Odds & Ends: February 23, 2024

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. When I was 16 or 17 years old, I read Man’s Search for Meaning after seeing a reference to it in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This book blew me away the first time I read it and was my gateway into existential philosophy. I printed […]

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Postcard From Sannio, Part 2: Aglianico del Taburno

This is part two of a three-part series covering my media jaunt last year to Sannio, in Italy’s southern region of Campania. For part one, we focused on the region’s signature white (Falanghina). Today, we’re going to highlight Sannio’s signature red, Aglianico del Taburno. And we will also mention Chuck Norris (more on that in… […]

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Podcast #968: The Secrets of Supercommunicators

Have you ever known one of those people who seemed to be able to connect with anyone? The kind of person who had the ability to make others feel understood and smoothly navigate even the trickiest of conversations? Charles Duhigg calls these folks “supercommunicators,” and he’s the author of a new book by the same […]

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