2020 Wrapped Up: The five best books and podcasts of this year

Published: Dec. 20, 2020, 4 p.m.

Five best books for 2020

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Range by David Epstein

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Listen to the episode:\xa0Range by David Epstein: why you need to stop specialising

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/Range/9781509843503/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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Listen to the episode:\xa0I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: How powerful stories can change your life

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile

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Listen to the episode:\xa0The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile: How wizards and gyms will make you more spiritual

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-Maya-Angelou/9780345514400/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

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Listen to the episode:\xa0Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: Why playing to win will make you lose

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Infinite-Game/9780241295595/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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Listen to the episode:\xa0What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami: What you can learn about life from running

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/What-I-Talk-about-When-I-Talk-about-Running/9780307473394/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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Five best podcasts for 2020

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Tim Ferris

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Listen to the podcast:\xa0https://tim.blog/podcast/

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Two of my favourite episodes

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Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More (#424)

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Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify \u2014 Habits, Systems and Mental Models for Top Performance (#484)

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Wind of Change

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Listen to the series:\xa0https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/

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Clever

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Listen to the series:\xa0http://www.cleverpodcast.com/

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Two of my favourite episodes

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Ep. 77: Jessica Hische

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Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom

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Broken Record Podcast\xa0

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Listen to the series:\xa0https://brokenrecordpodcast.com/

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One of my favourite episodes

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TOM PETTY\u2019S WILDFLOWERS II WITH ADRIA PETTY

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Murder Ballads Podcast

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Listen to the series:\xa0https://open.spotify.com/show/13uPg0t3QrwppCHTNQ3aRW

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One of my favourite episodes

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In The Pines

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Five other good things I liked in 2020

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Two cookbooks

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Flavour by Yottam Ottolenghi

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/Ottolenghi-FLAVOUR-Yotam-Ottolenghi/9781785038938/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wrigley

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Buy the book:\xa0\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/Falastin-Cookbook-Sami-Tamimi/9781785038723/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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One fiction book

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Honeybee by Craig Silvey

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Buy the book:\xa0https://www.bookdepository.com/Honeybee-Craig-Silvey/9781760877224/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf

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Two random things that have got me through

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Udemy

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Les Mills On Demand

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Music By:\xa0Is this hip hop by LightBeats

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