Brothers summarizing and analyzing books on their podcast
In this episode Jack and Alex go over the Season 14 books:
3/15/2026 | Strong Ground | Brene Brown
3/29/2026 | Vitalerium | Nicholas Keating Casbarro
4/12/2026 | The World Played Chess | Robert Dugoni
4/26/2026 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon | Doug Woodham
5/10/2026 | Bianca’s Cure | Gigi Berardi
5/24/2026 | On Her Ground | Alelia Bundles
6/7/2026 | How Soccer Explains the World| Franklin Foer
6/21/2026 | The Happiness Hypothesis | Jonathan Haidt
Jack and Alex have the season 13 Book Draft. In this draft they choose:
The Fish that Ate the Whale
The Shortest History of Europe
Sweet n Low
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
Retail Gangster
A summary and discussion of the book The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King), with special guest godmother Sharon.
A summary and discussion of the second half of the Book On The Edge by Nate Silver. In this episode we discuss risk, the concept of expected outcome, SBF and FTX, as well as issues associated with nukes.
A summary and discussion of the Book On The Edge by Nate Silver. In this episode we discuss the first half of the book detailing gambling, poker, black jack, and slot machines.
Jack and Alex have the Season 12 Book Draft. The schedule for the next 6 months is as follows
On the Edge pt 1
On the Edge pt 2
Pickleball Mindset
Courage to Connect with Mark Ostach
The long Walk with Godmother Sharon
Retire Often with Jillian Johnsrud
Abundance
The puppet Masters Playbook
How to Feed the World
The Champions Mind
A summary and discussion of the book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. In this episode we go over the concept of resistance, how it can disguise itself, and how you can move past resistance to achieve your dreams.
A summary and discussion of the book The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, with special guest Godmother Sharon. In this episode we go over the concept of war and what is its point, the Vietnam war and how it relates to this book.
A summary and discussion of the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. In this episode Jack and Alex go over what is creativity? Writing your morning pages, taking your artistic self on a date, Shadow artists, spirituality and creativity and how they are related and finally perfectionism and being overly competitive.
A summary and discussion of the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. In this episode Jack and Alex go over the concept of originality, and where do ideas come from? Taking action towards your goals. Creating what you like instead of what you think others want, working with your hands, and being nice.
The Brothers on Books Podcast