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Dive into "Cut the Camera with the Sturniolo Triplets" where hosts Nick, Matt, and Chris take listeners on a hilarious and heartfelt journey through their personal narratives, cultural critiques, and everyday experiences. This episode sees the trio tackle everything from an eerie escape room escapade to the joys of homemade garlic bread, revealing their down-to-earth preferences and the intimate connection they share with their audience. They offer a lighter, humorous perspective on life that resonates with those who find solace in the simplicity of cherished rituals and shared discomforts.

Touching on broader social observations, the Sturniolo Triplets engage in frank discussions about mall etiquette, teenage loitering, and the authenticity of cultural performances. With anecdotes ranging from the nostalgia of Scholastic Book Fairs to the unexpected allure of celebrity actors, and sharp commentary on public displays of affection, this episode is a testament to their skill at blending humor with insightful cultural analysis. Eavesdrop on their dynamic conversation that illustrates not just the quirks of everyday life, but also the deeper threads of connection that weave through our personal and public spheres.

You probably know someone who regularly blows things out of proportion, or who insists on having the same argument over and over, or constantly tries to one-up other people. According to Dr. Eric Berne, a pioneering psychiatrist who broke away from the Freudian tradition, those are just two of the games that people play in work, love, sex, and friendship.

Games People Play is Berne’s 1964 classic about the many ways that we habitually relate to one another through “games.” These aren’t fun, harmless social games, though—they’re subtle, largely unconscious patterns that harm us and our relationships. Berne explains how most of us don’t even notice our games, and how we’re missing out on the fulfillment of game-free living.

In our guide, we’ll explore the foundations of Berne’s theory and build up to an extensive discussion of games, before finishing with his strategies for growing into a fuller way of living. We’ve also added psychological perspectives from Freud to modern-day and updated Berne’s ideas.

In Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, Lincoln history buff James L. Swanson draws on archival material and trial transcripts to create a vivid account of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the 12-day pursuit of killer John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators through Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. This book is condensed from a longer book to adapt it for young readers, but the compelling storyline and many lesser-known historical details will interest adult readers as well. The book evokes the unique time of political division, grievance, and danger that threatened the Union in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.

Have you ever wished you were a more effective thinker? Do you feel overwhelmed when presented with a problem? In Critical Thinking, Logic & Problem Solving, Bigrocks Thinking explains how you can enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to improve your learning, your work, and your personal life.

The authors provide a step-by-step method for improving your ability to think critically and solve problems. They offer tips for conducting and thinking about research and information, covering issues like source reliability and logical fallacies. They also explain how to develop and implement solutions to problems, and they provide guidance on how to structure your thinking for effective communication and powerful storytelling. In our guide, we’ll also provide tips and additional methods to implement the techniques described in the book.

Have you ever had the feeling someone was lying to you...even when every word from their mouth seemed true?

In a world where truth and lies seem always to be intertwined, Spy the Lie gives you the tools to cut through distracting and misleading details—with effective questions and a sharp eye for suspicious “tells,” you’ll know when someone is trying to deceive you or hide the truth. Written by CIA veterans Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, and Susan Carnicero—and former NSA analyst Don Tennant—this book teaches techniques they refined over years of interviews with informants and suspects.

Our guide to Spy the Lie covers the authors’ guidance for applying their techniques in your life. We'll explain how to ask effective questions (and avoid the wrong questions), what responses signal deception, and how to verify that a suspicious response is truly deceitful—not just a fluke. Our commentary extends the authors’ ideas with supporting research, offers alternative explanations for suspicious behavior, and explains how quirks of human behavior affect responses.

You probably know someone who regularly blows things out of proportion, or who insists on having the same argument over and over, or constantly tries to one-up other people. According to Dr. Eric Berne, a pioneering psychiatrist who broke away from the Freudian tradition, those are just two of the games that people play in work, love, sex, and friendship.

Games People Play is Berne’s 1964 classic about the many ways that we habitually relate to one another through “games.” These aren’t fun, harmless social games, though—they’re subtle, largely unconscious patterns that harm us and our relationships. Berne explains how most of us don’t even notice our games, and how we’re missing out on the fulfillment of game-free living.

In our guide, we’ll explore the foundations of Berne’s theory and build up to an extensive discussion of games, before finishing with his strategies for growing into a fuller way of living. We’ve also added psychological perspectives from Freud to modern-day and updated Berne’s ideas.

In Think Like a Rocket Scientist, Ozan Varol describes nine strategies to help you dream bigger, make smarter decisions, take informed risks, and cultivate personal and professional success. Varol is a former rocket scientist who worked on the Mars Exploration Rovers before becoming a lawyer, professor, and public speaker. This guide explores Varol’s nine principles, compares them to those of behavioral experts like Daniel Kahneman and Philip Tetlock, and includes strategies for putting them into practice. Along the way, you’ll learn:

• How to solve problems like billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk
• Why you should treat your ideas like scientific hypotheses
• How to bounce back from failure and avoid complacency after success

Professor Vijay Kumar observes that many businesses claim to value innovation, but few succeed in consistently bringing innovations to market. The reason for this, he says, is that many companies don’t understand how to manage innovation—some don’t even realize that innovation can be planned and managed like other types of projects.

This book is Kumar’s solution to the problem. He lays out a systematic approach to innovation management involving the completion of seven innovation tasks. Kumar also discusses a number of specific tools and techniques you can use in the course of completing an innovation project. We’ll discuss his approach, examine some of the tools he presents, and compare Kumar’s advice to that of other innovation experts, like the creators of Blue Ocean Strategy, Zero to One, and Crossing the Chasm.

In our unpredictable and competitive world, your ability to make good decisions has an exceptional impact on your success in life and work. Fortunately, you can become a skilled decision maker by using mental models—powerful thinking tools that equip you to cut through complexity and understand the world.

In this first volume of The Great Mental Models series, Farnam Street founder Shane Parrish and content strategist Rhiannon Beaubien discuss how and why to think with mental models. They present nine timeless, foundational mental models that will sharpen your thinking skills, and they explain how to develop your repertoire of models through a process of continuous learning.

In our guide to Volume 1, we present the nine models in three groups to show how they interrelate, and we suggest how you might use each model in daily life. We also expand on the history, applications, and real-world examples of the models.