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The Avoidable War
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Gumption
Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
Offerman's second book profiled 21 historical heroes, ranging from George Washington to Conan O'Brien.
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my second book, which is called Gumption and it's profiles of 21 different heroes from George Washington to Conan O'Brien across history.
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Offerman's second book profiled 21 historical heroes, ranging from George Washington to Conan O'Brien.
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my second book, which is called Gumption and it's profiles of 21 different heroes from George Washington to Conan O'Brien across history.
The Right to Sex
Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
Ezra Klein said he had Amya Srinivasan on the show to discuss her book The Right to Sex, which examines the conditions of unfreedom shaping sexual personas and desires.
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I had Amya Srinivasan on the show to talk about her book The Right to Sex.
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Ezra Klein said he had Amya Srinivasan on the show to discuss her book The Right to Sex, which examines the conditions of unfreedom shaping sexual personas and desires.
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I had Amya Srinivasan on the show to talk about her book The Right to Sex.
On Freedom
The host described reading Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, noting it is composed of four essays on art, sex, drugs, and climate, and explored how freedom is practiced rather than simply attained.
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I began to read Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, four songs of care and constraint.
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The host described reading Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, noting it is composed of four essays on art, sex, drugs, and climate, and explored how freedom is practiced rather than simply attained.
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I began to read Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, four songs of care and constraint.
Maggie Nelson your book is On Freedom.
Bluets
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Nelson was noted as the author of the acclaimed collection Bluets, underscoring her work as a poet and cultural critic.
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She's the author of the beautiful books The Argonauts and Bluets.
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Nelson was noted as the author of the acclaimed collection Bluets, underscoring her work as a poet and cultural critic.
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She's the author of the beautiful books The Argonauts and Bluets.
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Nelson referenced The Coddling of the American Mind as a book about cancel culture and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to manage anxiety, noting its arguments about interpreting events generously.
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I take a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind. And they have throughout at this argument, that cognitive behavioral th...
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Nelson referenced The Coddling of the American Mind as a book about cancel culture and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to manage anxiety, noting its arguments about interpreting events generously.
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I take a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind. And they have throughout at this argument, that cognitive behavioral therapy is a pretty effective way of helping people manage everyday anxiety.
The Art of Cruelty
A Reckoning
Nelson mentioned her earlier 2011 book The Art of Cruelty while reflecting on how readers' reactions to books change over time.
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from a previous book of mine from 2011 called The Art of Cruelty.
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Nelson mentioned her earlier 2011 book The Art of Cruelty while reflecting on how readers' reactions to books change over time.
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from a previous book of mine from 2011 called The Art of Cruelty.
The Sight of Death
An Experiment in Art Writing
Nelson highlighted The Sight of Death as a great book by T.J. Clark that she had recently finished reading.
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a great book by T.J. Clark called The Sight of Death.
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Nelson highlighted The Sight of Death as a great book by T.J. Clark that she had recently finished reading.
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a great book by T.J. Clark called The Sight of Death.
The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Nelson said she had just finished Hisham Mattar's book The Return during the conversation.
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and I just finished Hisham Mattar's book, The Return.
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Nelson said she had just finished Hisham Mattar's book The Return during the conversation.
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and I just finished Hisham Mattar's book, The Return.
Possibilities
Kathleen recommended David Graeber's Possibilities, noting its influence on her thinking about hierarchy, rebellion, and desire.
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The first one is by David Graeber, an anthropologist ... It's called Possibilities Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire.
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Kathleen recommended David Graeber's Possibilities, noting its influence on her thinking about hierarchy, rebellion, and desire.
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The first one is by David Graeber, an anthropologist ... It's called Possibilities Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire.
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
Kathleen cited Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments as a compelling study of young Black women striving for autonomous, beautiful lives.
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Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments.
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Kathleen cited Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments as a compelling study of young Black women striving for autonomous, beautiful lives.
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Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments.
The Force of Nonviolence
An Ethico-Political Bind
Kathleen highlighted Judith Butler's 2020 book The Force of Nonviolence, quoting its discussion of relationality and a new framing of nonviolence for the 21st century.
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Judith Butler's book that came out in 2020 called The Force of Nonviolence ... relationality is not by itself a good thing ... rather relationality is a vexed and ambivalent field ......
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Kathleen highlighted Judith Butler's 2020 book The Force of Nonviolence, quoting its discussion of relationality and a new framing of nonviolence for the 21st century.
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Judith Butler's book that came out in 2020 called The Force of Nonviolence ... relationality is not by itself a good thing ... rather relationality is a vexed and ambivalent field ... a kind of nonviolence is a way in which we actually can deal with those things.
The Right to Sex
Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
It examined the conditions of unfreedom shaping sexual desire and argued that true freedom has never yet been achieved.
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I had Amya Srinivasan on the show to talk about her book The Right to Sex.
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It examined the conditions of unfreedom shaping sexual desire and argued that true freedom has never yet been achieved.
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I had Amya Srinivasan on the show to talk about her book The Right to Sex.
On Freedom
It explored four essays on art, sex, drugs, and climate, arguing that freedom is a practice rather than a permanent state of liberation.
"
we began to read Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, four songs of care and constraint.
— Episode: Let's Talk About the Anxiety Freedom Can...
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Episode: Let's Talk About the Anxiety Freedom Can Cause
It explored four essays on art, sex, drugs, and climate, arguing that freedom is a practice rather than a permanent state of liberation.
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we began to read Maggie Nelson's On Freedom, four songs of care and constraint.
I have been thinking that a kind of recommitment to that entanglement, even when it doesn't feel good, while also trying to think of ways that it might feel better and not just living in a kind of orgy of bad feeling.
Maggie Nelson your book is On Freedom.
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
It argued that overprotective campus cultures foster anxiety by encouraging students to interpret events in the most victimized way possible.
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Let me try a thought on you because I ... a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind.
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It argued that overprotective campus cultures foster anxiety by encouraging students to interpret events in the most victimized way possible.
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Let me try a thought on you because I ... a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind.
The Sight of Death
An Experiment in Art Writing
It provided a historical analysis of how images of death shape cultural memory.
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There's a great book by T.J. Clark called The Sight of Death.
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It provided a historical analysis of how images of death shape cultural memory.
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There's a great book by T.J. Clark called The Sight of Death.
The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
It narrated a personal journey of return and reflection across geographic and emotional landscapes.
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I just finished Hisham Mattar's book, The Return.
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It narrated a personal journey of return and reflection across geographic and emotional landscapes.
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I just finished Hisham Mattar's book, The Return.
Campus Sex, Campus Security (Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series)
It explored how campuses negotiate sexual politics, safety, and the balance between protection and freedom.
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Jennifer Doyle in her book, Campus Sex, Campus Security.
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It explored how campuses negotiate sexual politics, safety, and the balance between protection and freedom.
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Jennifer Doyle in her book, Campus Sex, Campus Security.
Possibilities
It collected essays on hierarchy, rebellion, and desire, urging readers to imagine alternative social orders.
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It's called Possibilities Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire.
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It collected essays on hierarchy, rebellion, and desire, urging readers to imagine alternative social orders.
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It's called Possibilities Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire.
The Due Diligence Handbook For Commercial Real Estate
A Proven System To Save Time, Money, Headaches And Create Value When Buying Commercial Real Estate
The guest described it as a great book for learning how to think critically about microfinance debates, recommending it as one of the best reads on the subject.
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First book is called Due Diligence by David Rudman. He's my coworker now, although he wasn't at the time he wrote the book. It's about microfinance, which is very small loans to low income people. And...
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The guest described it as a great book for learning how to think critically about microfinance debates, recommending it as one of the best reads on the subject.
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First book is called Due Diligence by David Rudman. He's my coworker now, although he wasn't at the time he wrote the book. It's about microfinance, which is very small loans to low income people. And there was this massive debate about how much microfinance helps people, whether it's the best way to help people. And due diligence is an attempt to sort through a very overwhelming debate among experts and academics from looking at it from multiple angles, getting the right answer. I think it's a great book to read about how to think.
The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers
The Foraging Spectrum
The guest said the book gathers evidence about huntergatherer life, noting it can be dry but valuable for understanding humanity's distant past.
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Book two is called The Life Ways of HunterGatherers by Robert Kelly. I want to be up front. It has a lot of really dry theoretical parts. There's many parts I skipped entirely. There's many parts that...
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The guest said the book gathers evidence about huntergatherer life, noting it can be dry but valuable for understanding humanity's distant past.
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Book two is called The Life Ways of HunterGatherers by Robert Kelly. I want to be up front. It has a lot of really dry theoretical parts. There's many parts I skipped entirely. There's many parts that I've read like maybe a dozen times by now. It's trying to pull together all the evidence we have about what life is like for people who live in a huntergatherer lifestyle, which is often assumed to represent what the distant past of humanity looks like before the Neolithic Revolution 10,000 years or so ago.
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