Our team’s reading and listening recommendations while we’re social distancing

Well, here we are. We are in strange, uncharted territory.

We are inspired to find novel ways to connect, interact, and engage. Our team is listening and learning through new mediums. We’re filling our space and time with educational, inspiring, and/or entertaining materials. Are you, too?

Our team at The Doral Yard connects to the outside world, as well as our inner selves, through podcasts and books (in paper and on Audible), and we’ve been sharing our new discoveries and favorite treasures amongst ourselves.

As much as new work-from-home, homeschooling and job shifts allow, this could be a good time to plug in your headphones and expand your mind with a podcast or Audible book.

Some our team’s common favorites include How I Built This, The Happiness Lab, The Daily, and Do Less.

We’re sharing our what our team is listening to and reading while we’re social distancing. We’d love to hear from you on what you’re reading and listening to right now, too!

Della-Cofounder and CEO

What I’m reading (or listening to on Audible) now: 

• The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn Saks

Podcast I am currently listening to now: 

• Bodies on NPR station KCRW with Allison Behringer

Podcasts I love for inspiration and improvement: 

• How I Built This 
• Freakonomics Radio
• Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations 

Other recommended podcasts: 

• Revisionist History
• Slow Burn
• The Dropout
• S Town

Recommended reading:  

• Educated by Tara Westover
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Favorite novel: 

• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Trina-Director of Marketing and Communications

What I’m reading (or listening to on Audible) now: 

• Little House on the Prairie Series – The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder  ( There are some good parallels regarding resiliency during very hard times here.This is a good one to read with elementary-aged kids.)

Podcasts I love for inspiration and improvement: 

• By the Book
• The Kate and Mike Show
• How I Built This
• NPR’s Life Kit
• Marketing School

Other recommended podcasts:

• WTF with Marc Maron
• Afford Anything

Recommended reading:

• Do Less by Kate Northrup
• The Little House Series [fun reading with elementary kids and inspiring for these times]

Favorite novels:

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• Caramelo, read by Sandra Cisneros on audiobook

Julie-Director of Community and Culinary Programming

What I’m reading (or listening to on audible) now: 

• Do Less by Kate Northrup
• Educated by Tara Westover

Podcast I am currently listening to now:

• The Daily

Podcasts I love for inspiration and improvement:  

• How I Built This
• The Happiness Lab

Other recommended podcasts:

• The Next Big Idea
• The Joe Rogan Experience
• For Kids: Wow in the World

Recommended reading: 

• The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• Thrive by Arianna Huffington
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Kevin-Visual Director

Listening to mostly Podcasts right now…

• The Daily: New York Times
• The Knowledge Project: Farnam Street
• Akimbo: Seth Godin
• The Happiness Lab

 

Robyn-Director of Events and Partnerships

Podcast I am currently listening to now:

• Goal Digger

So that is what our team is listening to and reading while we’re social distancing. What are your picks right now?