Archive - Book Freak

September 2024

Book Freak 170: How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan's personal journey into the world of psychedelics

Sep 28 •

Mark Frauenfelder

August 2024

July 2024

Book Freak 166: The Hacking of the American Mind

The relentless pursuit of pleasure through sugar, recreational drugs, technology, and other stimulants has rewired our brains, leaving us less capable…

Jul 25 •

Mark Frauenfelder

Book Freak 165: Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman's Prescient Warning About the Age of Digital Distraction

Jul 17 •

Mark Frauenfelder

Book Freak 164: A Life of One's Own

A Groundbreaking Journey of Self-Discovery from 1934

Jul 13 •

Mark Frauenfelder

Book Freak 163: Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell's firsthand account of poverty in two great European cities

Jul 2 •

Mark Frauenfelder

June 2024

Book Freak 162: Yesterday and Today

A Moroccan's street vendor's unvarnished tale of survival in 1960s tangier

Jun 26 •

Mark Frauenfelder

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