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Books podcasts were talking about in July 2016
In July 2016, literary discussions on podcasts centered heavily around fiction and the definition of significant novels. Michael Orthofer appeared on Conversations with Tyler to recommend Arno Schmidt's School for Atheists as an introduction before tackling Bottom's Dream. Orthofer also expressed strong admiration for Thomas Bernhard, naming Wittgenstein's Nephew and The Loser among his personal favorites, and mentioned Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai to illustrate how critically acclaimed works can temporarily disappear from public view. Tyler Cowen contributed his own recommendations during the conversation, pitching Herman Melville's The Confidence Man as a representative choice for the Great American Novel. Cowen and Orthofer further discussed long, complex literature by touching upon Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings and Tsʻao Hsüeh-chʻin's Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as Story of the Stone. Elsewhere, Dave Rubin hosted Dinesh D'Souza on The Rubin Report, where they discussed D'Souza's book Hillary's America to transition into a broader conversation regarding the history and political trajectory of the Democratic Party.
The Rubin Report
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Hillary's America
Discussed“because that's really what this book and the movie are about it's called Hillary's America”
Conversations with Tyler
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
Discussed“I think there's a book I read a review of I'm sure you've heard of it maybe read it Marlon James a brief history of seven killings”
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The Last Samurai
Discussed“Helen do it's the Last Samurai was just refine distorted and Amazon and excited to get my copy”
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The Dream of The Red Chamber
Discussed“so here's volume 1 of a Chinese book used to be known as dream of the red chamber now it's more often called story of the stone penguin”
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Bottom's dream
Discussed“and the German title is settles town what's the English title who's bottoms dream bottom stream”
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School for atheists
Recommended“well if you eventually want to read bottoms dream then the school for atheists is the one term that's in English now”
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The Confidence Man
Recommended“I always always when the argument of the Great American Novel comes up I always make a plug for the confidence man which i think is sort of representative it says so much about America”
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Wittgenstein's Nephew
Recommended“I don't think I've been disappointed by any any Bernhardt Wittgenstein's nephews my favorite”
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The loser
Recommended“my favorite and then the loser they don't go gay yeah”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
Discussed“Have you ever heard of I think it's a book called what they don't teach you at Harvard or what they don't teach you at Harvard Business or something like that no I think the author's name is Mark well he did something pretty incredible and um I heard I heard about it when I was in high school”
