What I'm Reading

BOOKS I'VE READ AND RECOMMEND

Book cover for Project Hail Mary: A Novel
Book cover for Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Book cover for Escaping Gravity
Book cover for Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
Book cover for The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Book cover for Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
Book cover for The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Book cover for Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Book cover for The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Book cover for Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
Book cover for Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
Book cover for Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father
Book cover for Alexander Hamilton
Book cover for Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Book cover for Narconomics by Tom Wainwright
Book cover for Boomerang by Michael Lewis
Book cover for Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
Book cover for Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert
Book cover for The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Book cover for The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Book cover for A Kim Jung Il Production by Paul Fischer
Book cover for Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Book cover for Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Book cover for Astoria by Peter Stark
Book cover for Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
Book cover for Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Book cover for Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
Book cover for The Everything Store by Brad Stone
Book cover for Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull
Book cover for Humble Pie by Gordon Ramsay
Book cover for Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brain Kilmeade
Book cover for The Immortal Irishman by Timonthy Egan
Book cover for Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Book cover for Nudge by Richard Thaler
Book cover for Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Book cover for The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns
Book cover for Goodwin Bossypants by Tina Fey
Book cover for Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Book cover for The Lost City of Z by David Gram
Book cover for Idea Man by Paul Allen
Book cover for The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal by Evan Ratliff

What I'm Listening To

PODCASTS I USUALLY ENJOY

99% Invisible

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars.

a16z

The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future -- especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world.

Acquired

Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.

Freakonomics Radio

Inspired by the books of the same name, Freakonomics Radio is hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt. An award-winning podcast exploring 'the hidden side of everything'. From the economy, headline news to pop culture.

MacBreak Weekly

Get the latest Apple news and views from the top names in Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad journalism.

Main Engine Cut Off

Opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.

Odd Lots

Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so random weekly walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.

People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions.

Planet Money

Helping you make sense of our rapidly changing global economy. NPR's Planet Money highlights high rollers, brainy economists and financial experts to keep you up to date on the fiscal world. Money makes the world go around, so listen on demand with two podcast episodes each week.

The Pitch

The Pitch podcast takes you behind closed doors and into the world of startups: how people sell their ideas, what makes investors tick, and how these initial conversations can bloom into business deals—or die on the vine.

React Native Radio

Exploring React Native Together

Security Now

Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte.

The Sporkful

The Sporkful podcast is host Dan Pashman's passionate discussion of ridiculous food minutiae, debating favorties old and new and exploring new ways to eat. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters.

TED Radio Hour

From NPR, the Ted Radio Hour brings you fascinating and insightful speakers on a broad range of topics from global issues such as fighting hunger to individual journeys into the source of happiness. Based on the phenomenal TED Talks series, the show is hosted by Guy Raz and available on demand in weekly episodes.

What's Your Problem?

Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there.