ScribdChat

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ScribdChat is the podcast from reading subscription service, Scribd. Each new episode will feature thoughtful conversations with leading authors, and give listeners a deep-dive look into unique insights from new and prominent books that they can apply to their own lives.

05/15/2018

Episode 12: Laura Lippman on Creating a Killer Genre

In this episode of ScribdChat, one of the most celebrated novelists working today, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, sat down with novelist and Cosmopolitan Magazine’s editor-at-large John Searles, to chat about creating a new killer genre — femme noir — with Lippman’s new novel, Sunburn. You can read Sunburn on Scribd for free with your subscription. (You can read John Searles’s books, as well.) If you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting scribd.com. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

35 min
05/01/2018

Episode 11: Jeff Bercovici on How to Extend Your Athletic Career

How exactly are elite athletes like Tom Brady, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams still at the top of their games well into their 30s and beyond? Jeff Bercovici, the author of “Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age,” explains the exercising, dieting, and recovery techniques that allow older athletes to continue to dominate in their respective sports. Plus, he delves into emerging sports science that can help amateur athletes avoid injury and up their game. You can read “Play On” on Scribd for free with your subscription. If you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting www.scribd.com. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

42 min
04/17/2018

Episode 10: Leslie Berlin on Silicon Valley’s ‘Troublemakers’

In this episode of ScribdChat, learn how seven exceptional men and women transformed Silicon Valley from an obscure playground for gearhead engineers in the 1970s and '80s to the bustling hub that launched many major tech industries. Leslie Berlin, the author of “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age,” talks with Inc.’s San Francisco bureau chief Jeff Bercovici about some of the lesser-known figures that shaped Silicon Valley’s past. You can read “Troublemakers” on Scribd for free with your subscription. And if you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting scribd.com. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

56 min
04/03/2018

Episode 9: Debbie Millman on Why Design Matters

From branding to resumé building and beyond, design touches almost every aspect of our lives. In this episode of ScribdChat, editor in chief of The Great Discontent Tina Essmaker sat down with podcast host and author Debbie Millman to chat about design and creativity, and how to get to where you want to be in your career. You can read several of Debbie’s books, including “Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits” and “How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer,” on Scribd for free with your subscription. And if you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting scribd.com. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

55 min
03/20/2018

Episode 8: Emilie Wapnick on How to Be Everything

In this episode of ScribdChat, founder of the website Puttylike Emilie Wapnick joined us to chat about her book, “How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up,” which is available on Scribd. What followed was a fun conversation about multipotentialites and how they navigate the world, both in and outside their careers. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

38 min
03/06/2018

Episode 7: Emily Chang on How to Solve Sexism in Silicon Valley

The tech companies in Silicon Valley have changed the world in the past few decades, but one thing that new technology hasn’t solved is sexism. Author and Bloomberg Technology host Emily Chang discovered while writing her book Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley that the gender gap is even worse than she had believed. In this ScribdChat episode, Chang breaks down the numbers and experiences of women in tech with TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque. Together, they talk through the “pipeline problem” and reassert their belief that if Silicon Valley companies can solve many of the world’s problems, it can definitely tackle sexism. You can listen to Brotopia on Scribd. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

1h 3m
02/20/2018

Episode 6: Jeff VanderMeer on Adapting ‘Annihilation’ to Film

Do you already have tickets to see Annihilation? Have you already reread the novel in anticipation of the movie adaptation? If not, our ScribdChat with author Jeff VanderMeer, who wrote the Nebula Award–winning Annihilation, will surely change your mind. VanderMeer has won many of speculative fiction’s most preeminent awards for his strange science fiction. On this episode, he discusses the environmental themes present in many of his novels, his love for film as a medium, and how he manages working on so many projects at once. Annihilation and the rest of the Southern Reach trilogy can be read on Scribd. Follow Scribd on Twitter or Instagram for the latest ScribdChat updates and news about hot new books.

46 min
02/06/2018

Episode 5: Colson Whitehead on History, Literary Theory, and Race Relations

Just after the release of “The Underground Railroad” in 2016, we had author Colson Whitehead in for one of our very first ScribdChats. The novel became an instant success, picked for Oprah’s Book Club, praised by President Obama, and then going on to win the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. In this episode, Whitehead sits down with Michael Cohen, a professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley, to talk about this ambitious, expansive, and important novel. “The Underground Railroad” is available now on Scribd.

33 min

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ScribdChat is the podcast from reading subscription service, Scribd. Each new episode will feature thoughtful conversations with leading authors, and give listeners a deep-dive look into unique insights from new and prominent books that they can apply to their own lives.

Creator

Scribd
Years Active

2017 - 2018
Episodes

13
Rating

Explicit
Show Website

ScribdChat