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Every book Gal Beckerman recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Gal Beckerman has recommended or discussed 27 books on podcasts, as of July 18, 2024.
- Gal Beckerman has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 18, 2024.
- Those books came up in 18 episodes, as of July 18, 2024.
- The 3 books Gal Beckerman has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 18, 2024: Dirty Work, Eat the Buddha and Faithful Place.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Gal Beckerman aired on July 18, 2024.
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Gal Beckerman’s most recommended books
- Dirty Work by Eyal Press
- Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick
- Faithful Place by Tana French
- Strangers in their own land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- The dawn watch by Maya Jasanoff
- The flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
- The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark
- The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
- Who is Rich? by Matthew Klam
Gal Beckerman appeared as a guest on The Book Review to discuss and recommend a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction titles during podcast roundtable discussions. Beckerman discussed reading Rachel Kushner's novel The Flamethrowers and highlighted Tana French's Faithful Place as a breakout book for the author. He also recommended Matthew Klam's comic novel Who Is Rich?, noting that it uniquely balanced incredibly depressing elements with laugh-out-loud moments on nearly every page. Among his personal favorites, Beckerman recommended Arlie Russell Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land as a notable explanation for trying to understand contemporary viewpoints. He further expressed admiration for Maya Jasanoff's The Dawn Watch, Doug Bock Clark's The Last Whalers, and Barbara Demick's Eat the Buddha. Additionally, Beckerman recommended Joseph Henrich's The WEIRDest People in the World as an extra favorite book that he deeply enjoyed. Through these regular podcast contributions, Beckerman highlighted contemporary fiction, cultural studies, narrative history, and immersive journalistic non-fiction.
Books Gal Beckerman recommended or discussed
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Dirty Work
Recommended“so I want to talk about a wonderful work of reportage it's a all press's Dirty Work essential jobs and the hidden toll of inequality”
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Faithful Place
Recommended“she pointed to faithful place which is her third book and I think in some in some ways was kind of a from what I could tell from the criticism that I've read was kind of a breakout book for her”
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Strangers in their own land
Recommended“another book that that uh that was notable for me was Arlene Hawk Shields strangers in their own land which I really loved also is an explanation for kind of trying to kind of get our minds around”
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The dawn watch
Recommended“I really liked Amaya jasanoff's the dawn watch which also just came out pretty recently”
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The flamethrowers
Recommended“I'm reading Rachel kushner's the flamethrowers I saw that she has a new book coming out the mar room I believe it's called April 15th”
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The WEIRDest People in the World
Recommended“it's the weirdest people in the world by Joseph Henrik”
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Who is Rich?
Recommended“I'm reading a a comic novel that came out earlier this year I think in the summer by Matthew clam is called who is Rich and this book has had the distinction for me of being a book that I find like incredibly depressing but that has like laugh out loud elements on like like every page”
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A horse walks into a bar
Discussed“well I'll explain um it's David Grossman's horse walks into a bar which I've been meaning to read for about a year”
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A Promised Land
Discussed“second book on the non-fiction side is a Promised Land by Barack Obama call so this is a memoir by someone who all of our readers all of our audience watching this will be very familiar with who he is the 44th President of the United States”
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An Empire of Their Own
Discussed“I've become very interested in Hollywood Chronicles and that got me to Neil gabler's book an Empire of their own which came out in the late 80s”
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At the Existentialist Café
Discussed“yeah um so I I read last year I read um Sarah Bell's uh at the existentialist Cafe”
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Coming apart
Discussed“so uh he talks about reading charl Murray's coming apart Robert putnam's our kids uh I think both those books uh came out in this past year”
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Ghettoside
Discussed“and the one that I've been I'm I'm almost at the end of now is Jill Leo's ghetto side it's a non-fiction book came out in 2015”
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Girls to the Front
Discussed“I think for the moment it's a Sarah Marcus's book girls to the front which is uh a history of the riot Girl Movement”
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Irrational man
Discussed“is William Barrett's uh irrational man which was a a survey kind of of existentialism that came out in 1958”
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Our Kids
Discussed“so uh he talks about reading charl Murray's coming apart Robert putnam's our kids uh I think both those books uh came out in this past year”
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The British Are Coming
Discussed“I am reading Rick Atkinson's the British AR coming”
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The other 7 books Gal Beckerman recommended or discussed, ranked
- The chosen wars by Steven R. Weisman
- The Jewish American Paradox by Robert H. Mnookin
- The mirage factory by Gary Krist
- The new American Judaism by Jack Wertheimer
- The Witch Elm by Tana French
- Those who knew by Idra Novey
- When Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Appearances
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing What's the Matter with Kansas?
“it sounds a little similar to you know what Thomas Frank tried to do with what's the matter with Kansas”
Passing Priestdaddy
“she's the author of a previous Memoir priest staddy and something of a Twitter performance artist”
“And I still plan to is Gary Young's book which was called another day in the death of America”
Passing Ways to disappear
“her earlier book was called ways to disappear and I guess you could call this a political thriller”
Passing The Mars Room
“I'm reading Rachel kushner's the flamethrowers I saw that she has a new book coming out the mar room I believe it's called April 15th”