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Biographies

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Liz Garbus

What Happened, Miss Simone? is a documentary-style movie that tells the story of the queen of blues, Nina Simone, who journeyed from child prodigy from a poor family to a powerful figure in the U.S. civil rights movement.

Education
Science & Environment

What Happens to You When You Read?

The Open University, Dr Zoë Walkington, Professor Sara Haslam, Professor Graham Pike, Dr Edmund King, Dr Siobhan Campbell

This online course from The Open University explores the effects that reading has on individuals, societies, and cultures.

Personal Growth
Biographies

What I Know for Sure

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey encourages us to create the life we want by pursuing excellence, practicing gratitude, and leveraging our bad experiences to become stronger.

Leadership & Entrepreneurship

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

Jim Paul, Brendan Moynihan

What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars will teach you how to invest your money better by extracting the hard-earned lessons Jim Paul learned as a futures trader.

Personal Growth

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

In this book – part memoir, part runner's journal – best-selling author Haruki Murakami shares his insights on running and life as a novelist, extracting their surprising similarities.

Health & Fitness
Mind & Philosophy
Culture & Society

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia

Wendy Mitchell

Best-selling British author Wendy Mitchell recounts her personal experiences with dementia and how it has affected her life.

Mind & Philosophy
Personal Growth
Career & Success

What If You're Not As F***ed Up As You Think You Are?

Adriana Popescu Ph.D.

Dr. Adriana Popescu's book challenges your preconceived notions about yourself, opening you up to the possibility of personal transformation towards experiencing freedom, joy, and peace.

Personal Growth
Mind & Philosophy
Parenting & Relationships

What Is A Late Discovery Adoptee (LDA)?

Who Am I Really? Podcast

Many adopted people have known they were adopted from their youngest days. However, some adoptees learn they were adopted later, at a time when they could understand clearly that they were not biologically related to their family. Here are some thoughts about the Late Discover Adoptee experience.

Career & Success
Science & Environment
Health & Fitness

What is a Midwife?

Augustine Colebrook

Augustine Colebrook, founder of the Midwifery Wisdom Collective, explains the medical and cultural role of midwives.

Science & Environment

What is Climate Change?

Joseph Casola, University of Colorado Boulder

This Coursera course from the University of Colorado Boulder is a detailed introduction to the science and sociology of climate change.

Business
Technology & the Future

What Is Compliance?

University of Pennsylvania, Andrew Kandel, Lauren Steinfeld

This course from the University of Pennsylvania helps answer basic questions regarding compliance and risk management in a growing industry.

History
Culture & Society

What is Europe?

The Open University

This 2016 course introduces us to the different ways we can understand Europe, how 20th-century conflicts led to greater integration across the continent, and how the difficulties of defining European identity impact modern politics.

Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Career & Success

What Is Leadership?

Deakin University, Dr. Andrea North-Samardzic, Dr. Colin Higgins, Joe J. Griffin

Australia's Deakin University provides an introductory course into the philosophy of leadership and the makings of an effective leader.

Science & Environment

What Is Life?

Paul Nurse

What is Life? answers one of our biggest questions by exploring the building blocks of biology and chemistry.

Personal Growth
Mind & Philosophy

What Is Psychotherapy?

The School of Life, Alain de Botton

This collection of essays from The School of Life offers a unique perspective on the insights of psychotherapy, and why we could all benefit from it.

Business
Marketing & Sales

What Is Social?

Randy Hlavac, Northwestern University

In this first course in Northwestern University's Social Media Marketing Specialization, Professor Randy Hlavac gives an overview of social audiences and the ways we can use social media to build successful marketing strategies.

Personal Growth

What Is Stress?

Dr. Adrian Low

Dr. Adrian Low outlines how we can use stress to our benefit and highlights how our response to chronic stress can have negative effects on our health.

Money & Investing

What is SWIFT?

Stuff They Don't Want You to Know, Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, Noel Brown

In this March 2022 podcast, discover how the SWIFT financial system works and what Russia's partial expulsion could mean for international politics and our daily lives.

Business

What Is Uptime?

Uptime

Discover more about Uptime, along with what a Knowledge Hack is and how it can help you to learn more in less time.

Technology & the Future
Money & Investing

What Is Web3?

Babbage, The Economist, Kenneth Cukier

In this February 2022 episode of The Economist's science and technology podcast, Babbage, Kenneth Cukier discusses the latest Silicon Valley buzzword: Web3. With an array of guests, he breaks down its meaning, origins, and potential.

Parenting & Relationships

What Makes Relationships Thrive

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam, Harry Reis

In this January 2022 episode of NPR's Hidden Brain podcast, Shankar Vedantam speaks with social psychologist Harry Reis about how feeling understood contributes to successful relationships.

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