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Every book Michael Moynihan recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Michael Moynihan appears on, in one place — not just one.
Michael Moynihan’s most recommended books
- At War with Ourselves by H R McMaster
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Back from the Brink by Peter Moskos
- End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes
- Living with Guns by Craig Whitney
- An Abundance of Caution by David Zweig
- Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel
- High Crimes and Misdemeanors by Ann Coulter
- Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
Michael Moynihan appeared as a guest and commentator on programs such as The Megyn Kelly Show and Honestly with Bari Weiss, where he discussed current events, politics, media coverage, and cultural trends. Across these podcast appearances, he recommended and discussed several notable books. While analyzing crime and policing strategies, he strongly recommended Peter Moskos's Back from the Brink, describing the oral history as a compelling look at how effective policing helped lower violence in New York City during the 1990s. He also praised H. R. McMaster's At War with Ourselves, describing it as a fantastic and brilliantly written book and encouraging the audience to purchase it. During discussions regarding public discourse and cultural commentary, he recommended Coleman Hughes's End of Race Politics, calling it a stellar work despite having personal disagreements with the author's color-blindness framework. Furthermore, he suggested that listeners pick up Craig Whitney's Living with Guns for insights on gun ownership and mental health. In addition to direct recommendations, he discussed other texts on the air, including Mark Leibovich's book about Washington, D.C., politics, David Zweig's An Abundance of Caution regarding school closures during COVID-19, and Howard Zinn's historical texts, which he critiqued as examples of prevalent high school curriculum that he viewed as poor history.
Books recommended by Michael Moynihan
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At War with Ourselves
At War with Ourselves by H.R.
Recommended“the book by the way is fantastic and do a thing that I never do I never read reviews of books until I'm done reading them”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual surveillance, historical denial, and severe psychological manipulation.
Discussed“he said in his book that uh that January 6 was deplorable and now he says it's an inside job and that we don't know what really happened on 911”
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The Real Anthony Fauci
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F.
Discussed“the Michael skako one um you know his book about Anthony facci a huge amount of it is about how HIV doesn't cause AIDS”
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Back from the Brink
Back from the Brink by Peter Moskos is a compelling oral history that explores the strategies and policies behind the dramatic decline of crime in New York City during the 1990s.
Recommended“I would highly highly highly recommend to listeners and viewers the new book from Peter Moscow. Uh Peter was a Baltimore City comp and is now a professor at John J uh college here in in New York City. And he it's basically an oral history called Back from the Brink about how New York through policing brought New York”
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End of Race Politics
End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes presents a compelling argument for a colorblind society, challenging modern identity politics and prevailing anti-racism frameworks.
Recommended“Coleman is a dear friend of mine um but I would I would say this if it weren't the case um his book is really Stellar people should go out and grab it and he and I have some pretty meaningful disagreements about certain things like color blindness is not actually my Jive”
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Living with Guns
Living with Guns is a non-fiction book by Craig Whitney that examines the complex reality of American gun culture, ownership, and public safety.
Recommended“there was a a liberal journalist who used to work for the New York Times who WR a really interesting book that I I recommend your listeners pick up called living with guns”
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An Abundance of Caution
An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions by David Zweig is an investigative examination of the institutional decision-making processes and faulty rationales that led to prolonged pandemic school closures.
Discussed“Megan, you interviewed David Zwig, as did we at the fifth column about his book, An Abundance of Caution, which looks back at why did we basically close schools when the rest of the world had figured out that we shouldn't during co um boiling it down very quickly.”
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Disturbing the Peace
Discussed“It's the name of a vaclav havel uh book length interview from like 1988 disturbing the peace”
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High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Discussed“I mean we knew of Anne couter because she wrote a book called high crimes and misdemeanors about what Bill Clinton was doing”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“I mean Ron Howard directed a movie based on his book right”
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Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939
Discussed“I'm actually reading one right now so it actually this is why I'm bringing this up um about holwood in I'm I'm reading a book by a really interesting historian named Thomas dhy and it's called Hitler in Hollywood and it's about how all the studios um basically had I mean they're all owned and runed by by Jewish guys”
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Howard Zinn on History
Howard Zinn on History by Howard Zinn is a widely discussed historical work that examines the American past through a critical lens and has long maintained a prominent presence in educational settings.
Discussed“Howard Zinn books are always on high school curricula. It's the most p um history book and it's absolute horshit. But and I've written about this a million times. It's just bad history, but it's the right history because it's directionally the right history.”
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Jews Don't Count
Discussed“and I will quote the British comedian David bedil who himself is Jewish and has a book which says it all the title The that says it all Jews don't count”
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On the Edge
On the Edge by Nate Silver is an exploration of high-stakes risk-taking, examining the habits and behaviors of prominent figures who operate in environments like poker, finance, and entrepreneurship.
Discussed“He just wrote an entire book about it, On the Edge, The Art of Risking Everything.”
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The hunting ground
Discussed“because if you have there was a um a documentary I think CNN films I shouldn't say don't quote me because I'm on the radio now but I think it was CNN films that came with a film called The Hunting Ground do you remember this and it was about a campus it was about rapes on campus”
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a sweeping hard science fiction trilogy starter that chronicles humanity's first contact with an alien civilization facing imminent destruction from a triple-star system.
Discussed“I just watched uh three body problem on uh Netflix which I tried to read the book yeah but there's a scene in there like a depiction of the cultural revolution at the very beginning um of the show and it's it is visceral it is incredibly hard to watch”
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This Town
This Town by Mark Leibovich is a journalistic portrait of Washington, D.C., that exposes the hypocrisy, careerism, and bipartisan nature of the political establishment.
Discussed“in the strange new respect when you see this and our producer Jason mentioned uh Mark Lieboich's book our town and about all these people at Tim Russard's funeral which is a great scene in a book it shows you the funeral shows you so much about about DC politics because no one believes in anything really”
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Appearances
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“We we're reading Willa Cather's Myia now. It's great.”