Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Immigration Reform, Past and Present
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The uprooted
Discussed“this historian Oscar handland who wrote a book that came out in the early 50s called the uprooted which one pullit surprise for a while I think it was assigned in a lot of schools”
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Simplify your life
Discussed“it was a big bestseller at the time it was called simplify your life it was this little square cornflower blue book”
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Rodham
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld is an imaginative alternative history novel that explores what might have happened to Hillary Clinton's life and career had she declined a marriage proposal from Bill Clinton.
Discussed“I talked about Curtis sfi's new novel rodom”
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How Democracies Die
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt examines how elected leaders can gradually subvert democratic institutions from within.
Recommended“and I talked about how democracies die by Daniel zlat and Steven litzky”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Recommended“I talked about JD Vance's hillbilly elegy”
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Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner is a monumental modernist masterpiece that delves into themes of race, class, ambition, and generational trauma through the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen in the American South.
Recommended“and also William fauler Absalom Absalon”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Brief History of Time
“it was like you know it's a it in the way that people bought A Brief History of Time the Steven Hawking book like they just wanted to own it and nobody read it”
Passing American wife
“and as you both know Curtis seld wrote a previous novel called American Wife and it was told from the perspective of character who was very very much like Laura Bush”