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Books podcasts were talking about in April 2015
In April 2015, various authors and hosts examined a broad selection of memoirs, poetry, thrillers, and sociological studies across prominent podcasts. On The Joe Rogan Experience, guest Sam Harris spoke about Elias Canetti's book Crowds and Power while analyzing mob behavior, and also referenced Jonathan Gottschall's The Professor in the Cage during a conversation regarding mixed martial arts and brain injuries. Harris additionally mentioned Noam Chomsky's short post-9/11 book 9-11 in connection with his own work, The End of Faith. Joe Rogan briefly touched upon Greg Proops's The Smartest Book in the World while talking about internet distractions. Over on The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz previewed an upcoming segment featuring Megan O'Rourke discussing Elizabeth Alexander's memoir, The Light of the World. Alexandra Alter introduced Gregory Pardlo's Pulitzer-winning poetry collection, Digest. Furthermore, Greg Cowles reviewed the bestseller list, highlighting Lisa Scottoline's thriller Every Fifteen Minutes alongside Nora Roberts's novel The Liar. These podcast episodes provided listeners with deep dives into contemporary poetry, personal grief, current bestseller fiction, and psychological examinations of human behavior and political ideologies during the spring month.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Professor in the Cage
Discussed“he's got this book The Professor in the cage where he's he's an academic he's an English professor and he decided to get really into MMA and and fight a a real you know cage match um and so it's a it's an interesting book”
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9-11
Discussed“the example I I dealt with in my first book the end of Faith was uh and this was in reaction to a short book he did right after 9/11 called 911”
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Crowds and Power
Recommended“it's you know there was a um philosopher um Elias kedy who wrote a book crowds and power which is very interesting on this topic”
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The Smartest Book in the World
Discussed“like the smartest book in the world like why would you [ __ ] with Twitter when you just read that”
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Jimi Hendrix
Discussed“Hendrickx had a manager that apparently according to a guy who was once one of their roies or their security guys, whatever the [ __ ] it was, he just put out a book saying that he thinks that not only did the manager kill Hrix, but he killed Hendrick's girlfriend, too.”
The Book Review
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The Light of the World
Discussed“how do you write a book about grieving Megan or workor will join us to talk about Elizabeth Alexander's new Memoir a light in the world”
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Digest
Discussed“that's Gregory paro's digest”
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Every Fifteen Minutes
Discussed“then at number four Lisa scottoline has a new thriller called every 15 minutes”
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The Liar
Discussed“and at number two Nora Roberts is back on the list with a book called the liar”
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Natural born heroes
Discussed“uh on non-fiction there are five new titles starting down at number 16 Christopher McDougall who is a contributing editor to outside magazine and the author of a um book called Born to Run some years back that was also a bestseller has a book called Natural Born Heroes”
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Born with teeth
Discussed“then at number 15 the actress Kate Mulgrew who most recently has been a star of oranges the new black but she's also famous as Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager um and she uh had a long running role back on the soap opera Ryan's Hope Has A Memoir called Bor BN with teeth”
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Capital dames
Discussed“then at number 10 K Roberts the political correspondent for ABC News and NPR has a book called Capital Dames”
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Dealing With China
Discussed“then up at number three the former treasury secretary Henry M Paulson Jr let's just call him Hank uh has a book called dealing with China”
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Spinster
Discussed“Kate bulock is here to talk about her new book spinster making a life of One's Own”
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The lady from Zagreb
Discussed“where down at number 15 the British writer Philip K continues his Bernie Gunther uh detective series with a book called the lady from Zagreb car is British”
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Chasing Sunsets
Discussed“then um then um new at number 14 Karen kingsburry has the second book in her Angels walking series it's called Chasing Sunsets”
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Inside the O' Briens
Discussed“has book called Inside the O'Brien Still Alice you probably remember was about early onset Alzheimer's”
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Miracle at Augusta
Discussed“then new at number 10 James Patterson uh teams up with his old collaborator Peter donga let's call it donga d e j n g for a book called Miracle at Augusta a golf narrative”
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Blood on snow
Discussed“uh then at number nine Joe Nesbo has a book called blood on snow not part of his Harry Hole series”
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Falling in love
Discussed“at number five Donna Leon continues her guita brunetti um series of mysteries set in Venice with a book called falling in love”
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Hot pursuit
Discussed“and then finally new at number four Stuart Woods continues his Stone Bearington Thriller series uh this is the 33rd book in the series it's called Hot Pursuit”
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Words without music
Discussed“um starting down at number 15 the composer the um modern the Contemporary um composer Philip Glass has a memoir out called words without music that hits the list”
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A Curious Mind
Discussed“at number seven a curious book called a curious Mind by the um Hollywood and TV producer Brian graser with co-writer Charles Fishman”
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Killing the Legends
Discussed“at number one Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies by Bill O'Reilly and David Fischer”
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West
Discussed“at number one Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies by Bill O'Reilly and David Fischer”
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The Brothers
Discussed“Masha gesson will tell us the story behind the brothers the road to an American Tragedy”
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If I Stay
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Where She Went
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Happier at Home
Discussed“so you are the author obviously of the Happiness Project and then happiness at home how did you decide to write about habits”
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The Skull Throne
Discussed“well on the fiction side of things starting down at number 14 there's a new book by Peter V Brett it's book four of his demon cycle and it's called the skull Throne”
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The harder they come
Discussed“uh this year it's the Harder They Come his new novel about kind of a right-wing militia group and how it affects one particular family that's new at number 13”
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At the water's edge
Discussed“aless all right our next bestseller uh at The Waters Edge by Sarah gr who of course is famous for Water for Elephants”
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The patriot threat
Discussed“then new at number five Steve Barry continues his cotton Malone um Thriller series uh with a book called The Patriot threat”
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The Shadows
Discussed“the last new entry on the hard cover fiction list is a book called The Shadows by Jr Ward who is also known as the romance writer Jessica bird”
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Unforgettable
Discussed“the NPR host Scott Simon uh who's had bestselling books before has a memoir of his mother called Unforgettable uh that is new at number 14”
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Between You & Me
Discussed“a book called between you and me by Mary Norris who has spent decades as a copy editor at the New Yorker between you and me is part grammar manual and part Memoir of her time there”
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In defense of a liberal education
Discussed“then finally uh new number six fared Zakaria has a book called in defense of a liberal education it is basically a defense of the traditional curriculum in the Arts and Sciences”
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Jerusalem
Discussed“the title is Jerusalem it's coming out in 2016”
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The brain's way of healing
Discussed“then the brains way of healing by Norman Doge remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity”
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience
Discussed“and finally Michael ganaga book Tales from both sides of the brain a life in neur science”
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Cuba straits
Discussed“not a lot uh there are two new titles on the hard cover fiction list down at number eight Randy Wayne White uh continues his doc Ford series these are kind of mystery thrillers set in the sbal Island region of Florida uh the latest one is called Cuba Straits St R AI TS and it is uh new at”
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The Stranger
Discussed“then at number two harlon cin is back with a standalone Thriller called The Stranger uh and that makes its debut up at number two”
Freakonomics Radio
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The rise and fall of diamonds
Discussed“His name is Edward J. Epstein. He's been writing about the diamond industry for decades, including a book called The Rise and Fall of Diamonds.”
