Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-12-25
Books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Stalin
Stephen Kotkin's multi-volume biography of Stalin examines the life of the Soviet dictator and the nature of totalitarian power.
Discussed“so interestingly you uh one of the books you mentioned was Steven cotkin Stalin volume one”
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How Adam Smith can change your life
Discussed“Russ Roberts how Adam Smith can change your life”
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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World)
Discussed“uran OST haml the transformation of the world to global history of the 19th century”
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Midnights Descendants A History Of South Asia Since Partition
Discussed“John K Midnight's descendants a history of South Asia since partition”
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Histories
Herodotus's The Histories is widely considered the foundational work of historical writing in Western literature, chronicling the ancient conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
Discussed“you uh mentioned Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus Herodotus herod's histories”
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The book of strange new things
The book of strange new things by Michel Faber is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that follows a Christian missionary sent to minister to an extraterrestrial population.
Discussed“Michael Faber the book of strange new things”
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Limonov
Discussed“Emanuel carer carer I'm not sure if I'm saying that right limonov the outrageous Adventures of the radical Soviet poet”
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Discussed“Richard Flanigan the narrow road to the Deep North”
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The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir is a science fiction survival novel that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his scientific ingenuity and problem-solving skills to stay alive and engineer a way home.
Discussed“Andy Weir the Martian”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“but the predictions I made in my book averages over that AI would be the next big thing”