Rich Conversations

139. Felipe Hernandez Talks Sports, Music, and Working on the CTA

Felipe Hernandez returns to the show after a year. Rich and Felipe talk about their summers, soccer and the Sox, music, and working on the CTA cleaning train cars.

138. Information Processing Day at the Field Museum

Rich visits the Field Museum in Chicago on an "Information Processing Day." As motivated lifelong learners, we're always gathering new information. If we don't take the time to take a step back to evaluate and adapt based on that information, we can't grow. So what may seem to the outside as a light workday, it is often the heaviest.

137. Sacred Hoops Audiobook: Chapter 1 — The Second Coming

Rich reads chapter 1 of Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson. The Second Coming (aka Michael Jordan returns from his hiatus). Every Sunday we honor the Sabbath by reading a chapter of Sacred Hoops.

Subheadings in the chapter:

That Old-Time Religion

The Myth of the Superhero

The Soul of Teamwork

136. Preparing for the Future Considering Data, Information, and Behaviors of the 21st Century

While on a walk to the lake, Rich expands his thoughts on reading Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow and how he's applied the knowledge from it in his own life. The importance of digitally documenting oneself authentically for future generations. His experience with data and analytics with his YouTube channel. And how we're living in the most peaceful time in human history, yet there are concerns looming.

135. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

Rich recaps reading The Death of Ivan Ilych. Considered a masterpiece on the subject of "death and dying." A successful careerist becomes injured and it turns out to be terminal. How will someone who hasn't reflected on life respond?

134. Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow with Sanchit Arvind

What does the future of humankind look like? Sanchit Arvind joins us for Part 2 of our discussion on Yuval Harari's books on humanity. Until the 21st century, solving famine, war, and disease were at the top of the human agenda. What has now replaced it? People want to live longer, healthier, and happier. How will humans make decisions in the future with the rate of accelerated technology and information involved in our lives? Will Data be God?

Buckle up, we're going to the future!

The next book Sanchit and Rich will read and discuss is "A Billion Americans" by Matthew Yglesias.

133. How to Draft a Championship Fantasy Football Team

As reigning fantasy football champion, Rich shares his philosophy and tips for drafting a successful team. 

132. Sacred Hoops Audiobook: Introduction

Rich reads the Introduction of Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson. Every Sunday, we'll explore a new chapter in an audiobook format of one of Rich's favorite and influential book on his life philosophy.

Sacred Hoops is an inside look at the higher wisdom of teamwork from legendary coach Phil Jackson. At the heart of the book is Jackson's philosophy of mindful basketball—and his lifelong quest to bring enlightenment to the competitive world of professional sports. Jackson developed a new paradigm of leadership based on Eastern and Native American principles.

Sacred Hoops is not just for sports fans, but for anyone interested in the potential of the human spirit.

131. Giannis (The Biography) Part III: Family and Winning

Part III of III focuses on family and winning. Giannis's father dies unexpectedly, shocking the family. "We are our father's legacy," Giannis stressed to his brothers. The Bucks hire Coach Bud and rise in the East, Giannis wins back-to-back MVP's, and crescendos with him signing the supermax contract to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks.

It's extra sweet to read as a Bucks fan. We are NBA champions and Giannis, of all current players, has the best shot to compete for the title of GOAT. *

Author, Mirin Fader, writes about the life of Giannis Antetokounmpo of the NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks in a new biography called "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP."

His progress and success continues at such a rapid rate that his biography is already out of date. At the age of 26, he's already NBA Finals MVP.

Follow Mirin Fader on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MirinFader

 

 

130. Reflecting on Summer in Millennium Park

Rich sits on a bench in Millennium Park in Chicago and thinks about summer. The uptick in White Sox gear in the city is noticeable. Rich finishes the Giannis biography, talks the smell of back to school, potential trips to Berlin or Athens, increasing the skill of digital file organization, and placing oneself in tourists' shoes.