Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-02-17

Ezra Klein & Dan Savage: books mentioned on The Ezra Klein Show

Dan Savage on Polyamory, Chosen Family and Better Sex

4 books · With Dan Savage · Watch on YouTube

Ezra Klein discussed The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan. Dan Savage recommended The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and others, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, and Berlin diary by William L. Shirer and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Right to Sex

   Amia Srinivasan · at 18:28

   The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan is a collection of essays examining the intersections of philosophy, feminism, politics, and contemporary sexual ethics in the wake of the sexual revolution.

   Discussed

   “one of the motivations for this chat for me has been that there's been this Spate of books over the past couple years with names like bad sex and rethinking sex and the right to sex and I've done podcasts with some of these people like I'm your shanivasan and Maggie Nelson and Erica bakayaki”

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2. 

   The Ethical Slut

   Dossie Easton; Catherine A. Liszt · at 1:21:19

   The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt is a widely recognized guide to non-monogamous relationships, polyamory, and alternative approaches to human connection.

   Recommended

   “what are three books you'd recommend to the audience I I gave this so much thought the ethical slot by dosti Easton and Janet Hardy I'm sure since moving to San Francisco you probably heard this book mentioned or seen it on a shelf somewhere it was published 25 years ago and it's sort of the Code of Hammurabi where”

   Dan Savage Dan Savage on Polyamory, Chosen Family and Better Sex 2023-02-17 Listen at 1:21:19

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3. 

   The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

   William L. Shirer · at 1:21:41

   The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer is a sweeping historical account of Nazi Germany and the rise of Adolf Hitler, written by a journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent in Berlin during the 1930s.

   Recommended

   “uh I read the rise along with their Reich when I was a kid and I've reread it a couple of times but William shirer who wrote rise and fall of the Third Reich he was a foreign correspondent in Berlin in the 30s he was worked with Edward R Murrow and after the collapse of the Nazi regime he”

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4. 

   Berlin diary

   William L. Shirer; William L.Shirer · at 1:22:06

   Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer is a historical non-fiction book comprising the personal journal entries of an American foreign correspondent who witnessed firsthand the terrifying rise of fascism and totalitarianism in Nazi Germany during the years leading up to the Second World War.

   Recommended

   “but he also read something called Berlin diary which was published in 1941 without the benefit of hindsight which is Diary entries as he's witnessing the rise of fascism and totalitarianism in Germany and I don't think I need to tell your audience why I think that book is so relevant to this moment and I recently reread it and”

   Dan Savage Dan Savage on Polyamory, Chosen Family and Better Sex 2023-02-17 Listen at 1:22:06

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