2 Pages with MBS
Michael Bungay Stanier hosts the podcast where brilliant people read the best two pages of a favourite book. Discover the best bits of the best books read by people you admire. Listen as authors, leaders, activists, academics, celebrities, and entrepreneurs dig in with MBS to explore the insights and ideas within. Whether it’s books that inspire leadership, change, self-development and growth, power, strategy, ambition, productivity, or creativity and innovation - this is hand-curated wisdom from people who know. These are the books that change minds, shape lives, and inspire great work and worthy goals.
203. Healing and Paradox: Dr. Angel Acosta [reads] “The Coming Wave”
Dr. Angel Acosta reads from Mustafa Suleyman’s "The Coming Wave," reflecting on the profound impact of advanced AI and biotechnology on society, the paradox between innovation and caution, and the pursuit of healing in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
![202. The Relationship Between Things: Jeremy Lent [reads] “Tao Te Ching”](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/4d40ccd3-1a47-438c-9af1-1ff4edc7f03c.png "202. The Relationship Between Things: Jeremy Lent [reads] “Tao Te Ching”")
202. The Relationship Between Things: Jeremy Lent [reads] “Tao Te Ching”
Jeremy Lent reading from the Tao Te Ching and discussing the importance of interconnectedness, the essence of a life-affirming civilization, and finding meaning beyond the material world.
![201. Be Your Free Self: Katherine Morgan Schafler [reads] “Big Magic”](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/c847e593-b849-4e2d-9db1-69b8f2eb8958.png "201. Be Your Free Self: Katherine Morgan Schafler [reads] “Big Magic”")
201. Be Your Free Self: Katherine Morgan Schafler [reads] “Big Magic”
Katherine Morgan Schafler reads from Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” and discusses creativity, perfectionism, and trusting yourself.
![200. Awaken to Your Calling: Raj Sisodia [reads] “Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World.”](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/18cad485-53f0-4ef1-ae23-1421ac82d5ad.png "200. Awaken to Your Calling: Raj Sisodia [reads] “Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World.”")
200. Awaken to Your Calling: Raj Sisodia [reads] “Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World.”
Raj Sisodia reading from Louis Fischer’s “Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World,” and discussing the principles of nonviolence and truth in leadership, the balance between profit and purpose, and the constant challenge of integrating humanity into business.
![199. How to be Hospitable: Will Guidara [reads] ‘Setting the Table.’](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/46be4274-2394-417b-98e4-9f456be7d7d1.png "199. How to be Hospitable: Will Guidara [reads] ‘Setting the Table.’")
199. How to be Hospitable: Will Guidara [reads] ‘Setting the Table.’
Will Guidara reading from Danny Meyer’s “Setting the Table,” and discussing the balance between maintaining high standards and empowering those around you, and the constant tension between hospitality and excellence.
![198. The Single Most Important Thing to Do: Kumi Naidoo [reads] “Dearest MaRiky”](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/161e402e-4ed9-49cb-a4b2-20b412952548.png "198. The Single Most Important Thing to Do: Kumi Naidoo [reads] “Dearest MaRiky”")
198. The Single Most Important Thing to Do: Kumi Naidoo [reads] “Dearest MaRiky”
Kumi Naidoo reading from “Dearest MaRiky” by Louisa Zondo.
![197. The Outsider on the Inside: Marcus Collins [reads]](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/4fb3635f-d8bc-4362-a889-44178c41924f.png "197. The Outsider on the Inside: Marcus Collins [reads]")
197. The Outsider on the Inside: Marcus Collins [reads] "Predictably Irrational."
Marcus Collins reading from Dan Ariely's "Predictably Irrational."
![196. Seeking Home: Kassia St. Clair [reads] ‘Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return’](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/db8094af-5898-4efd-9099-e46ff67cf971.png "196. Seeking Home: Kassia St. Clair [reads] ‘Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return’")
196. Seeking Home: Kassia St. Clair [reads] ‘Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return’
Kassia St. Clair reading from John Day’s “Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return,” and discussing the tension between putting down roots and being tied down and the fundamental dance between freedom and commitment.
![195. Seeking the Story Behind the Story: Lauren Crux [reads] ‘The Book’](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/92569fdf-56ae-460d-b653-73f62c86c047.png "195. Seeking the Story Behind the Story: Lauren Crux [reads] ‘The Book’")
195. Seeking the Story Behind the Story: Lauren Crux [reads] ‘The Book’
Lauren Crux reading from Mary Ruefle’s The Book, and discussing the concept of home, finding it in oneself, and the importance of nurturing friendships.
![194. From the Vault: The Light and the Dark of a Hungry Heart: W. David Ball [reads] ‘Ulysses’](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/957785f0-5f4b-489e-aa00-a9c3368174c4.png "194. From the Vault: The Light and the Dark of a Hungry Heart: W. David Ball [reads] ‘Ulysses’")
194. From the Vault: The Light and the Dark of a Hungry Heart: W. David Ball [reads] ‘Ulysses’
W. David reading from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Ulysses, and discussing the anxiety of feeling like you peaked early in life and how to ensure that doesn’t become your reality.