Episode · The Book Review · 2019-04-05
Books mentioned on The Chernobyl Disaster in Full
Gilbert Cruz discussed Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham, Coders by Clive Thompson, and Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson. Adam Higginbotham discussed A night to remember by Walter Lord and Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich. Nelly Bowles recommended Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson and Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. Sarah Lyall discussed Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger. Tina Jordan discussed Murder by the Book by Claire Harman. John Williams discussed Written Lives by Javier Marías. Pamela Paul recommended When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, and discussed The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Midnight in Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is a gripping historical account documenting the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster.
Discussed“Adam higen Botham will be here to talk about his new book midnight in Chernobyl the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster”
Where to get it
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Coders
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson is a non-fiction book that explores the culture, history, and profound societal influence of software programmers.
Discussed“Nelly bus will be here to talk about Clive Thompson's new book coders”
Where to get it
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A night to remember
Walter Lord's A Night to Remember is a classic narrative non-fiction account that meticulously reconstructs the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
Discussed“and I was kind of inspired by the fact that I'd recently read Walter Lords and night to remember about the Titanic about the sinky of the Titanic”
Where to get it
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Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful oral history composed of devastating testimonies from individuals who survived or responded to the 1986 nuclear disaster.
Discussed“and there's Sana alexovich whose voice is from Chernobyl which is this sort of isn't a narrative book but as a kind of you know hallucinatory sense of what it was like for these individuals”
Where to get it
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Smarter Than You Think
Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson is a work of nonfiction that explores how modern digital tools, the internet, and personal technology are fundamentally altering human cognition and improving our minds for the better.
Discussed“you mentioned that Clive Thompson knows this world he um he's the author of another book that looked at technology called smarter than you think how technology is changing our minds for the better”
Where to get it
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Nudist on the Late Shift
Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson is a compelling nonfiction work exploring the eccentricities, pressures, and culture of Silicon Valley during the late twentieth century tech boom.
Recommended“I'd say I mean I'm a sucker for nudist on The Late Shift I loved that one po Bronson”
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Bad Blood
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is an immersive investigative non-fiction book that uncovers the massive corporate fraud behind Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos.
Recommended“obviously Bad Blood the John Caro”
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Lost and Wanted
Discussed“I've never read any books by n freudenberger have you nor have I”
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Murder by the Book
Discussed“so I'm reading a book called Murder By the book by Claire Harmon”
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The Unwinding of the Miracle
The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams is a deeply moving memoir written by a woman who faced a terminal cancer diagnosis with extraordinary grace and introspection.
Discussed“I think Tina you discussed the unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip Williams”
Where to get it
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a profound posthumous memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the human condition.
Recommended“it's a little bit like if when breath becomes air by Paul colony was your thing then then this is for you”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“and the other book that I read and finished last night was To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee”
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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 that one thing that became clear to me rereading it now too was especially after all of the kind of craziness around goett a Watchmen and all of that you really realize you get a sense of why it was so hard for her to ever write another book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Sarah I read n freudenberger lost and wanted”
“I read Murder By the book The Crime that shocked Dickens London by Clare Harmon”
“John I read written lives by Javier Marius”
“and I read the unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip Williams and to kill Mocking Bird by Harper leee”
“and I read the unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip Williams and to kill Mocking Bird by Harper leee”