Pocket-Worthy Reads

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Harvard Business Review

What the Best Mentors Do

Mentorship comes in many flavors. It doesn’t always work unless leaders bear in mind a few common principles.

The Washington Post

Are You My Sponge?

There are as many types of sponges as there are household tasks. Find the one that’s right for the job.

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Friday, August 15
NPR

Recommendation: New Books Published This Week

A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The 44 Most Powerful Players in Podcasting in 2025

Whether they’re behind the mic or behind the scenes, these trailblazers are steering the maturing medium through an increasingly crowded landscape and critical transitions to video and AI.

Life Hacks

Tips for better living
The Marginalian

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

We build our lives around structures of certainty — houses to live in, marriages to love in, ideologies to think in — and yet some primal part of us knows that none abides, knows that we pay for these comforting illusions with our very aliveness.