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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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Amanda Montell

Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

The book was highlighted as Montell’s previous nonfiction work that explores how cults use language, with the host noting its relevance to topics like manifestation. Both episodes referenced her reputation as the author of this title alongside “Word Slut,” indicating the podcast regarded it as a noteworthy contribution to understanding cult influence.

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This was Amanda Montell's previous nonfiction book, which investigated the language of cults, ranging from Scientology to Soul Cycle.

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She's also the author of two other nonfiction books including Cultish and Word Slut, a feminist guide to taking back the English language.

Oh absolutely. I talk about this in my last book Cultish but it sort of dovetails with this particular chapter about manifestation in this book.

Episode: Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More

Amanda Montell, who discusses her new book in an upcoming episode, is known for this book and 'Word Slut.'

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we talk with Amanda Montell about her new book she's a linguist known for her sense of humor and for her books word slut and Cultish

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Michelle Buteau

Survival of the Thickest

Essays

The memoir was mentioned as the source material for Buteau's Netflix series, described as a semiautobiographical comedy based on her own book of the same name.

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She has her own show on Netflix, Survival of the Thickest, a semiautobiographical comedy that will soon enter its second season.

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The memoir was mentioned as the source material for Buteau's Netflix series, described as a semiautobiographical comedy based on her own book of the same name.

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She has her own show on Netflix, Survival of the Thickest, a semiautobiographical comedy that will soon enter its second season.

Butoh's Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, which is loosely based on her memoir of the same name.

Episode: Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor

The memoir was referenced as the source material for her Netflix series and was highlighted as something listeners should read to learn more about her journey.

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Buteau's Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, which is loosely based on her memoir of the same name.

People will have to read your book to know.

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Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon

Maureen cited this classic crime novel as a reference point while discussing contemporary genre works.

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I'm thinking of novels like The Maltese Falcon and Cotton Comes to Harlem.

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Maureen cited this classic crime novel as a reference point while discussing contemporary genre works.

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I'm thinking of novels like The Maltese Falcon and Cotton Comes to Harlem.

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The discussion noted that Hammett introduced SamSpade in his 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon, which later appeared in short stories and was famously adapted into a 1941 film starring HumphreyBogart.

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Author Dashiell Hammett introduced the character of San Francisco detective Sam Spade in his 1930 novel, The Maltese Falcon. Hammett subsequently featured Sam Spade in a few short stories and Humphrey Bogart immortalized the detective in the movie version of The Maltese Falcon in 1941.

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Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

The Original 1719 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Daniel Defoe Classics)

The classic novel was described as the first English novel and the granddaddy of survivor sagas, with Crusoe spending decades on a desert island crafting a pleasant existence.

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Robinson Crusoe, generally considered to be the first novel in English, is also the granddaddy of survivor sagas. Crusoe the castaway spends decades on his proverbial desert island, c...

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The classic novel was described as the first English novel and the granddaddy of survivor sagas, with Crusoe spending decades on a desert island crafting a pleasant existence.

"

Robinson Crusoe, generally considered to be the first novel in English, is also the granddaddy of survivor sagas. Crusoe the castaway spends decades on his proverbial desert island, crafting what actually turns out to be a very pleasant existence.

Episode: Leslie Jones

The classic novel was referenced as a foundational survivor saga and an influence on Groff's new work.

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Robinson Crusoe, generally considered to be the first novel in English, is also the granddaddy of survivor sagas.

Lauren Groff has said that Robinson Crusoe is one of the inspirations for her new historical novel, The Vaster Wilds.

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Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket Book 1)

Dahl's classic novel about a boy visiting a magical chocolate factory.

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Netflix has rolled out four short adaptations of equally short stories by Roald Dahl, the author of such well-known longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The...

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Dahl's classic novel about a boy visiting a magical chocolate factory.

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Netflix has rolled out four short adaptations of equally short stories by Roald Dahl, the author of such well-known longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Witches.

Episode: Best Of: Allison Russell / The Evolution Of Female...

The classic children's novel was cited as an example of Dahl's wellknown longer stories while discussing his shortstory adaptations.

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In the 1950s and 60s, Alfred Hitchcock used his TV anthology series to present classic versions of some of Dahl's creepier short stories. One was Lamb to the Slaughter... Another was The Man from the South... He's the author of such wellknown longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Witches.

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Roald Dahl

The Witches

Dahl's darkly comic novel about a boy confronting a plot to turn children into mice.

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Netflix has rolled out four short adaptations of equally short stories by Roald Dahl, the author of such well-known longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and

— Episode: Keegan-Michael Key On The History Of Ske...

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Episode: Keegan-Michael Key On The History Of Sketch Comedy

Dahl's darkly comic novel about a boy confronting a plot to turn children into mice.

"

Netflix has rolled out four short adaptations of equally short stories by Roald Dahl, the author of such well-known longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Witches.

Episode: Best Of: Allison Russell / The Evolution Of Female...

The spooky novel was referenced as part of Dahl's catalog in the discussion of his shortstory film adaptations.

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He's the author of such wellknown longer stories as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Witches.

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Stephen Mitchell

The Book of Job

Del Toro noted that he asked his cast to read the Book of Job and referenced its theme of accepting suffering.

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You asked your cast to read The Book of Job.

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Del Toro noted that he asked his cast to read the Book of Job and referenced its theme of accepting suffering.

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You asked your cast to read The Book of Job.

Episode: Guillermo Del Toro would ‘rather die’ than use gen...

Both Terry Gross and Guillermo del Toro referenced the Book of Job, noting that the cast had been asked to read it and that it informed themes in the film.

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We were talking earlier about The Book of Job.

You asked your cast to read The Book of Job.

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Patti Smith

Just Kids

An Autobiography

The memoir was highlighted as an iconic account of Smith's early life and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe, and it was praised for its vivid coming‑to‑New York narrative. Hosts noted that it had entered the essential New York literary canon and was even taught in university courses, underscoring its lasting impact. Overall, the discussion conveyed strong endorsement of the work.

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Episode: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 50

The memoir covering Smith's early life and relationship with RobertMapplethorpe was referenced while reviewing her 2010 interview.

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When Terry spoke with Patti Smith in 2010 Smith had written the memoir Just Kids about growing up in New Jersey moving to New York in 1967 evolving into a poet songwriter and performer and beginning a relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

Episode: Trump's Options To Subvert The 2026 Midterms

The memoir was described as a 2010 classic that has become part of the essential New York canon and is taught in university courses; reviewers noted its comingtoNew York storyline as a key strength.

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her 2010 memoir, Just Kids, is now part of the canon of essential New York stories.

I teach Patti Smith's iconic memoir, Just Kids, almost every year in my New York Lit course at Georgetown.

If Bread of Angels lacks the strong coming-to-New York plotline of Just Kids, it feels more intimate.

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Eric Schlosser

Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Schlosser's book examined the rise of fastfood culture and its social, health, and economic impacts on America.

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Schlosser has written several books, including Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness and Command and Control.

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Schlosser's book examined the rise of fastfood culture and its social, health, and economic impacts on America.

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Schlosser has written several books, including Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness and Command and Control.

One of the reasons I wrote Fast Food Nation 20whatever years ago and why I've been involved in these two documentaries is the food industry is the most important industry.

Episode: Our Fragile Food System

The book was mentioned as one of Eric Schlosser's writings about the food industry, which preceded the discussion on corporate consolidation and its impacts.

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Schlosser has written several books including Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness and Command and Control.

I just wanted to talk for a second about the minimum wage because that's really what brought me into the food world. The first thing I wrote about food was about migrant farm workers in California and how they were being exploited.

This is the most important, one of the reasons I wrote Fast Food Nation 20 whatever years ago and why I've been involved in these two documentaries is the food industry is the most important industry.

When I was doing the research for Fast Food Nation, decades ago, I visited a flavor factory in New Jersey where they were manufacturing.

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Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

The classic novel was cited in a vivid scene where a character reads it on a bleachers, underscoring its literary resonance within the conversation.

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a worn copy of To the Lighthouse on your lap,

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The classic novel was cited in a vivid scene where a character reads it on a bleachers, underscoring its literary resonance within the conversation.

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a worn copy of To the Lighthouse on your lap,

Episode: Ocean Vuong Sees Himself More As A Teacher Than A...

Vuong described a scene where a character sits on bleachers with a worn copy of "To the Lighthouse" on their lap, using it to illustrate literary presence in the setting.

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And each morning you'd sit on the frostdusted bleachers, a worn copy of To the Lighthouse on your lap, and watch the players on the field, blue tomahawks shivering on their jerseys...

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Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

The conversation highlighted Braiding Sweetgrass as a beautiful book about nature and indigenous perspectives.

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the extraordinary woman who wrote Braiding Sweetgrass, is that what it's called? It's a beautiful book about nature and her relationship with nature.

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The conversation highlighted Braiding Sweetgrass as a beautiful book about nature and indigenous perspectives.

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the extraordinary woman who wrote Braiding Sweetgrass, is that what it's called? It's a beautiful book about nature and her relationship with nature.

Episode: Zadie Smith On 'The Fraud'

The book was highlighted as a beautiful work about nature and the relationship with the natural world, mentioned in the context of an earlier discussion about an extraordinary woman.

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And in fact, yesterday listening to that extraordinary woman who wrote Braiding Sweetgrass, is that what it's called? It's a beautiful book about nature and her relationship with nature.

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Franklin Foer

The Last Politician

Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

It was listed as one of the three recent books authored by Franklin Foer, a staff writer for The Atlantic.

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In addition to being a staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer is also the author of several books, including The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House, and The Struggl...

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Episode: Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk?

It was listed as one of the three recent books authored by Franklin Foer, a staff writer for The Atlantic.

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In addition to being a staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer is also the author of several books, including The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House, and The Struggle for America's Future.

Episode: Inside The Biden White House

The book examined the first two years of the Biden administration and the struggle for America's future, offering Foer's analysis of bipartisan politics and policy successes.

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Forrest's new book is called The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.

My guest is Franklin Foer. He's a staff writer for The Atlantic and author of the new book, The Last Politician Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.

author of the new book, The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.

author of the new book, The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.

My guest is Franklin Foer, author of the new book, The Last Politician, Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.

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Anne Applebaum

Autocracy, Inc.

The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

It was announced that her most recent book, Autocracy, Inc., was scheduled to be released in paperback later that month.

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Her most recent, Autocracy, Inc., The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, comes out in paperback later this month.

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It was announced that her most recent book, Autocracy, Inc., was scheduled to be released in paperback later that month.

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Her most recent, Autocracy, Inc., The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, comes out in paperback later this month.

Episode: How Regime Change Happens In America

The host noted that Applebaum's newest release examined how dictators aim to dominate the world, and later the guest reiterated the title while introducing herself.

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Her latest book is Autocracy, The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.

My guest is Anne Applebaum, a staff writer for The Atlantic. Her latest book is called Autocracy, Inc., The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.

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Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians

The novel by Kevin Kwan was cited as the source material for the film, with Chu noting it was recommended to him by family and that it mirrors his own cultural experience.

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So you made Crazy Rich Asians because someone in your family had read it and called your attention to it.

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The novel by Kevin Kwan was cited as the source material for the film, with Chu noting it was recommended to him by family and that it mirrors his own cultural experience.

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So you made Crazy Rich Asians because someone in your family had read it and called your attention to it.

So you adapted the movie from a novel by Kevin Kwan and there's a lot of personal things from his life in that movie.

Episode: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of C...

Chu adapted his film from Kevin Kwan's novel, noting that the story contained many personal elements from the author's life.

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So you adapted the movie from a novel by Kevin Kwan and there's a lot of personal things from his life in that movie.

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Ali Velshi

Small Acts of Courage

A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy

Ali Velshi recounted his new memoir, which traced his family's migration across continents and highlighted themes of endurance and the fight for democracy.

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His new book is Small Acts of Courage, a legacy of endurance and the fight for democracy.

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Ali Velshi recounted his new memoir, which traced his family's migration across continents and highlighted themes of endurance and the fight for democracy.

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His new book is Small Acts of Courage, a legacy of endurance and the fight for democracy.

His new memoir is Small Acts of Courage, a legacy of endurance and the fight for democracy.

Episode: 'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter T...

The episode announced that Velshi's new book was titled Small Acts of Courage.

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Velshi's new book is called Small Acts of Courage.

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Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic

Creative Living Beyond Fear

The hosts referenced the author's bibliography, noting that she had also written the book alongside her other titles. No further commentary or evaluation was provided, so it was simply listed among her works. The mention was brief and neutral.

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Gilbert's bibliography was referenced, noting that she is also the author of Big Magic.

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In addition to Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert is also the author of several works, including The Signature of All Things, City of Girls, and Big Magic.

Episode: Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation

It was referenced as another of Gilbert's prior publications in the same list of her works.

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In addition to Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert is also the author of several works, including The Signature of All Things, City of Girls, and Big Magic.

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Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls

A Novel

The book was referenced in two episodes as part of Elizabeth Gilbert's bibliography, listed alongside her other titles such as The Signature of All Things and Big Magic. The hosts mentioned it while discussing Gilbert's broader body of work, without offering a detailed endorsement or critique.

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Episode: Best Of: Samin Nosrat / Elizabeth Gilbert

Gilbert's bibliography was referenced, noting that she is also the author of City of Girls.

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In addition to Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert is also the author of several works, including The Signature of All Things, City of Girls, and Big Magic.

Episode: Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation

It was mentioned as one of Gilbert's earlier books alongside The Signature of All Things and Big Magic.

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In addition to Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert is also the author of several works, including The Signature of All Things, City of Girls, and Big Magic.

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R. Eric Thomas

Congratulations, The Best Is Over!

Essays

Thomas's new essay collection examined the challenges of returning to his hometown of Baltimore as a middleaged man, mixing humor with personal reflection.

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His new book of essays is called Congratulations, the Best is Over. In it, Thomas explores what it's like to move back to his hometown of Baltimore as a middleaged man.

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Thomas's new essay collection examined the challenges of returning to his hometown of Baltimore as a middleaged man, mixing humor with personal reflection.

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His new book of essays is called Congratulations, the Best is Over. In it, Thomas explores what it's like to move back to his hometown of Baltimore as a middleaged man.

The book is called Congratulations! The Best Is Over, and it's a series of humorous essays recounting Thomas' journey back to his hometown of Baltimore.

Our Eric Thomas's new book of essays is called Congratulations, The Best Is Over.

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A collection of personal essays in which the humorist reflects on returning to his hometown, confronting change, and finding hope amid the challenges of aging and shifting environments.

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Writer and humorist R. Eric Thomas talks about his new book of essays titled Congratulations, The Best Is Over.

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Shelly Genovese-Calhoun

Twice Blessed

A Journey of Hope through 9/11

The host introduced Albom's new novel as a story about a man who can relive any moment but cannot change love or mortality, and later discussed the strict rules that govern this power.

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His latest novel, Twice, starts with a question most of us have probably daydreamed about. What if you had the power to redo any moment of your life? In the book, a man named Alfie is born with the ab...

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The host introduced Albom's new novel as a story about a man who can relive any moment but cannot change love or mortality, and later discussed the strict rules that govern this power.

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His latest novel, Twice, starts with a question most of us have probably daydreamed about. What if you had the power to redo any moment of your life? In the book, a man named Alfie is born with the ability to go back and relive any moment he chooses. But with every second chance comes a cost. He can't change matters of the heart, and he can't stop someone from dying when it's their time.

So the rules are clear. You can't make someone love you twice. There's also a second rule here. You also can't change when a person will die.

Episode: ‘Morrie’ Writer Mitch Albom On Second Chances

Albom's latest novel was introduced as a story about a man who can go back and relive any moment of his life, only to discover that love and mortality cannot be changed.

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His latest novel, Twice, starts with a question most of us have probably asked ourselves. What if you had the power to redo any moment of your life? In the book, a man named Alfie is born with that gift to go back and relive any moment he chooses.

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Jon M. Chu

Viewfinder

A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

Jon M. Chu's new memoir was mentioned as a precareer prequel that discusses his upbringing and filmmaking journey.

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John Chu's new memoir is called Viewfinder.

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Jon M. Chu's new memoir was mentioned as a precareer prequel that discusses his upbringing and filmmaking journey.

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John Chu's new memoir is called Viewfinder.

John M. Chu's new memoir is called Viewfinder his film adaptation of Wicked is scheduled to open in November as part of his summer series about great albums celebrating their 50th anniversaries.

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Chu released a memoir titled Viewfinder, which recounts his early career and the challenges of making movies.

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John Chu's new memoir is called Viewfinder.

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