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Lovett or Leave It
Former Obama speechwriter, self-described comedian and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett takes the stage for a new season of the hit show that dared guests from Danny DeVito to Amy Klobuchar to ask “What is this?” and “Where am I?” Each week, Jon breaks down the biggest and dumbest stories in po...
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Lovett or Leave It Presents: Bravo, America! (with Holly Madison)
The Uncool
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Nothin' But Netflix
The Last Picture Show
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U.S. Citizenship For Dummies
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Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
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More Like Pete Hague-seth
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
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Niagara Falls, or Does It? (Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest Underachiever, 1)
Henry Winkler
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But Epstein's Emails
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Attracting Abundance (Earth Life Series Book 5)
The hosts asked who wrote a piece about living in abundance and were told it was "Abundanza" by Ezra Klein. They also noted that DerekThompson cowrote it.
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Abundanza by Ezra Klein.
— Episode: 100 Days of Bummer
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Episode: 100 Days of Bummer
The hosts asked who wrote a piece about living in abundance and were told it was "Abundanza" by Ezra Klein. They also noted that DerekThompson cowrote it.
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Abundanza by Ezra Klein.
I don't know why I said it like that. Abundanza by Ezra Klein. I mean what we do as progressives need to figure out how to create a and Derek Thompson also the cowriter and Derek Thompson a notion of abundance and how to live in a world in abundance and I would say that this is the key place for queer bitchiness in our world.
Harriet Tubman
Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen described his novel as a fouryear project that turned into a 240page NewYorkTimes bestseller about Harriet Tubman, noting the book mixes reverence with humor but contains no sex scenes. He later promoted the book on the show, calling it a novel and a bestseller.
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Hey, you wrote a novel. It's called Harriet Tubman Live in Concert... I wrote this, it took me four years to write this book which is embarrassing when you realize it's only like 240...
— Episode: The Faust and the Furious
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Episode: The Faust and the Furious
Bob the Drag Queen described his novel as a fouryear project that turned into a 240page NewYorkTimes bestseller about Harriet Tubman, noting the book mixes reverence with humor but contains no sex scenes. He later promoted the book on the show, calling it a novel and a bestseller.
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Hey, you wrote a novel. It's called Harriet Tubman Live in Concert... I wrote this, it took me four years to write this book which is embarrassing when you realize it's only like 240 pages.
The book is Harriet Tubman live in concert, a novel, Bob the Drag Queen. New York Times bestseller.
Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles (Ronan Boyle #1)
The hosts promoted Thomas Lennon's Ronan Boyle series, noting that the books (and audiobooks) were available on typical platforms and even on Paramount+.
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What? What? Everybody, you can check out Thomas' Ronan Boyle book series wherever you get books or audiobooks. And also on Paramount+. Probably pretty much everything. Everything's on Paramount+. Pret...
— Episode: DOGE and Penny Show
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Episode: DOGE and Penny Show
The hosts promoted Thomas Lennon's Ronan Boyle series, noting that the books (and audiobooks) were available on typical platforms and even on Paramount+.
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What? What? Everybody, you can check out Thomas' Ronan Boyle book series wherever you get books or audiobooks. And also on Paramount+. Probably pretty much everything. Everything's on Paramount+. Pretty much everything.
The Crack-Up
They expressed love for the essay collection The Crack Up, noting its dated style but appreciating its content.
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There's a series of essays that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote called The Crack Up. And I love it. And it's dated in all the ways it's dated.
— Episode: Lovett or Leave It: For Good
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Episode: Lovett or Leave It: For Good
They expressed love for the essay collection The Crack Up, noting its dated style but appreciating its content.
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There's a series of essays that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote called The Crack Up. And I love it. And it's dated in all the ways it's dated.
Life Undercover
Coming of Age in the CIA
They noted that Amaryllis Fox's 2019 memoir, Life Undercover, detailed her decadelong CIA career and was highlighted as a notable book from 2024.
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Fox Kennedy worked at the CIA for over a decade, detailing that chapter of her career in a 2019 memoir titled, Life Undercover, Coming of Age in the CIA.
— Episode: All My Exes Live in Athens
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Episode: All My Exes Live in Athens
They noted that Amaryllis Fox's 2019 memoir, Life Undercover, detailed her decadelong CIA career and was highlighted as a notable book from 2024.
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Fox Kennedy worked at the CIA for over a decade, detailing that chapter of her career in a 2019 memoir titled, Life Undercover, Coming of Age in the CIA.
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
The segment mentioned Oprah's new book club pick, the Irish novel Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, noting its release on the Oprah Podcast.
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Oprah officially relaunched her book club on her new podcast, The Oprah Podcast with the novel Small Things Like These from Irish author Claire Keegan.
— Episode: All My Exes Live in Athens
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Episode: All My Exes Live in Athens
The segment mentioned Oprah's new book club pick, the Irish novel Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, noting its release on the Oprah Podcast.
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Oprah officially relaunched her book club on her new podcast, The Oprah Podcast with the novel Small Things Like These from Irish author Claire Keegan.
Industrial Society and Its Future
Unabomber Manifesto
The suspect's reading list rated the Unabomber manifesto four out of five stars.
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He gave the Unabomber manifesto four out of five stars.
— Episode: What a Weekday: Caught at McDonald's
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Episode: What a Weekday: Caught at McDonald's
The suspect's reading list rated the Unabomber manifesto four out of five stars.
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He gave the Unabomber manifesto four out of five stars.
It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time
The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote
The book was announced as an upcoming memoir, available for preorder on Amazon and slated to drop on March4th after the Oscars, where the author recounts his experiences writing for some of the worst television specials.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. A bad idea. Bad idea at the time.
— Episode: But His Mom's Emails feat. Louis Virtel
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Episode: But His Mom's Emails feat. Louis Virtel
The book was announced as an upcoming memoir, available for preorder on Amazon and slated to drop on March4th after the Oscars, where the author recounts his experiences writing for some of the worst television specials.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. A bad idea. Bad idea at the time.
And the reason it's called It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time is because not only have you written for the Oscars, you've written for some of the legendarily campiest specials in television history.
So I wrote a book about how I wrote for the worst TV shows and lived. And it's called It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time.
On preorder at Amazon. Dropping March 4th right after the Oscars.
The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series, 1)
During a discussion about space travel, the hosts mentioned the three-body problem as a book they had read, linking it to the challenges of orbital mechanics.
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We have a three-body problem. Earth moon spacecraft... Yes there is a three body problem. Earth moon spacecraft? So that's a book I think they were referencing.
— Episode: Lovett or Weave It
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Episode: Lovett or Weave It
During a discussion about space travel, the hosts mentioned the three-body problem as a book they had read, linking it to the challenges of orbital mechanics.
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We have a three-body problem. Earth moon spacecraft... Yes there is a three body problem. Earth moon spacecraft? So that's a book I think they were referencing.
The Three-Body Problem is something I've read about. They were talking about Lagrange points and orbital dynamics.
The Demon of Unrest
A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The hosts introduced Eric Larson's book and discussed how it explores the antebellum period leading up to the Civil War, noting its daybyday narrative and relevance to contemporary unrest.
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We also have an interview with historian Eric Larson about his book The Demon of Unrest about the lead up to the civil war for some reason I felt it was timely
— Episode: Ba Da Ba Ba Ba I'm Losin' It!
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Episode: Ba Da Ba Ba Ba I'm Losin' It!
The hosts introduced Eric Larson's book and discussed how it explores the antebellum period leading up to the Civil War, noting its daybyday narrative and relevance to contemporary unrest.
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We also have an interview with historian Eric Larson about his book The Demon of Unrest about the lead up to the civil war for some reason I felt it was timely
What is The Demon of Unrest? Well, so the reason I call it The Demon of Unrest I'm taking that actually from a letter written by one of the minor protagonists in the book
When I picked up the book I just assumed that you had seen the events of January 6th unfold and all the tension and... it was a very visceral way for a story I'd been working on for a year
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
The Complete Annotated Edition
The hosts compared the detailed troop movements in Larson's book to the dense logistics in Grant's memoirs, saying they found the latter boring after the former.
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I was reading Grant's memoirs... where he was describing various troop movements and I got bored
— Episode: Ba Da Ba Ba Ba I'm Losin' It!
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Episode: Ba Da Ba Ba Ba I'm Losin' It!
The hosts compared the detailed troop movements in Larson's book to the dense logistics in Grant's memoirs, saying they found the latter boring after the former.
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I was reading Grant's memoirs... where he was describing various troop movements and I got bored
Grant goes into a lot of logistics in that book... But there's one part where he's talking about being in Missouri and the Union forces have just taken Camp Jackson
Red, White & Royal Blue
Collector's Edition
The hosts described the novel as a fantasy about a gay prince and an American politician's son, noting it was written by a woman. They mentioned it while comparing it to other media they discussed.
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Red, White, and Royal Blue, which is about- It's a fantasy about like if the prince were gay and fucking an American politician's son. And that was also written by a woman.
— Episode: Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes
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Episode: Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes
The hosts described the novel as a fantasy about a gay prince and an American politician's son, noting it was written by a woman. They mentioned it while comparing it to other media they discussed.
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Red, White, and Royal Blue, which is about- It's a fantasy about like if the prince were gay and fucking an American politician's son. And that was also written by a woman.
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