Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

If Books Could Kill

Society EN ↓ 77 episodes

The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

Author

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

Category

Society

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Latest episode

Jun 18, 2026

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Episodes

Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" 10.11.2022

In "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell posited that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in something. Mike and Peter prove him wrong by mastering his dumb book over the span of about 50 minutes. Support us on Patreon Links: Malcolm Gladwell talks about responding to critics, and the perils of ‘Talking to Strangers’ Gladwell for Dummies  Malcolm Gladwell interview  The Role of...

Freakonomics 02.11.2022

In 2005, two men named Steven and Stephen published the quintessential airport book. In 2022, two men named Mike and Peter started a whole podcast just to make fun of it. Thanks to Ted Joyce and Ames Grawert for helping with the research for this episode! Support us on Patreon Where to find us:  Twitter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: The 2003...

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