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BCV’s 2023 Reading and Listening List

21 Dec 2022

Business Building

    Happy holidays from the BCV Team! Our team has compiled a shortlist of must-reads (and must-listens) that we find particularly insightful, compelling or just downright entertaining to enjoy over the remainder of 2022 and into the new year.

    Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey by Alfred Lansing

    Acquired hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

    The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner

    The Fintech Blueprint (various authors), Fintech Business Weekly by Jason Mikula, Fintech Brain Food by Simon Taylor

    Lex Fridman Podcast, Episode #299 Demis Hassabis: DeepMind

    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenband

    Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard

    How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil

    Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman

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