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Minority Rule
The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It
The book was described as an expos on voter suppression and antidemocratic methods in the United States, and its full title was given as "The Right Wing Attack on the Will of the People and the Fight to Resist It."
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award winning author of Minority Rule. It's a book about voter suppression, anti-democratic methods that are in our midst
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The book was described as an expos on voter suppression and antidemocratic methods in the United States, and its full title was given as "The Right Wing Attack on the Will of the People and the Fight to Resist It."
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award winning author of Minority Rule. It's a book about voter suppression, anti-democratic methods that are in our midst
I will tell you again, the name of the book is Minority Rule
The Right Wing Attack on the Will of the People and the Fight to Resist It
you can find more of his reporting at MotherJones.com and the book is Minority Rule
Gone Girl
The book was mentioned as part of a list of Ben Affleck's notable movies, being cited as one of his best four films after Good Will Hunting.
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So Ben Affleck, The Town, Argo, Gone Girl, and Air. That's a good run, man. Those are bangers. Probably his best four films of... After Good Will Hunting.
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The book was mentioned as part of a list of Ben Affleck's notable movies, being cited as one of his best four films after Good Will Hunting.
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So Ben Affleck, The Town, Argo, Gone Girl, and Air. That's a good run, man. Those are bangers. Probably his best four films of... After Good Will Hunting.
Les Miserables (Les Misérables)
The hosts mentioned the novel in passing and said they were not planning to watch or read it.
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What about Les Miserables? I'm not watching that either.
— Episode: Ali G Is Back?! | Hour 2
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The hosts mentioned the novel in passing and said they were not planning to watch or read it.
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What about Les Miserables? I'm not watching that either.
Shakespeare's First Folio
400th Anniversary Facsimile Edition
Greg mentioned looking up the origin of the phrase 'loose ends' and traced it back to Shakespeare, mentioning it had a nautical origin.
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I looked up the origin, Dan, to get ahead of this on loose ends because I knew that you might want it. Dates back to Shakespeare. Again. Lucy and me. Willie. Yeah. Yeah. Again with the Shakespeare. Na...
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Greg mentioned looking up the origin of the phrase 'loose ends' and traced it back to Shakespeare, mentioning it had a nautical origin.
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I looked up the origin, Dan, to get ahead of this on loose ends because I knew that you might want it. Dates back to Shakespeare. Again. Lucy and me. Willie. Yeah. Yeah. Again with the Shakespeare. Nautical origin. Willie. Millie. Yeah.
The Green Mile
The Complete Serial Novel
The hosts mentioned The Green Mile while recalling Michael Clark Duncan, saying the book would have appealed to him.
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I think about my man Michael Clark Duncan, right? The Green Mile.
— Episode: Local Hour: Killing Malik Nabers
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The hosts mentioned The Green Mile while recalling Michael Clark Duncan, saying the book would have appealed to him.
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I think about my man Michael Clark Duncan, right? The Green Mile.
The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition Hc
S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
The hosts referenced the story and a famous line, noting they hadn't seen the film or read the book and suggested watching it.
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Why? Because he's 12? What? You haven't seen The Princess Bride?
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The hosts referenced the story and a famous line, noting they hadn't seen the film or read the book and suggested watching it.
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Why? Because he's 12? What? You haven't seen The Princess Bride?
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm sorry to reveal to everybody, Rachel, that I don't know what you're mentioning. You don't know The Princess Bride? Oh my God.
You should feel that. That is troubling. There is a line where he's like, am I right? Is it never get in a land war with a Sicilian? Yeah, right.
Less Than Zero
He mentioned the novel as part of his teenage reading influences, noting it was written while Ellis was still in college. The book exemplified the dark, violent themes he admired.
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I'm talking about Less Than Zero while he was still in college.
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He mentioned the novel as part of his teenage reading influences, noting it was written while Ellis was still in college. The book exemplified the dark, violent themes he admired.
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I'm talking about Less Than Zero while he was still in college.
Boldly Go
Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
The hosts recounted that Shatner dedicated his book Boldly Go to his greatgrandchild while lamenting the planet's decline and describing his emotional reaction to space travel.
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Shatner said of going into space, he's the oldest person to ever go into space. I wept for the earth because I realized it's dying. I dedicated my book, Boldly Go, to my great grandch...
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The hosts recounted that Shatner dedicated his book Boldly Go to his greatgrandchild while lamenting the planet's decline and describing his emotional reaction to space travel.
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Shatner said of going into space, he's the oldest person to ever go into space. I wept for the earth because I realized it's dying. I dedicated my book, Boldly Go, to my great grandchild who's three now, these youngsters who are going to reap what we have sown in terms of the destruction of the earth. I saw more clearly than I have with all the studying and reading I've done, the writhing slow death of earth and we on it. It's a little tiny rock with an onion skin air around it. That's how fragile it all is. It's so fragile. We hang by a thread. We're just dangling.
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The title was mentioned as one of the books that Stugotz's book was trailing on the bestseller list.
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Still trailing The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Hockey Romance, and How to Survive a Freaking Bear Attack.
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The title was mentioned as one of the books that Stugotz's book was trailing on the bestseller list.
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Still trailing The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Hockey Romance, and How to Survive a Freaking Bear Attack.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
They explained that they discovered Gabriel Garcia Marquez and read his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, which sparked their interest in magical realism.
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I got into Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I saw like, you know, a hundred years of solitude and which is a huge, you know, Netflix show.
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They explained that they discovered Gabriel Garcia Marquez and read his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, which sparked their interest in magical realism.
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I got into Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I saw like, you know, a hundred years of solitude and which is a huge, you know, Netflix show.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
A Florida representative claimed that Democrats were trying to ban this book from Florida school libraries, although the podcast hosts disputed this claim.
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They're fighting tooth and nail to keep this passage from his book out of Florida schools.
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A Florida representative claimed that Democrats were trying to ban this book from Florida school libraries, although the podcast hosts disputed this claim.
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They're fighting tooth and nail to keep this passage from his book out of Florida schools.
There I was immediately set to caulking, and very soon learned the art of using my mallet and irons. In the course of one year from the time I left Mr. Gardiners, I was able to command the highest wages given to the most Experience cockers.
V for Vendetta
The hosts referenced the graphic novel V for Vendetta in passing while discussing the chainletter saga.
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This is some V for Vendetta.
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The hosts referenced the graphic novel V for Vendetta in passing while discussing the chainletter saga.
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This is some V for Vendetta.
The Man In The High Castle
Mina mentioned that the show her husband was watching was based on a novel or short story collection by Philip K. Dick, featuring a premise where America lost World War II to the Nazis.
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It's based on, I believe, a Philip K. Dick novel or short story collection or something.
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Mina mentioned that the show her husband was watching was based on a novel or short story collection by Philip K. Dick, featuring a premise where America lost World War II to the Nazis.
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It's based on, I believe, a Philip K. Dick novel or short story collection or something.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
This new series from CBC and NPR's Embedded looked into the past, present, and future of gender verification tests in elite athletics, focusing on why some women were being asked to prove they were women and sometimes change their bodies to compete.
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I am the host of a new show from CBC and NPR's Embedded it's called Tested and it is about the past present and future of so-called gender verification tests in elite athletics so this long history an...
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This new series from CBC and NPR's Embedded looked into the past, present, and future of gender verification tests in elite athletics, focusing on why some women were being asked to prove they were women and sometimes change their bodies to compete.
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I am the host of a new show from CBC and NPR's Embedded it's called Tested and it is about the past present and future of so-called gender verification tests in elite athletics so this long history and current situation where some women are being asked to take medications and change their bodies in order to compete in the female category at the elite level
The six-part series details this fascinating topic and is well worth a listen test it is available now wherever you get your podcasts
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells was introduced as the author of this best-selling book, which likely discusses climate change issues, given the context of the interview.
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He's also the author of a best-selling book called The Uninhabitable Earth.
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David Wallace-Wells was introduced as the author of this best-selling book, which likely discusses climate change issues, given the context of the interview.
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He's also the author of a best-selling book called The Uninhabitable Earth.
The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 1) (Princess Diaries, 1)
The hosts referenced the book in a joke about showing it to a daughter, noting it as a "Princess Diaries" reference.
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Nice Princess Diaries reference.
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The hosts referenced the book in a joke about showing it to a daughter, noting it as a "Princess Diaries" reference.
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Nice Princess Diaries reference.
You have a daughter. Show her Princess Diaries.
The Color Purple (Penguin Vitae)
He performed in a production of The Color Purple, noting the long lag between filming and release compared to stage shows.
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I did The Color Purple, which was the average lag time of a movie.
— Episode: South Beach Sessions - David Alan Grier
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He performed in a production of The Color Purple, noting the long lag between filming and release compared to stage shows.
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I did The Color Purple, which was the average lag time of a movie.
Charlie Hustle
The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
A wrapped book about Pete Rose, which Stugotz contributed to the office white elephant exchange. The book was autographed by the author and had a personalized message to Stugotz from the publisher.
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And the other one was a book about Pete Rose. I believe it was called Charlie Hustle or something like that, that a publisher sent to him that on the inside actually had a like, you k...
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A wrapped book about Pete Rose, which Stugotz contributed to the office white elephant exchange. The book was autographed by the author and had a personalized message to Stugotz from the publisher.
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And the other one was a book about Pete Rose. I believe it was called Charlie Hustle or something like that, that a publisher sent to him that on the inside actually had a like, you know, a message said to Stugatz.
And it was autographed by the author.
Sleepwalk with Me
and Other Painfully True Stories
He said he had written a book titled Sleepwalk with Me that chronicled his sleepwalking experiences and served as the basis for his oneperson show and related projects.
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I wrote a draft of my oneperson show Sleepwalk with Me while I ... I wrote a book called Sleepwalk with Me.
— Episode: South Beach Sessions - Mike Birbiglia
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Episode: South Beach Sessions - Mike Birbiglia
He said he had written a book titled Sleepwalk with Me that chronicled his sleepwalking experiences and served as the basis for his oneperson show and related projects.
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I wrote a draft of my oneperson show Sleepwalk with Me while I ... I wrote a book called Sleepwalk with Me.
I did a - I have a comedy album of that name.
I was sleepwalking for probably since college ... I started writing this show Sleepwalk with Me.
I wrote a book called Sleepwalk with Me and made a movie called Sleepwalk with Me.
Cobra Commander #1
This was mentioned as the book given to someone who is fired, presumably containing information on how to apply for unemployment.
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Here's the book that I'd like him to read next weekend. How about the playbook or the unemployment income book? There's a whole book that we give you when we fire you, which is Cobra.
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This was mentioned as the book given to someone who is fired, presumably containing information on how to apply for unemployment.
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Here's the book that I'd like him to read next weekend. How about the playbook or the unemployment income book? There's a whole book that we give you when we fire you, which is Cobra.
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