Here is the excerpt related to Jacob Shapiro, who is jointly appointed between SPIA and The Department of Politics.

Jacob N. Shapiro, a professor of politics and international affairs, is also spending time with an audiobook. “The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self,” by Michael Easter, is “excellent,” he says, adding that it “touches on why we all need to get out of our comfort zones more and why regularly having difficult, uncomfortably, and even mildly dangerous experiences on a regular basis is good for our mental health and productivity.”

Shapiro also recommends a pair of podcasts: “Odd Lots,” which “gives you a Wall Street trader’s view of the world” and is a “great place to learn about what is clear and what is confusing from the perspective of finance,” and “Revolutions,” which he calls “possibly the best history podcast.” Each of its 12 seasons covers a different historical revolution from start to finish.

“If you have a cross-country drive this year,” Shapiro says, “this one’s for you.”