A summary and discussion of the book The Fish that Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen. In this episode Jack and Alex discuss the life of Samuel Zemurray. The Jewish Russian Immigrant who started Cuyamel fruit company and eventually went on to run United Fruit which eventually became Chiquita. Zemurray was involved in the Coup of the Honduran government in 1910 and Guatemala in the 1950’s and helped fund the birth of Israel.
Tag Archives: books
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 134: Courage to Connect
A summary and discussion of the book Courage to Connect by Mark Ostach. In this episode Jack and Alex go over some of the personal stories related by Mark in the book as well as techniques for taking time away from your devices.
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.
BOBP 126: Time Out of Joint
In this episode we take about the utility of work, healthy skepticism and paranoia, what is real, and finish up with a discussion on isolationism vs globalism.
BOBP 122: Season 11 Book Draft
Jack and Alex have the season 11 Book draft. Jack picked books in the Sci Fi genre and Alex picked books related to increasing creativity.
The books are as follows:
Fury, Henry Kutner
Jeep Show, Robert B. O’Connor
Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon
Time Out of Joint, Philip K. Dick
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
The Forever War, Joe Halderman
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
The Brothers on Books Podcast 