📚 2 Books mentioned in "629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive? | Freakonomics Radio" of Freakonomics Radio
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: 629. How Is Live Theater Still Alive? | Freakonomics Radio
Published on April 11, 2025
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The plan was to take an American literary classic, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. It was my favorite novel, and set it to music with new songs by the country legend Roger Miller.
Rocco Landisman mentions adapting Mark Twain's novel Huckleberry Finn into a musical called Big River.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
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When you feel like you're getting overwhelmed by American political history, it must be nice to have Doris Karns Goodwin on your side. She wrote a book called Leadership in Turbulent Times which is about what she considers to be the four most effective presidents.
The host mentions Doris Kearns Goodwin and her book Leadership in Turbulent Times as a resource for the musical's writer.