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The Alchemist - Gift Edition

Paulo Coelho

Mentioned 3 months ago

Malala Yousafzai

Malala mentioned reading The Alchemist as one of the few books she had access to as a teenager, expressing pride in having read it.

I read The Alchemist, and like one or two other books like that, and I was so proud of myself.

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I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here

Jonathan Conyers

Mentioned 3 months ago

Malala Yousafzai

The memoir was highlighted as the source that revealed how the bullet altered Malala's life and continued her journey, and it was repeatedly referenced as her recent book throughout the interview.

It's when I read her recent memoir, Finding My Way, that I learned how the bullet changed the course of her life, thrusting her into a new culture and changing her in ways that didn't quite fit her public image as an inspirational hero.

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Defiance

Loubna Mrie

Mentioned 5 months ago

A daughter's rebellion against a regime and her father

This memoir detailed the author's awakening, rebellion against the Syrian regime, and her survival in the country. The interviewer found the toxic family dynamics within the book to be familiar, while also noting how thoroughly the author documented the country falling apart.

Lubna Murai's new book is called Defiance, a memoir of awakening, rebellion, and survival in Syria.

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Here We Are

Oliver Jeffers

Mentioned 5 months ago

A daughter's rebellion against a regime and her father

This was mentioned as the migrant memoir written by the guest interviewer, Aarti Shahani, which was about fighting ICE to protect her father.

You may have also heard her interviews on her podcast, Art of Power, or read her migrant memoir, which is about fighting ice to protect her father. It's called Here We Are.

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The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone

Heather McGhee's book examines why many Americans believe progress for one group signifies loss for another, tracing how the country has chosen to destroy public goods rather than share them. The author argued that racism hurts everyone, including white Americans, by costing the country significant GDP, and presented the book as both a diagnosis and a way out.

Her book, 'The Sum of Us,' examines a question at the heart of American life: Why do so many Americans believe that progress for one group means loss for another?

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Torn Apart

Dorothy Roberts

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone

This was one of Dorothy Roberts' landmark books that helped reshape how the policing of reproduction, parenting, and race in America was understood.

Her landmark books, Killing the Black Body and Torn Apart, helped reshape how we understand the policing of reproduction, parenting, and race in America.

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The Mixed Marriage Project

Dorothy Roberts

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone

This is Dorothy Roberts' memoir which she wrote after discovering boxes of her late father's research interviews with interracial couples dating back to the 1930s. The discovery challenged her lifelong assumption that her father's research was inspired by his marriage to her Black Jamaican mother. She realized her father's interest in interracial marriage predated his relationship with her mother, leading her to write a book exploring her family and identity instead of just finishing his sociological work.

The memoir is called 'The Mixed Marriage Project.'

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Black Power

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone

Dorothy Roberts read this book in the seventh grade, which caused her to begin developing a different perspective than her father regarding structural racism and the power of interracial love to transcend it.

And I do believe that beginning at that young age, I recognized the power of structural racism and could not accept his view that interracial love by itself would be strong enough to transcend it or overcome it or dismantle it. And so from that time on, we began to have debates about it.

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Mentioned 5 months ago

‘Sinners’ Songwriter Raphael Saadiq

The novel was highlighted as a classic that has been adapted many times for the screen, with the latest film version starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

Emily Bronte's 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights, has been adapted for the screen numerous times. The latest version stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Bronte's ill-fated lovers, Catherine and Heathcliff, and opens in theaters this week.

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American Struggle

Jon Meacham

Mentioned 5 months ago

‘Sinners’ Songwriter Raphael Saadiq

The book was noted as a new collection of important speeches, letters, and other texts spanning from colonial times to today.

His new book, American Struggle, is a collection of important speeches, letters, and other texts from colonial times to today.

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Fatal Invention

Dorothy Roberts

Mentioned 5 months ago

Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’

The host referenced it as Roberts's 2011 book that argues race is a political construct.

You know, your 2011 book, Fatal Invention, I want to talk about it just for a moment in the context of this work, because you argued that race is a political category, something Europeans invented to oppress other groups.

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Fear and Fury

Heather Ann Thompson

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best Of: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’

This book revisited the 1984 New York City subway shooting involving Bernhard Goetz and four Black teenagers. The historian argued the case marked a political turning point where white racial fear was sanctioned by law and leveraged by elites. The book explored fear as a powerful force in American life, capable of shaping policy and excusing violence.

We are watching someone tell us exactly who they are, exactly what they did, and it will not matter. Up will become down, down will become up. And that also felt very, very familiar to where we are today.

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Lucy Sante

I Heard Her Call My Name

A Memoir of Transition

The memoir recounted her gender transition in her 60s and the personal revelations that followed.

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In her latest memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name. She writes about the bombshell she dropped in 2021, gender transitioning in her 60s.

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The memoir recounted her gender transition in her 60s and the personal revelations that followed.

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In her latest memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name. She writes about the bombshell she dropped in 2021, gender transitioning in her 60s.

Lucy sought new book is titled I Heard Her Call My Name a memoir of transition.

Episode: Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s

The memoir was described as Lucy Sante's new book about her transition, detailing her personal journey and experiences at age 67.

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As she writes in a new book titled, I Heard Her Call My Name, A Memoir of Transition, where she had been a visiting professor of photography and writing for over two decades.

Her latest book is called I Heard Her Call My Name, a memoir of transition.

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Francis Spufford

Golden Hill

A Novel of Old New York

The book was mentioned as one of Spufford's previous historical novels that demonstrate his detailed period storytelling.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

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Episode: The Migrant Crisis In NYC

The book was mentioned as one of Spufford's previous historical novels that demonstrate his detailed period storytelling.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

Episode: The Migrant Crisis In NYC

The host mentioned it as one of Spufford's previous historical novels, noted for its rich period detail that the new book also emulates.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

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Francis Spufford

Light Perpetual

A Novel

The title was cited alongside Golden Hill as part of Spufford's earlier historical works noted for their intricate worldbuilding.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

— Episode: The Migrant Crisis In NYC

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Episode: The Migrant Crisis In NYC

The title was cited alongside Golden Hill as part of Spufford's earlier historical works noted for their intricate worldbuilding.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

Episode: The Migrant Crisis In NYC

The episode referenced it alongside Golden Hill as an earlier Spufford novel noted for its meticulous period detail.

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As he's done in his previous historical novels, Golden Hill and Light Perpetual, Spufford layers this novel with period details.

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Bob Edwards

Fridays with Red

A Radio Friendship

The host talked about his 1993 memoir that chronicled his long onair friendship with sportscaster Red Barber, highlighting Barber's offtopic stories about camellias, cats and weather.

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Terry first spoke with Edwards in 1993 about his book Fridays with Red. It was about his long onair relationship with the great sportscaster Red Barber.

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Episode: Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards

The host talked about his 1993 memoir that chronicled his long onair friendship with sportscaster Red Barber, highlighting Barber's offtopic stories about camellias, cats and weather.

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Terry first spoke with Edwards in 1993 about his book Fridays with Red. It was about his long onair relationship with the great sportscaster Red Barber.

Episode: Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards

The book explored Edwards' long onair relationship with sportscaster Red Barber.

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Terry first spoke with Edwards in 1993 about his book Fridays with Red. It was about his long onair relationship with the great sportscaster Red Barber.

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Benjamin Breen

Tripping on Utopia

Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science

Benjamin Breen discussed his new book, explaining that it examined Margaret Mead's psychedelic research, the Cold War context, and the early, troubled birth of psychedelic science.

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Also, Benjamin Breen talks about his book Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

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Benjamin Breen discussed his new book, explaining that it examined Margaret Mead's psychedelic research, the Cold War context, and the early, troubled birth of psychedelic science.

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Also, Benjamin Breen talks about his book Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

Breen's new book is called Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

Benjamin Breen is the author of Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and The Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

Episode: The Birth Of Psychedelic Science

The host introduced it as Breen's new book that examines Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the troubled birth of psychedelic science, noting that it was the focus of the interview.

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Breen's new book is called Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

My guest, Benjamin Breen, is the author of the new book, Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

Benjamin Breen is the author of Tripping on Utopia, Margaret Mead, The Cold War, and The Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.

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Benjamin Breen

The Age of Intoxication

Origins of the Global Drug Trade (The Early Modern Americas)

He mentioned his earlier book, noting that it had won a 2021 medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

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His previous book, The Age of Intoxication, Origins of the Global Drug Trade, won a medal in 2021 from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

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He mentioned his earlier book, noting that it had won a 2021 medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

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His previous book, The Age of Intoxication, Origins of the Global Drug Trade, won a medal in 2021 from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

Episode: The Birth Of Psychedelic Science

The host mentioned it as Breen's previous book, noting that it won a 2021 medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

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His previous book, The Age of Intoxication, Origins of the Global Drug Trade, won a medal in 2021 from the American Association for the History of Medicine.

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Paul Harding

This Other Eden

A Novel

The novel was praised for being inspired by true events on Malaga Island, an interracial fishing community that was destroyed in 1911.

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Paul Harding's This Other Eden is inspired by true events on Malaga Island, Maine, once home to an interracial fishing community that was forcibly removed in 1911.

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The novel was praised for being inspired by true events on Malaga Island, an interracial fishing community that was destroyed in 1911.

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Paul Harding's This Other Eden is inspired by true events on Malaga Island, Maine, once home to an interracial fishing community that was forcibly removed in 1911.

Episode: Breaking The Menstruation Taboo

Harding's novel, inspired by true events on Malaga Island, explores a forgotten interracial fishing community. It was presented as a powerful historical work.

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Paul Harding's This Other Eden is inspired by true events on Malaga Island, Maine, which was once home to an interracial fishing community.

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Christian Wiman

My Bright Abyss

Meditation of a Modern Believer

The memoir was noted as his 2013 collection of poems and essays, titled My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, exploring themes of darkness and faith.

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His 2013 memoir with poems is titled My Bright Abyss, Meditation of a Modern Believer.

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Episode: Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning

The memoir was noted as his 2013 collection of poems and essays, titled My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, exploring themes of darkness and faith.

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His 2013 memoir with poems is titled My Bright Abyss, Meditation of a Modern Believer.

In his memoir My Bright Abyss he writes about the pain you were in in one of your earlier books.

My Bright Abyss and the new one zero at the bone you have a lot of poems by you and by others.

the memoir My Bright Abyss and the new one Zero at the Bone you have a lot of poems by you and by others.

Episode: Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning

The memoir, published in 2013, was noted as a collection of poems exploring themes of despair, faith, and personal struggle.

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His 2013 memoir with poems is titled My Bright Abyss, Meditation of a Modern Believer.

Living on the edge of death he's been in remission ... your memoirs My Bright Abyss and the new one Zero at the Bone you have a lot of poems by you and by others.

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Isabel Kershner

The Land of Hope and Fear

Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul

The book examined ideological, religious, ethnic and generational divisions within Israel and showed how these fractures have contributed to the country's shift to the right.

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Her latest book, The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for its Inner Soul, is about the generational, ideological, religious, and ethnic conflicts within Israel.

— Episode: Examining The Divisions Within Israel

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Episode: Examining The Divisions Within Israel

The book examined ideological, religious, ethnic and generational divisions within Israel and showed how these fractures have contributed to the country's shift to the right.

"

Her latest book, The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for its Inner Soul, is about the generational, ideological, religious, and ethnic conflicts within Israel.

Her recent book is called The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for its Inner Soul.

Her new book is called The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul.

The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul.

She's also the author of the recent book, The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul.

Episode: Barbra Streisand

The book was mentioned as the new work of an upcoming guest, described as covering Israel's ideological, religious, ethnic and generational tensions.

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Her new book, The Land of Hope and Fear, Israel's Battle for its Inner Soul is about ideological, religious, ethnic and generational tensions within Israel.

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Lawrence Wright

Mr. Texas

A novel

Wright released a satirical novel that follows a naive rancher who is thrust into the Texas state legislature, exposing the colorful and often corrupt world of state politics.

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His new novel is titled Mr. Texas.

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Episode: Lawrence Wright On 'Mr. Texas'

Wright released a satirical novel that follows a naive rancher who is thrust into the Texas state legislature, exposing the colorful and often corrupt world of state politics.

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His new novel is titled Mr. Texas.

You know, this book, apart from being a fun read, which it is, raises a question, why should people across the country care about what happens in Texas politics?

The book is called Mr. Texas.

His new novel is called Mr. Texas.

Episode: Actor Patrick Stewart

Lawrence Wright's latest novel was described as a story about a naive rancher who ends up in the Texas legislature, and the title was given as Mr. Texas.

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It's about a naive rancher who lucks into a seat in the state legislature where he meets lobbyists, influence peddlers, conspiracy mongers, and power brokers. The book is Mr. Texas. I hope you can join us.

Lawrence Wright, best known for best-selling books about Al-Qaeda and Scientology. His new novel takes on the colorful world of Texas politics.

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Ben Goldfarb

Crossings

How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

The host introduced Goldfarb's new book Crossings, which examines how road ecology is shaping the planet's future. Goldfarb discussed the book's focus on roadrelated threats to wildlife and possible solutions.

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I just learned about this in the new book, Crossings, how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet.

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Episode: How Roads & Highways Affect Wildlife

The host introduced Goldfarb's new book Crossings, which examines how road ecology is shaping the planet's future. Goldfarb discussed the book's focus on roadrelated threats to wildlife and possible solutions.

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I just learned about this in the new book, Crossings, how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet.

My guest is Ben Goldfarb. His new book is called Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.

Let's get back to my interview with Ben Goldfarb, author of the new book, Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.

Ben Goldfarb is the author of the new book, Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.

Episode: Kerry Washington's Self-Discovery

Goldfarb's new book about road ecology was introduced as "Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet."

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His new book is Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.

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Lauren Groff

Fates and Furies

A Novel

The book was referenced as Groff's earlier domestic fiction before she moved on to historical works like The Matrix and The Vaster Wilds.

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The domestic fiction of Fates and Furies was followed by the medieval historical fiction of The Matrix, which in turn is now followed by the eerie survival story of The Vaster Wilds.

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The book was referenced as Groff's earlier domestic fiction before she moved on to historical works like The Matrix and The Vaster Wilds.

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The domestic fiction of Fates and Furies was followed by the medieval historical fiction of The Matrix, which in turn is now followed by the eerie survival story of The Vaster Wilds.

Episode: Leslie Jones

The earlier novel by Groff was mentioned as part of her literary progression before the medieval historical fiction The Matrix.

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I always like to check out Groff's latest novels because she's such an evocative writer who always sets herself the challenge of doing something different. The domestic fiction of Fates and Furies was followed by the medieval historical fiction of The Matrix, which in turn is now followed by the eerie survival story of the Vaster Wilds.

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Eli Cranor

Mississippi Blue 42

The novel was highlighted as a recent mystery set in a college football environment, praised for its energetic storytelling.

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The stakes are less galactic and far funnier in Eli Cranor's rollicking mystery novel, Mississippi Blue 42, the perfect whoopee cushion for those like me who were psyched for the upco...

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Episode: Malala Finds Her Way

The novel was highlighted as a recent mystery set in a college football environment, praised for its energetic storytelling.

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The stakes are less galactic and far funnier in Eli Cranor's rollicking mystery novel, Mississippi Blue 42, the perfect whoopee cushion for those like me who were psyched for the upcoming college football playoffs.

Episode: Malala Finds Her Way

The novel was highlighted as a rollicking mystery set at a fictional Mississippi university, featuring a rookie FBI agent.

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The stakes are less galactic and far funnier in Eli Cranor's rollicking mystery novel, Mississippi Blue 42, the perfect whoopee cushion for those like me who were psyched for the upcoming college football playoffs.

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Eric Lichtblau

American Reich

A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate

The book examined the rise of whitesupremacist violence in Orange County and linked a 2014 murder to a broader new age of hate. It was presented as Lichtblau's latest investigative work.

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His latest book is American Reich, A Murder in Orange County, NeoNazis, and A New Age of Hate.

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The book examined the rise of whitesupremacist violence in Orange County and linked a 2014 murder to a broader new age of hate. It was presented as Lichtblau's latest investigative work.

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His latest book is American Reich, A Murder in Orange County, NeoNazis, and A New Age of Hate.

His new book is American Reich, A Murder in Orange County, NeoNazis, and a New Age of Hate.

Eric Lischblau's book is American Reich, A Murder in Orange County, NeoNazis, and A New Age of Hate.

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The book examined the rise of violent bigotry and whitesupremacy in the United States, focusing on events in Orange County, California, including a murder committed by a young neoNazi.

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Lichtblau's new book, American Reich, examines the trend through events in Orange County, California, including a murder committed by a young neoNazi.

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Marco Rubio

Decades of Decadence

How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America's Inheritance of Liberty, Security, and Prosperity

The later book was characterized as angry and shrill, railing against elites and Marxist Democrats.

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And then a decade later, there's Decades of Decadence, which you describe as angry, at times shrill. It rails against elites and Marxist Democrats.

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Episode: Marco Rubio’s Shift From Trump Critic To Champion

The later book was characterized as angry and shrill, railing against elites and Marxist Democrats.

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And then a decade later, there's Decades of Decadence, which you describe as angry, at times shrill. It rails against elites and Marxist Democrats.

Episode: Marco Rubio’s Shift From Trump Critic To Champion

Rubio's later book, Decades of Decadence, was described as angry and shrill, railing against elites and Marxist Democrats.

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And then a decade later, there's Decades of Decadence, which you describe as angry, at times shrill. It rails against elites and Marxist Democrats.

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Julian Barnes

Levels of Life

It was mentioned as a previous work that acted as a companion to his new book, focusing on grief and his late wife.

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In a way, his new book is a companion to his book Levels of Life, which was in part about grief and the death of his wife, Pat Kavanaugh, who is also his literary agent.

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It was mentioned as a previous work that acted as a companion to his new book, focusing on grief and his late wife.

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In a way, his new book is a companion to his book Levels of Life, which was in part about grief and the death of his wife, Pat Kavanaugh, who is also his literary agent.

Episode: Best Of: Novelists Liz Moore & Julian Barnes

It was a previous memoir that dealt with the death of his wife, Pat Cavanaugh.

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In a way, his new book is a companion to his book Levels of Life, which is in part about the death of his wife, Pat Cavanaugh.

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J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy

It was described as a reflective memoir that chronicled Vance's upbringing, became a cultural touchstone and a ticket to fame, and was repeatedly referenced as evidence of his complex background.

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Vance has reflection, and that's evident on every page of Hillbilly Elegy. He has complexity. He's capable of complex thought.

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Episode: The Talented Mr. Vance

It was described as a reflective memoir that chronicled Vance's upbringing, became a cultural touchstone and a ticket to fame, and was repeatedly referenced as evidence of his complex background.

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Vance has reflection, and that's evident on every page of Hillbilly Elegy. He has complexity. He's capable of complex thought.

Did you find or learn from anyone you talked to any contradictions between the man that he describes himself as in Hillbilly Elegy and some of the realities that people responded to once that book came out?

When he published Hillbilly Elegy, which is the story of his upbringing, it became his ticket to fame, but it was a kind of tarnished ticket because it explained his world to elites and was used to justify his turning against the class he had fought so hard to join.

The memoir belongs in an era that no longer exists. It came out in the summer of 2016, went nowhere at first, then caught on after interviews and became a key explanation of the Trumpvoter world for the elites.

Not the guy who wrote Hillbilly Elegy or spoke so eloquently about the book and about his own upbringing.

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Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

The conversation referenced Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique as a work that described the restrictions on women in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Had they read Betty Friedan, who in The Feminine Mystique wrote about the restrictions on women in the 50s and early 60s and how they were expected to limit their lives to wife and mo...

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The conversation referenced Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique as a work that described the restrictions on women in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Had they read Betty Friedan, who in The Feminine Mystique wrote about the restrictions on women in the 50s and early 60s and how they were expected to limit their lives to wife and mother.

I do think Betty Friedan describes her life so well. I doubt she ever read Betty Friedan. The book came out just a couple of years before my mother died in the early 60s.

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Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The host introduced Erik Larson's new book as a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism set at the dawn of the Civil War.

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His new book is The Demon of Unrest, a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War.

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Episode: Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War

The host introduced Erik Larson's new book as a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism set at the dawn of the Civil War.

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His new book is The Demon of Unrest, a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War.

His new book is The Demon of Unrest, a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War.

His new book is The Demon of Unrest, a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War.

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The Wager

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The book tells the dramatic 1741 shipwreck and survival saga of the British vessel The Wager. It was highlighted as an adventurous historical narrative.

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The Wager tells the tale of a British ship of that name that broke apart off the coast of Patagonia in 1741.

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The book tells the dramatic 1741 shipwreck and survival saga of the British vessel The Wager. It was highlighted as an adventurous historical narrative.

"

The Wager tells the tale of a British ship of that name that broke apart off the coast of Patagonia in 1741.

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