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    On Episode #38 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Adam Ashton. Adam, otherwise known as "Ashto", has worked previously in corporate banking, transport and logistics, digital marketing. During which he found a lot of the answers he was searching for in books. His favourite books have helped me understand myself better and understand the world better. Today we will be discussing his book, The Sh*t They Never Taught You.
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    On Episode #37 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Violet Moller. Violet is an independent historian with a particular interest in the history of ideas and how knowledge has been transmitted through the centuries. She has a Ph.D on the libraries in Early Modern Britain and is host of the Travels Through Time history podcast which asks a wide range of brilliant historians which year they would chose if they could travel back in time. Today we will be discussing her book, The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History of Seven Cities.
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    On Episode #36 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Scott Young. Scott is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MITs four year CS curriculum in twelve months and learning 4 languages in one year. Today we will be discussing his book, Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition.
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    On Episode #34 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Nichola Raihani. Nichola is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor in Evolution and Behaviour at UCL, otherwise known as University College London. She is leader of the Social Evolution and Behaviour Lab at UCL, and her research focuses on the evolution of social behaviour in humans and non-human species. Today we will be discussing her debut book, The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World.