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Books podcasts were talking about in October 2015
In October 2015, book podcasts explored a diverse range of memoirs, fiction, and graphic novels. On The Rubin Report, Dave Rubin introduced Kelly Carlin's memoir A Carlin Home Companion, detailing her experiences growing up as the daughter of George and Brenda Carlin. Meanwhile, The Book Review featured several discussions led by John Williams, Gilbert Cruz, and Pamela Paul. John Williams shared various listener recommendations during the mail segment, including Joe Schreiber's graphic novel Pretty Deadly, Rob Davis's The Motherless Oven, and Rainbow Rowell's Carry On. In other segments of The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz introduced Michael Connelly to discuss his latest Harry Bosch series thriller, The Crossing, while Pamela Paul and Alexandra Alter examined Stephen King's story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and Joseph Kanon's spy novel Leaving Berlin. Additionally, on Conversations with Tyler, Dani Rodrik mentioned that he was enjoying Jonathan Franzen's novel Purity when discussing his favorite novelists.
The Book Review
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The Crossing
Discussed“Michael Connelly will join us to talk about the crossing his latest book in his best-selling Harry Bosch series”
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Discussed“the title of the new book it's called the bizarre of bad dreams and it definitely gave me some”
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Leaving Berlin
Discussed“he is the author most recently of the novel leaving Berlin and other uh excellent spy novels”
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The Odessa file
Discussed“um in forsight case it's Day of the Jackal which he follows up with the Odessa file”
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The Lake House
Discussed“starting with number six uh the Australian author Kate Morton has a new novel the lake house”
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Welcome to Night Vale
Discussed“then um at number four Joseph thinkink and Jeffrey Craner who together are the team behind the hit podcast Welcome to Night Veil have a debut novel also called Welcome to Night Veil”
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Career of Evil
Discussed“then at number three um Robert galbreth and I'm putting air quotes around there because it's actually of course JK rolling um has her third Robert galb uh mystery novel um called Career of evil that's part of the cormer and strike Robert galbrath series”
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Rogue Lawyer
Discussed“and finally new at number one oural friend John Grisham has a a new book out called Rogue lawyer”
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Discussed“Sarah vowel who of course made her name as an essayist on This American Life but has since branched out to quirky kind of in-depth but a slant explorations of American History has a new book in that vein called Lafayette in the somewhat United States and it's looking at the American Revolution”
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I Feel Like Going On
Discussed“he has written a memoir called I feel like going on uh with a guy named Daniel paisner who's ghost written for a lot of athletes and pop culture figures and politicians”
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America's Bank
Discussed“Roger Lowenstein joins us to discuss his new book America's Bank”
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Doomed to succeed
Discussed“Scott Anderson is here to discuss his review of doomed to succeed by Dennis Ross”
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Hell's Foundations Quiver
Discussed“David Weber uh continues his safe hold science fiction series that's the one Set uh in the future in the 31st Century or something with a book called hell's foundations quiver”
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All the Stars in the Heavens
Discussed“then at number 14 Adriana triani who's known for historical novels um often about Italian immigrants or um Italian American culture returns partly to that theme with a book set in the 1930s it's really a Hollywood novel called all the stars in the heaven”
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See me
Discussed“Nicholas Sparks returns to the list Nicholas Sparks fans may know that his marriage broke up after 25 years... his uh latest is a little bit of a departure for him it's not just romance but a bit of a romantic Thriller it's called SEI knew at number one”
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Unfaithful music & disappearing ink
Discussed“starting at number nine a debut author named Dean Patrick mcmanis... he's actually Elvis Costello born Dean Patrick mcmanis he joins uh the long list of singers and songwriters to have Memoirs on the list his is called Unfaithful music and disappearing ink knew at number nine”
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Last of the President's Men
Discussed“then at number eight Bob Woodward uh returns to the Nixon years the Watergate years that broke his career wide open um this book is called the last of the President's Men”
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Humans Of New York
Discussed“Brandon Stanton uh who is the humans of New York guy he does that blog and and now a series of books... is back with a book called humans of New York colon stories”
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Foreign affairs
Discussed“then at number 11 steuart Woods continues his Stone Bearington Series this is the 35th book in that uh series of legal Thrillers”
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State of Play
Discussed“yeah you also review a book of essays um in your review a book called state of play edited by Daniel Goldberg and lonus Larson”
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Pretty deadly
Recommended“uh a reader named Stevie Ray recommends graphic novel called pretty deadly and he says if you love westerns SLS Supernatural folklore beautifully ghoul full Illustrated Graphics than this one is for you”
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The motherless oven
Recommended“um reader named John Freeman and another named Jamie gambell recommended the motherless oven by Rob Davis”
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Rosemary
Discussed“Kate Clifford Larsson will join us to talk about her new biography Rosemary the hidden Kennedy daughter”
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Boys in Zinc
Discussed“also ww Norton published her in the 9s um her book ziny boys which was about um Russian soldiers who were sent to to Afghanistan to participate in The Invasion there and we many of them sent home in zinc coffins”
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The Gift
Discussed“I was very struck by reading the um the 1925 book The Gift by the Anthropologist the French Anthropologist Marcel Moss who writes about how in the traditional societies he visited giving was always reciprocal”
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The family nobody wanted
Discussed“she came from a family of four and when she was a kid she read a book called The Family nobody wanted about a family who adopted um I think it was 11 children”
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Slade House
Discussed“uh said David Mitchell slate house which is sort of a short novel by his standards but his fans are always hungry for more”
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City on fire
Discussed“a reader Named Dave Brown named City on fire by Garris Colberg which makes sense because that book is everywhere this week”
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The Heart Goes Last
Discussed“Margaret Atwood is back on the list with her new novel The Heart Goes last uh recently reviewed by Matt Johnson in”
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Pretty Girls
Discussed“then at number 12 the wonderfully named Karen Slaughter is back on the list with a new novel called pretty girls”
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The aeronaut's windlass
Discussed“this one's a steampunk fantasy series and the name of the novel is The aeronauts Windlass”
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After You
Discussed“this one is called after you”
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The murder house
Discussed“they have a new book out called the murder house”
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Unlikeable
Discussed“now has an unflattering portrait of his old Nemesis Hillary Clinton called unlikable”
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Deep South
Discussed“then uh Paul THU has a new travel book called Deep South”
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I'll never write my memoirs
Discussed“Grace Jones has written a memo called I'll never write my Memoirs”
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Saving capitalism
Discussed“then at number eight Robert B Reich the former uh labor secretary has a book called saving capitalism”
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In This Together
Discussed“now has a memoir called in this together looking back especially at her experience with multiple sclerosis”
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Killing Reagan
Discussed“still at number one Bill O'Reilly and Martin dugard's killing Reagan”
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Carry On
Recommended“Jean an green uh listed rainbow R's carryon”
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Kissinger
Discussed“Neil Ferguson will be here to talk about his new book Kissinger the notion of him as as the arch realist”
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Once in a great city
Discussed“let's start with the non-fiction list which is where most of the action is this week down at number 15 the journalist David marinus has a new book called once in a great City”
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My Southern journey
Discussed“yes um so it's my Southern Journey new at number 14 by the former um New York Times Reporter and now Southern columnist Rick Bragg”
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1944
Discussed“then there's a new book at number nine this week uh the historian Jay Winnick has a book called 1944”
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Furiously Happy
Discussed“then up at number three the Blogger and memoirist Jenny Lawson has her second Memoir um to hit the list”
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Come rain or come shine
Discussed“Jan Karen continues her mitford series set in mitford North Carolina with a book called Come Rain or Come Shine”
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The thing about jellyfish
Discussed“Ali Benjamin has a book called The thing about jellyfish that was longlisted for the um National book awards”
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Crenshaw
Discussed“she has her first new novel since the one and only I and it's called krenshaw”
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The Sleeper and the Spindle
Discussed“and the young adult hard coverless Neil Gaiman has a new book The Sleeper and the spindle is new at number one”
The Rubin Report
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Heretic
Discussed“I'm here with ion her Al human rights activist and author of the new book heretic why Islam needs a Reformation”
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A Carlin Home Companion
Recommended“her new book a Carlin Home Companion tells her journey growing up as the daughter of George and Brenda Carlin”
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
Discussed“you just uh co-authored a book with Sam har I had Sam on the show a couple weeks ago It's called Islam and the future of Tolerance”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Letter to a Christian Nation
Discussed“Like this is a guy who wrote letter to a Christian nation. Guess what it was about? Christianity. Nobody called him a Christianophobe.”
Freakonomics Radio
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Pricing the Priceless Child
Discussed“So what I've tried to do is to show, well, not really. In a 1994 book called Pricing the Priceless Child, Zelizer showed how the economic role of children has changed over time.”
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Someday All This Will Be Yours
Discussed“That's Hendrik Hartog. I teach history and American studies at Princeton. I'm the author of several books, but most recently, Someday All This Will Be Yours, A History of Inheritance and Old Age.”
Conversations with Tyler
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Economics Rules
Discussed“As an economic method, going back to your book, this book Economic Rules, randomized control trials as an economic method. Overrated or underrated?”
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Purity
Recommended“I like Ian McEwan a lot. I’m reading Jonathan Franzen’s book, Purity, right now, which I enjoy. He draws you in.”
