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3 Books With Neil Pasricha

Feb 12, 2025

Don't use mouthwash.
 
Why?
 
It's not Lindy.
 
At least that's what Paul Skallas, a Chicago-born technology lawyer who goes by Lindyman online, says. I was fascinated to read a New York Times profile of him titled "The Lindy Way of Living," and knew I wanted to have him on 3 Books.
 
In the 2012 book 'Antifragile,' the...


Jan 29, 2025

We live in interesting times. 
 
And they're getting interestinger!
 
I keep my eyes open for big thinkers to help guide and inform me as I keep trying to make sense of the world.

My friend Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is one of those people:
 
Tim has a giant mind willing to engage with our fundamental nature of knowledge,...


Jan 13, 2025

Nick Sweetman is one of Toronto's most prominent graffiti artists.

Last February I was walking down Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto with my friend Michael Bungay Stanier, who was our guest back in Chapter 48, and as we strolled under a giant bridge I saw a giant ... well, it looked like a photo! But it...


Dec 30, 2024

Who else loves David Sedaris?

I discovered him in 1997 when an old mentor/editor at Golden Words, my college humor papers, suggested I pick up his book 'Naked' to become a better writer myself.

I found the essays sardonic, witty, uncannily observational, and laugh-out-loud funny. I couldn't believe how gently and...


Dec 21, 2024

Happy Solstice!
 
As we do every December solstice it's time for our 7th Annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books.
 
3 Books is our 22-year-long conversation to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world.