The Best Of 2025: Neil Pasricha mines memorable, mind-shifting moments and messages
Release Date: 12/21/2025
Chapter 157: Paul Hawken junks jargon to jolt generations
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Paul Hawken is a brilliant thinker, author, activist, and elder who masterfully distills wisdom about our planetary home. I remember hearing Paul's 2009 commencement speech called "" where he said "You are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when every living system is declining and the rate of decline is accelerating." Paul is the author of nine bestselling books including '', '', and his latest book ''—an incredible book that came out in 2025 and masterfully distills endless planetary wisdom into simple truths we all need to hear. (I...
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Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday bashes beachy books and builds a balanced base
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Thirteen years ago I was surfing online when I stumbled on a blog post called “” by someone I'd never heard of named Ryan Holiday. I started reading the post and got sucked in. He had a point! Many great points, actually. And he was young. 26 years old! A 26-year-old young man telling the world to read more books? In an era where most twenty-something men read, uh, none? I found Ryan to be a breath of fresh air. I immediately began to copy everything he did! He launched a . I launched a ! (With his blessing, of course.) He was talking about reading fifty then a hundred and then...
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Chapter 156: Salim Amin chronicles courage and compassion in crisis and conflict
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Africa is the world's second largest continent—by land and population! One and a half billion people spread across fifty-five countries. It's huge! Even a trip there, even many trips there, can only scratch the surface. But we're trying! My mum was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1950, and I recently returned from my first journey to Africa where I met incredible people and heard remarkable stories. In this third African chapter of 3 Books I sat down with Salim Amin where we discuss what it means to be a great citizen in the world today and how leading with compassion and curiosity...
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The Best Of 2025: Neil Pasricha mines memorable, mind-shifting moments and messages
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Happy Solstice, everyone! In the northern hemisphere today we have the least amount of daylight of any day of the year. Below the equator it has the most! And as we do every December solstice it's time for our annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books. 3 Books is our award-winning 22-year-long conversation to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world ... 3 books at a time. This year we recorded shows in Nairobi, Ottawa, Del Mar, and even a few on the street ... journeying to collect stories and lessons that can help us all live richer lives of meaning and intention. ...
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Chapter 37: Malcolm Gladwell on strangers, spies, and silencing the system
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Who we are is a function of where we are. Do you agree with that? Who you are depends on where you are. We’re different people in different places, right? You’re different in the board room than you are on vacation. You’re different with your parents than you are with your kids. I’m different hanging out with Malcolm Gladwell in his West Village apartment than I am sitting in my basement as I type up a little note about it. That theme is one that we get to open up in this chapter of 3 Books with the one and only . I flew down to New York and joined Malcolm at his place where we...
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My Book 'Canada is Awesome' | Full Audiobook
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This podcast is me reading a little book I put out earlier this year: CANADA IS AWESOME It's an audio book about all the weird, wonderful, beautiful things that make Canada ... Canada. Did you ever notice Canadians speak in the collective? “What do you think of the weather we’re having?” “Shall we grab a Timmy's before the meeting?” “Think we have a shot at the playoffs?” We, we, we. We use the word we so much. Why do we feel like such a collective? I don’t think it’s complicated. I think it’s because we are one. We all toss around half of everything we make into a big...
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Chapter 155: Bulle the Bookseller broadens borders and births bibliophiles
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We're back to Africa! Last month we kicked off a little Kenyan series on and today I’m thrilled to share another chapter recorded in the heart of pulsing downtown Nairobi in the country's top bookstore. I landed after an overnight flight and immediately filled my belly with fresh samosas, pakoras, curried goat tripe, and fresh tamarind juice ... for breakfast! ... and then, after seeing the city I hopped into a car with Perlexy, who works with our guest in Chapter 104 and current Kenyan Presidential nominee , and drove downtown... We parked the car and met up with Boniface and his son...
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Chapter 36: Two teenage Mormon missionaries on missing mom to make miracles
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So one day I’m out taking one of my magical when suddenly two guys are like “Hi! How are you?!” And I look up kind of stunned because I’m walking around downtown Toronto where no one really pops out of the woodwork to shout a “Hi! How are you?!” at you … What do I see? Two young men smiling back at me. Like, big smiles! Gigantic smiles. Dressed up, too. It takes me a minute to piece it together but turns out they’re Mormon Missionaries living away from home for two years with the sole purpose of teaching people about their church. They asked me what I’d heard about...
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Chapter 154: Peter Kimani on conquering the curse of choreographed colonialism
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We're heading to Africa! Over the years we have taken the 3 Books podcast on the road many times ... from recording in in Key West to to the in St. Louis to in New York we've gone where the stories take us. And for the first time we are going to the 55-country and 1.5 billion person continent of Africa. I am so excited to share the first of three chapters of 3 Books recorded in Nairobi, Kenya. I landed there and went whizzing down busy streets with colourful stalls, wandering goats, people pulling carts full of eggs, women carrying baskets on their heads, endless whizzing bodas...
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Chapter 35: Jen Agg on fussy feminism and ferocious fastidiousness
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"Whatever Jen Agg says is worth listening to," said Anthony Bourdain. I fully agree! If you live in Toronto you probably know Jen Agg. If you don't, let me tell you she runs the best restaurants in town! Come visit and try them! Her most recent stunner is a two-story converted auto-body shop turned Toronto Life #1 ranked restaurant called "" and it is a feast for the senses. Jen describes the place as "part Narnia, part fancy British pub, and part '80s cocaine dream" which gives you a sample of her incredible way with words on top of dishes on top of lighting on top of music on top of...
info_outlineHappy Solstice, everyone!
In the northern hemisphere today we have the least amount of daylight of any day of the year. Below the equator it has the most!
And as we do every December solstice it's time for our annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books.
3 Books is our award-winning 22-year-long conversation to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world ... 3 books at a time.
This year we recorded shows in Nairobi, Ottawa, Del Mar, and even a few on the street ... journeying to collect stories and lessons that can help us all live richer lives of meaning and intention.
Featuring clips from...
Nick Sweetman - Street muralist
Lindyman - Lindy Effect evangelist
Emily Nagoski - Sex educator
Nickisha - Dog walker
Ginny Yurich - Founder of '1000 Hours Outside'
John and Alison - Booksellers, Camino Books, Del Mar, CA
Jean Chrétien - Former Canadian Prime Minister
The Holderness Family - YouTubers and authors 'ADHD is Awesome'
Robin Sloan - Novelist, 'Moonbound' / 'Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore'
Carl Honoré - Author, 'In Praise of Slowness'
Peter Kimani - Novelist, 'Dance of the Jakaranda'
Abdullahi Bulle - Bookseller, Nuria Books, Nairobi, Kenya
Thank you for being a 3 Booker and spending time with our incredible community of book lovers spread across the world.
Listen on your walk, drive, or workout, on your own, or with a friend, and let's continue to celebrate the awe in this world while striving to live our lives the best we can...