Priya Parker

Products they talk about

• BoyMom👍 Recommends

  …recommending a parenting book about raising boys

  “And then I would recommend Boy Mom by Ruth Whitman. Boy Mom, the book is called Boy Mom, Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. I'm a parent of a boy and a girl. And this is a book, Ruth Whitman is a journalist.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

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  I and Thou👍 Recommends

  …discussing martin buber's concept of i and thou relationships

  “And when I listen to that quote, I think of Martin Buber and I, thou. And this idea, you know, I'm a conflict resolution facilitator. My mentor, Hal Saunders, the first book he ever made me read was Martin Buber's writings and the relationship between I and thou.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• On Repentance and Repair👍 Recommends

  …discussing a book about repair mechanisms in community

  “one of the books that I think is a powerful book in this new bookshelf that we're going to call group help is Donya Rutenberg's On Repair and Repentance. It's a beautiful book. She's a rabbi. And she basically says, American culture is pretty bad.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• Palaces for the People👍 Recommends

  …discussing libraries as community gathering spaces

  “Palaces for the People, Eric Kleinenberg's beautiful book about how libraries serve as this, you know, really important social third space.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

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  Talk to Your Boys👍 Recommends

  …recommending a guide for conversations with young men

  “And if that's the shot, I would have a chaser of the book, Talk to Your Boys, which recently came out. It's by Christopher Pepper and Joanna Schrader. It's by Christopher Pepper, 16 Conversations to Help Teens and Tweens to Grow into Confident and Caring Young Men.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• The Art of Fighting💬 Mentioned

  …priya discussing her upcoming book on conflict and how to prepare for difficult conversations

  “I actually write about this in The Art of Fighting that's coming out this fall, is I break down what we as facilitators do to prepare for a fight we're going to hold.”

  on The Mel Robbins Podcast

• The Dynamics of Small Groups👍 Recommends

  …referencing a book about how groups maintain long-term commitment

  “There's a beautiful book called, it's something called The Dynamics of Small Groups. I mean, it's very nerdy, but basically... One of the core elements of that book is they look at what allows for nurturing long-term group commitment.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

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  The Other Significant Others👍 Recommends

  …citing a book about significant relationships and community structures

  “I remember Raina Cohen, who you've had on the show. I know her beautiful book, The Other Significant Others. One of the things I loved about that book was she went back in lots of different societies.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show

• The Politics of Ritual👍 Recommends

  …recommending a book about ritual and social change

  “Well, we actually went over a couple of them. So I was going to say The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. But I will take the opportunity to actually talk about The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth. It is a book that came out a few years ago and she from, I think, Princeton University Press.”

  on The Ezra Klein Show