Media

Some of my favourites from over the years

Books

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

    Delia Owens

    Simply beautiful. Reminded me that people have a home in nature

  • The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins

    Incredible writing. Powerful underlying social and political commentary. A modern classic.

  • The Omnivore’s Dilemma

    Michael Pollan

    Cooked a meal entirely from scratch. Showed how impossible that was

  • Ultra-Processed People

    Chris Van Tulleken

    Changed how I understand personal freedom within a food system designed to influence it

  • Braiding Sweetgrass

    Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Framed reciprocity as the basis of any lasting relationship with the living world

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns

    Khaled Hosseini

    A powerful tribute to women whose lives are too often left out of history.

  • The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Narrated by Death, yet overflowing with life. A true love letter to books

Movies

  • The Giver (2014)

    Gave me a radical appreciation for the messiness of being human

  • Dead Poets Society (1989)

    One of the rare movies that I loved more than the book

  • Interstellar (2014)

    Hans Zimmer’s score. Nolan’s genius. Are you KIDDING?

  • Titanic (1997)

    Basic for a reason. Once watched it three times in the same day

  • Ex Machina (2014)

    What makes us human? Can empathy be programmed? Who has accountability?

  • Tour de France - Unchained (series)

    Follow TDF every summer with grandpère. Loved discovering the brutal strategy behind it

Podcasts, Newsletters, & More

  • Diary of a Ceo

    Steven Bartlett

    Study his interview style to sharpen my own. Brilliant at getting beyond rehearsed answers

  • Huberman Lab

    Andrew Huberman

    Scientific basis meets human behaviour. I wonder if we can be truly explained by science

  • Financing Nature

    Green Finance Institute

    Great way to follow the industry and hear from super cool people

  • The Ben and Caeleb Show

    Caeleb Dressel, Ben Kennedy

    Chaotic locker-room conversations turned podcast. My swimming idol, humanized

  • Think Fast, Talk Smart

    Communication masterclass. Intentionality & influence are especially interesting in the AI era

  • The Twenty Minute VC

    Harry Stebbings

    Candid accounts of how startups are built, funded, and scaled

  • Odd Lots

    Bloomberg

    Everything finance, markets, economy, and strategy

  • Feed: A Food Systems Podcast

    TABLE

    Putting food systems on the map! Love the systems-thinking & international perspective