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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness cover

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Mentioned 4 months ago

SOTU Recap: Trump Gets Tarantino-Gory & Award-Crazy in Record-Long Address | Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price

This previous book by Jonathan Haidt sparked a huge global conversation regarding the effects of social media and smartphones on children. The speaker later observed that the damage discussed in the book was underestimated, especially concerning cognitive deficits and declining test scores.

I'd focused on the effects of social media on teen mental health. And so one thing I've discovered is that I grossly understated the damage that's being done.

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The Power of Fun

Catherine Price

Mentioned 4 months ago

SOTU Recap: Trump Gets Tarantino-Gory & Award-Crazy in Record-Long Address | Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price

This book resulted from the author figuring out how to fill her time after deciding to break up with her own phone. It explored the concept of real fun, contrasting it with the fake fun promised by technology companies.

And that's how I wrote The Power of Fun.

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The Amazing Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Mentioned 4 months ago

SOTU Recap: Trump Gets Tarantino-Gory & Award-Crazy in Record-Long Address | Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price

This new collaboration was designed as a guide to finding fun and freedom in a world filled with screens, aiming to teach kids how to own their lives rather than letting tech own them. The authors made a conscious effort to be honest and straightforward with the content, which resonated well with young readers who decided for themselves to limit smartphone use.

The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World.

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Zodiac Academy

Caroline Peckham

Mentioned 4 months ago

SOTU Recap: Trump Gets Tarantino-Gory & Award-Crazy in Record-Long Address | Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price

This Audible original comedy, starring Jennifer Lewis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Niecy Nash Betts, followed a recently retired couple forced to relocate to a senior community that was anything but relaxing. The story blended outrageous comedy with touching revelations to explore growing older without losing one's youthful spirit.

From visionary creator Kenya Barris, creator of Black-ish, comes Big Age, the hilarious and heartwarming audible original comedy about love, aging, and finding your way in life's next chapter.

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Rise

Lindsey Vonn

Mentioned 5 months ago

TDS Time Machine | Conversations with Olympians

This was described as Lindsey Vonn's new memoir detailing her record-breaking skiing career and her new journey as an entrepreneur. The host found it inspiring, particularly how Vonn discussed struggling with depression while maintaining no fear on the slopes.

My guest tonight is Olympic gold medalist and the most decorated female skier of all time, Lindsey Vonn. She's here to talk about her new memoir about her record-breaking skiing career and her new journey as an entrepreneur.

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One Life

Megan Rapinoe

Mentioned 5 months ago

TDS Time Machine | Conversations with Olympians

Megan Rapinoe's newly released memoir was described as truly inspiring, heartfelt, and painful, covering experiences like fighting for equal pay and dealing with family political divides. The host believed everyone should read it.

The title of your newly released memoir is One Life, which I think is very misleading because I feel like you've lived many lives.

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Fear and Fury

Heather Ann Thompson

Mentioned 5 months ago

DOJ Protects Trump From Epstein Accountability as MAGA Attacks "Sanctuary Cities" | Heather Ann Thompson

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson discussed her new book, which detailed the story of Bernie Goetz in the 1980s and its parallels to modern injustices. The book was described as gripping and suspenseful, laying bare the costs of unleashed rage and injustice.

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss her new book, "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage."

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The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

Mentioned 7 months ago

Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants | Elizabeth Kolbert

The previous book by Elizabeth Kolbert was mentioned in contrast to her current work, as it was characterized as being about how everyone was going to die.

The last time that we spoke, you had written a book called, I believe, The Sixth Extinction.

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Life on a Little-Known Planet

Elizabeth Kolbert

Mentioned 7 months ago

Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants | Elizabeth Kolbert

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer at The New Yorker discussed her latest book, which is a collection of essays about traversing the ends of the planet while reporting on environmental problems.

His book is called Life on a Little Known Planet, Dispatches from a Changing World.

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Stock Investing For Dummies

Paul J. Mladjenovic

Mentioned 7 months ago

TDS Time Machine | Black Friday

The speaker purchased this book because he admitted he did not understand stocks, despite claiming to crush it in the market, hoping it would be super helpful once he learned to read.

First thing in my cart, a Stocks for Dummies book, okay? Look, I don't know shit about stocks, alright?

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Turtle Island

Sean Sherman

Mentioned 8 months ago

Trump Can’t Keep His Hands Off MBS as Epstein Files Release Is Imminent | Sean Sherman

The book was discussed as a look at the cuisine of Indigenous Peoples across North America, reflecting a modernized Native American culture and culinary approach. The author explained that the book involved a massive community effort to gather perspectives from various regions across Turtle Island.

James Beard award-winning chef Sean Sherman sits down with Ronny to discuss his new book "Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America."

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1776

David McCullough

Mentioned 8 months ago

The Precap | Ronny Chieng - It's Always Epstein Week

The speaker finally finished reading this book after starting and stopping it for ten years, noting it was a real page-turner once they got into it. The book, surprisingly, only covered the single year of 1776, detailing the difficult and chaotic first year of America's fight for independence against the superpower of England.

I read, I recently read, uh, the book 1776 from, um, oh shoot. What's his face? David Mitchell, David, not David Mitchell, David McCullough, David McCullough.

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Catherine Legrand

Indigo

The Color that Changed the World

Dulc Sloan discussed a passage from this novel, focusing on the explicit and sensual descriptions of a romantic encounter. She highlighted the author's skill in making kissing sound sexy.

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She moved her hands over the strength of his back, kissing him, flicking her tongue against the edges of his lips, experimenting with the boldness his passion had planted within her while his hands be...

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Dulc Sloan discussed a passage from this novel, focusing on the explicit and sensual descriptions of a romantic encounter. She highlighted the author's skill in making kissing sound sexy.

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She moved her hands over the strength of his back, kissing him, flicking her tongue against the edges of his lips, experimenting with the boldness his passion had planted within her while his hands beneath her gown tore lustily.

No man had ever touched her this way.

I love how she was flicking her tongue against the edges of his lips.

Like don't be licking his lips, get that poor man some chap stick.

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Sandra Kitt

Adam and Eva

Dulc Sloan mentioned this novel, praising the author's ability to evoke physical sensations and emotions in her writing about Eva Duncan's escape and subsequent romance. The passage discussed focused on intense physical intimacy.

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When Maxwell's other hand made a sensuous journey up the back of one thigh, causing a quaking through the center of her body as he pressed her buttocks to bring her against his distinct hard, masculin...

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Dulc Sloan mentioned this novel, praising the author's ability to evoke physical sensations and emotions in her writing about Eva Duncan's escape and subsequent romance. The passage discussed focused on intense physical intimacy.

"

When Maxwell's other hand made a sensuous journey up the back of one thigh, causing a quaking through the center of her body as he pressed her buttocks to bring her against his distinct hard, masculine form, she finally came to her senses, pulling her mouth away with a gasp and turning completely within the circle of his arms.

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Carol Anderson

One Person, No Vote

How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

The book details how voter suppression disproportionately affects people of color, dispelling the myth of widespread voter fraud and describing the impact of these suppressive actions. It was discussed as providing details on the systematic removal of people of color from voter rolls, including examples of obstacles created to restrict voting access.

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I think it is massive. We have had millions of people blocked from voting. We have had millions purged from the rolls who had been on the voter rolls. The purging and the voter suppression has been so...

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The book details how voter suppression disproportionately affects people of color, dispelling the myth of widespread voter fraud and describing the impact of these suppressive actions. It was discussed as providing details on the systematic removal of people of color from voter rolls, including examples of obstacles created to restrict voting access.

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I think it is massive. We have had millions of people blocked from voting. We have had millions purged from the rolls who had been on the voter rolls. The purging and the voter suppression has been so intense that we have Donald Trump in the White House right now. That's the power of voter suppression.

There are some really scary parts of the book where I read about things I never knew before. I knew about the larger picture of voter suppression in certain states and certain places.

Absolutely. And that has been a well cultivated myth.

So for instance in Alabama, Alabama said you got to have a government issued photo ID and then said but your public housing ID does not count.

One Person, No Vote is available now.

My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor Cover

Selma van de Perre

My Name Is Selma

The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

It is a book about the author's life as a Jewish resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. The book details her experiences and the importance of remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust.

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I didn't think the book was going to be important. I didn't think the book was going to be top of the booksellers list.

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It is a book about the author's life as a Jewish resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. The book details her experiences and the importance of remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust.

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I didn't think the book was going to be important. I didn't think the book was going to be top of the booksellers list.

I was very pleased when it was going to be published, but never in my life thought that it was going to be so much read, you know?

I think the reason everybody should read the book and I think the reason so many people have read the book is because not only have you lived an unbelievable life through one of the most unbelievable and horrific times, but what you're teaching people about life beyond that is so important.

I've written the book also in commemoration of all those people who were resistance fighters and lost their lives, helping other people to stay alive.

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Carmin Caterina

It Starts with Me

One Mom's Journey to End the Pattern of Generational Trauma

It was described as a wonderful story about a young girl changing the world through love and action, rather than passivity. The book's message was highlighted as a way to spread messages of love and non-violence.

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You know, many people know you have a fantastic new book out talking about love and it's a beautiful experience.

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It was described as a wonderful story about a young girl changing the world through love and action, rather than passivity. The book's message was highlighted as a way to spread messages of love and non-violence.

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You know, many people know you have a fantastic new book out talking about love and it's a beautiful experience.

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Warren Adler

Random Hearts

Aubrey Plaza mentioned this book while describing an improvisational exercise she did for Francis Ford Coppola's film, Megalopolis, drawing inspiration from its dialogue. She recalled performing vaudeville numbers and reciting lines from the book during the exercise.

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And I was like, um, saying all the lines from Random Hearts, you know, Chris and Scott Thomas and Harrison Ford.

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Aubrey Plaza mentioned this book while describing an improvisational exercise she did for Francis Ford Coppola's film, Megalopolis, drawing inspiration from its dialogue. She recalled performing vaudeville numbers and reciting lines from the book during the exercise.

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And I was like, um, saying all the lines from Random Hearts, you know, Chris and Scott Thomas and Harrison Ford.

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JJ Johnson

The Simple Art of Rice

Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table

Chef JJ Johnson's best-selling cookbook, "The Simple Art of Rice," was discussed; the conversation touched upon the cultural significance of rice and included details about his cooking experiences and research on rice, spanning eight to nine years. The host expressed his interest in the book and one of the recipes featured within it.

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This is a beautiful book.

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Chef JJ Johnson's best-selling cookbook, "The Simple Art of Rice," was discussed; the conversation touched upon the cultural significance of rice and included details about his cooking experiences and research on rice, spanning eight to nine years. The host expressed his interest in the book and one of the recipes featured within it.

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This is a beautiful book.

So much more than two different rices.

Rice is culture.

The best rice, of course, I'm biased, is Field Trip.

I think it's the most disrespected ingredient. It has tons of history behind it. But it's more than a side dish.

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Megan Rapinoe

One Life

Megan Rapinoe's newly released memoir was described as truly inspiring, heartfelt, and painful, covering experiences like fighting for equal pay and dealing with family political divides. The host believed everyone should read it.

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The title of your newly released memoir is One Life, which I think is very misleading because I feel like you've lived many lives.

— Episode: TDS Time Machine | Conversations with Ol...

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Megan Rapinoe's newly released memoir was described as truly inspiring, heartfelt, and painful, covering experiences like fighting for equal pay and dealing with family political divides. The host believed everyone should read it.

"

The title of your newly released memoir is One Life, which I think is very misleading because I feel like you've lived many lives.

Your aunt told you that she fought for her pay when she saw you fighting for yours. What was that like?

Your book truly, truly, truly is something that I think everybody should read. They're going to love you even more.

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Elizabeth Kolbert

Life on a Little-Known Planet

Dispatches from a Changing World

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer at The New Yorker discussed her latest book, which is a collection of essays about traversing the ends of the planet while reporting on environmental problems.

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His book is called Life on a Little Known Planet, Dispatches from a Changing World.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer at The New Yorker discussed her latest book, which is a collection of essays about traversing the ends of the planet while reporting on environmental problems.

"

His book is called Life on a Little Known Planet, Dispatches from a Changing World.

Stock Investing For Dummies Cover

Paul J. Mladjenovic

Stock Investing For Dummies

The speaker purchased this book because he admitted he did not understand stocks, despite claiming to crush it in the market, hoping it would be super helpful once he learned to read.

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First thing in my cart, a Stocks for Dummies book, okay? Look, I don't know shit about stocks, alright?

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The speaker purchased this book because he admitted he did not understand stocks, despite claiming to crush it in the market, hoping it would be super helpful once he learned to read.

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First thing in my cart, a Stocks for Dummies book, okay? Look, I don't know shit about stocks, alright?

Yeah, I crush it and I make tons of money but I don't understand any of it. So as soon as I learn to read, this book is gonna be super helpful.

Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America Cover

Sean Sherman

Turtle Island

Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America

The book was discussed as a look at the cuisine of Indigenous Peoples across North America, reflecting a modernized Native American culture and culinary approach. The author explained that the book involved a massive community effort to gather perspectives from various regions across Turtle Island.

"

James Beard award-winning chef Sean Sherman sits down with Ronny to discuss his new book "Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America."

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The book was discussed as a look at the cuisine of Indigenous Peoples across North America, reflecting a modernized Native American culture and culinary approach. The author explained that the book involved a massive community effort to gather perspectives from various regions across Turtle Island.

"

James Beard award-winning chef Sean Sherman sits down with Ronny to discuss his new book "Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America."

The winning chef whose new book is called Turtle Island, Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.

And we're just kind of showcasing because we never want to be stuck in the past, you know. We don't want to... We've been through all this erasure. We've been through all this misunderstanding. But there's so much beauty here. And, you know, there's... You know, the food really kind of speaks for itself.

And, you know, people can experience this philosophy. And we're pushing healthy food because, like, everything in the restaurant is gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, soy-free, pork-free. You know, and it's just because of that's just the philosophy of how we're cooking. And we're normalizing not only indigenous foods but eating healthier, a lot more plant diversity, a lot more protein diversity. And just kind of showcasing what's possible. You know, and plus we're looking at all of North America from Mexico through Alaska, which kind of reflected in this book that we just put out.

No, we're not a museum. Right. You're not trying to eat what they ate back then. Yeah. For me, it's almost like, it's like if Native American culture had been allowed to modernize to today, if it had been allowed to develop, this is the outcome. Absolutely.

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David McCullough

1776

The speaker finally finished reading this book after starting and stopping it for ten years, noting it was a real page-turner once they got into it. The book, surprisingly, only covered the single year of 1776, detailing the difficult and chaotic first year of America's fight for independence against the superpower of England.

"

I read, I recently read, uh, the book 1776 from, um, oh shoot. What's his face? David Mitchell, David, not David Mitchell, David McCullough, David McCullough.

— Episode: The Precap | Ronny Chieng - It's Always...

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The speaker finally finished reading this book after starting and stopping it for ten years, noting it was a real page-turner once they got into it. The book, surprisingly, only covered the single year of 1776, detailing the difficult and chaotic first year of America's fight for independence against the superpower of England.

"

I read, I recently read, uh, the book 1776 from, um, oh shoot. What's his face? David Mitchell, David, not David Mitchell, David McCullough, David McCullough.

1776. It told me 10 years. I, I start and stopped it every, you know, every couple of years. And finally I, I went through the whole thing.

I finished the book and I thought, oh, this is going to cover the whole American revolution. It literally covers one year. 1776. Wow. Okay. The book ends at the end of the year. And that was a crazy ass year for America.

My takeaway from the book was this idea that like, you know, what, what, what is that? 250 years ago in New York city, the people, the concerns of the people in America are totally different to what the concerns are right now.

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Toni Morrison

Beloved

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Tony Morrison was cited as an example of explicit material that a parent objected to being assigned to a high school senior in an AP English class in Virginia.

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It turns out it was actually the Pulitzer Prize winning Tony Morrison novel, Beloved.

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This Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Tony Morrison was cited as an example of explicit material that a parent objected to being assigned to a high school senior in an AP English class in Virginia.

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It turns out it was actually the Pulitzer Prize winning Tony Morrison novel, Beloved.

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Salman Khan

Brave New Words

How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

This book was mentioned in connection with the idea that AI will revolutionize education, but it was immediately followed by a skeptical comment about outsourcing brain work.

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New book, Brave New Words, how AI will revolutionize education and why that's a good thing.

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This book was mentioned in connection with the idea that AI will revolutionize education, but it was immediately followed by a skeptical comment about outsourcing brain work.

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New book, Brave New Words, how AI will revolutionize education and why that's a good thing.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby (Macmillan Collector's Library)

The speaker humorously stated they would not want their kid reading this book because they believe it glamorizes friendzoning, which they found immoral.

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Like, I would never want my kid reading The Great Gatsby. I think it glamorizes friendzoning. That's immoral.

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The speaker humorously stated they would not want their kid reading this book because they believe it glamorizes friendzoning, which they found immoral.

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Like, I would never want my kid reading The Great Gatsby. I think it glamorizes friendzoning. That's immoral.

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Juno Dawson

This Book Is Gay

This book was mentioned alongside another title as being stocked by library employees in Wyoming who faced potential charges.

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In Wyoming, a county prosecutor's office considered charges against library employees for stalking books like Sex is a Funny Word and This Book Is Gay.

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This book was mentioned alongside another title as being stocked by library employees in Wyoming who faced potential charges.

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In Wyoming, a county prosecutor's office considered charges against library employees for stalking books like Sex is a Funny Word and This Book Is Gay.

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Nikki Giovanni

[Rosa (Caldecott Honor Book)] [Author

x] [October, 2005]

This book, the story of Rosa Parks, was mentioned as being banned because reading about segregation was considered divisive.

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Our first selection is called Rosa. And it's the story of Rosa Parks, who... So, as it turns out, that book is banned because reading about segregation is divisive.

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This book, the story of Rosa Parks, was mentioned as being banned because reading about segregation was considered divisive.

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Our first selection is called Rosa. And it's the story of Rosa Parks, who... So, as it turns out, that book is banned because reading about segregation is divisive.

Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life Cover

Rob Riggle

Grit, Spit, and Never Quit

A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life

The book detailed Rob Riggle's journey through the military and comedy, emphasizing the importance of the "don't quit" mindset learned in the Marines. He shared personal stories, including how he set a 10-year goal to join SNL and achieved it, and how he developed an inner drill instructor to push himself.

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But matter of fact, it's right here in this book, everybody. Oh, it's just shameless, shameless, shameless plug.

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The book detailed Rob Riggle's journey through the military and comedy, emphasizing the importance of the "don't quit" mindset learned in the Marines. He shared personal stories, including how he set a 10-year goal to join SNL and achieved it, and how he developed an inner drill instructor to push himself.

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But matter of fact, it's right here in this book, everybody. Oh, it's just shameless, shameless, shameless plug.

I wrote down in the book, if I quit flight school, I'm going to do what? Number one, get on SNL. Almost 10 years to the day that I wrote that, I got a call from Lauren Michaels asking me to join SNL.

And so it took a drill instructor tone to get me off my butt to go do what I needed to do.

I stood there and I argued with myself and I was like, go, go down to the UCB. It's open, Mike. You do sign up for five minutes. You just work out a character.

Can't Spit and Never Quit is available now. Rod Riggle!

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Karin Slaughter

Criminal

A Novel (Will Trent)

This was listed by Josh as a very good series by Ed Brubaker.

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I actually won't plug it. I think I'll plug some more. Brew Baker. Reckless. Is a phenomenal series. So is Criminal. And killer be killed. They're all very. Very good.

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This was listed by Josh as a very good series by Ed Brubaker.

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I actually won't plug it. I think I'll plug some more. Brew Baker. Reckless. Is a phenomenal series. So is Criminal. And killer be killed. They're all very. Very good.

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