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Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Painter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dalí was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the subconscious imagery he projected into his paintings, which he sometimes referred to as ‘hand-painted dream photographs.’ Here are fascinating glimpses of the brilliant, ambitious, and relentlessly self-promoting artist who designed theater sets, shop interiors, and jewelry as readily as he made paintings and films. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:20 About the Author 5:45 Ch1: Childhood Memories 12:45 Ch2: Coastal Cadaques 22:35 Ch3: Dandy Dali 35:05 Ch4: The Cinema Period 41:30 Ch5: Dali Inc. 52:50 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCofILqK-qSdcBZyIhM_Rd_g/videos Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing. Many of today's top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. Considered the best book ever written on poker, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:40 About the Author 7:25 Ch1: Expectations and Hourly Rate 15:10 Ch2: The Fundamental Theorem 21:35 Ch3: The Ante Structure 27:55 Ch4: Effective Odds 34:15 Ch5: The Free Card 38:40 Ch6: Gaming 42:35 Ch7: The Psychology of Poker 47:15 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/571

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! In this masterpiece of philosophical literature Friedrich Nietzsche utters the famous phrase "God is dead!" This powerful book spells out Nietzsche's belief in the will to power, and serves as an introduction to his doctrine of eternal return. Written in a passionate, quasi-biblical style, Thus Spake Zarathustra is daring in form and filled with provocative, thought-provoking concepts. Today, the work is regarded as a forerunner of modern existentialist thought, a book that has provoked and stimulated students of philosophy and literature for more than 100 years. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:00 About the Author 6:05 Ch1: God is Dead 17:40 Ch2: Metamorphosis 24:15 Ch3: Faith Vs. Will 28:55 Ch4: Master Slave Morality 36:05 Ch5: Ubermensh 41:10 Ch6: The Return 46:30 Ch7: The Retreat 54:30 Ch8: Thus Spoke Siphyllis 1:02:30 Next Time

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. With the same sharp eye, quick with, and narrative drive that marked his bestsellers The Game, and The Dirt, Neil Strauss takes us on a white-knuckled journey through America's heart of darkness as he scrambles to escape the system. It's one man's story of a dangerous world and how to stay alive in it. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:05 About the Author 6:05 Ch1: Tips on Death Cult Etiquette 15:15 Ch2: Escape 21:30 Ch3: World at War 29:55 Ch4: Calculating Risk 34:50 Ch5: Escape 40:00 Ch6: Survive 46:25 Ch7: Rescue 53:00 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/DkqptccIRcg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! In 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of the drug mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. He describes his experience in The Doors of Perception. Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, this book reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:05 About the Author 7:45 Ch1: Buy the Ticket 16:00 Ch2: Take the Ride 28:40 Ch3: Afterglow 33:30 Ch4: Snap Back to Reality 37:45 Ch5: Ope There Goes Gravity 51:05 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/opt0HcpdJig Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death. The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. How both overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival, and a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:00 About the Author 6:25 Ch1: Beneath the Mountain Lakes 15:40 Ch2: Tempting Fate 23:40 Ch3: Storming the Summit 26:30 Ch4: Disaster 35:30 Ch5: The Final Choice 47:25 Ch6: In the Far Distance c

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! These days, we hear plenty about what’s wrong with men: toxic masculinity, patriarchy, mansplaining, and male privilege. But how does a man get it right? “Men are being asked to adapt to our changing world, yet many still want to play by the old rules,” teaches Lance Allred. Now this former NBA star and leadership consultant presents a new game plan for evolving, growing and securing the bag in the modern era: The New Alpha Male. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:35 About the Author 7:00 Ch1: Warm Up and Untraining 14:45 Ch2: Game Time 20:15 Ch3: Tegridy 25:25 Ch4: Compassion 30:35 Ch5: Discomfort 37:20 Ch6: Transformation 43:30 Ch7: Gratitude 49:30 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/VXN2x64B1e8 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:30 About the Author 4:50 Ch1: Oran Orthodoxy 13:55 Ch2: State of Emotionlessness 24:30 Ch3: Ornery Oran 33:45 Ch4: Panic at the Fisco 41:30 Ch5: Deceitful Decency 49:15 Ch6: Crematorium Credulousness 56:30 Ch7: Oran & Out 1:02:45 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https:

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Ever wonder how a neighbor could afford his new ride? New York Times Bestseller, The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue. They live next door. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 3:55 About the Author 6:00 Ch1: Meet the Millionaire Next Door 16:00 Ch2: Frugal Frugal Frugal 24:55 Ch3: You Aren't What You Drive 34:50 Ch4: Economic Outpatient Care 44:35 Ch5: Affirmative Action Family Style 50:25 Ch6: Find Your Niche 56:00 Ch7: Millionaires and Heirs 1:02:05 Next Time & Goodbye! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCofILqK-qSdcBZyIhM_Rd_g/videos Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Japan Restored by Clyde Prestowitz is written as a vision of Japan in the year 2050 when the country's economic recovery has made it a world leader in every area of human endeavor. Prestowitz looks back to the present year as such a low point for Japan that a special reform commission was set up that helped the country regain its former position as a leader in technology, in business, and geopolitically. Looking at education, innovation, corporate organization, energy, infrastructure, and international alliances Prestowitz draws up a fascinating and controversial blueprint for the future success of Japan. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:45 About the Author 7:00 Ch1: Tokyo 2050 19:40 Ch2: Women to the Rescue 29:10 Ch3: Japan Speaking English 37:00 Ch4: From Japan Inc. to Germany 46:10 Ch5: Up With People, Down With Bureaucrats 54:55 Ch6: Why Japan Matters 1:01:55 Next

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and global travel in a pil­grimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from great thinkers around the world, from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Confucius to Simone Weil. Traveling by train (the most thoughtful mode of transport), he journeys thousands of miles, making stops in Athens, Delhi, Wyoming, Coney Island, Frankfurt, and points in between to recon­nect with philosophy’s original purpose: teaching us how to lead wiser, more meaningful lives. From Socrates and ancient Athens to twentieth-century Paris, Weiner’s chosen philosophers and places provide important signposts as we navigate today’s chaotic times. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:40 About the Author 7:10 Ch1: Get Outta Bed Like Marcus Aurelius 17:55 Ch2: Wonder Like Socrates 30:05 Ch3: Wander Like Rousseau 38:10 Ch4: See Like Thoreau 46:40 Ch5: Enjoy Like Epicurus 54:45 C

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Eric Schlosser turns his exacting eye on the underbelly of the American marketplace and its far-reaching influence on our society. Exposing three American mainstays, pot, porn, and illegal immigrants, this book shows how the black market has burgeoned over the past several decades. He also draws compelling parallels between underground and overground: how tycoons and gangsters rise and fall, how new technology shapes a market, how government intervention can reinvigorate black markets as well as mainstream ones, and how big business learns and profits from the underground. Reefer Madness is a powerful investigation that illuminates the shadow economy and the culture that casts that shadow. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:45 About the Author 7:30 Ch1: Reefer Madness 25:50 Ch2: In the Strawberry Fields 33:10 Ch3: Rise of an Empire 39:30 Ch4: Fall of an Empire 48:15 Ch5: Out of the

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have built such monumental works? No such astonishing numbers of massive statues are found anywhere else in the Pacific. How could the islanders possibly have moved so many multi-ton monoliths from the quarry inland, where they were carved, to their posts along the coastline? And most intriguing and vexing of all, if the island once boasted a culture developed and sophisticated enough to have produced such marvelous edifices, what happened to that culture? Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:00 About the A

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Poet, shaman, Dionysian drunk, and druggie, Doors lead singer Jim Morrison quickly achieved cult status after his death in 1971. In The Lizard King, Jerry Hopkins reassesses Jim Morrison's life and provides fresh insights into this powerful and troubled talent, considering him as a human being rather than the myth he has become. At the heart of the book is a series of interviews with Morrison by journalists Ben Fong-Torres and Richard Goldstein. Published uncut, they present a previously unseen Morrison: articulate, intelligent, witty, even self-deprecating. Hopkins includes updates on the people the "erotic politician" left behind. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 6:35 About the Author 10:05 Ch1: The Child 17:00 Ch2: The Scholar 28:45 Ch3: The Poet 39:10 Ch4: The Rockstar 53:35 Ch5: The Drunk 1:03:20 Ch6: The Exile 1:13:55 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:45 About the Author 7:14 Ch1: The Porcupine & The Paleo Mind 14:20 Ch2: Albino Boy 20:00 Ch3: The First Law 26:20 Ch4: Lines in the Sand 33:10 Ch5: Romanticizing the Stone Age 37:30 Ch6: Lemonade for Headaches 46:10 Ch7: Immovable

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! If you want to really learn about a complex system like the human mind, study what happens when it’s pushed to the breaking point. Deep Survival flawlessly explains how the mind processes strong emotions and instincts, develops models of how the world works, and continuously adjusts those models in stressful and demanding circumstances. Laurence Gonzales’s bestseller has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers’ everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers and psychiatric professionals on how to take control of stress and make better decisions under pressure. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:10 About the Author 7:20 Ch1: Look Out Here Comes Ray Charles 13:45 Ch2: Memories of the Future 21:05 Ch3: A Map of the World 26:55 Ch4: A Gorilla In

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? What do dreams of swimming, failing, or flying symbolize? First published in 1899, Sigmund Freud's groundbreaking book, The Interpretation of Dreams, explores why we dream and why dreams matter in our psychological lives. Delving into theories of manifest and latent dream content, the special language of dreams, dreams as wish fulfillments, the significance of childhood experiences, and much more, Freud offers an incisive and enduringly relevant examination of dream psychology. Encompassing dozens of case histories and detailed analyses of actual dreams, this landmark work grants us unique insight into our sleeping experiences. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:50 About the Author 9:50 Ch1: Stimuliar 20:55 Ch2: Evidence Evasion 31:10 Ch3: Wishy Washy 38:10 Ch4: Manifestation Misreporting

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus , provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Dr. John Gray has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. This timeless book has helped men and women realize how different they can be in their communication styles, emotional needs, and modes of behavior while offering the secrets of communicating without conflicts, allowing couples to give intimacy every chance to grow.  Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:00 About the Author 7:20 Ch1: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 13:05 Ch2: Mr. Fix It 17:40 Ch3: How to Motivate the Opposite Sex 24:20 Ch4: Speaking Different Languages 32:30 Ch5: Men Ar

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. Tobacco cures cancer. Such beliefs circulated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, an era when the term "drug" encompassed everything from herbs and spices—like nutmeg, cinnamon, and chamomile—to such deadly poisons as lead, mercury, and arsenic. In The Age of Intoxication, Benjamin Breen offers a window into a time when drugs were not yet separated into categories—illicit and licit, recreational and medicinal, modern and traditional—and there was no barrier between the drug dealer and the pharmacist. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 5:00 About the Author 7:20 Ch1: Searching for Drugs 15:00 Ch2: Selling Drugs 29:30 Ch3: Fetishizing Drugs 38:40 Ch4: Occult Qualities 46:50 Ch5: Intoxication and the Enlightenment

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four maneuvers and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over his target. Understand how to "Poeticize Your Presence," “Keep them in Suspense – What Comes Next” and “Master the Art of the Bold Move”. The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate form of power. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:10 About the Author 7:20 Ch1: Feminine Seduction 20:20 Ch2: Masculine Seduction 34:30 Ch3: Rake, Coquette, Natural 44:00 Ch4: Choose the Right Victim 49:40 Ch5: Mixed Signals 53:00 Ch6: The Bold Move 58:50 Ch7: Beware the After Effects 1:02:25 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube