This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

This is the James Altitor show on the Stansbury radio network.

So I'm really happy to have Maria Popova.

Is that how you say your last name, Maria?

Yep.

I'm really happy to have Maria on the show.

Maria, I have to tell you, this is totally

just a selfish podcast for me because the people always ask me what blogs I read.

And I'm always happy to tell people what books I read, but I'm always hesitant to say what

blogs I read because, A, I don't want to insult anybody.

And B, I don't want people to stop reading my blog.

But the only blog I read is your blog, which is BrainPickings.org.

Thank you.

But you do think that the book authors would be insulted by not being included in your

selection.

You know, people are insulted for all sorts of reasons, but really like, for instance, I

write every morning and I know you write every day all day.

And I often look to what I'm reading for inspiration.

So usually I'm reading books, but sometimes I need to read other stuff to get inspiration.

And on that list is BrainPickings.org because you always have inspiring articles to draw

from.

They're either about creativity or life or whatever.

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