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So I just finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and it was so incredible and amazing binge read.

So the essays of Charles Lamb, of all things, for summer reading.

Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M was obliging enough to read and explain to me. For the first 70,000 ages ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the living animal? Just as they do in Abyssinia to this day. From Charles Lamb's A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig.

I think one of the most popular novels of the period definitely kind of showcased this. It was called One Summer by an author by the name of Blanche Willis Howard, who was very prominent in the day, in the 19th century.

She moved towards him with an expression of sincerest regret upon her lips. Her remark was, however, unspoken, for the stranger at the same moment advanced and in a gentlemanly voice said, My good woman. Good woman indeed, she thought indignantly. And with a sudden revulsion of feeling, her sympathies giving way to wounded pride of station. Does he take me for a milkmaid?

I'm Donna Harrington-Luker, and I'm the author of a book on summer reading called Books for Idle Hours.

That's Donna Harrington-Luker. She's the author of Books for Idle Hours, 19th Century Publishing and the Rise of Summer Reading.

I should note that I'm in Los Angeles, which doesn't have as defined seasons as other parts of the United States. But we do still have summer and we do like to read in the summer. So some of the attendees shared their thoughts about what they look for in a good summer book. I approach summer reading like Love Island. I need to read the hottest books of the summer. So I just finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and it was so incredible and amazing binge read. Further Reading: Bad Witches by H.B. Akumiah and Constance Grady's newsletter from Vox.

Well, my number one book that I would recommend is Bad Witches by H.P. Akumia. I think that should be on everybody's summer reading list.

I have never read Mrs. Dalloway. I'll be brave and admit that. And I think that's probably next on my list is like, oh, I want to sit down with Mrs. Dalloway and hear what she's up to.

This episode was produced by Avishai Artsy, who's reading You Didn't Hear This From Me.

I am a former federal and state prosecutor, and I am the author of the upcoming book, When You Come at the King, Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump.

Fact-checking by Melissa Hirsch, who's reading the aptly titled Problematic Summer Romance.

Professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and author of the hugely influential book, Why Liberalism Failed.

As the young people like to say, it's time to take the red pill. We must see this jointly created, invented tradition of America as a fundamentally or solely liberal nation as a recent innovation that is, in fact, a departure from the actual American tradition.

And engineering by Matthew Billy, who's reading Two Wheels Good, the history and mystery of the bicycle.

I'm your host, Ujahna Glin-Hill, and I just finished The God of the Woods.

I'm a senior fellow at the New America Think Tank. I'm a political scientist and I'm the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop, the case for multi-party democracy in America.

So if what he wants to do really is just play in the midterm elections, that's actually something he really could do. And he doesn't even need an America party in order to be able to do it.

Lee Druttman is the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop.

Jacqueline Carter is the author of several books on leadership and corporate culture. Her latest book is about work in AI. It's called More Human, How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead.

Her most recent book is More Human, How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead.

And recently he wrote a piece called The Self-Deportation Psy-Op, which began with him watching baseball on the TV.

And her new memoir just came out, it's called A Physical Education. It's sort of about her strength training journey.

My name is Casey Johnston, and I am a writer and author. My book is called A Physical Education.

Casey Johnston is author of A Physical Education.

Professor Vali Nasser just published a book on Iran's Grand Strategy. It's called Iran's Grand Strategy, A Political History.

Vali Nasser is a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University. His book, once more, is titled Iran's Grand Strategy of Political History.

I've read Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, his book, and he very much frames Palantir as, you know, a force for good.

I, against my better judgment, while on vacation, read a very long magazine piece about Alex Karp and found myself really, really curious.