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Books podcasts were talking about in September 2016
September 2016 featured robust literary conversations centering on historical accounts, social issues, and contemporary media analysis across multiple podcast platforms. On The Joe Rogan Experience, guest John Anthony West discussed David Solomon's The Dead Saints Chronicles, a book compiling accounts of near-death experiences framed as a Zen journey through the Christian afterlife. On The Rubin Report, Dave Rubin recommended Randy E. Barnett's Our Republican Constitution during the show's outro, while Jesse Ventura appeared on another episode of the same program to promote his own book, Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto, emphasizing the historical economic significance of marijuana in the United States. Concurrently, The Book Review dedicated episodes to examining difficult historical and cultural topics. Host Pamela Paul and guest Patrick Phillips discussed the chilling history of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, featured in Phillips's new book, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. Additionally, reviewer Ethan Gilsdorf explored the cultural impact of modern media by discussing three distinct books on gaming: Dan Ackerman's The Tetris Effect, Simon Parkin's Death by Video Game, and Ian Bogost's Play Anything. Together, these selections provided listeners with a deep dive into American history, personal philosophy, and the immersive world of digital entertainment.
The Book Review
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Blood at the Root
Discussed“author Patrick Phillips looks at the chilling history of foresight County Georgia in his new book Blood at the root”
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Blood at the Root - A Racial Cleansing in America
Discussed“Patrick Phillips has written a new book about its troubled history the book is called blood at the root a racial cleansing in America”
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The Tetris effect
Discussed“the tetris effect the game that hypnotized the World by Dan Akerman”
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Death by video game
Discussed“death by video game danger pleasure and Obsession on the virtual Frontline by Simon Parkin”
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Play anything
Discussed“and play anything the pleasure of limits the uses of boredom and the secret of games by Ian bogost”
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SIMPLE
Discussed“so one of my favorite books that addresses that is called Simple effortless food big flavors it's by um Diana Henry who's a British cookbook author”
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Mad hungry family
Discussed“Mad Hungry family oh I love this book”
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Home
Discussed“the big one debuting right at number one is Haren coin's uh latest book home”
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Hero of the empire
Discussed“the biggest there is at number five the popular historian Candace Mard um is back with a book called hero of the Empire”
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Disgrace
Discussed“I just kind of sat in the park most of the day and read was um JM cat's disgrace which I've been meaning to read for a long time”
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The Face of Britain
Discussed“Simon shama looks at portraiture history and identity in his book The Face of Britain”
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A history of the world in 100 objects
Discussed“um on the heels of Neil McGregor's wonderful 100 objects history of the world and 100 objects based on the British museum”
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The Chosen
Discussed“another book um famous book that has a big anniversary uh this year that you edited the chosen The Chosen H poo wonderful novel”
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Nutshell
Discussed“there are five new titles in fiction most notably Ian mcan's new novel nutshell makes its debut at number seven on the fiction list”
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Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees
Discussed“um the name of the book is the hidden life of trees”
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Intimations
Discussed“um one of them that'll note because uh I found her first book really interesting too is a new collection of stories by a writer named Alexandra Clan called intimations and her first novel which was published last year was called you two can have a body like mine”
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You too can have a body like mine
Discussed“and her first novel which was published last year was called you two can have a body like mine and that was a very imaginative uh odd book”
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The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Discussed“then I'm reading a memoir called The Return by Hisham matar who was born in New York City”
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Reputations
Discussed“yeah I I'm also reading and loving Juan Gabriel vasquez's new novel reputations which is uh Vasquez is is a Colombian novelist and this is set in Colombia”
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Crooked Kingdom
Discussed“no I I'm going to knock the conversation down a brow um to talk about uh the ya novel that I'm reading um which is a book by Lee bardugo called Kingdom a sequel to her earlier best-selling book six of crows”
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The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics
Discussed“she'll be here to talk about all of that and her new book The Year of voting dangerously”
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When in French
Discussed“Lauren Collins explores this and other cross-cultural matters of the heart in her new book when in French what am I missing”
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The association of small bombs
Discussed“in addition to Coulson Whitehead there was Karan mahajan's novel The Association of small bombs which was very well reviewed and that takes place in New Deli”
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Imagine Me Gone
Discussed“another book that was extremely well reviewed um that is on the list is Adam haslett's imagine me gone which is a very sort of sweeping novel that explores the effects of mental illness”
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Another Brooklyn
Discussed“she's nominated in the adult category for another Brooklyn which is a Coming of Age story set in 1970s brookin and it's her first adult novel in 20 years”
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The Portable Veblen
Discussed“Elizabeth McKenzie's novel The portable Vin which has a friendly squirrel in it and I sort of have a soft spot for it for that that book was edited by Ed park at penguin press”
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Nothing Ever Dies
Discussed“so he's now nominated in the non-fiction category for his book which he has described as a kind of companion to that novel nothing ever dies Vietnam in the memory of War”
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Blood in the water
Discussed“another book that got a lot of attention this year and the critics went wild over is Heather and Thompson's blood in the water which is her history of the Attica prison Uprising and its Legacy”
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Booked
Discussed“some of the nominees are kwami Alexander for his novel booked uh which is I believe a novel in verse”
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Pax
Discussed“and Sarah Penny Packer's novel P which is about a boy who is trying to be reunited with his pet fox during World War I and it got tremendous reviews”
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Hot milk
Discussed“hot milk by Deborah Le is also on the list and that has gotten tremendous reviews”
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All that man is
Discussed“so David saliz all that man is is a collection of nine short stories about the lives of different men who are at various points in their lives”
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Do not say we have nothing
Discussed“and finally mine tian's novel do not say we have nothing which follows a Chinese Canadian woman who is obsessed with her long deceased father is on the short list as well”
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Here I Am
Discussed“Jonathan saffron fo's divorce novel here I am uh makes its debut at number seven”
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Love Warrior
Discussed“and uh Glenn Doyle Melton's new Memoir Love Warrior which is the new Oprah pick to pick out which phrases go with which book”
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The Red Bandanna (Young Readers Adaptation)
Discussed“well besides the um Melton Memoir U there is also um Tom renaldi's uh book looking at the equities Trader Wells Crowther um who really saved a lot of lives on 911 at the World Trade Center that book is called the red bandana”
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Best. State. Ever
Discussed“then Dave Barry has got a new book um called best state ever”
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Razor Girl
Discussed“it's a look at Florida I do something similar in my column with that book and Carl heon's Razer girl which is new at number two on the fiction list”
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Hidden Figures
Discussed“and Margot Lee shedly has a book called hidden figures uh that is a look at the scientists the um predominantly female African-American scientists”
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Looking for The Stranger
Discussed“well I only had time for work reading this week so um I have a review uh that is up online now of Alice kaplan's new book looking for the stranger Albert Kimu and the life of a literary classic”
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Yabo
Discussed“I am moderating a panel this Sunday at the Brooklyn Book Festival um with Joyce Carol oats and Andre duus III and a writer named Alexis devau whom I had not heard of um but she published um really a lovely dreamlike novel with a small press out of Berkeley California called Redbone press the name of her novel is”
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The lonely city
Discussed“at the same time I've been doing some personal reading and it it makes a really nice Counterpoint to these novels um and that theme uh I've been reading Olivia Lang's book The Lonely city”
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Hamilton
Discussed“in Hamilton which I continue to read quite slowly um it's a big book it is a big book and when I tried to carry with me that the cover started to fray ever so slightly”
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Enough Said
Discussed“and to get back to the book with one last question but a big one”
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All we have left
Discussed“I think the the bulk of them are middle grade in ya um a couple of the ones that are that are new that I think are interesting are um all we have left by Wendy Mills and I spoke to her for the story”
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Graphic Novel"I Survived 9/11" The Attacks of September 11
Discussed“so there have been been a couple of um fairly popular ones including um I survived 911 by Scholastic which I believe has part of a series”
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True Believer
Discussed“well in the 30s which is when True Believer takes place there were plenty of witches in the woods”
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A great reckoning
Discussed“also Louise peny a great Reckoning that's the latest in her Armand gash series”
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The perfect horse
Discussed“Elizabeth Le's um has a book called The Perfect horse”
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A time to be born
Discussed“and now I'm about 100 100 pages into book by Don Powell called the time to be born”
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Patient H. M. - A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Discussed“he is the author of the panic virus most recently and this week in the book review reviews patient hm a story of memory Madness and family secrets by Luke ditrich”
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Absolute Beginners
Discussed“the one that not many have is called absolute beginners it's by a British writer named Colin McKinnis”
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The Times of My Life
Discussed“and that's um max frankl's Memoir uh the times of my life and the subtitle is and my life at the Times”
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The Times of My Life and My Life with The Times
Discussed“and that's um max frankl's Memoir uh the times of my life and the subtitle is and my life at the Times”
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Woman with a Secret
Discussed“the book is Sophie Hannah's woman with a secret um which is um part of a kind of ongoing world of Thrillers”
Freakonomics Radio
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The Curse of Cash
Discussed“Here's how he puts it in his book, The Curse of Cash. Cash lies at the heart of some of today's most intractable public finance and monetary problems. And getting rid of most cash could help more than you might think.”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Forgotten Civilization
Discussed“that's his last book yeah that's a recent book the role of solar outbursts in our past and future forgotten civilization is the title”
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The Dead Saints Chronicles
Recommended“it's called it's called the dead Saints Chronicles subtitle a a Zen Journey Through the Christian afterlife”
The Rubin Report
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Grassroots Tyranny
Discussed“state governments can do bad things You Clint bolck uh who's now a Supreme Court Justice in Arizona wrote a book called Grassroots tyranny because of the Terrible Things That local people governments do”
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Our Republican Constitution
Recommended“I want to thank Randy Barnett for joining me today on the Ruben report you can check out his book our Republican constitution in the link right down below and stay tuned for our next collaboration with learn Liberty coming next month”
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Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto
Recommended“hey read my book for 1060 years marijuana was the economic drive to the entire United States of America”
