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Books podcasts were talking about in April 2016
April 2016 conversations on literary podcasts spanned physics, philosophy, and personal memoirs. On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen recommended Camille Paglia's best-known book Sexual Personae to the audience and later brought up her work Glittering Images to discuss its emphasis on the iconic and spectacular in culture. Steve Maxwell appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to recommend Dr. John M. Kirsch's Shoulder Pain? The Solution and Its Prevention as a useful resource for listeners with shoulder issues. On The Book Review, guest Parul Sehgal recommended Carlo Rovelli's science book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, noting its original Italian publication success, while Greg Cowles discussed Karl Ove Knausgård's fifth autobiographical novel in the My Struggle series as a new bestseller. Also on The Book Review, host Pamela Paul introduced Michael Kinsley's new book Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide at the start of their interview. On another episode of the a16z Podcast, the host introduced Parag Khanna and his new book Connectography, describing its subject as mapping the future of global civilization. Additionally, Rick Doblin appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to mention John C. Lilly's book Simulations of God while discussing human conceptions of the divine and filters of perception.
The Book Review
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My Struggle : Book 5
Discussed“Carl oward continues his six volume autobiographical novel my struggle the fifth book in that series my struggle book five is new on the list at number six”
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Old Age
Discussed“he's now expanded that into a new book old age a beginner's guide Mike thanks so much for being here”
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Consequence
Discussed“Eric fair is a veteran of the last Iraq war his book is unusual in so many ways”
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The Obsession
Discussed“well Nora Roberts is there she makes her debut at number one with a novel called the OB session”
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Alice & Oliver
Discussed“um Charles box Alice and Oliver which is a a marriage novel”
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 8-Copy Counter Display
Recommended“the other one is seven brief lessons on physics by Carlo relli which uh was originally published in Italy and outsold 50 Shades of Gray”
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Lady Susan
Discussed“and uh another exciting project is wit Stillman the filmmaker has Rewritten or uh sort of written a novelization of Lady Susan which is a lesser known Jane Austin work”
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Green Mansions
Discussed“they had one hit book their first year uh called Green Mansions early on they acquired a kind of kooky book you might think”
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Lilac Girls
Discussed“starting with a debut novel on the hard cover list down at number 15 it's called lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly”
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The Murder of Mary Russell
Discussed“then at number 14 the Mary Russell series by Lori R king continues with the murder of Mary Russell”
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Family jewels
Discussed“then at number seven Stuart Woods uh continues his Stone Bearington series how many books are there on that series another series novel 37 books this one Family Jewels is the 37th in the series”
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Miller's Valley
Discussed“then not a series novel uh new at number six Anna quinin is back with a book called Miller's Valley”
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The 14th colony
Discussed“back to series novels uh Steve Barry has uh the 11th book in his cotton Malone series it's called the 14th colony”
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The Beast
Discussed“at number two the Paranormal romance novelist Jr Ward continues her Black Dagger Brotherhood series uh book 14 of that series it's called the beast”
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As Time Goes By
Discussed“and then finally not a series novel uh new at number one this week Mary Higgins Clark is back with a novel called as time goes by”
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Disrupted
Discussed“starting down at number 16 Dan Lions a um Tech writer who uh took a job at a startup wrote A Memoir about that experience called disrupted looking at business in the tech age”
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Becoming Grandma
Discussed“new at number five the um longtime CBS correspondent the 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie stall has a memoir called becoming Grandma”
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The third wave
Discussed“so starting at number three Steve case who founded AOL has a look at where technology is headed called the third wave”
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Discussed“and finally uh the other TV anchor that I was talking about Anderson Cooper of CNN has a book with his mother Gloria Vanderbilt called the rainbow comes and goes”
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Louisa
Discussed“Louisa Thomas joins us now from Boston to talk about her new book Louisa the extraordinary life of Mrs Adams”
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The little red chairs
Discussed“well there are five new titles on the hard cover fiction list including two of our recent cover models edna O'Brien whose new book is the little red chairs and was reviewed on hour cover by Joyce Carol oats is new at number 16 with that book the little red chairs by ad O'Brien”
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The Ancient Minstrel
Discussed“then at number 14 another um cover Author Jim Harrison whose Nolla collection the ancient Minstrel was reviewed on our cover a few weeks ago by David Gates uh that book is new at number 14”
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Lust & wonder
Discussed“and a natural segue to the next title lust and wonder this one is a memoir um not a sociological study it is uh by Augustine buroughs”
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Spain in our hearts
Discussed“Adam hooki will tell us about his newest book Spain in our hearts”
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The Unquiet Ghost
Discussed“uh I described in my book The unquiet Ghost Russians remember Stalin visiting a gulag graveyard in C Kazakhstan and discovering to my astonishment that a lot of the graves had Spanish names”
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The Beach at Night
Discussed“there's Elena fante um she published a children's book called the beach at night which is 38 pages long and it sounds fairly creepy”
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Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Discussed“still life with breadcrumbs”
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The Summer Before the War
Discussed“it's called the summer before the war”
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The Nest
Discussed“Cynthia depri Sweeney hits the list with her first novel The Nest”
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Fool Me Once
Discussed“new at number one harlon cin returns to the list with a standalone novel called fool me once”
Conversations with Tyler
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Glittering Images
Discussed“Take your last book, "Glittering Images," and your other work, which emphasized the role of the iconic in Western and Eastern culture”
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Sexual Personae
Recommended“This is Sexual Personae, your best known book, which I recommend to everyone, if you haven't already read it.”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Shoulder Pain?
Recommended“I'll u here here's a good resource for your listeners, any of you guys out there listening that have shoulder issues, go and buy the book Shoulder Pain, its solution and its prevention by Dr. John M. Kersh.”
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Maps of consciousness
Discussed“yes yeah and actually I was just um yesterday with and today with Ralph mner and I got the name from him in a way he wrote a book maps of Consciousness”
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Simulations of God
Recommended“John Lily wrote this great book one of the things he did I thought was great was called simulations of God”
a16z Podcast
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Connectography
Discussed“and most interesting to us is he recently has a book out a new book out called connect ography which is about mapping the future of global civilization”
