A summary and discussion of the book: How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer. In this episode we discuss a couple of chapters in the book particularly “The Jewish Question”, “The Black Carpathians” and “The Sentimental Hooligan”. We also go over our picks for the world cup, going through our group stage picks and our selected bracket picks. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear who we predict to win.
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BOBP 148: Season 14 Book Draft
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
BOBP 141: Season 13 Book Draft
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
BOBP 135: The Long Walk
A summary and discussion of the book The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King), with special guest godmother Sharon.
BOBP 132: On the Edge, Part 2
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.
BOBP 131: On the Edge
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.
BOBP 130: Season 12 Book Draft
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
BOBP 129: The War of Art
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.
BOBP 128: The Forever War
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.
BOBP 127: The Artist’s Way
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.
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