Every book Michael Roth recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Michael Roth

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Pictures from Home

   Larry Sultan · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “And then he did a book from which this is taken called Pictures from Home. This photograph is called Mom in Green Nightgown.”

   Freakonomics Radio How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in Perso… 2026-09-02 ▶ Play 29:05

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   Raised by Wolves

   Raised by Wolves

   Jim Goldberg · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “So this is a photograph by Jim Goldberg. Jim is from New Haven originally, but he's been in Northern California for many decades. He's retired now from CCA, where I got to know him when I was president of the art school. And this is from a book called Raised by Wolves, which is a story of kids living on”

   Freakonomics Radio How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in Perso… 2026-09-02 ▶ Play 28:31

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

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