https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bookjelly-podcast--6775729enArtsCopyright Amiteshhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7957babf6250da44ff9bd9c6ad577b71.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bookjelly-podcast--6775729Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:25:48 +0000AmiteshAmiteshfeeds@spreaker.comOn 'The BookJelly Podcast', I talk about books, ideas and the world around them – all solo, unfiltered, in my own words. Since my interests are varied, you may find me vacillating between fiction and nonfiction, business strategy and travelogues,...falseae1c2b9b-97b3-5940-b38b-9c966b6aa83cepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-india-has-no-beautiful-public-libraries--75087742b2cb5c1c-cbf3-49cd-a7fc-740fa6f228b6Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:24:08 +0000AmiteshIndia loves calling itself a civilization of knowledge. We proudly invoke Nalanda, Takshashila, ancient scholarship, Sanskrit learning, astronomy, philosophy and the glory of our intellectual past. But walk into most public libraries today and the...1029false118fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-age-of-literature-why-books-from-1870-1930-still-predict-our-future--72616704b7a6e4fe-0722-4524-afe7-10a51c1852bdSun, 21 Jun 2026 04:08:34 +0000AmiteshMarc Andreessen, in 2024, claimed in an X post that there is "so much alpha" in books written between 1870 and 1930. Is he right? In this episode, I explore one of the most extraordinary periods in literary and intellectual history - a time that gave...2080false117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grand-delusion-the-book-that-reframes-40-years-of-american-folly--72037225a83107d7-c4c3-4c14-aac1-be2ba12c81d2Sun, 17 May 2026 02:19:57 +0000AmiteshFor forty years, across nine presidencies, America kept returning to the Middle East — convinced, each time, that this administration would finally get it right. It never did. In this episode, we dig into Grand Delusion, a fantastic book by Steven...1103false116fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-reading-old-books-might-save-your-mind--714484641c098cb6-952a-431a-9fb6-d2271a3763fcSun, 19 Apr 2026 02:36:28 +0000AmiteshWe live in a time where information is endless, but clarity is rare. You scroll, consume, react… and still feel like you’re going nowhere. In this episode, I dive into Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs, a deceptively small book that...498false115fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-in-thought-why-learning-doesn-t-need-a-payoff--713184146a1d64d9-311f-4750-b188-d2485b829171Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:57:56 +0000AmiteshWhat if learning did not have to lead to money, status or success? In this episode, I explore "Lost in Thought" - a fantastic book by Zena Hitz and its powerful argument for learning for its own sake. We have turned education into a transaction,...504false114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop-review--707910315cc279f4-abe9-4b3f-a913-4ecc14a131dfSat, 21 Mar 2026 02:41:41 +0000AmiteshA reflective review of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa. Set in Tokyo’s famous Jimbocho book district, this episode explores heartbreak, healing and the quiet role books play in rebuilding a life. If you enjoy Japanese slice-of-life...415false113fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scott-adams-was-right-goals-are-for-losers-how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big--70631835fa23d232-979e-4781-b7ae-94d10a432698Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:54:24 +0000AmiteshMost self-help books promise success. Scott Adams does the opposite. In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, the creator of Dilbert argues that motivation is unreliable, goals are overrated, and success often comes from building...762false112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-business-nonfiction-ages-so-poorly--7036945768d6ef43-00ae-4112-ad39-825117375d27Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:04:37 +0000AmiteshWhy do so many famous business books age poorly, while narrative and literary nonfiction continues to endure? In this episode of the BookJelly Podcast, I examine why business nonfiction struggles to remain timeless. Drawing from The Millionaire Next...541false111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-millionaire-next-door-review--700641389a1db863-7a2a-4c3a-a7da-50e20f97e647Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:57:27 +0000AmiteshI avoided *The Millionaire Next Door* for nearly fifteen years. When I finally read it, three decades after its publication, I found a book that still delivers on behavior, but falls short on investing. In this episode, I unpack what the book gets...725false110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remembering-umberto-eco-the-man-who-knew-too-much--70054580ea202779-b944-411c-bb22-acc0924cf79aSat, 14 Feb 2026 01:32:00 +0000AmiteshTen years after his passing, this episode revisits Umberto Eco, the novelist, philosopher, semiotician and one of the last true public intellectuals. From his childhood in Fascist Italy to The Name of the Rose, from Foucault’s Pendulum to essay...813false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/klf-2026-and-my-reflections--69714038bf14fcb5-01a3-46da-b555-e0875a85f9a8Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:50:30 +0000AmiteshIn this episode of The BookJelly Podcast, I reflect on three days spent at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode - my attempt to understand what literary festivals are really meant to do to a reader. I begin with a quiet skepticism I carry into...593false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scott-adams-1957-2026-the-man-who-saw-the-office-clearly--6949278258cd4823-bb74-4f67-b417-9a42160f3fcaSun, 18 Jan 2026 03:03:54 +0000AmiteshScott Adams is no longer with us. He passed away on January 13, 2026, at the age of 68, after battling stage IV prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. For many of us, Adams was more than the creator of Dilbert. Long before corporate life was...462false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doomsday-machine-and-the-illusion-of-restraint--69386502934e7f6f-f1e1-4af4-8efa-ec1b54bc6544Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:36:35 +0000AmiteshIn this episode of The BookJelly Podcast, I step away from my usual book-led conversations to respond to the moment we are living in. A recent US attack on Venezuela, carried out without UN approval or Congressional authorization, raised an old and...492false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arriving-late-to-mahfouz--692935601e46fedd-a358-4dd8-ac58-2d89a2b03617Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:15:54 +0000AmiteshIn this episode of The BookJelly Podcast, I speak about arriving late to a writer. My first sustained encounter with Naguib Mahfouz came not through syllabi or reputation, but almost accidentally, via Salman Rushdie’s Knife. The Quarter, a...402false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/endurance-book-review-part-ii--68700652ed35cf39-efab-4e76-a3c8-e85495a1a01bSun, 23 Nov 2025 04:49:40 +0000AmiteshIn the concluding part of this book review, we witness how Alfred Lansing created, inadvertently perhaps, a moral parable for courage and leadership. We follow Shackleton’s men through their unimaginable voyage across the Drake Passage and end with...512false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/endurance-book-review-part-i--6848252235f2c560-635b-4e5d-84ad-f2f4dcadbf45Sun, 09 Nov 2025 05:54:51 +0000AmiteshWhat happens when human ambition meets the cold indifference of nature? In Part I of Endurance book review, I explore Alfred Lansing’s breathtaking account of Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic voyage: a story of courage, chaos and the thin line between...595false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cult-of-output-the-reflection-output-paradox--682821760fc8ab7e-65f2-43ff-9ed7-df64f57bb18aSat, 25 Oct 2025 04:52:42 +0000AmiteshIn a world obsessed with maximizing every minute, we’ve mistaken motion for meaning. Our calendars are full, our minds are empty. In this solo episode, I explore how efficiency became the new theology and why silence, slowness and reflection are no...657false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-idf-notes-from-the-art-of-military-innovation--68282175c3631d75-868b-406f-a5c8-8288f20d4022Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:19:36 +0000AmiteshIn this episode, I explore The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israeli Defense Forces by Edward N. Luttwak and Eitan Shamir — a fascinating deep dive into how Israel turned scarcity, improvisation, and urgency into an engine of military...620false1full