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Every book Jane Faggel recommended on podcasts
Jane Faggel appeared on The Ezra Klein Show for an episode titled Has Trump Doomed Progress on Climate Change? to discuss science, technology, and policy. During the conversation, Faggel offered two distinct book recommendations to the audience. Her first recommendation was Norman Rush's novel Mating, which she had recently read and described as sublime, beautiful, funny, and an incredible exploration of love. Her second recommendation was Frontiers of Illusion by Daniel Sarewitz. Faggel praised Sarewitz as a brilliant thinker regarding science and technology policy, science, and society. She highlighted that the book does a remarkable job of laying out both the myths people believe about how science operates and its actual role in the world. Through these recommendations on The Ezra Klein Show, Jane Faggel introduced listeners to a blend of engaging fiction and insightful policy analysis concerning science and human relationships.
Books recommended by Jane Faggel
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Frontiers of Illusion
Frontiers of Illusion by Daniel Sarewitz is a critical examination of the relationship between scientific research, technological innovation, and public policy in modern society.
Recommended“The second one is Frontiers of Illusion by Daniel Sowitz who is just a brilliant thinker around science and technology policy and science and tech science and society and it just does a really great job sort of laying out both the myth the myths that we believe about science and how it operates and how we need to be”
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Mating
Mating by Norman Rush is a sprawling, intellectually ambitious novel following a brilliant female American anthropologist in Botswana as she navigates an intellectual and romantic entanglement with a utopian community leader.
Recommended“Well, I'm way less nerdy than Jesse. So, my first recommendation, my um my first recommendation is um uh Norman Rush's Mating, which is just I just read that. Did you love it? I I love the first twothirds of it. Okay. In my view, that novel is sublime and beautiful and funny and an exploration of love and anthropology”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has Trump Doomed Progress on Climate Change? | The Ezra Klein Show | The Ezra Klein Show | 2025-07-25 | 2 |