Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Fate of Refugees After World War II
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What Were We Thinking
What Were We Thinking by Carlos Lozada is a critical examination of the political literature and media produced during the Donald Trump presidency, analyzing the meta-narratives that emerged from that era.
Discussed“Carlos oada joins us now from Washington where he is the non-fiction book critic for the Washington Post and author of a new book called what were we thinking a brief intellectual history of the Trump era”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“hillbilly elegy was not a book about Donald Trump Donald Trump is not mentioned in that book it was written before Trump's campaign but it became a trump book”
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White Fragility
White Fragility by Dr.
Discussed“there's this great line in your book and it's in reference to one book in particular a book you you mentioned earlier white fragility”
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The Topeka School
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner is a deeply resonant and intricate novel that explores the shifting tactics and complex politics of high school debate in the American Midwest during the 1980s and 1990s.
Discussed“even novels the toeka school by Ben learner which is a book about about the shifting tactics of high school debate in the United States in the 80s and 90s to my mind is something of a trump book”
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“and a novel like American War by Omar alad to my mind feels like a trump book it imagines a future some 50 60 years from now when America is undergoing a second Civil War”
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The ideas industry
Discussed“Dan Dresner a professor at tus University wrote a book called The ideas industry where he does a really good job of explaining that distinction”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a bestselling epistolary book written as a letter from the author to his teenage son, exploring the reality of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“but I think especially in in recent years perhaps following the success in a claim of between the world and Me by tanasi coats you've seen a lot of these books”
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When they call you a terrorist
Discussed“about a book like when they call you a terrorist by Patrice Khan Kor is who's one of the founders of the black lives matter movement is a perfect example of that it's easy to place it in that category of a book that makes the case for group rights”
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The child that books built
The child that books built by Francis Spufford is a captivating memoir that explores the profound impact of reading and literature on a young mind growing up in Britain.
Recommended“I am reading a very Charming Memoir by a British writer named Francis spufford called the child that books built”
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Other mentions in this episode (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing How to Get Rich
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
Passing The Art Of The Deal
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
Passing The Art Of The Deal
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
Passing Conversation in the Cathedral
“but I'd never read really his Masterwork which is conversation in the cathedral and so I read that”
Passing Fish in the Water
“and so I read that I'm currently reading his political Memoir bwa fish in the water”
Passing What Were We Thinking
“Carlos L's book is called what were we thinking a brief intellectual history of the Trump era”
Passing A Children's Bible
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
Passing Interior Chinatown
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
“Charles 's interior Chinatown daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind”
Passing Leave the World Behind
“daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind the church ladies is from an academic press”
“Gerald Walker is listed for how to make a slave in other essays Jen Chaplan for my autobiography of Carson molers”
“Gerald Walker is listed for how to make a slave in other essays Jen Chaplan for my autobiography of Carson molers”
Passing The Undocumented Americans
“and the last among the finalists is Carla Coro via vencio's book The undocumented Americans”