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George Orwell
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What Now? with Trevor Noah
Trevor currently hosts a weekly podcast titled What Now? with Trevor Noah. In this new podcast, listeners get a chance to hear Trevor like never before. Trevor is joined each episode by celebrities, thought leaders, athletes, and friends to chat about the contemporary topics on everyone’s minds. He...
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Eddie Fishman: Understanding Iran
The Death of Expertise
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Ian Bremmer: Who Is Actually Running the World?
The Great Gatsby
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Oobah Butler: The Digital Mirage
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The Lord of the Rings Illustrated (Tolkien Illustrated Editions)
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Emily McDonald: Can You Rewire Your Brain?
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The Godfather
They compared the experience of watching football to the narrative of The Godfather, noting that just when they thought they were out, it pulled them back in.
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The Sopranos or Godfather. Oh yeah, every time.
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They compared the experience of watching football to the narrative of The Godfather, noting that just when they thought they were out, it pulled them back in.
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The Sopranos or Godfather. Oh yeah, every time.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (Dsm-5-Tr(r))
The hosts explained that the DSM5 is the current edition used to diagnose ADHD, noting it was updated to include symptoms presenting up to age 12 based on recent research.
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But the researchers said with the new edition of like the manual that we use to diagnose the diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders. That's DSM. DSM five. That it was based on the rese...
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The hosts explained that the DSM5 is the current edition used to diagnose ADHD, noting it was updated to include symptoms presenting up to age 12 based on recent research.
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But the researchers said with the new edition of like the manual that we use to diagnose the diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders. That's DSM. DSM five. That it was based on the research that people were presenting with symptoms as late as age 12.
Self-Reliance
Trevor asked Arthur if he had ever read Emerson's essay, noting it as a classic work on individualism.
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Have you ever read Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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Trevor asked Arthur if he had ever read Emerson's essay, noting it as a classic work on individualism.
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Have you ever read Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Middlemarch (Collector's Library Classics)
Christiana recommended Middlemarch as a long, wise novel that teaches while entertaining.
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I really like Middlemarch. I think it's very long. But it's very wise and just really, I was going to say teaches you.
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Episode: The Reality of Fiction [VIDEO]
Christiana recommended Middlemarch as a long, wise novel that teaches while entertaining.
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I really like Middlemarch. I think it's very long. But it's very wise and just really, I was going to say teaches you.
The Time Machine
The Original 1895 Unabridged And Complete Edition (A H.G. Wells Classics)
The novel was mentioned as an example while the hosts discussed radicalization, noting its perspective of an author looking from outside his own era.
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HG Wells' Time Machine, the perspective of the author is someone who's not of that time in the future where people are just like kind of willy nilly and like they're willing to let someone drown and n...
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The novel was mentioned as an example while the hosts discussed radicalization, noting its perspective of an author looking from outside his own era.
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HG Wells' Time Machine, the perspective of the author is someone who's not of that time in the future where people are just like kind of willy nilly and like they're willing to let someone drown and not do anything or whatever.
The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition Hc
S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
The host mentioned watching it repeatedly when feeling sick because it is a familiar, comforting story with a known ending.
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It's something random like The Princess Bride, Ocean's Eleven or Finding Nemo.
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The host mentioned watching it repeatedly when feeling sick because it is a familiar, comforting story with a known ending.
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It's something random like The Princess Bride, Ocean's Eleven or Finding Nemo.
Good Inside
A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
The hosts praised the book as amazing and discussed its themes of seeing the good inside children and the purpose behind the title. They referenced anecdotes from the book, such as a Target tantrum story, to illustrate its ideas.
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And then your book has been amazing. And I think, you know, like, where I really wanted to get into this conversation from was, behind the book, behind the titles, behind the social media, is your pur...
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The hosts praised the book as amazing and discussed its themes of seeing the good inside children and the purpose behind the title. They referenced anecdotes from the book, such as a Target tantrum story, to illustrate its ideas.
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And then your book has been amazing. And I think, you know, like, where I really wanted to get into this conversation from was, behind the book, behind the titles, behind the social media, is your purpose.
Like when I was reading through your book, I was thinking, man, many of the labels I even hold of myself were donated to me.
And you have this anecdote that you share in the book about being in Target, seeing this kid melt down. Like just a kid throwing a mega tantrum. We've all seen it.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
The title was briefly referenced as another of Michael Pollan's publications while discussing his other books. Trevor Noah noted it in passing, mentioning that Pollan writes insightful accounts of how we view the world and what we consume. The comment was casual and did not delve into the book's content.
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Episode: Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan [VIDEO]
It was mentioned briefly as another of Michael Pollan's published works alongside "This is Your Mind on Plants" and "How to Change Your Mind."
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it's not only psychedelics you know he wrote the omnivores dilemma, this is your mind on plants, how to change your mind and he's written beautiful accounts of how we see the world of what we take.
Tools and Weapons
The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
In the episode, Trevor Noah highlighted the book's even‑handed take on technology, likening it to a broom that can both build and destroy. He noted that the authors portray tech as both a tool and a weapon, offering an optimistic yet cautious perspective. Noah concluded by strongly recommending the title to listeners.
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In their co-authored book, Smith and Brown discussed technology's dual nature as both a tool and a weapon, illustrated by the example of a broom's various uses. The book's perspective was described as even-handed, optimistic yet cautious about the world and technology.
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you talk about the fact that it's not black and white.
many people will say AI, good, AI, bad.
But what you argue is like dynamite that was used to clear paths for cars and roads to be built and then also used to blow up, you know, people's homes or to wage wars.
All technology is a weapon and a tool.
I highly recommend people read the book because I do think it's an even-handed, optimistic but still cautious look at how we see the world and technology.
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
The book was mentioned as a 2017 publication that examines why people distrust experts, arguing that the democratization of media has led everyone to consider themselves an authority on every subject.
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I was reviewing this book by Tom Nichols. I think it was written in 2017. It was called The Death of Expertise and why people don't trust people who have a deep well of knowledge in a...
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Episode: Katie Couric: Is Objectivity Dead?
The book was mentioned as a 2017 publication that examines why people distrust experts, arguing that the democratization of media has led everyone to consider themselves an authority on every subject.
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I was reviewing this book by Tom Nichols. I think it was written in 2017. It was called The Death of Expertise and why people don't trust people who have a deep well of knowledge in a certain area because everyone is an expert now. Everyone has an opinion.
But it doesn't. There's so many opinions without portfolio out there.
What It Takes
The Way to the White House
In the episode, Ezra Klein praised the book as the single greatest piece of campaign journalism ever produced, noting that it sparked his interest in politics. He highlighted its detailed account of the 1988 presidential election and recommended it for anyone interested in political reporting. The overall sentiment was highly positive.
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Episode: Ezra Klein: America At Its Breaking Point
Ezra Klein called it the single greatest piece of campaign journalism ever produced and said it sparked his interest in politics.
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The single greatest piece of campaign journalism ever produced, this is every political journalist will tell you this, is Richard Ben Cramer's account of the 1988 presidential election. Okay. It's called What It Takes.
The Untethered Soul
The Journey Beyond Yourself
Emily McDonald said she had read the book and described it as really good, noting it had a significant impact on her thinking.
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I read the book, The Untethered Soul. If you guys have ever heard of that, it's really good.
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Episode: Emily McDonald: Can You Rewire Your Brain?
Emily McDonald said she had read the book and described it as really good, noting it had a significant impact on her thinking.
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I read the book, The Untethered Soul. If you guys have ever heard of that, it's really good.
The Other Significant Others
Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
In the episode, Trevor Noah highlighted the book as a new "Bible" for rethinking relationships, emphasizing its challenge to the norm that marriage is the sole committed partnership. He praised its thorough research into history and studies that demonstrate the benefits of prioritizing emotional friendships. The discussion presented the title as a compelling argument for diversifying emotional support beyond a single partner, and the overall tone was strongly positive.
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Episode: A Friendship Revolution with Rhaina Cohen
The book explores the societal expectation of marriage as the only committed relationship and argues for the importance of prioritizing emotional friendships. It examines how this has evolved over time and the benefits of diversifying emotional support across multiple relationships.
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It's The Other Significant Others and the book fundamentally it's become my new Bible.
the book is about who you choose as a life partner and who we have been told our life partner is.
what I loved about the book as well was you have this like deep research, studies that have been done, history, how things have evolved, why things have evolved.
I think it's the difference between being number one and the only one and that people are, you know, mistaking those two things.
I think that there are lots of people more than maybe we know who really do appreciate friendships and we have not been able to acknowledge that on a larger scale.
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
Rutger said his very first book was titled Utopia for Realists and explored radical ideas such as universal basic income and open borders.
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my very first book was called Utopia for Realists and it was about all these crazy ideas like, can't we just abolish poverty by giving everyone money, you know, which is called a univ...
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Rutger said his very first book was titled Utopia for Realists and explored radical ideas such as universal basic income and open borders.
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my very first book was called Utopia for Realists and it was about all these crazy ideas like, can't we just abolish poverty by giving everyone money, you know, which is called a universal basic income. Can't we abolish all borders around the globe?
The Immortality Key
The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
Trevor Noah mentioned the book as a good source that explored the theory that early communion wine was spiked with ergot, the fungus from which LSD is derived. He recommended it to illustrate the discussion about psychedelics and ego dissolution.
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Episode: Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan [VIDEO]
This book explores the theory that early communion wine was spiked with ergot, a fungus from which LSD is derived.
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There's a good book on this called The Immortality Key by Brian Morescu,
Between the World and Me
The book was highlighted as one of Coates' notable works and was mentioned alongside his other publications.
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The Case for Reparations, Between the World and Me, his work on Black Panther.
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The book was highlighted as one of Coates' notable works and was mentioned alongside his other publications.
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The Case for Reparations, Between the World and Me, his work on Black Panther.
The Message
Coates' new book was described as traveling to South Carolina to tackle book banning and exploring other global subjects.
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And his new book, The Message, is no different because in it he travels to South Carolina to tackle book banning.
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Coates' new book was described as traveling to South Carolina to tackle book banning and exploring other global subjects.
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And his new book, The Message, is no different because in it he travels to South Carolina to tackle book banning.
Humankind
A Hopeful History
The hosts referenced Rutger's latest book Humankind, noting they had it in their hands and were impressed by its hopeful take on human nature.
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my new book in my hands are like, oh this is awesome.
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The hosts referenced Rutger's latest book Humankind, noting they had it in their hands and were impressed by its hopeful take on human nature.
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my new book in my hands are like, oh this is awesome.
The Wind in the Willows (Illustrated)
The 1913 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
The book was brought up when Khaya Dlanga reminisced about his childhood reading, noting that he had read it when he was younger. He mentioned it in passing without offering a specific recommendation or critique. The overall tone was a simple, nostalgic reference.
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He recalled reading The Wind in the Willows during his childhood.
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I also read ... The Wind in the Willows. Yeah.
Roots
The Saga of an American Family (Modern Classics)
In the episode, Trevor and Derek recalled that the television miniseries they grew up with originated from the book, noting it was the first version they remembered. They highlighted the author's role in creating the story, but did not discuss its content further. The mention was brief and nostalgic.
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Trevor and Derek recalled that the TV miniseries they grew up with was based on Alex Haley's book Roots, noting it was the first iteration they remembered.
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We grew up watching the first iteration of the show from Alex Haley, the author who wrote Roots.
It was the first iteration from Alex Haley, the author who wrote Roots.
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