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Books podcasts were talking about in March 2015
Literary discussions during March 2015 across programs like The Book Review and The Joe Rogan Experience highlighted a wide variety of memoirs, fiction, and unique pop-culture phenomena. On The Book Review, host Gilbert Cruz welcomed author Heidi Julavits to discuss her diary, The Folded Clock, and previewed an interview with Jeffrey Lieberman regarding his book Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry. Alexandra Alter joined the show to discuss Johanna Basford's bestselling adult coloring book, Secret Garden. Greg Cowles reviewed the bestseller lists, drawing attention to Jacqueline Winspear's latest Maisy Dobbs mystery, A Dangerous Place, James Patterson and Marshall Karp's NYPD Red 3, Frank Bruni's college admissions guide Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, and former Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank's memoir, Frank. Meanwhile, on The Joe Rogan Experience, guest Aubrey Marcus recommended Starhawk's speculative fiction novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, using it to illustrate the conflict between utopian and dystopian societies. These varied selections demonstrated the broad scope of podcast conversations during the month, touching on creative arts, politics, psychology, and popular fiction.
The Book Review
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Secret Garden
Discussed“the book is called The Secret Garden and the author or illustrator is uh Joanna bassford who's a British commercial illustrator”
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A Dangerous Place
Discussed“it's called a dangerous place new at number four”
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NYPD Red 3
Discussed“it has the imaginative title NYPD Red three”
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Where you go is not who you'll be
Discussed“U new number 12 the New York Times has own Frank bruny um has a book about college admissions called where you go is not who you'll be”
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Frank
Discussed“and then another Frank uh new at number 11 Barney Frank the former Massachusetts representative has a memoir called Frank”
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The folded clock
Recommended“author Heidi jivitz will be here to talk about her new book a diary called the folded clock”
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Shrinks
Recommended“Jeffrey liberman will join us to talk about her new book shrinks the untold story of Psychiatry”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Throw away your glasses
Discussed“Steve Max was telling me about the other day it's like it's called it's a book called throw away your glasses and see and I had this woman on named Katie Bowman”
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Take Off Your Glasses and See
Discussed“I finally read this book take off your glasses and see and uh I just basically threw my glasses in the trash and started doing eye strengthening exercises”
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The Fifth Sacred Thing
Recommended“I read this book called The Fifth sacred thing and it shows what happens when a utopian society clashes with the dystopian Society”
Freakonomics Radio
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This Idea Must Die
Discussed“Every year, these essays are collected in a book. The latest book is called, This Idea Must Die, Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress.”
