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24 alternatives to On Books: Leave The World Better Than How You Found It

A 20ish minute book podcast - New episodes each week.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. On Books: Leave The World Better Than How You Found It launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Parasocial▲204
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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On Books Podcast - The Social Good Book Series with Zander Rose of The Long Now▲55
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Millennial - #1 Welcome to Millennial▲106
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2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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a16z - A podcast about podcasts▲140
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2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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It's Your Universe - Why We Explore▲54
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The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Cage the Monkey Mind▲66
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Bookasto▲24
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On Books Podcast - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer▲58
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2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Message - Episode 1▲64
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On Books - Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson▲61
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Frugal Innovation (AMA Today at 3PM)▲147
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
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The Podglomerate▲70
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Singletasking▲63
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2016 · chaptersapp.com · its alternatives →
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