Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Impeachment, Then and Now
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Can It Happen Here? Authoritarianism in America
Discussed“Cass sunstein joins us to talk about his two latest books impeachment a citizen's guide and authoritarianism in America”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores racial injustice and moral growth in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“he said this is absolutely true to the spirit of the book and he thinks that this is still an evolving work it's set to open later this year he thinks that it will ultimately please fans of tequilla Mockingbird”
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Recommended“so I just read the house of broken Angels by Luis Alberto urea and I came a little late to it”
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The Moonstone
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a pioneering nineteenth-century epistolary detective novel centering on the dramatic theft of a priceless diamond and the complex web of secrets surrounding its disappearance.
Discussed“well I started talking a little bit about it last week I'm reading um wilky Collins's the Moonstone which I guess for some people is maybe the favorite wilky Collins although I think most people would choose the woman in white”
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is an enduring adventure novel published in 1719 about a castaway who spends decades isolated on a remote tropical island facing numerous perils.
Discussed“yes and he um for him the book Robinson cruso is this sort of constant companion and at the end of every day or at least when he's feeling upset or needing something he will just reread that one book”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The world according to Star Wars
“impeachment came out last fall and canid happen here came out this spring and I think my one of my favorite things about the fact that you are so prolific is that on the cover of this newer book it says author of The New York Times bestseller the world according to Star Wars which I guess was probably more”
“Cass sunstein is a professor at Harvard University and he is also the author of two new books reviewed on our cover this week impeachment a citizen's guide and most recently can it happen here”
“I that that is exactly what I did with power broker and you know it's about 50 page chunks at a time there here I've got about a 20 Page chunk since the last time that I checked in with you on Ulisses”
Passing The Woman in White
“well I started talking a little bit about it last week I'm reading um wilky Collins's the Moonstone which I guess for some people is maybe the favorite wilky Collins although I think most people would choose the woman in white”
Passing Cat Among the Pigeons
“at that point the very first thing I read was Agatha Christie's cat among the pigeons because it took place at a school with where the kids were my age”