Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Politicization of Academic Life
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Assault on American Excellence
Discussed“okay the problems or or issues that I discuss in the book fall into three broad categories”
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Dark Money
Dark Money by Jane Mayer is an investigative non-fiction book that exposes the hidden history and political financing networks of radical right-wing billionaires and conservative foundations working to reshape American politics.
Discussed“it's made politics its business and it's made politics its business although very secretively and I think that that was something that Jane Mayer really exposed and and parsed in her book dark dark money”
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Sons of Wichita
Discussed“I mean probably most famously by Jane Mayer and dark money and in the New Yorker as well as by Daniel Schulman whose book sons of Witchita is really about the family story of the Cokes”
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Doxology
Doxology is a contemporary novel by Nell Zink that explores complex modern themes, character development, and intricate interpersonal relationships within an engaging narrative framework.
Discussed“obviously as I say in my review the the politics in zinc's new novel doxology they kind of lick up like flames in the background the way they do in John updike's rabbit novels”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Anthony konman will be here to talk about his new book The Assault on American Excellence”
Passing The Jungle Book
“did you know redard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book while living in Brattleboro Vermont”
“the assault in American Excellence your new book it comes out on August 20th”
“he's a professor at the law school now author of several books his new book is called The Assault on American”