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Books podcasts were talking about in March 2016
March 2016 literary discussions heavily featured the release of new sociological works and examinations of gender. On an episode of The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz welcomed guest Peggy Orenstein to discuss her new book Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, which was frequently mentioned alongside alternative titles such as Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex. During the conversation, Gilbert Cruz also referenced several of Orenstein's previous books, including Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy, Schoolgirls, and Flux, framing them across her broader body of work and recurring themes concerning young women, self-esteem, and the confidence gap. Additionally, during a separate segment on the same podcast, Alexandra Alter explained the literary origin of a bookstore's name by citing Christopher Morley's novel Parnassus on Wheels, which centers on a woman who travels around selling books out of a horse-drawn caravan. The discussions throughout the month provided listeners with deep dives into contemporary social commentary as well as historical literary references, connecting topical non-fiction releases with broader trajectories of authors' careers and enduring classics.
The Book Review
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Girls & sex
Discussed“Peggy orstein will join us to talk about her new book girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
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Boys & Sex
Discussed“Peggy orstein will join us to talk about her new book girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
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Girls & Sex - Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Discussed“her new book is called girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
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Cinderella ate my daughter
Discussed“your last book was on um Cinderella ate my daughter”
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Waiting for Daisy
Discussed“but I think of these as sort of the the daisy Trilogy you had waiting for Daisy which was about you know I hadn't thought about that”
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Schoolgirls
Discussed“when you look back at the issues that you examined in your first two books in school girls young women self-esteem and the confidence Gap”
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Flux
Discussed“and in flux women on sex love work kids and life in a half changed world”
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Parnassus on Wheels
Discussed“Parnassus was named um after Christopher Morley's novel Parnassus on Wheels which is about a woman who travels around selling books out of her horse drawn Caravan”
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At the Edge of the Orchard
Discussed“it's called at the edge of the orchard new at number 14”
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The last runaway
Discussed“she also had a novel of the Underground Railroad called the last runaway”
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Dark Promises
Discussed“then at number nine um Christine fehan continues her Carpathian novel which is a kind of Supernatural um urban fantasy series um this one's called Dark promises”
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Deep blue
Discussed“at number seven and another series novel by Randy Wayne White who continues his doc Ford series the 23rd book in this series is called Deep Blue”
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Property of a Noblewoman
Discussed“then at number two um Danielle Steel is back on the list with a novel called property of a noble woman”
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Private Paris
Discussed“James Patterson uh has written a book with Mark Sullivan called private Paris that is part of Patterson's private series”
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Rightful heritage
Discussed“um the new book in non-fiction is Douglas Brinkley's rightful Heritage”
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The Highest Glass Ceiling
Discussed“Ellen Fitzpatrick will join us to talk about her book the highest glass ceiling”
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U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record Buck v. Bell
Discussed“so in 1927 you have Buck versus Bell”
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Dark Debts
Discussed“It was a galley of this novel called Dark deaths”
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Clawback
Discussed“ja Jance has the 11th book in her Ally Reynolds series it's called clawback”
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The waters of eternal youth
Discussed“Donna Leon continues her commissioner Guido brunetti series that's uh the series of mysteries said in Venice called the Waters of Eternal youth”
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The steel kiss
Discussed“Jeffrey dver returns with his Lincoln rhyme series with a novel called the steel kiss”
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Fire touched
Discussed“Patricia Briggs is back with her Mercy Thompson Series a novel called fire touched”
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Off the Grid
Discussed“CJ box is back with the latest uh Joe picket novel this is the 16th in that series called off the grid”
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Love, loss, and what we ate
Discussed“Padma Lakshmi the the host of Top Chef on Bravo for going back I think 11 years now um has a memoir Called Love loss and what we ate”
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Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
Discussed“it's you know an election year argument for smaller government called conspiracies of the ruling class”
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The Secret Life of the American Musical
Discussed“Jack forell will tell us about The Secret Life of the American Musical and the show speaks to you in different ways depending on where you are on the spectrum of life”
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Death by Water
Discussed“kenor o for uh death by water which is his 16th book translated into English”
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A Cup of Rage
Discussed“apparently there's a Brazilian author who I had never heard of reduan Nassar this is um The Guardian called it an explosively erotic 47 page story called a cup of Rage was nominated so as you can see”
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A few of the girls
Discussed“but there are a couple of new titles over in fiction including um a Story collection by Ma bie who died back in 2012 um but this book a few of the girls collects all of her stories um going back to the the very beginning of her career and that is new at number 12 called a few of”
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The Gangster
Discussed“and then um up at number one uh new book at the top of the list Clive kusler and Justin Scott continue their historical series about the New York detective Isaac bell with a book called The Gangster that's the ninth book in this series and it's new at number one”
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The legends club
Discussed“then at number 14 a sports book by uh John Feinstein who writes a lot about college basketball has another college basketball book called The Legends Club it looks at um three college basketball coaches uh who are legends as you'd guess from the title uh Dean Smith from the University of North Carolina uh his big rival Mike Shashi”
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The immortal Irishman
Discussed“then up at number 12 the New York Times journalist Timothy Ean has a history called The Immortal Irishman it's a look at um Thomas Francis Maher who was an Irish revolutionary who came to America and ended up becoming a general in the Civil War leading the Irish Brigade in the Civil War”
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American girls
Discussed“then at number seven we have Nancy Joe sales looking at American Girls uh girlhood in America in the Modern Age especially uh in light of social media and how that has changed um friendships and uh just the cultural environment for uh girls in America today”
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A Gathering of Shadows
Discussed“this book a gathering of shadows new at number 15 is a sequel to an earlier book called a darker shade of magic which did not hit the list”
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Wedding Cake Murder
Discussed“Joanne fluke continues her uh series of kind of baking murder mysteries with a book called Wedding Cake murder”
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A Girl's Guide to Moving On
Discussed“uh it's a book called A Girl's Guide to moving on that's about a woman and her mother-in-law who are both going through divorces at the same time”
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Playing to the edge
Discussed“at number three it is playing to the Edge by the former CIA director Michael Hayden who was in charge of the CIA during the whole uh post 911 war on terror”
a16z Podcast
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Writing my wrongs
Discussed“Oprah said well van I had read his book and I knew there was a part in the book that I wanted to ask him about because I didn't think that was right”
The Rubin Report
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Milton Friedman on Freedom
Discussed“but on the other hand um you know I I think it's it's sort of throwing a wrench into Milton Freeman's um capitalism and freedom his theory about he said that economic freedom was a necessary precondition to political freedom and civil freedoms and that's not really happening right”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Secret Race
Discussed“so he wrote that book The Secret race here's what we did and that blew it all open”
Freakonomics Radio
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United
Discussed“Today on Freakonomics Radio, if Cory Booker is indeed a superhero, he just found his kryptonite, writing a book. I literally hit the heaviest I've been in my life as I ate my way through the stress of working full long days and then starting at midnight and finishing at four in the morning of trying to write as well.”
