Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Al Franken on Life in the Senate
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Discussed“he is the author most recently of Al Franken giant of the Senate Senator thanks for being here my pleasure”
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Churchill and Orwell
Discussed“Thomas Ricks joins us now from Washingtonhis new book is called Churchill and Orwell the fight for Freedom”
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Discussed“Dave py joins us nowhe is the author of many many books including the Captain Underpants series now a movie of which he is an executive producer and his latest series of graphic novels Dogman and many other books”
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Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Discussed“so what I did was was I sort of integrated Trump in what the book was about M for example he lies a lot and so I you know I've written books called lies and lying Liars who tell them a fair and balance look at the right”
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Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations
Discussed“I wrote a book called rush limble I was a big fat idiot and other observations was about talk radio and him lying and so I kind of talk about how those it was”
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
Discussed“I wrote a book called rush limble I was a big fat idiot and other observations was about talk radio and him lying and so I kind of talk about how those it was”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“Churchill read 1984 twice and loved it but as you say never met or well remember the hero of 1984 is name Winston”
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a classic historical novel set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, famously exploring themes of sacrifice, resurrection, and intense social upheaval.
Discussed“and so the themes and motifs of of Dickens especially from A Tale of Two Cities is starting to show up in their work”
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Swell
Discussed“so this week there were two novels that came out on the same day that represented returns for two novelists after a long Hiatusone was swell by Jill eisenstat and it's been 26 years since her second novel came outso she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really”
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's highly anticipated second novel, which arrived two decades after her celebrated debut, The God of Small Things.
Discussed“uh even I think possibly bigger deal was of course AR and daddy Roy who has not published a novel in 20 years and published her second novel this weekit's called the ministry of utmost happiness”
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is the Booker Prize-winning debut novel by Arundhati Roy that traces the childhood experiences of fraternal twins in Kerala, India, whose lives are shattered by the destructive societal rules governing love and caste.
Discussed“and of course when where's debut novel came out the god of small things it was a huge hitit sold six million copies”
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The poetics of space
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard is a celebrated philosophical exploration of architecture, intimate spaces, and how human imagination interacts with domestic environments like houses, cellars, and attics.
Recommended“yes I I'm reading a book that's impossible for me to describeum it's gastone bashar's book The Poetics of spacehe's a French philosopher and he's written this like it's”
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Latecomers
Latecomers by Anita Brookner is a 1988 novel that explores themes of displacement, friendship, and the immigrant experience through the lives of two men in London.
Recommended“I am practicing literary self-care and I am returning to Anita Brookner who I talked about last year on the podcast and we figured out parl and I that parl was not here the week that I talked about her because I you're also a big fan so I just sort of picked up another of her novels which is”
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World War I and America
World War I and America edited by A.
Recommended“so um that book has transitioned very seamlessly for me into a collection that was published earlier this year to coincide with the Centennial of America's entry into World War Iit's a collection published by the library of America called World War I and America told by the Americans who lived it”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Al Franken is the author of Al Franken giant of theSenate”
“I didn'tbut what happened was when I finished my last book The Generals I was sort of thinking well I'm finished with journalism”
“Tom thank you so much for being hereyou're welcome the book againis Churchill and Orwell the fight for Freedom by Thomas Rick”
“dog man A Tale of Two Kitties the third in the dog man series and and his new movie Captain Underpants is out”
“she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really long time and people mostly just think of her for her 1987 novel from Rockway”
“well you remember last week I was reading the Jim Harrison Nolla collection Legends of the Fall and the title Nolla in that bookthe one with Brad Pit”