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: success
BOBP 133: The Pickleball Mindset
A summary and discussion of the book The Pickleball Mindset by Dayne Gingrich and Jill Martin. In this episode we go over concepts such as stop chasing winning, learning to accept what you can control, visualization methods, and choosing confidence.
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
BOBP 113: The Vale of Mysteries
A summary and discussion of the book The Vale of Mysteries by Jared Michaud. We previously had Jared on to discuss his first book Brightstar on Epis In this episode we talk about the Brightstar universe, Jared’s vision of the future of the series, his creative process, and philosophies on life.
BOBP 105: Authentic Happiness
A summary and discussion of the book Authentic Happiness by Dr. Martin Seligman. In this episode Jack and Alex discuss how to achieve a happy life. The different types of love, and differences in philosophy between previous books.
The Brothers on Books Podcast 