Books

1. How I Built This

I love the podcast, How I Built This, and so when I heard that they were releasing a book, I knew I wanted to read it. How I Built This, by Guy Raz, is about the various through-lines that connect the different entrepreneurs he’s interviewed on his podcast over the years. How I Built This …

28. How to Be an Antiracist

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi focuses on defining racism and naming a variety of the different ways racism shows up in our society. “Human-made environmental catastrophes disproportionately harming bodies of color are not unusual; for instance, nearly four thousand U.S. areas—mostly poor and non-White—have higher lead poisoning rates than Flint, Michigan.” …

27. White Rage

White Rage by Carol Anderson is an examination of racism in America through the perspective of the racist policies that were enacted by white Americans to keep Black Americans oppressed. So often when white people talk about racism, they will say racism=bad, and even oppose specific racist policies, without acknowledging who has been enacting and …

26. Every Monday Matters

Every Monday Matters was not for me. The author starts out by explaining his story – he spent his whole life chasing a Western ideal of success, but that made him anxious and depressed, and now he travels around the country speaking and inspiring people with his message. “I believe that we humans are all …

24. It Starts with Food

I’ve been following Melissa Urban on Instagram for a while now. Five years, at least. Honestly, the Melissa Urban who exists on Instagram today seems like a whole departure from “It Starts with Food.” I read one of her other books, “Food Freedom Forever,” a few years ago, and that seems much more aligned with …