Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-08-19
Books mentioned on Paul Kix On The Civil Rights Movement And What It Means To Be Courageous
Ryan speaks with Paul Kix about his new book You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America, how Ryan helped him shape his writing career after being laid off by ESPN, the painful realities of the Jim Crow south and 1963 Birmingham, and more.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Discussed“Have you read that Emerson biography yet? I'm like halfway through it.”
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Emerson
Discussed“it's incredible but I had the experience of that and with the Emerson mind on Fire book that you recommended where I can only make it like three or four pages”
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Freak Kingdom
Freak Kingdom by Timothy Denevi is a biographical and political examination of the journalist and activist Hunter S.
Discussed“I also just read this book like um I read this book Freak Kingdom or Kingdom of freaks that it's about by this creative writing Professor”
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Reclaim Your Nest Egg
Reclaim Your Nest Egg by Ken Kamen is a financial advice book designed to help everyday investors navigate market volatility, protect their wealth, and secure their long-term financial futures.
Recommended“But you had recommended that Kamen's book. Oh yeah, that's another one that writing is incredible.”
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Lone Star 03
Discussed“um um yeah he wrote uh this book Lone Star which is a history of Texas which is incredible”
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Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State
Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State by Randolph B.
Recommended“Um, yeah, he wrote this book 'Lone Star,' which is a history of Texas, which is incredible.”
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This Kind of War
This Kind of War by T.
Discussed“and then he also wrote this book about the Korean War which he fought in called this kind of War that's also [ __ ] incredible”
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Empire of the summer moon
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.
Discussed“so his his book The Empire of the summer moon was the one I was like oh I love this book”
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.
Recommended“Well see, so his book 'Empire of the Summer Moon' was the one I was like, oh, I love this book.”
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The Immense Journey
The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley is a poetic and philosophical meditation on the natural history of the Earth and the evolutionary development of life, written from the perspective of a naturalist and anthropologist.
Recommended“Lauren Eisley the immense Journey it's a history of nothing less than the entire Earth's evolution”
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The Saboteur: True Adventures Of The Gentleman Commando Who Took On The Nazis
Discussed“so like the the first book to sabur I'm at ESPN yeah my kids are the boys were like maybe a year old maybe 18 months when I got that when I got that deal great book by the way one of my favorites”
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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live
Discussed“so like the the first book to sabur I'm at ESPN yeah my kids are the boys were like maybe a year old maybe 18 months when I got that when I got that deal great book by the way one of my favorites”
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis is a gripping non-fiction book that details the eccentric financiers and outsiders who predicted and profited from the collapse of the United States housing market in 2007–2008.
Discussed“Like um like I think about um Michael Lewis and 'The Big Short' which is one of the greatest non-fiction books of all time but also a massive hit.”
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The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael M.
Recommended“Yeah, 'The New New Thing,' I love that book.”
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Waging a Good War
Waging a Good War by Thomas E.
Discussed“Did you read Tom Ricks' book, 'A Good War'? Was that the one on the generals?”
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The Forty Years War
Discussed“did you read um Tom Rick's book w a good war was that the one on the generals”
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First Principles
First Principles by Thomas E.
Discussed“No, he wrote about the generals in Iraq and then wrote this great book on the founding fathers called 'First Principles', but he also wrote a history of the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a military historian.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So in a lot of ways like this title itself, I wasn't writing toward this title, but when my editor was like this is a quote from the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, she's like what do you think of this as a book?”
“this book was actually much easier because it was I could start around 8:30 or 9 a little bit more leisurely and I could be I mean I don't know I I would I like both books but I think this is a little bit more thoughtful”