Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Why Populism Now?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Jackson, 1964
Discussed“his latest book is called Jackson 1964 and other dispatches from 50 years of reporting on Race”
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Going red
Discussed“one of the books that I review I think it's going red refers to Trump in the past tense”
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Poison Tea
Discussed“therefore a book like uh the one on the big money that goes into the the Tea Party on Tobacco poison te how big oil and big tobacco invented the Tea Party and captured the GOP by Jeff NE bit”
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The end of White Christian America
The end of White Christian America is a sociological and political non-fiction book by Robert P.
Recommended“there is a book called the end of white Christian America by Robert P Jones who is the CEO of a religion Think Tank Institute”
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Raising the floor
Discussed“because those are the issues that speak to the heroes of another book I reviewed called raising the floor by Andy Stern”
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Trump and me
Discussed“so some of the stuff that's coming up soon includes Mark Singer book Trump and me that's coming out on July 5th”
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Lost Tycoon
Discussed“another book that is in the works that's kind of being repackaged is lost Tycoon by the journalist Harry hurt and that was released in 1993 by Norton”
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The making of Donald Trump
Discussed“those include a book called The Making of Donald Trump by David K Johnston he's of course a former times person yes he's a polar surprise winning investigative reporter”
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The Art Of The Deal
The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump is a business memoir and self-help guide that outlines the author's real estate ventures, negotiation philosophies, and corporate deal-making strategies.
Discussed“he noted in a tweet to me that the lurb on Donald Trump's own book art of the deal is this”
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Day of the Donald
Discussed“there is a Thriller Parody called The Day of the Donald by Andrew schaer and that takes place”
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A child's first book of Trump
Discussed“and there's a a child's first book of Trump by the comedian Michael Ian Black which is coming out”
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by Arthur Golden that chronicles the life of a Japanese woman who rises from poverty to become a celebrated geisha in Kyoto before and during World War Two.
Discussed“the summer read that will always stick in my mind is when I read Memoirs of agaa in July of 99”
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye by J.
Discussed“I was 12 years old and I I borrowed from my brother uh a paperback copy of The Catcher And The Ry which I uh brought with me to the beach”
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In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is a monumental multi-volume modernist novel that explores memory, time, and human consciousness.
Discussed“my name is Lindy bullio and I live in a suburb of Chicago and my memorable summer reading took place in 1997 in Brussels I was reading In Search of Lost Time”
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Have Space Suit _ Will Travel Digital Graphic Novel
Have Space Suit, Will Travel is a classic science fiction adventure novel by Robert A.
Discussed“my memorable summer book was Robert hindlin have space suit will travel in the summer of ' 66”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville is a classic American novel detailing Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the giant white sperm whale.
Discussed“the biggest book I could find was Herman Melville's Moby Dick I loved it”
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Barkskins
Barkskins by Annie Proulx is an expansive historical novel that traces the vast destruction of North American forests across multiple generations through the descendants of two impoverished French immigrants.
Discussed“the two biggest books on the hard cover fiction list probably um are both new Annie PR bark skins which is the I I talked about it on the podcast last week”
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The Girls
The Girls by Emma Cline is a critically acclaimed debut novel that explores the dark and mesmerizing allure of a 1960s cult through the eyes of a vulnerable, impressionable teenage girl.
Discussed“and then um the other debut is up at number three Emma Klein's the girls uh is on the list and this a book that got a lot of attention”
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Invisible influence
Discussed“at number 11 uh the the Wharton School Professor uh Jonah Berger has a book called invisible influence that is looking at kind of thought leaders social influence”
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Get Shorty
Discussed“um and it starts with Get Shorty which i' had seen uh in the movies when it came out um it didn't do much for me as a movie”
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Chasing the monsoon
Chasing the monsoon is a travel and nonfiction book by Alexander Frater that chronicles his journey following the Indian monsoon.
Recommended“um uh it this book came out I think about 20 years ago but um was called chasing the monsoon do you know this book”
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