On Your Marks with Prof Jonathan Marks
I am a business school professor based in South Africa and working, teaching and researching in the field of high growth entrepreneurship. My current podcast season is a weekly review of non-fiction books - I have set the challenge of 52 books in 52 weeks. I share the review by way of a short podcast (approx 15 mins) and an infographic. These are free resources - just subscribe at www.jonathanmarks.co.za/books to get these sent to your email inbox each Tuesday morning.
Podcasting since 2020 • 51 episodes
On Your Marks with Prof Jonathan Marks
Latest Episodes
Book Review Where The Crawdads Sing
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her.
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Episode 52
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Book Review 12 Rules For Life & Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, self-help writer, cultural critic and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are abnormal, social, and personality psychology, with a particular inte...
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Book Review A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.As a young man, I felt I was out in the wild, experiencing the entire natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been ha...
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Episode 59
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Book Review Life is Simple by Johnjoe McFadden
Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham’s razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be preferable and more often true. In Life Is Simple, scientist Johnjoe McFadden traces centuries of discoveries, taking us from a geocentri...
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Episode 48
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Book Review Time Off by John Fitch & Max Frenzel
Discover the transformative power of leisure to recapture your calm and creativity. We live in a time where busyness is often seen as a badge of honour. But are your busiest days the ones that make you feel the most accomplished? If all of your...
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Episode 47
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