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If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysi...

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Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind cover

Hated by All the Right People

Jason Zengerle

Mentioned 5 months ago

Mayhem In Minneapolis

The book was highlighted as a fascinating and informative look into Tucker Carlson's political evolution and how his rise mirrored the growth of the MAGA movement. It was described as being as much a piece of media criticism as it was a professional biography of Carlson.

Mordant, insightful, vigorously reported, and yes, deliciously entertaining.

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Melania

Melania Trump

Mentioned 1 year ago

California and New York Could Decide Which Party Controls The House

Melania Trump's memoir includes her support for abortion access, and details of her telling her husband to end the family separation immigration policy. She promoted her book with social media videos.

Individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I safeguard. Without a doubt, there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth.

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The Devil Never Sleeps

Juliette Kayyem

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Next Steps In Hurricane Helene Recovery

The book's author, Juliette Kayyem, was interviewed about disaster recovery following Hurricane Helene. She is the faculty chair of the Homeland Security Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and wrote this book.

And the author of 'The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters,' explains what the next steps in recovery will look like.

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Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future cover

Wasteland

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Plastic Recycling Long Con

It was mentioned as a 2023 book that details the dirty truth about what we throw away; the author was interviewed in the podcast.

It's certainly true that for a long time, the plastics industry has known that not a lot of recycling is actually happening.

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Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters cover

Wasteland

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Plastic Recycling Long Con

The book discusses the truth behind what we throw away. It was mentioned in relation to the history of the plastics industry and its role in misleading the public about recycling.

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We See Each Other

Tre'vell Anderson

Mentioned 1 year ago

North Carolina's Mark Robinson Extremism Revealed (Again)

The book, written by the podcast co-host, was mentioned as a great gift idea and is available wherever books are sold.

In case you were wondering, my books make for great birthday and holiday gifts. Also for that gender reveal party you probably shouldn't be going to, we see each other, A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film, and the NAACP Image Award winning, Historically Black Phrases from I Ain't One of Your Little Friends to Who All Gone Be There are both available wherever good books are sold and bad ones too.

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CARISPIBET So Many People Come into Our Lives | Home Decorative Sign, Homage to Friends and Family 6" x 12" cover

CARISPIBET So Many People Come into Our Lives | Home Decorative Sign, Homage to Friends and Family 6" x 12"

Mentioned 1 year ago

North Carolina's Mark Robinson Extremism Revealed (Again)

This NAACP Image Award-winning book was also suggested as a gift and is available for purchase or at local libraries.

and the NAACP Image Award winning, Historically Black Phrases from I Ain't One of Your Little Friends to Who All Gone Be There are both available wherever good books are sold and bad ones too. Also at your local library.

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Strengthening American Democracy

John R. Baker

Mentioned 1 year ago

Trump’s Lies About Haitian Immigrants Create Chaos In Springfield, Ohio

It was mentioned as a new book by Dr. Robert Baker, a political science professor. It was said that he and some friends were flabbergasted by Donald Trump's comments about Haitian immigrants in Springfield.

Baker is also the author of the new book, Strengthening American Democracy, Reflection, Action and Reform.

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The Chaos Machine

Max Fisher

Mentioned 1 year ago

When Countries Ban Social Media

It was mentioned as a book written by Max Fisher about social media leading to widespread discord. The author's publisher was expected to send a check to Erin Ryan.

Max is being humble. He literally wrote a book about social media leading to widespread discord called The Chaos Machine.

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Undue Burden

Shefali Luthra

Mentioned 1 year ago

Trump Alienates His Base With Flip Flopping On Reproductive Rights

The book, "Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America," was mentioned as Shefali Luthra's work, where she covers reproductive health for The 19th. The discussion touched upon the complex situation for Trump, the Republican Party, and the anti-abortion movement after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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The Reactionary Spirit

Zack Beauchamp

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Gender Gap Is Widening In The 2024 Election

The book explores America's most insidious political traditions and how they spread globally. It was mentioned as being released and available.

The Reactionary Spirit, how America's most insidious political traditions swept the world

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Trying Trump

Norman Eisen

Mentioned 1 year ago

Jack Smith Won’t Back Down

Norm Eisen, the author of "Trying Trump," discussed the book's content which is a guide to Trump's first election interference criminal trial. He explained that his analysis of the case, detailed in a report he co-authored and published online, closely matched the content of the revised indictment.

He's taken it out that the Supreme Court said cannot be covered, which is official conduct, whether you agree or disagree.

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CARISPIBET So Many People Come into Our Lives | Home Decorative Sign, Homage to Friends and Family 6" x 12" Cover

CARISPIBET So Many People Come into Our Lives | Home Decorative Sign, Homage to Friends and Family 6" x 12"

This NAACP Image Award-winning book, also written by the podcast co-host, was suggested as a great gift option and is available for purchase or at local libraries.

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In case you were wondering, my books make for great birthday and holiday gifts. Also for that gender reveal party you probably shouldn't be going to, we see each other, A Black Trans Journey Through T...

— Episode: North Carolina's Mark Robinson Extremism...

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Episode: North Carolina's Mark Robinson Extremism Revealed...

This NAACP Image Award-winning book, also written by the podcast co-host, was suggested as a great gift option and is available for purchase or at local libraries.

"

In case you were wondering, my books make for great birthday and holiday gifts. Also for that gender reveal party you probably shouldn't be going to, we see each other, A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film, and the NAACP Image Award winning, Historically Black Phrases from I Ain't One of Your Little Friends to Who All Gone Be There are both available wherever good books are sold and bad ones too.

Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind Cover

Jason Zengerle

Hated by All the Right People

Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind

The book was highlighted as a fascinating and informative look into Tucker Carlson's political evolution and how his rise mirrored the growth of the MAGA movement. It was described as being as much a piece of media criticism as it was a professional biography of Carlson.

"

Mordant, insightful, vigorously reported, and yes, deliciously entertaining.

— Episode: Mayhem In Minneapolis

Listen on Audible 7-day free trial

Episode: Mayhem In Minneapolis

The book was highlighted as a fascinating and informative look into Tucker Carlson's political evolution and how his rise mirrored the growth of the MAGA movement. It was described as being as much a piece of media criticism as it was a professional biography of Carlson.

"

Mordant, insightful, vigorously reported, and yes, deliciously entertaining.

Hated by All the Right People is as much a work of media criticism as it is a professional biography of Carlson.

And Zengerle chronicles how first television, then the internet started to reward extremes, privileging provocation and punditry over somber fact-finding.

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