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meditations for mortals

Oliver Burkeman
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meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman is mentioned on Modern Wisdom and The Ezra Klein Show, including episodes with Freya India and Oliver Burkeman, with source context, timestamps, and episode context.

meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman appears 5 times across 5 podcast episodes on 2 shows, with source context and timestamps.

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The speaker mentions Oliver Berkman's new book 'Meditations for Mortals', describing it as one of the best things they were exposed to this year, discussing themes of control over life.

Best episode to start with
#916 - Freya India - Why Modern Women Feel More Lost Than Ever on Modern Wisdom
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The speaker mentions Oliver Berkman's new book 'Meditations for Mortals', describing it as one of the best things they were exposed to this year, discussing themes of control over life.

meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman most often appears in conversations about therapy culture and self-development, balance between activism and personal, and self-knowledge and therapy.

Recent linked podcasts include Modern Wisdom and The Ezra Klein Show, giving you a quick path from the book back to the shows where it actually came up.

Indexed source context

The speaker mentions Oliver Berkman's new book 'Meditations for Mortals', describing it as one of the best things they were exposed to this year, discussing themes of control over life.

Oliver mentions his most recent book, 'Meditations for Mortals', in the context of discussing his work and writing.

Highly recommended, you really need to read that book. It's a good book, read it once a day for four weeks.

Related interests
young adults navigating self-development and relationshipsIndividuals seeking a balanced perspective on activism and personal fulfillmentIndividuals seeking personal growth and self-understandingIndividuals seeking mindfulness and meditation guidance
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Recent show rotation: Modern Wisdom and The Ezra Klein Show.

Guests tied to these mentions include Freya India and Oliver Burkeman.

Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 17:30 in the episode where we captured it.

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Where does meditations for mortals come up?

#916 - Freya India - Why Modern Women Feel More Lost Than Ever on Modern Wisdom is one of the clearest indexed episodes that recommended meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman. Other indexed episodes include Minneapolis Reveals Where Trump's Deportation Agenda Is Going on The Ezra Klein Show and #850 - 2.75M Q&A - Women’s Value, Loneliness & Bernie Sanders on Modern Wisdom. This source moment begins at 17:30.

Which podcast mentioned meditations for mortals?

Modern Wisdom and The Ezra Klein Show are the main indexed podcasts currently tied to meditations for mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

Which conversations include meditations for mortals?

meditations for mortals appears in episodes featuring Freya India and Oliver Burkeman. An episode guest is not necessarily the speaker of the mention or a recommender of the book.

What is the context around meditations for mortals?

The speaker mentions Oliver Berkman's new book 'Meditations for Mortals', describing it as one of the best things they were exposed to this year, discussing themes of control over life. It most often appears in conversations about therapy culture and self-development, balance between activism and personal, and self-knowledge and therapy.

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The speaker mentions Oliver Berkman's new book 'Meditations for Mortals', describing it as one of the best things they were exposed to this year, discussing themes of control over life.

Mention type: Highly Recommended
For: young adults navigating self-development and relationships
Additional indexed context: one of the best things that I got exposed to this year just talks about how it's like you know you're not going to be able to have a full control over a lot of this
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Meditation has been really critical for me. This one is just incredibly accessible and a great book to kind of get you started.

Mention type: Highly Recommended
For: Individuals seeking mindfulness and meditation guidance
Additional indexed context: I think this is a really great book to kind of get you started.
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Highly recommended, you really need to read that book. It's a good book, read it once a day for four weeks.

Mention type: Highly Recommended
For: Individuals seeking personal growth and self-understanding
Additional indexed context: meditations for mortals highly recommended you really need to read that book it's a good book read it once a day for four weeks so there's like 28 small chapters and uh it's fantastic
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The book connected for me. Berkman's big idea, which he described in his bestseller a couple years back, 4,000 Weeks, is that no productivity system anywhere will ever deliver what it is promising.

Mention type: Deep Dive
For: Individuals struggling with burnout and seeking meaningful life insights
Additional indexed context: Berkman's big idea, which he described in his bestseller a couple years back, 4,000 Weeks, is that no productivity system anywhere will ever deliver what it is promising.
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Oliver mentions his most recent book, 'Meditations for Mortals', in the context of discussing his work and writing.

Mention type: Passing Reference
For: Individuals seeking a balanced perspective on activism and personal fulfillment
Additional indexed context: i think if you were to say a book about aliveness it would if it wasn't you or someone like you that's going to do it in a sufficiently sanguine and self-deprecating way