Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: American Eugenics
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record Buck v. Bell
Discussed“The Supreme Court had an opportunity to overturn Buck versus Bell in 1942 in another sterilization case”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Discussed“I think several more chapters about ghost at a Watchmen”
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Clawback
Discussed“ja Jance has the 11th book in her Ally Reynolds series it's called clawback”
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The waters of eternal youth
Discussed“Donna Leon continues her commissioner Guido brunetti series that's uh the series of mysteries said in Venice called the Waters of Eternal youth”
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The steel kiss
Discussed“Jeffrey dver returns with his Lincoln rhyme series with a novel called the steel kiss”
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Fire touched
Discussed“Patricia Briggs is back with her Mercy Thompson Series a novel called fire touched”
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Off the Grid
Discussed“CJ box is back with the latest uh Joe picket novel this is the 16th in that series called off the grid”
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Love, loss, and what we ate
Discussed“Padma Lakshmi the the host of Top Chef on Bravo for going back I think 11 years now um has a memoir Called Love loss and what we ate”
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Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
Discussed“it's you know an election year argument for smaller government called conspiracies of the ruling class”
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Smarter Faster Better
Charles Duhigg's book tackles productivity and utilizes great storytelling to convey its points and make its underlying concepts memorable.
Discussed“smarter faster better uh which is the title of the new book by Charles doig our very own”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Great Gatsby
“I mean people will put a new cover on a classic novel and I'm not you know we're not going to write about the latest cover on The Great Gatsby or something like that”
Passing The Exorcist
“sort of in in the mode of The Exorcist but with a little bit of romantic comedy thrown and it's very unusual”
Passing A tree grows in Brooklyn
“referring to Betty Smith's uh wonderful novel at Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
Passing The Power of Habit
“he also of course wrote the power of habit which was a longtime bestseller”