{"podcast":{"title":"A Beautiful Mess Podcast","slug":"a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420","podcast_index_feed_id":555420,"rss_url":"https://abmpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://abmpodcast.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/f/d/7/bfd7c096ee970f82/ABMPodcastArt_Libsyn.jpg","author":"Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman","episode_count":304,"summary":"Elsie + Emma are sisters and co-founders of the top DIY blog — A Beautiful Mess. They have written over seven thousand blog posts, so it seemed like a good time to start a podcast! The sisters have a lot to say on everything from home and DIY to family life and business. Visit abeautifulmess.com/podcast for show notes.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420"},"episode":{"title":"#296: Books That Changed How We See the World","slug":"296-books-that-changed-how-we-see-the-world","published_at":"2026-04-20T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420/296-books-that-changed-how-we-see-the-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420","url":"https://abmpodcast.libsyn.com/296-books-that-changed-how-we-see-the-world","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/abmpodcast/ABM_EP296_Final.mp3?dest-id=1624655","summary":"This week we're talking about the books that genuinely shifted how we see the world — not just 5 star reads, but the ones that rewired our thinking and books we still find ourselves talking about years later. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Make sure to go to Biologica.com/MESS and get up to 32% off your first subscription order today! Just use code [MESS] for 15% off the Premium Starter Kit at BranchBasics.com . Elsie's books: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Station Eleven by Emily Sr. John Mandel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Emma's books: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Nonfiction Bonus: Elsie: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Emma: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt Book Report: Elsie: The Astral Library by Kate Quinn Emma: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune You can support us by leaving us a couple of 5 star recipe reviews this week at abeautifulmess.com Have a topic idea for the podcast? Write in to us at podcast@abeautifulmess.com or leave us a voicemail at 417-893-0011.","meta_description":"This week we're talking about the books that genuinely shifted how we see the world — not just 5 star reads, but the ones that rewired our thinking and bo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3118,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420/episodes/296-books-that-changed-how-we-see-the-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-beautiful-mess-podcast-555420/296-books-that-changed-how-we-see-the-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}