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Take Care of Them Like My Own
Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice
The guest announced she had authored a new memoir titled Take Care of Them Like My Own, recounting her journey from pediatric surgeon to healthjustice activist.
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Ayla Stamford has written a new memoir called Take Care of Them Like My Own, Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice.
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The guest announced she had authored a new memoir titled Take Care of Them Like My Own, recounting her journey from pediatric surgeon to healthjustice activist.
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Ayla Stamford has written a new memoir called Take Care of Them Like My Own, Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice.
If you're just joining us, my guest is Dr. Ayla Stanford. She is a pediatric surgeon who became a healthcare activist serving underserved communities. Her new memoir is called Take Care of Them Like My Own.
my guest is Dr. Ayla Stanford her new memoir is called Take Care of Them Like My Own Faith Fortitude and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice.
Dr. Ayla Stanford is the founder of the Philadelphiabased Center for Health Equity and the Black Doctors Consortium. Her new memoir is called Take Care of Them Like My Own Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice.
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
He introduced his new paperback biography of brain surgery, describing how it covers the past, present, and future of the field.
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In his new book, Gray Matters, a Biography of Brain Surgery, he writes about the past, present, and future of brain surgery.
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He introduced his new paperback biography of brain surgery, describing how it covers the past, present, and future of the field.
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In his new book, Gray Matters, a Biography of Brain Surgery, he writes about the past, present, and future of brain surgery.
My guest is Dr. Theodore Schwartz, author of the new book Gray Matters, a biography of brain surgery.
We're right back with Dr. Schwartz, a neurosurgeon and author of the new book Gray Matters a biography of brain surgery.
Dr. Schwartz is the author of the new book Gray Matters a biography of brain surgery.
By the Horns (Royal Artifactual Guild)
The host explained that Buckley wrote her first book after discovering a family trunk of artifacts, and that the book helped her recognize her Black heritage and identity.
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The discovery of an old family trunk filled with artifacts going back six generations led her to write her first book, The Horns, An American Family.
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Episode: Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon
The host explained that Buckley wrote her first book after discovering a family trunk of artifacts, and that the book helped her recognize her Black heritage and identity.
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The discovery of an old family trunk filled with artifacts going back six generations led her to write her first book, The Horns, An American Family.
The Black Calhouns
From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
The interview noted that Buckley followed her first book with a second family memoir titled The Black Calhouns from Civil War to Civil Rights.
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She followed that book with another family history and memoir, The Black Calhouns from Civil War to Civil Rights.
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Episode: Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon
The interview noted that Buckley followed her first book with a second family memoir titled The Black Calhouns from Civil War to Civil Rights.
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She followed that book with another family history and memoir, The Black Calhouns from Civil War to Civil Rights.
Black Bourgeoisie
The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelation to Middle-Class Blacks in America
Buckley told the host that the term "black bourgeoisie" came from E.Franklin Frazier's book The Black Bourgeoisie, which she used as a reference point for her own work.
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Yes, well it comes from E. Franklin Frazier's book for the same name, The Black Bourgeoisie.
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Buckley told the host that the term "black bourgeoisie" came from E.Franklin Frazier's book The Black Bourgeoisie, which she used as a reference point for her own work.
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Yes, well it comes from E. Franklin Frazier's book for the same name, The Black Bourgeoisie.
The Future Was Now
Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
Chris Nushawati wrote The Future Was Now, a book chronicling the eightweek scifi summer of 1982 and its impact on Hollywood.
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Chris Nushawati has written a new book called The Future Was Now, Mad Men, Mavericks, and the Epic SciFi Summer of 1982.
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Chris Nushawati wrote The Future Was Now, a book chronicling the eightweek scifi summer of 1982 and its impact on Hollywood.
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Chris Nushawati has written a new book called The Future Was Now, Mad Men, Mavericks, and the Epic SciFi Summer of 1982.
We're talking about his new book The Future Was Now, Mad Men, Mavericks, and the Epic SciFi Summer of 1982.
Caddyshack
The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
Chris Nushawati was credited as the author of Caddy Shack, a published work mentioned alongside his other titles.
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He is also the author of Caddy Shack, The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story.
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Chris Nushawati was credited as the author of Caddy Shack, a published work mentioned alongside his other titles.
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He is also the author of Caddy Shack, The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story.
Caddyshack
The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
Chris Nushawati also authored The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story, which was listed among his published works.
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He is also the author of Caddy Shack, The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story.
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Chris Nushawati also authored The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story, which was listed among his published works.
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He is also the author of Caddy Shack, The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story.
The Forever War
The host noted that Filkins covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the NewYorkTimes and authored the book The Forever War.
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He covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the New York Times, and wrote the book The Forever War.
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Episode: Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?
The host noted that Filkins covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the NewYorkTimes and authored the book The Forever War.
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He covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the New York Times, and wrote the book The Forever War.
Hezbollah
Filkins reported that the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah authored the movement's official history, a book called Hezbollah, The Story From Within, which outlines the group's aim to impose an Iranianstyle Islamic Republic in Lebanon.
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He wrote the movement's official account of its history, a book called Hezbollah, The Story From Within.
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Episode: Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?
Filkins reported that the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah authored the movement's official history, a book called Hezbollah, The Story From Within, which outlines the group's aim to impose an Iranianstyle Islamic Republic in Lebanon.
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He wrote the movement's official account of its history, a book called Hezbollah, The Story From Within.
In that book, it says that one of the goals is imposing an Iranian style Islamic Republic in Lebanon and destroying the state of Israel.
Someone Like Us
A novel
Mengestu's novel was described as an idiosyncratic Americanimmigrant story that follows a network of immigrant taxi drivers.
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Marine Caraghan will review Someone Like Us which she describes as a most idiosyncratic American immigrant novel it's by Dinaw Mengestu who was born in Ethiopia.
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Mengestu's novel was described as an idiosyncratic Americanimmigrant story that follows a network of immigrant taxi drivers.
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Marine Caraghan will review Someone Like Us which she describes as a most idiosyncratic American immigrant novel it's by Dinaw Mengestu who was born in Ethiopia.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The 2007 debut novel by Mengestu was referenced as the author's earlier work that gave him a strong voice for immigrant narratives.
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2007 debut novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears he's given voice to characters engulfed in their own solitude.
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The 2007 debut novel by Mengestu was referenced as the author's earlier work that gave him a strong voice for immigrant narratives.
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2007 debut novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears he's given voice to characters engulfed in their own solitude.
Autocracy, Inc.
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
It was presented as a potent read about a sophisticated, interconnected network of modern autocracies and how dictators cooperate through finance, technology and propaganda.
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Her latest book, Autocracy Inc., The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, is a potent read on how today's autocracies are not just ruled by one powerful leader but are instead a sophisticated intercon...
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Episode: The Dictator Playbook
It was presented as a potent read about a sophisticated, interconnected network of modern autocracies and how dictators cooperate through finance, technology and propaganda.
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Her latest book, Autocracy Inc., The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, is a potent read on how today's autocracies are not just ruled by one powerful leader but are instead a sophisticated interconnected network.
her new book is called autocracy ink the dictators who want to run the world
Iron Curtain
The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
It was listed among her major works, covering the crushing of Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1956.
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Anne Applebaum is the author of several books ... Iron Curtain, The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 ...
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It was listed among her major works, covering the crushing of Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1956.
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Anne Applebaum is the author of several books ... Iron Curtain, The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 ...
Autocracy, Inc.
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
The book was introduced as Ann Applebaum's new work on how modern autocracies operate globally.
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Her new book is called Autocracy, Inc.
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The book was introduced as Ann Applebaum's new work on how modern autocracies operate globally.
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Her new book is called Autocracy, Inc.
Fah Fah Away
By Kevin Cooney
Auslander's new memoir examined the weight of his lifelong selfcontempt and how he tried to rewrite his story.
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Shalom Auslander explores the weight of trying to shed those feelings in a new memoir titled, Fah.
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Auslander's new memoir examined the weight of his lifelong selfcontempt and how he tried to rewrite his story.
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Shalom Auslander explores the weight of trying to shed those feelings in a new memoir titled, Fah.
Can I have you read a passage from Fah to get us started?
Skins
His first memoir recounted his childhood in an ultraorthodox Jewish community and his estrangement from that world.
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His first memoir, Four Skins Lament, was about his childhood years and his estrangement from his religious community in its traditions.
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His first memoir recounted his childhood in an ultraorthodox Jewish community and his estrangement from that world.
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His first memoir, Four Skins Lament, was about his childhood years and his estrangement from his religious community in its traditions.
You Suck
A Love Story
Auslander described the collection of stories that includes Fah, noting it is a single volume called You Suck.
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The story of Fah is just the first story in a long book of similar stories, the collection of which is a book called You Suck.
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Auslander described the collection of stories that includes Fah, noting it is a single volume called You Suck.
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The story of Fah is just the first story in a long book of similar stories, the collection of which is a book called You Suck.
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Illustrated)
Shelley Duvall said she brought an antique illustrated copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales to the Malta set, intending to read it between takes. She mentioned only reading the Frog Prince story while planning her TV series.
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I had brought along a book of antique illustrated fairy tales with me, Grimm's Fairy Tales, to the location, which was on the island of Malta, and I figured I would definitely have time to read a book...
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Episode: Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth
Shelley Duvall said she brought an antique illustrated copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales to the Malta set, intending to read it between takes. She mentioned only reading the Frog Prince story while planning her TV series.
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I had brought along a book of antique illustrated fairy tales with me, Grimm's Fairy Tales, to the location, which was on the island of Malta, and I figured I would definitely have time to read a book. I didn't have time to read the whole book of fairy tales, but I was reading The Frog Prince one day, and thought that RobinWilliams would just make a great frog.
Ideal Marriage Its Physiology and Technique
Dr. Ruth explained that her parents owned a copy of Van der Waal's The Ideal Marriage, which she recalled seeing as a child and used to learn about sexuality.
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I already had the facts on life because my parents had a book by Van der Waal, The Ideal Marriage.
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Episode: Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth
Dr. Ruth explained that her parents owned a copy of Van der Waal's The Ideal Marriage, which she recalled seeing as a child and used to learn about sexuality.
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I already had the facts on life because my parents had a book by Van der Waal, The Ideal Marriage.
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