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July 3, 2024 83 mins
It's our season 17 finale!!!!

Huge thank you to our listener Hayden for recommending this lil hellscape to us! 

Hayden said: "My manager just told me that in order to start my “roadmap” to a promotion we are going to start by reading a book on leadership." INTERESTING...

Will Hayden get the big promotion?

Will Jocko and Leif INDEED dive even deeper into the unchartered and complex waters of a concept first introduced in Extreme Ownership to get granular into the nuances that every successful leader must navigate??

Will the ladies of MBC die of boredom??? 

FIND OUT!

Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! 
Here’s the Season 17 reading list: 
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
  • Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
  • The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
  • A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  • The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
  • Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
  • Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts. 

CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sabrina B. Jordan. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert."  You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

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