The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
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A Novel
He highlighted the book as a recent read about trees and humanity's relationship to them, saying it changed his perspective on the earth and marked the book as worth reading.
the over story by richard powers it's about trees and the relationship of humans to trees and it's not something i would have immediately thought of but a friend gave it to me and i started reading it...
— Episode: Bonus: Ezra Klein Talks to Obama About H...
He highlighted the book as a recent read about trees and humanity's relationship to them, saying it changed his perspective on the earth and marked the book as worth reading.
the over story by richard powers it's about trees and the relationship of humans to trees and it's not something i would have immediately thought of but a friend gave it to me and i started reading it and it changed how i thought about the earth and it changed how i see things in and that's always for me a mark of a book worth reading.
The novelSong of Achilleswas mentioned alongsideCirceto establish Miller's credentials as a bestselling author of modern Greekmyth retellings.
Emily Wilson, who translated The Odyssey and is the very first woman to do so, and Madeline Miller, author of Circe and Song of Achilles, two bestselling novels inspired by Homer's poems.
— Episode: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everyth...
The novelSong of Achilleswas mentioned alongsideCirceto establish Miller's credentials as a bestselling author of modern Greekmyth retellings.
Emily Wilson, who translated The Odyssey and is the very first woman to do so, and Madeline Miller, author of Circe and Song of Achilles, two bestselling novels inspired by Homer's poems.
A Novel (The Firm Series)
The narrator recalled that Kelly first heard about the Caribbean hideaway from Grisham's thriller, indicating the book influenced his early travel aspirations.
He'd first heard about the Caribbean hideaway in John Grisham's best-selling thriller, The Firm.
— Episode: The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Turned Cre...
The narrator recalled that Kelly first heard about the Caribbean hideaway from Grisham's thriller, indicating the book influenced his early travel aspirations.
He'd first heard about the Caribbean hideaway in John Grisham's best-selling thriller, The Firm.
The film's vinyl soft crackle was referenced, pointing to the underlying novel.
Or maybe the vinyl soft crackle of If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018.
— Episode: The Sunday Read: ‘The Composer at the Fr...
The film's vinyl soft crackle was referenced, pointing to the underlying novel.
Or maybe the vinyl soft crackle of If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018.
The book was cited during discussion of a Virginia bill that would let parents block material they deemed sexually explicit, with the bill being nicknamed the "Beloved" bill because the novel was among the challenged works.
And in fact you vetoed the bill that would have allowed parents to opt out of letting their children study material that the parents felt was sexually explicit. And the dispute was prompted by a mothe...
— Episode: Why Are All Eyes on the Virginia Governo...
The book was cited during discussion of a Virginia bill that would let parents block material they deemed sexually explicit, with the bill being nicknamed the "Beloved" bill because the novel was among the challenged works.
And in fact you vetoed the bill that would have allowed parents to opt out of letting their children study material that the parents felt was sexually explicit. And the dispute was prompted by a mother who objected to her son, who is a high school senior, reading things that were really part of the canon, literary canon, including Toni Morrison's Beloved. It became as the Beloved bill.
Saunders recalled reading Atlas Shrugged in high school, noting it convinced him that selfishness made him feel special.
And at that point, just I got caught up on you're special. That was enough, you know? So I think I started kind of just using it as the one way in that environment I could feel special.
— Episode: 'The Interview': George Saunders Says Di...
Saunders recalled reading Atlas Shrugged in high school, noting it convinced him that selfishness made him feel special.
And at that point, just I got caught up on you're special. That was enough, you know? So I think I started kind of just using it as the one way in that environment I could feel special.
Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
The book was highlighted as one of Shetty's bestseller titles and was referenced as the work that connects his monastic training to his wellness advice.
His books, Think Like a Monk and Eight Rules of Love, were both bestsellers.
— Episode: 'The Interview': Wellness Guru Jay Shett...
The book was highlighted as one of Shetty's bestseller titles and was referenced as the work that connects his monastic training to his wellness advice.
His books, Think Like a Monk and Eight Rules of Love, were both bestsellers.
Your book, of course, was called Think Like a Monk.
Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown discussed information she included in this book regarding Ghislaine Maxwell's social omnipresence and her difficult relationship with her father. She also mentioned the book detailed how peripheral royals can pose a problem for the monarchy due to their susceptibility to unsavory entanglements.
In your book, The Palace Papers, you described her as omnipresent in the social scene.
— Episode: 'The Interview': Tina Brown on Epstein,...
Tina Brown discussed information she included in this book regarding Ghislaine Maxwell's social omnipresence and her difficult relationship with her father. She also mentioned the book detailed how peripheral royals can pose a problem for the monarchy due to their susceptibility to unsavory entanglements.
In your book, The Palace Papers, you described her as omnipresent in the social scene.
And so you've seen sort of iterations of this throughout the history of the royal family. You know, it's pretty well understood that when William becomes king, he wants to sort of sweep house and make a lot of changes.
Irving Stone's bestselling novel "Lust for Life" was referenced as having been published seven years after the 1927 English edition of Van Gogh's letters.
Irving Stone published his best-selling novel Lust for Life based heavily on the letters about the relationship between the Van Gogh brothers.
— Episode: The Sunday Read: ‘The Woman Who Made van...
Irving Stone's bestselling novel "Lust for Life" was referenced as having been published seven years after the 1927 English edition of Van Gogh's letters.
Irving Stone published his best-selling novel Lust for Life based heavily on the letters about the relationship between the Van Gogh brothers.
A Novel (Lonesome Dove, 3)
The transcript noted that the miniseries featuring Augustus McRae was based on the LarryMcMurtry novel LonesomeDove.
It was as Augustus McRae, a Texas Ranger in Lonesome Dove, a miniseries based on a Larry McMurtry novel.
— Episode: After Venezuela, Is Cuba Next?
The transcript noted that the miniseries featuring Augustus McRae was based on the LarryMcMurtry novel LonesomeDove.
It was as Augustus McRae, a Texas Ranger in Lonesome Dove, a miniseries based on a Larry McMurtry novel.
A Novel (Penguin Drop Caps)
He recalled that the thick paperback of The Joy Luck Club was on everyone's bookshelves during his 90s childhood.
Her thick paperbacks, The Joy Luck Club and the Kitchen Gods wife were on everyone's bookshelves.
— Episode: The Sunday Read: 'The Many Lives of Stev...
He recalled that the thick paperback of The Joy Luck Club was on everyone's bookshelves during his 90s childhood.
Her thick paperbacks, The Joy Luck Club and the Kitchen Gods wife were on everyone's bookshelves.
How Parking Explains the World
The nonfiction book was highlighted as the most American book because it links parking to broader questions of urban planning and resource allocation, and it helped the speaker understand the country in a new way.
The most American nonfiction book is Paved Paradise, How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. Grabar makes the argument that a lot of questions about how to allocate resources...
— Episode: The Most American Episode of The Daily,...
The nonfiction book was highlighted as the most American book because it links parking to broader questions of urban planning and resource allocation, and it helped the speaker understand the country in a new way.
The most American nonfiction book is Paved Paradise, How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. Grabar makes the argument that a lot of questions about how to allocate resources and cities, questions of building affordable housing, all of these really urgent issues are actually tied to the American fixation not just on cars but on parking those cars. It really made me understand the country in a new way.
A Natural History of Four Meals
This classic book by Michael Pollan explored the reasons behind the modern way people eat. It was mentioned as one of Pollan's established works that preceded his deep dive into consciousness.
Throughout his work, which includes classic books like The Omnivore's Dilemma, about why we eat the way we do, and How to Change Your Mind, about the science and use of psychedelic dr...
— Episode: 'The Interview': Michael Pollan Says Hum...
This classic book by Michael Pollan explored the reasons behind the modern way people eat. It was mentioned as one of Pollan's established works that preceded his deep dive into consciousness.
Throughout his work, which includes classic books like The Omnivore's Dilemma, about why we eat the way we do, and How to Change Your Mind, about the science and use of psychedelic drugs, Pollan has waded into questions about the inner workings of the mind.
And Sketches here and there;
This book was considered the most influential conservation and environmental text, written in a way that resonated with hunters and introduced the idea of the hunter-conservationist.
one of my peers that goes into wildlife management, like, introduced me, for instance, to Aldo Leopold's, A Sand County almanac, which is probably... Not probably. Which is the most i...
— Episode: Eating What You Kill This Thanksgiving
This book was considered the most influential conservation and environmental text, written in a way that resonated with hunters and introduced the idea of the hunter-conservationist.
one of my peers that goes into wildlife management, like, introduced me, for instance, to Aldo Leopold's, A Sand County almanac, which is probably... Not probably. Which is the most influential conservation environmental text.
Why it's the most influential is because it was written for rednecks like what we were.
1983-1992
The book was mentioned as a source of nostalgia for the era when Tina Brown was editor of Vanity Fair, with listeners often expressing how nostalgic they felt reading it.
You know, my book, The Vanity Fair Diaries, which I wrote, you know, seven or eight years ago, people just keep coming up to me and saying, oh, I've been reading it. It's like the, yo...
— Episode: 'The Interview': Tina Brown on Epstein,...
The book was mentioned as a source of nostalgia for the era when Tina Brown was editor of Vanity Fair, with listeners often expressing how nostalgic they felt reading it.
You know, my book, The Vanity Fair Diaries, which I wrote, you know, seven or eight years ago, people just keep coming up to me and saying, oh, I've been reading it. It's like the, you know, I feel so nostalgic for that period.
What Was His Problem?
There was a book that accompanied Ken Burns' documentary on the American Revolution, and it was reviewed at The New York Times Book Review.
I think there's a book that goes with the documentary. There is. We just reviewed it at the book review. That's right. So there's like a book that goes with the documentary.
— Episode: Sunday Special: A Sea of Streaming Docs
There was a book that accompanied Ken Burns' documentary on the American Revolution, and it was reviewed at The New York Times Book Review.
I think there's a book that goes with the documentary. There is. We just reviewed it at the book review. That's right. So there's like a book that goes with the documentary.
Saunders mentioned his friend Michael Herr, the author of the book Dispatches.
I had a friend, the writer Michael Herr, who wrote the... Dispatches.
— Episode: 'The Interview': George Saunders Says Di...
Saunders mentioned his friend Michael Herr, the author of the book Dispatches.
I had a friend, the writer Michael Herr, who wrote the... Dispatches.
The host recalled the husband describing the AI chats as being "like 50 shades of gray," referencing the wellknown novel.
He responded with a cringe emoji and was like, cringe, it's like 50 shades of gray.
— Episode: She Fell in Love With ChatGPT: An Update
The host recalled the husband describing the AI chats as being "like 50 shades of gray," referencing the wellknown novel.
He responded with a cringe emoji and was like, cringe, it's like 50 shades of gray.
Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
This nonfiction book featured short essays where the author reviewed various things in the world and assigned them a star rating. The book included a review of the internet, which received three out of five stars.
But in the nonfiction book that you published before everything is tuberculosis, The Anthropocene Reviewed.
— Episode: 'The Interview': John Green Knows That N...
This nonfiction book featured short essays where the author reviewed various things in the world and assigned them a star rating. The book included a review of the internet, which received three out of five stars.
But in the nonfiction book that you published before everything is tuberculosis, The Anthropocene Reviewed.
The book consists of short essays where you review all sorts of things in the world and then at the end give them a star rating.
A Town, A Team, And A Dream
The book was described as being written about the highschool football team in Odessa, Texas in the late 1980s and served as the main topic of the episode.
Friday Night Lights was written about a high school football team in Odessa, Texas in the late 80s.
— Episode: Odessa, Part 2: Friday Night Lights
The book was described as being written about the highschool football team in Odessa, Texas in the late 1980s and served as the main topic of the episode.
Friday Night Lights was written about a high school football team in Odessa, Texas in the late 80s.
As our main topic tonight is Friday Night Lights.
this was the same stadium Friday Night Lights was filmed in where that night the Odessa High Broncos would play the Midland Bulldogs
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