To close off 2023, Arnab and Ilya sat down for a lighthearted review of our favorite books, podcasts, products and experiences of 2023.

Segments

• [01:51 ] A lesson in geology

• [03:16 ] Our top books of 2023

• [23:46 ] Our favorite podcasts of 2023

• [41:04 ] Our favorite products

• [49:34 ] Experiences of the year 2023

Show notes

Books

• Arnab’s

  
  
  
  

  • The Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson

    
    
  
  

  • Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir

    
    
  
  

  • Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

    
    
  
  

  • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick

    
    
  
  

  • Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor

    
    
    
    

    • By His Bootstraps by Robert Heinlein

      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  

  • Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Ilya’s

  
  
  
  

  • The Three-body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu

    
    
  
  

  • Books about Apple and simplicity

    
    
    
    

    • Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney

      
      
    
    

    • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell

      
      
    
    

    • Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall

      
      
    
    

    • Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda

      
      
    
    

    • Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  

  • Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon by Dr Joe Dispenza

    
    
  
  

  • Music, addiction, etc.

    
    
    
    

    • It's So Easy: and other lies by Duff McKagan

      
      
    
    

    • How To Be A Man (and other illusions) by Duff McKagan

      
      
    
    

    • Slash by Slash and Anthony Bozza

      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Podcasts

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• Ilya’s

  
  
  
  

  • Metacast: Behind the Scenes

    
    
  
  

  • Mark Cuban: “And for that reason I’m out” on "The Really Good Podcast"

    
    
    
    

    • Bobbi Althof interviews Drake (bootleg video)

      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  

  • E235: The Man That Makes Millionaires: How To Turn $1,000 Into $100 Million!: Alex Hormozi on the "The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett" podcast

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Arnab’s

  
  
  
  

  • The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm on the "Hard Fork" podcast

    
    
  
  

  • Las cartas de papá on "Duolingo Spanish Podcast"

    
    
  
  

  • Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir & Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II on "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History"

    
    
  
  
  
  

Products

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• Duolingo

  
  
  
  

  • Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course: Spanish Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach by Paul Noble

    
    
  
  
  
  

• What ayahuasca feels like: It opens the heart of darkness | Paul Rosolie and Lex Fridman

  
  

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