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The Shame
Makenna Goodman
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The Fourth Branch
Daniel Squadron
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The Avoidable War
Kevin Rudd
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What Xi Jinping Wants
The Party's Interests Come First
Joseph Torigian
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The Souls of China
Ian Johnson
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The Beginning Comes After the End
Rebecca Solnit
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The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
Here Comes the Sun
Bill McKibben
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The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
The Glorians
Terry Tempest Williams
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The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
The Carbon Wave
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The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
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The Holocaust and the Nakba
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A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians
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The Case for Black Reparations
Coates said he wrote an essay using Israel as an analogy for Black America, noting that no one questioned the reparations comparison.
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when I went to write the case for reparations and I wrote that section about using the state of Israel as an analog for Black America, nobody questioned it.
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Episode: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To.’
Coates said he wrote an essay using Israel as an analogy for Black America, noting that no one questioned the reparations comparison.
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when I went to write the case for reparations and I wrote that section about using the state of Israel as an analog for Black America, nobody questioned it.
The Necessity of Exile
Essays from a Distance
A line from this book was referenced while discussing the twostate solution and IsraeliPalestinian politics.
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There's a line in this book, The Necessity of Exile by Shoal McGeed, and I think it's a quotation of just someone who's not named.
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A line from this book was referenced while discussing the twostate solution and IsraeliPalestinian politics.
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There's a line in this book, The Necessity of Exile by Shoal McGeed, and I think it's a quotation of just someone who's not named.
Our American Israel
The Story of an Entangled Alliance
Kaplan's book was described as exploring how images of Israel have shaped the American imagination.
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Amy Kaplan, man, Our American Israel, The Story of an Entangled Alliance.
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Kaplan's book was described as exploring how images of Israel have shaped the American imagination.
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Amy Kaplan, man, Our American Israel, The Story of an Entangled Alliance.
She actually goes all the way back to the Puritans. It's quite remarkable.
The Unspoken Alliance
Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa
The book was mentioned as detailing Israel's secret relationship with South Africa.
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The Unspoken Alliance, Israel's Secret Relationship with South Africa by Sasha PolakowSuransky.
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The book was mentioned as detailing Israel's secret relationship with South Africa.
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The Unspoken Alliance, Israel's Secret Relationship with South Africa by Sasha PolakowSuransky.
It is an outlining of Israel's relationship with South Africa, which was a really singular relationship.
The Last Politician
Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
Frank Foer was described as the author of a book on Joe Biden's presidency called The Last Politician.
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He's the author of a book on Joe Biden's presidency called The Last Politician.
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Frank Foer was described as the author of a book on Joe Biden's presidency called The Last Politician.
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He's the author of a book on Joe Biden's presidency called The Last Politician.
Love From Under The Sea
David Grossman's novel Sea Under Love was recommended as a sprawling work that explores postHolocaust art questions.
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David Grossman's novel, Sea Under Love, which is a sprawling novel that responds to Theodore Adorno's question about whether art is possible after the Holocaust.
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David Grossman's novel Sea Under Love was recommended as a sprawling work that explores postHolocaust art questions.
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David Grossman's novel, Sea Under Love, which is a sprawling novel that responds to Theodore Adorno's question about whether art is possible after the Holocaust.
God's Politics - A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America
The book examined the decline of political trust and offered ideas for rebuilding confidence in government.
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And they begin with a concept that he wrote a book about in 2020, which is trust.
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The book examined the decline of political trust and offered ideas for rebuilding confidence in government.
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And they begin with a concept that he wrote a book about in 2020, which is trust.
So back in 2020, you wrote a book on political trust, and there are a million ways to show that it has declined.
Morning and Evening
A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version
The slim novella was praised for its powerful, moving prose that resonated deeply with the listener.
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I read Jan Fossa the Norwegian novelist ... I picked up this very slim almost a novella called Morning Evening and I'm sadly choosing a lot of books based on their size because I need books that can b...
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The slim novella was praised for its powerful, moving prose that resonated deeply with the listener.
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I read Jan Fossa the Norwegian novelist ... I picked up this very slim almost a novella called Morning Evening and I'm sadly choosing a lot of books based on their size because I need books that can be read in one sitting sometimes ... it was a powerful piece of fiction that really moved me.
Hope Against Hope
Introduction by Maria Stepanova (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
Ezra Klein highlighted the memoir as a heroic account of spirit and survival during the Stalin era, saying he loved the book.
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The first is a book called Hope Against Hope which is a memoir by Nadezhda Mandelstam ... I love that book, Hope Against Hope.
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Ezra Klein highlighted the memoir as a heroic account of spirit and survival during the Stalin era, saying he loved the book.
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The first is a book called Hope Against Hope which is a memoir by Nadezhda Mandelstam ... I love that book, Hope Against Hope.
On Beauty
The novel was cited alongside White Teeth and Swing Time as part of Zadie Smith's celebrated back catalog.
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If you've not read her back catalog like White Teeth and On Beauty and Swing Time, I almost envy you.
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The novel was cited alongside White Teeth and Swing Time as part of Zadie Smith's celebrated back catalog.
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If you've not read her back catalog like White Teeth and On Beauty and Swing Time, I almost envy you.
Swing Time
Mentioned as another of Zadie Smith's notable novels that listeners might have read.
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If you've not read her back catalog like White Teeth and On Beauty and Swing Time, I almost envy you.
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Mentioned as another of Zadie Smith's notable novels that listeners might have read.
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If you've not read her back catalog like White Teeth and On Beauty and Swing Time, I almost envy you.
The Diary Of Virginia Woolf, Volume 1
1915-1919
The guest praised Woolf's fivevolume diaries, calling the author a pleasure to be around and expressing personal enjoyment reading them.
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And the other thing I've read recently, which is all of Virginia Woolf's diaries. There's five volumes.
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The guest praised Woolf's fivevolume diaries, calling the author a pleasure to be around and expressing personal enjoyment reading them.
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And the other thing I've read recently, which is all of Virginia Woolf's diaries. There's five volumes.
I know that sounds like a lot of work, but honestly, that woman is just a pleasure to be around.
Prep
A Novel
The novel was referenced as one of Curtis Sittenfeld's earlier works, mentioned alongside her newer book.
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She's the author of the book Prep and more recently Romantic Comedy.
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The novel was referenced as one of Curtis Sittenfeld's earlier works, mentioned alongside her newer book.
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She's the author of the book Prep and more recently Romantic Comedy.
Romantic Comedy
Reese's Book Club
The novel was noted as Curtis Sittenfeld's most recent book, cited together with her earlier novel Prep.
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She's the author of the book Prep and more recently Romantic Comedy.
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The novel was noted as Curtis Sittenfeld's most recent book, cited together with her earlier novel Prep.
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She's the author of the book Prep and more recently Romantic Comedy.
Life Of Dad
Ezra recommended Machin's book as a terrific read that explores the evolution of modern fatherhood and makes a strong case for the importance of fathers today.
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The third book I got a huge amount out of was the book by Anna Machin. It's called The Life Of Dad. It's just a terrific book and it looks at the way fatherhood came into being as a r...
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Ezra recommended Machin's book as a terrific read that explores the evolution of modern fatherhood and makes a strong case for the importance of fathers today.
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The third book I got a huge amount out of was the book by Anna Machin. It's called The Life Of Dad. It's just a terrific book and it looks at the way fatherhood came into being as a result of some of the changes in our evolutionary history and makes a very strong progressive case for the importance of fathers in the modern world.
How Democracies Die
The book was cited as an influence on Biden's decision to run for president, noting that he read it after the Charlottesville events.
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He's always said that he decided to run after Charlottesville. He read how democracy is die by Levitsky and Zibla.
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The book was cited as an influence on Biden's decision to run for president, noting that he read it after the Charlottesville events.
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He's always said that he decided to run after Charlottesville. He read how democracy is die by Levitsky and Zibla.
Justice Gender And F
Zack recommended the classic work as an underappreciated discussion of liberal feminism and gender inequality in the home.
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All right, so I've got three quite different ones. The first one is Justice, Gender, and the Family by Susan Moller Okin, a classic underappreciated discourse on liberal feminism and gender inequality...
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Zack recommended the classic work as an underappreciated discussion of liberal feminism and gender inequality in the home.
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All right, so I've got three quite different ones. The first one is Justice, Gender, and the Family by Susan Moller Okin, a classic underappreciated discourse on liberal feminism and gender inequality in the home.
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism
Zack described it as a datadriven analysis of authoritarian populism and cultural change worldwide.
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The second book is Cultural Backlash by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. They use data from around the world to show how authoritarian populism depends heavily on cultural themes an...
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Zack described it as a datadriven analysis of authoritarian populism and cultural change worldwide.
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The second book is Cultural Backlash by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. They use data from around the world to show how authoritarian populism depends heavily on cultural themes and social change.
Why Liberalism Failed (Politics and Culture)
The discussion referenced Deneen's book as a major deal that even Barack Obama recommended.
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His first book that came out was called While Liberalism Failed, which was a huge deal and even Barack Obama recommended it.
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The discussion referenced Deneen's book as a major deal that even Barack Obama recommended.
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His first book that came out was called While Liberalism Failed, which was a huge deal and even Barack Obama recommended it.
Addiction by Design
Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
The book was listed as a recommendation, described as an anthropologist's study of Las Vegas slot machines and the gambling industry, drawing metaphors between casino addiction and broader societal behaviors.
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The third is called Addiction by Design by Natasha Scholl. And Natasha is an MIU anthropologist who studied Las Vegas as like her thesis, basically. She did a lot of reporting just ab...
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The book was listed as a recommendation, described as an anthropologist's study of Las Vegas slot machines and the gambling industry, drawing metaphors between casino addiction and broader societal behaviors.
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The third is called Addiction by Design by Natasha Scholl. And Natasha is an MIU anthropologist who studied Las Vegas as like her thesis, basically. She did a lot of reporting just about the properties of slot machines and how addictive they are and about the casino gambling industry in general, and she draws metaphors between that and the rest of society.
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