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Books podcasts were talking about in June 2015
During June 2015, literary podcasts such as The Book Review and The Joe Rogan Experience featured a diverse array of fiction and nonfiction titles. On The Book Review, host Pamela Paul and guest Alexandra Alter explored various literary works and cultural controversies. Paul introduced several art-focused titles, including Roger White's The Contemporaries: Travels in the 21st-Century Art World, alongside Philippa Hurd, Claudia Stäuble, and Julie Kiefer's The Paintings that Revolutionized Art, Suzanne Hudson's Painting Now, and Morgan Falconer's Painting Beyond Pollock. Alter discussed Wednesday Martin's memoir and anthropological study Primates of Park Avenue, addressing the controversy surrounding its factual accuracy, and also highlighted Scott Shane's upcoming book Objective Troy, which details a drone strike against a terrorist operative. Meanwhile, on The Joe Rogan Experience, guest Judd Apatow appeared on The Book Review separately to praise Dan Chaon's collection of short stories, Among the Missing, describing it as a great work featuring very unique stories. Additionally, Greg Fitzsimmons joined Joe Rogan to discuss Woody Allen's comedic progression, specifically highlighting the humor found in the short story collection Without Feathers. These discussions spanned memoir, investigative journalism, art criticism, and comedic literature across the featured programs.
The Book Review
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The Contemporaries
Discussed“um the first book is called the contemporaries travels in the 21st century art World by Roger white”
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The Paintings that Revolutionized Art
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
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Painting Now
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
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Painting Beyond Pollock
Discussed“the paintings that revolutionize art by prastel the publisher painting Now by Suzanne Hudson and painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer”
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Primates of Park Avenue
Discussed“the bad guys this year are uh Wednesday Martin the author of The primates of Park Avenue which is a memoir anthropological study of upper side trophy wives”
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Objective Troy
Discussed“uh one of the first books that the imprint is going to release is objective Troy which is by a New York Times Reporter Scott Shane about a drone killing of a top terrorist operative”
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Master Thieves
Discussed“the first is Master thieves the Boston gangsters who pulled off the world's greatest art Heist by Stephen Kian”
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The art of the con
Discussed“and then the art of the con by Anthony Amore the most notorious fakes frauds and forgeries in the art World”
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The Prime of Life
Discussed“and she reviews this week the prime of Life a history of modern adulthood by Stephen Mintz”
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The Way We Never Were
Discussed“one of the things I find interesting though is that um in in the prime of life and I think Stephanie C's book the way we never were had a similar argument”
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The diver's clothes lie empty
Discussed“what does uh the driver's clothes lie empty about”
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Viviane
Discussed“I'm also a big fan of Lori Moore short stories there youo Diaz story in the second person and more recently I read a novel by a French writer Julia deck who wrote a novel called Vivian which actually”
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Happily Ali After
Discussed“it's by the actress and comedian and wife of George Stephanopoulos Ali Wentworth it's her second book it's called happily Ali after an essay collection about trying to improve herself as her 50th birthday was approaching”
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Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Discussed“she is the author of a new biography Stalin's daughter the extraordinary and tumultuous life of spana aluva”
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Discussed“what was it about heartbreaking work of uh Staggering Genius that that attracted you that you thought you know I want to do something like that”
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Confessions of a pretty lady
Discussed“she had this uh this line in um Confessions of a pretty lady that I remember reading in high school where she said that”
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How to Bake Pi
Discussed“she is the author of how to bake pie an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics”
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Palace of Treason
Discussed“this book is called Palace of treason these books sound so good I have to say it's a an Insider look at the CIA at new at number 15”
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Among the missing
Recommended“and then I love Dan shown you know I love all of his books among the missing was the one I mentioned which is a great book of you know very unique short stories”
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Reagan
Discussed“Jeff shle will join us to talk about HW br's new biography Reagan the life he is a tough tough character to wrap your mind around and this week in the book review he reviews HW brands's new biography of Ronald Reagan”
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Make something up
Discussed“um has a his very first Story collection called make something up that's new at number eight”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Late Shift
Discussed“I heard that too I heard that from my friend who's his assistant yeah he that's one of the reasons why he was the best yeah it's just the way it is yeah he would yeah there's a there was a story in that in that late night book The Late Shift that I think think it was in that”
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Without Feathers
Recommended“Then he started writing books like Without Feathers. Remember those? They were like funny short stories. No, I didn't. I wasn't aware of this great book called Without Feathers. It's re you will it's one of the few books you will laugh out loud.”
Freakonomics Radio
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The Logic of Collective Action
Discussed“In 1965, economist Mansur Olson published an influential book called The Logic of Collective Action, which applied the homo economicus model to the political world. He argues that political action is a public good”
