it’s filtered, anxious, and online. This episode unpacks Jonathan Haidt’s bold argument about how the smartphone rewiring of childhood is fueling a generational mental health crisis, and what we can do about it.
Is power always manipulation? Or is it self-preservation? We explore Robert Greene’s iconic (and controversial) 48 Laws of Power, revealing what they teach about control, influence, and how to avoid getting outplayed in life.
Ever walked away from a conversation and thought, something felt off? This episode explores how Read People Like a Book gives you tools to trust that instinct, and back it up with behavioural science.
What do the Stoics, Buddha, and brain science all agree on? In The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt bridges ancient philosophy and modern psychology to explore how we can find happiness by aligning emotion, reason, purpose, and connection.
Real happiness doesn’t come from achievement, it comes from alignment. This episode explores how Build the Life You Want teaches you to grow through struggle, choose connection, and build inner peace, one decision at a time.
Leaders Eat Last argues that true leadership means taking care of your people before yourself. We explore how to build teams based on trust, vulnerability, and long-term loyalty, so everyone thrives, not just survives.
Peace doesn’t come from solving every problem, it comes from stepping outside your thoughts. This episode walks through The Power of Now, helping you reconnect with presence, reduce inner noise, and find quiet strength in stillness.
Richard Shotton’s The Choice Factory reveals how 25 behavioural biases impact everyday choices. We summarise key examples, from pricing quirks to perception tricks, so you can decode buying behaviour and make smarter decisions (whether you're selling or shopping).
We distil You Are a Badass into its core lessons: how to raise your vibration, face your fears, and stop playing small. Jen Sincero’s message? You already have what it takes, you just need to start acting like it.
In a world of endless options, peace comes from clarity. The Paradox of Choice teaches how to stop overthinking and start simplifying. This episode shares tools to reduce regret, ease decision fatigue, and feel confident in what you choose.
What separates the rich from everyone else? According to Kiyosaki, it’s mindset. This episode unpacks Rich Dad Poor Dad and its lessons on money, risk, education, and the power of learning how money actually works.
Brianna Wiest explores how to stop self-sabotage and build emotional intelligence in The Mountain Is You. We summarise key ideas on identity, discomfort, healing, and how to finally move forward, by facing the mountain, not avoiding it.
What makes someone truly effective? Stephen Covey believed it came down to seven core habits, rooted in character, not shortcuts. This episode explores those habits and why they continue to shape leaders, thinkers, and high performers around the world.
We break down the communication framework from The Next Conversation: calm the conflict, find the core issue, and guide the conversation forward. Whether it's work, family, or relationships, this book makes better talk feel doable, all within 53 minutes!
Eric Berne breaks human communication into “transactions”, and many of them are games. In this episode, we summarise the key roles and behaviours, from power struggles to guilt trips, and how to spot (and stop) the ones that do more harm than good - and all within 63 minutes.
Daniel Pink explores the surprising upside of regret, how it reveals what really matters, and why the pain of looking back can fuel better choices ahead. This episode unpacks the four core types of regret and how to learn from each - and all within 42 minutes!