2020 Wrapped Up: The five best books and podcasts of this year

Five best books for 2020

Range by David Epstein

Listen to the episode: Range by David Epstein: why you need to stop specialising

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Range/9781509843503/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Listen to the episode: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: How powerful stories can change your life

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile

Listen to the episode: The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile: How wizards and gyms will make you more spiritual

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

Listen to the episode: Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: Why playing to win will make you lose

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Infinite-Game/9780241295595/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Listen to the episode: What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami: What you can learn about life from running

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/What-I-Talk-about-When-I-Talk-about-Running/9780307473394/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

Five best podcasts for 2020

Tim Ferris

Listen to the podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/

Two of my favourite episodes

Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More (#424)

Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify — Habits, Systems and Mental Models for Top Performance (#484)

Wind of Change

Listen to the series: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/

Clever

Listen to the series: http://www.cleverpodcast.com/

Two of my favourite episodes

Ep. 77: Jessica Hische

Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom

Broken Record Podcast 

Listen to the series: https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/

One of my favourite episodes

TOM PETTY’S WILDFLOWERS II WITH ADRIA PETTY

Murder Ballads Podcast

Listen to the series: https://open.spotify.com/show/13uPg0t3QrwppCHTNQ3aRW

One of my favourite episodes

In The Pines

Five other good things I liked in 2020

Two cookbooks

Flavour by Yottam Ottolenghi

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Ottolenghi-FLAVOUR-Yotam-Ottolenghi/9781785038938/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wrigley

Buy the book:  https://www.bookdepository.com/Falastin-Cookbook-Sami-Tamimi/9781785038723/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

One fiction book

Honeybee by Craig Silvey

Buy the book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Honeybee-Craig-Silvey/9781760877224/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

Two random things that have got me through

Udemy

Les Mills On Demand

Music By: Is this hip hop by LightBeats

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