Episode · Pod Save America · 2023-08-01
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Jon Favreau recommended Mobility by Lydia Kiesling. Lydia kiesling recommended Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, The Parisian by Isabella Hammad, Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki, This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, and Revolutionary Power by Shalanda Baker, and discussed The Oil and the Glory by Steve LeVine and Oil! by Upton Sinclair.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mobility
Mobility by Lydia Kiesling is a coming-of-age novel following a corporate worker navigating a world shaped by geopolitical shifts and corporate greed.
Recommended“Tommy Talks with Lydia kiesling about her new novel Mobility our very first book from crooked reads”
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The Oil and the Glory
"The Oil and the Glory" by Steve LeVine is an investigative narrative detailing the intense geopolitical scramble for Caspian oil reserves following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Discussed“I read a book called the oil and the Glory by the former Wall Street Journal journalist Steve Levine and that was it's an amazing book”
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Oil!
Discussed“I started listening to the audiobook of the novel oil by Upton Sinclair they later made that's what There Will Be Blood is based on”
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Enter Ghost
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that follows characters staging a production of Hamlet in Palestine and the West Bank.
Recommended“I just read a wonderful novel uh called enter ghost by Isabella Hamad and it's about doing uh performance of Hamlet”
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The Parisian
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad is a historical novel that traces the life of a young Palestinian man traveling to France for his education amidst the tumultuous backdrop of the First World War and the changing political landscape of the Middle East.
Recommended“she also wrote a novel called the Parisian which is a wonderful novel”
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Time's Mouth
Time's Mouth is a contemporary novel that follows a generational lineage of women tied to a charismatic California cult leader and the supernatural, time-bending abilities passed down through the family.
Recommended“so does uh Eden lapucky her novel is called times mouth and it's amazing”
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This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein is a foundational climate change book that argues the existential crisis of global warming cannot be adequately addressed without fundamentally restructuring the global capitalist economic system.
Recommended“this changes everything uh by Naomi Klein is a is a wonderful book”
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Revolutionary Power
Revolutionary Power by Shalanda Baker is a book that examines the dynamics of the energy transition.
Recommended“and uh a book called revolutionary Power by Shalonda Baker who I think now holds a position in the department of energy”
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“last but not least Lydia kiesling's Mobility the first novel from crooked reads is finally out”