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Sep 2022
37m 18s

Alain De Botton (Replay): Life Is Not Me...

Emma Gannon
About this episode

This episode is a replay with the brilliant Alain de Botton. He is a writer of multiple books described as a ‘philosophy of everyday life.’ His first book, Essays in Love,  was published when he was twenty-three and went on to sell millions of copies. He is also the co-founder of The School of Life, one of my favourite platforms, which is an education space dedicated to a new vision of education, emotional intelligence and self-knowledge. The School of Life's latest book, is called A Simpler Life: a guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity and came out in January 2022, which I really recommend. I hope you enjoy this episode!


Alain De Botton's books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/alain-de-botton

The School Of Life books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/the-school-of-life

My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/

My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon

Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcast

Twitter: Twitter.com/emmagannon

Instagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk



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