The Books That Made Me

In the final episode of ' The Books That Made Me ' series one, Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club ) talks to ⁠ Ruby Warrington  about the nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date and how they have shaped her life leading up to her most recent nonfiction title, Women Without Kids. Ruby also shares her personal wisdom on the decision so many people grapple with, w...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to ⁠ Tim Marshall ⁠   about the nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on him to date, including why it's important to read books that take us outside of our comfort zones and political leanings. Tim also shares the background to his latest book 'The Future of Geography' and...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to  Sophie Morgan   about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date. Sophie describes one book as a catalyst for a huge adventure and another that has such deep resonance with her, 'it feels like coming home'. Sophie also shares with us her activism around Rights on...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club ) talks to Ciaran Thapar about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on him to date, including the writers and storytellers who inspired the way he shaped ' Cut Short ', his debut nonfiction title that tells the stories of four men at ' the sharp end the UK's youth violence epidemic '. Ciaran also r...

In this episode of 'The Books That Made Me', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to Dr. Pragya Agarwal about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date, including one that inspired her own book '(M)otherhood' and what gave her the motivation to weave personal stories into her science writing. She also shares how unconscious bias, the subject of her book 'Sway', ca...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to Elizabeth Uviebinené about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date, including one that shaped how her twenties evolved and one that inspired the hugely successful, ' Slay In Your Lane ', which went onto become a global movement. Elizabeth also shares why we should all be Whats...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club ) talks to Nir Eyal about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on him to date, including some inspiring titles on both addiction and habit-forming that inspired his best-selling books, Indistractable and Hooked . Nir also shares with us why basic assumptions that 'tech is bad' lacks the necessary n...

In this episode of ' The Books That Made Me ', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club ) talks to Jamie Bartlett about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on him to date, including how they informed his research on massive projects like 'The Missing Cryptoqueen' and the kind of writer he has become over the years. Jamie also discusses his feelings of 'imposter syndrome' when it come...