The Childhood Cocktail

DISCUSSED: dreams and whether people like hearing them; turns out: Merlin recommends a podcast episode about mental stuff; practice vs. rehearsal; visualization as a rehearsal thing; follow-up on science fair projects; our new, post-search-engine habits; Math is hard; Merlin didn't get Anna's emails; cool screen-grabbing mojo; and Dan reviews excellent listener book recommendations.

Links for this episode:

• 363. Think Like a Winner — Freakonomics Radio — Overcast
  Great athletes aren’t just great at the physical stuff. They’ve also learned how to handle pressure, overcome fear, and stay focused. Here’s the good news: you don’t have to be an athlete to use what they know.
  
• Raul Riera on Twitter: "TIL about COMMAND + SHIFT + 5… "
  
• Artemis Fowl: Eoin Colfer: 8601400259580: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Chronicles of Prydain: Lloyd Alexander: 8601200472110: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree: Susan Cooper: 9781442489677: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Sub-Human (Post-Human): David Simpson, Autumn J. Conley, Jennifer Simpson: 9781478343981: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Wool: Hugh Howey: 9781476733951: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series (9780152162504): Diane Duane: Books
  
• Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians): Brandon Sanderson, Hayley Lazo: 9780765378941: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Skyward (9780399555770): Brandon Sanderson: Books
  
• Amazon.com: The Last Magician (9781481432085): Lisa Maxwell: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four (0752423331765): Veronica Roth: Books
  
• Amazon.com: The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) (9781524771034): James Dashner: Books
  
• Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire: John August: 9781250294258: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Mortal Engines 8 Book Collection: Philip Reeve: 9781338348910: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Wings of Fire Boxset, Books 1-5 (Wings of Fire): Tui T. Sutherland: 9780545855723: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Bartimaeus Series 4 Book Set including: The Amulet of Samarkand / The Golem's Eye / Ptolemy's Gate / Ring of Solomon Prequel: Jonathan Stroud: 0719534865596: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Fablehaven Complete Set (Boxed Set): Fablehaven; Rise of the Evening Star; Grip of the Shadow Plague; Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary; Keys to the Demon Prison: Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman: 8601419663026: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Land of Stories Complete Paperback Gift Set: Chris Colfer: 9780316480840: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Ranger's Apprentice Series (Complete 12 Book Set) : John Flanagan: 0680474137794: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Another Fine Myth (Myth, Book 1) (9780441023622): Robert Asprin, Walter Velez: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Janitors (Janitors series Book 1) eBook: Tyler Whitesides, Brandon Dorman: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle) (9780375846311): Christopher Paolini: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Stormbreaker (Alex Rider) (9780142406113): Anthony Horowitz: Books
  
• The Ender Quartet Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind (The Ender Quintet): Orson Scott Card: 8601419656288: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Land of Stories Complete Paperback Gift Set: Chris Colfer: 9780316480840: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: The White Tower (The Aldoran Chronicles: Book 1) eBook: Michael Wisehart: Books
  
• The Belgariad, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit: David Eddings: 8601404908262: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Redwall (9780142302378): Brian Jacques, Gary Chalk: Books
  
• Amazon’s Wish List with Stacy Mitchell — Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes — Overcast
  What does Amazon want from us? For consumers, Amazon can be a frictionless gateway to find everything from bed frames to dog food, baby clothes to award winning original tv series. There’s nothing quite like it – a position they’re in not by accident but by design.
  
• Thieves' World - Wikipedia
  
• Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History: Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer, Joe Manganiello: 9780399580949: Amazon.com: Books
  

Brought to you by:

• Bombfell (Get $25 off your first purchase by visiting bombfell.com/backtowork).

• Molekule (For $75 off your first order, visit Molekule.com and enter BACKTOWORK at checkout).