How to Be Happy — Arthur C. Brooks Interview

From Strength to Strength

Arthur C. Brooks

“I have read your prior work, From Strength to Strength, excellent book recommended to me by Peter Attia.”— Tim Ferriss

Mind Pump

Sal Di Stefano (inferred)

“Mind Pump, it's a fitness and culture podcast and I've listened to it for years and years and he taught me how to do it.”— Arthur Brooks

Three Identical Strangers

“Three Identical Strangers show up, it turns out. That's a great documentary. Tim Ferriss: It is great.”— Arthur Brooks

The Tail End

Tim Urban

“I owe Tim Urban a huge thank you for his article "The Tail End." I ended up booking most years... a family trip once a year”— Tim Ferriss

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Go get The Brothers K. Why? Because it's a deeply awe-inspiring experience about the human condition and the absurdity of it. It's beautiful.”— Arthur Brooks

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

“Get the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, who, by the way, a world historical figure because he was a Roman emperor.”— Arthur Brooks

The Noonday Demon

Andrew Solomon

“Andrew Solomon, who wrote The Noonday Demon... It's the best book I've ever read about anxiety and depression. Andrew Solomon's a phenomenal writer.”— Arthur Brooks

The Miracle of Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh

“he starts off The Miracle of Mindfulness, that famous book, big bestseller with this simple description of washing the dishes.”— Arthur Brooks

Spark

John J. Ratey (inferred)

“there's a book called Spark, which also goes into a lot of BDNF, and a lot of the circuitry and biochemical reasons for exercise for this explicit purpose.”— Tim Ferriss

Summa Theologiae

Thomas Aquinas

“his magisterial work was the Summa Theologiae, which is just... it's a master class in the way that we should be thinking about big topics today.”— Arthur Brooks

Hardcore History

Dan Carlin (inferred)

“it could take the form of listening to, say, Hardcore History and listening to "Kings of Kings," the Assyrians, and really widening the aperture of your historic lens”— Tim Ferriss

Better Call Saul

“it's like watching the same episode every single night of Better Call Saul for the rest of your life.”— Arthur Brooks

Finding Nemo

“It's like having the seagulls from Finding Nemo in your head. Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.”— Tim Ferriss

The Gay Science

Friedrich Nietzsche

“The Gay Science, which is one of his most famous texts where he said, "God is dead and we killed him."”— Arthur Brooks

Clif Bar

Clif Bar & Company (inferred)

“It's a philosophical Clif bar. Sorry, people love those. Not to cast aspersions, my friends at Clif”— Arthur Brooks