CFG's Favorite Things: Podcasts and Books!
HERE FOR A GOOD TIME
OFFICE LADIES: The Office co-stars and best friends, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, are doing the ultimate re-watch podcast. Each week, Jenna and Angela will break down an episode of The Office and give exclusive behind-the-scene stories that only two people who were there, can tell you. Care to watch episodes prior to taking in the pod? Here you go!
NORMAL GOSSIP: Host Kelsey McKinney discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers. Juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you will never know and never meet. The secondhand truth really is stranger than fiction.
CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND: After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.
BUSY DOING BUSINESS
THE PUMPKIN PLAN: There is an unlikely source to growing remarkable, multimillion-dollar, industry leading businesses – pumpkin farmers. In The Pumpkin Plan you will master the simple process to becoming an industry authority and finally achieving that business of your dreams.
THE PITCH: The show features entrepreneurs in need of venture funding as they pitch to a live panel of investors, similar to the TV series Shark Tank. Billed as, "A show where real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money", the podcast aims to capture the essence of what happens when entrepreneurs pitch investors.
NINJA SELLING: Author Larry Kendall transforms the way readers think about selling. He points out the problems with traditional selling methods and instead offers a science-based selling system that gives predictable results regardless of personality type. Ninja Selling teaches readers how to shift their approach from chasing clients to attracting clients.
EDGE OF YOUR SEAT
NOBLE BLOOD: Explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. The world is full of ill-fated love affairs, bad decisions, and family drama, but for a monarch, the personal will determine the fate of nations. And when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes tend to mean blood.
THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE: Every family has an origin story - for author Jo Piazza her family’s is a murder mystery. Join her in Sicily on a family vacation/fact finding mission in which she goes to the scene of the crime, confronts mafia experts, consults mediums, and tracks down Italian officials, determined to set the record straight on her great, great grandmother’s mysterious disappearance. Prefer to read this fascinating story? Here is where to find the novel.
DATELINE: A staple of the newsmagazine genre since premiering in 1992. Given how long it's been on the air, the show has an extensive archive of in-depth news stories and investigative journalism. Listen along to current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
LEARNING A LITTLE MORE EACH DAY
HIDDEN BRAIN: Exploring the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.
FLUIDITÉ: The best way to learn a language is to listen to content that interests us, so in the Fluidité podcast, you will learn French by listening to different subjects to hear varied vocabulary: French culture, history and geography, French-speaking personalities, personal life stories, and learning tips.
FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS: The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. If you live to be 80, you’ll have had about 4,000 weeks. But that’s no reason for despair. Confronting our radical finitude – and how little control we really have – is the key to a fulfilling and meaningfully productive life. Available in hardcover, audiobook and ebook.