Best Owen Gilbert Podcasts (2024)

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Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores: Their top secrets for birthing global bestsellers 1:16:24

3M ago1:16:24

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The magical duo of Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores are rounding out a bucket list week here at the Beautiful Writers Podcast. After years of dreaming, writing, podcasting, and, more recently, recording my latest book, the audiobook for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors…

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Solo Pod: My published books woke me up at 3 am with intel they wanted us to know . . . 1:04:12

7M ago1:04:12

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What happens when your dream comes true after years of work? What happens when that dream twists into what feels like a career-killing nightmare? In this episode, I'm telling the truth like never before—solo, my first in nine years—and it's the most real, vulnerable, and perhaps ill-advised show I've ever done. Catch it quick before my Vulnerabilit…

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Composite-trait evolution in pitcher plants: Ulrike Bauer 1:48:08

7M ago1:48:08

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Ulrike Bauer discusses the evolution and diversity of pitcher plants, focusing on the spring trapping mechanism found in some species. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that capture insects in a fluid-filled cavity. They have evolved independently multiple times and are found all over the world. The spring trapping mechanism is a composite trai…

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13 - Of the Rebellion of Mordred and the Death of King Arthur 1:02:08

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12 - Of Sir Gawaine's Hatred, and the War with Sir Lancelot 48:32

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11 - Of the Plots of Sir Mordred; and How Sir Lancelot Saved the Queen 48:46

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10 - How the Three Good Knights Achieved the Holy Graal 49:42

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09 - Of Sir Lancelot and the Fair Maid of Astolat 29:21

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08 - How Sir Owen Won the Earldom of the Fountain 47:11

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07 - How Sir Perceval Was Taught Chivalry, and Ended the Evil Wrought by Sir Balin's Dolorous Stroke 43:26

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06 - The Deeds of Sir Geraint 1:00:35

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05 - How Sir Tristram Kept His Word 52:28

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04 - The Knight of the Kitchen 42:19

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03 - How Lancelot Was Made a Knight. The Four Witch Queens and the Adventures at the Chapel Perilous 33:10

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02 - Sir Balin and the Stroke Dolorous 35:52

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01 - Preface and How Arthur Was Made King and Won His Kingdom 49:13

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00 - Preface 6:00

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Dr. Jody Carrington: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 2 54:56

1y ago54:56

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I can't with this soulmate client. I'm pressed for words to share how much I love this woman, author, and communicator. I promise you've never met anyone like Dr. Jody Carrington. I call her Canada's Brené Brown (mixed with some Jerry Seinfeld), so that's close. But, well. Just see for yourself. When I met Jody at one of my Carmel retreats at the s…

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Hal Elrod: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 1 of 2 41:47

1y ago41:47

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Ever feel like you need a miracle to realize your big dreams? Let me introduce you to my miraculous client and friend Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning: The Not So Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life Before 8 AM. With over 3.5 million books sold, you'd think he'd have started with a top-five publisher. Instead, he launched a wor…

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Jenny Lawson & Laura Belgray, TMI Queens: The Art of the Overshare 1:05:14

1y ago1:05:14

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It's open books all the way with these two TMI queens and their no-holds-barred, hilarious ways. They're the perfect duo to break my 6-month hiatus from the show. What a hoot to be back with three-time New York Times best-selling memoirist Jenny Lawson (Broken, Furiously Happy, and Let's Pretend This Never Happened) and her blogtastic comedic twin,…

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Using Drones and AI to Find Illegal Dumping Sites: Interview with Brian Johnson 1:15:01

1+ y ago1:15:01

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Illegal dumping is a widespread problem in cities throughout the world and differentially affects disadvantaged neighborhoods. Brian Johnson is a software engineer who moved to San Francisco nearly a decade ago. At the time, Brian could afford a house only in the least-expensive neighborhood, Bayview. Despite hopes for improvement, over time Bayvie…

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Supplement to "Updating the Software of Social Evolution" 28:18

1+ y ago28:18

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In this episode, Jon and I discuss some of the background to the previous episode. We discuss generalized versions of Hamilton's rule, Fisher's fundamental theorem, and Wright's fitness maximization formula. W. D. Hamilton used Sewall Wright's formula as the foundation of the theory of inclusive fitness. We discuss Wright's shifting balance theory …

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Updating the Software of Social Evolution to Patch the Kin-Recognition Bug 1:00:48

1+ y ago1:00:48

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In this episode, my brother Jon and I discuss my work on the evolution of kin recognition. Jon is a software engineer and likes to put my arguments in terms of debugging software. For many years, the mere finding of kin recognition in nature was taken as prima facie evidence of W. D. Hamilton's theory of "inclusive fitness." A large paradigm was bu…

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Mark Manson: The subtle art of movie making & selling millions of books 42:39

2y ago42:39

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Three #1 New York Times bestsellers. Nearly twenty million books sold. One of the most popular self-development blogs in the world. What more could Mark Manson take on? As of this week, movie stardom. Suppose you're a fan of Mark'sThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (or his follow-up book, Everything's F*cked: A Book About Hope). In that case, I pr…

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How to Write a Book (& Actually Finish It!), a MarieTV Replay 40:33

2y ago40:33

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Marie Forleo is back on the show! HER show, actually. Say what? In a rare move for each of us, this is a replay of my recent appearance on MarieTV while touring for my latest book, Beautiful Writers. Since Marie and I LOVE this episode and 80% of the population say they want to write a book, we're doubling up to help you beat those odds. You can al…

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Pub Day Celebration! A Writer's Roundup w/ Martha Beck, Steven Pressfield, Elizabeth Lesser, & Aditi Khorana 1:07:54

2y ago1:07:54

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It's finally here! Pub Day for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors. To celebrate this happy day, I invited a few of my fave writers to join me for a writer's roundup for good vibes as we talk about the things we did that WORKED. The details we want to remember to do next t…

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Zibby Owens & Silvia Vasquez-Lavado: Women on a Mission to Scale New Heights 54:20

2y ago54:20

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New York's # 1 book influencer, author, DAILY podcaster, and publisher, Zibby Owens, is here! Joining her is Peruvian mountaineer, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to climb Everest and all seven summits (who happens to be one of Zibby's favorite writers). Welcome to another literary love-fest!…

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Innovation in Technology, Science, and Nature with Chris Fortier 1:38:50

2+ y ago1:38:50

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This is my first conversation with Chris Fortier, Vice President of the Web 3.0 company Rally. It begins when Chris questions me on what he calls my "natural forces" theory, which invokes two nonrandom forces of evolution: natural selection and natural reward. Relevant to this theory, we discuss the concept of teleology, especially as it relates to…

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Danielle LaPorte & Book Mama Pod Reunion, Post Deadline Truth Tellin’ 1:05:47

2+ y ago1:05:47

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We’ve missed you, Danielle LaPorte & me! Our season of book delivery kicked our asses. (How to Be Loving for Danielle and Beautiful Writers for me, both available now for preorder.) But that’s what it takes, often, to create our best work. So, since we know we’re not alone in this endeavor to leave a legacy, we’re back together to dish, deal, and l…

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Introduction - “Who is Jesus” by Greg Gilbert. 5:04

2+ y ago5:04

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Forward by Trip Lee

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Making Much of Jesus in December with Deborah Smith “Who is Jesus?” 41:16

3y ago41:16

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Deborah Smith returns to the podcast to share her testimony and to share who is the Jesus of the Bible.

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Addressing Inequality and Rising Costs of Living with Market-Based Approaches with Jon Gilbert 1:40:22

3y ago1:40:22

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Today, my brother Jon Gilbert addresses problems of income inequality and rising costs of living in the USA. In the first half of this episode, Jon presents figures showing the problem as it has manifested since the 1950s. Jon then argues that we may address the problem with a market-based solution: the use of "labor coins" to remove taxes on costs…

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Local-Scale Approach to Conservation in Costa Rica with Andrés Vega 1:44:34

3y ago1:44:34

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Andrés Vega is a native Costa Rican who has devoted his life to conservation, education, and research in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. In this episode, I speak with Andrés about how he got interested in conservation and his new approach to preserving wildlife. Andrés recounts his first morning in Corcovado, in which he got to see, and get …

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Patricia Cornwell & Tosca Lee: Thrilled to Death & Destiny 1:11:26

3y ago1:11:26

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Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal, high magic treat. And I'm not just throwing the M-word around. The true tales shared …

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Spatial Sorting with Nikunj Goel 1:19:41

3y ago1:19:41

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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nikunj Goel about about spatial sorting, which refers to the build up of dispersal morphs on expanding edges of populations. Dr. Goel is a postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin working with Tim Keitt. We begin with a discussion of Dr. Goel’s background in physics and math, how he got interested in biology, and his w…

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Jenny Lawson & Martha Beck: Seriously Funny + Broken (in the best possible way) 1:20:49

3y ago1:20:49

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Today's a very good day! This Book Mama is giddyhappy. Since meeting Jenny Lawson over five years ago, I've ached to have her on the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and it's finally happened on this, my post-book-delivery return to the show. After taking months off, I couldn't be more excited to be back with this literary lovefest! Jenny, who's on tour …

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Follow up with Komi German: reviewer’s reaction to her work 58:14

3y ago58:14

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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Komi German about a reviewer’s reaction to her book proposal. All academics deal with rejection. How a researcher deals with rejection determines whether she gets her work published, and how it will appear. We brainstorm strategies to deal with the reviewer’s response and the question of what approach to take in a …

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia with Komi German 1:58:57

3y ago1:58:57

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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Komi German about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in academia and related issues. Komi is a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE). Komi recently completed her Ph. D. in psychology at UC Riverside with a dissertation entitled, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pol…

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