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Every book Raina Cohen recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Raina Cohen has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of February 6, 2024.
- Raina Cohen has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of February 6, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of February 6, 2024.
- The 3 books Raina Cohen has mentioned in the most episodes, as of February 6, 2024: Far From the Tree, Thy Neighbor's Wife and Get Married.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Raina Cohen aired on February 6, 2024.
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Raina Cohen appeared on The Ezra Klein Show to explore complex relational dynamics, alternative family structures, and cultural attitudes toward intimacy. During the episode, Cohen offered thoughtful book recommendations that explored the depths of human experience and societal norms. She highlighted Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree, explaining that the profound work made a massive impact on her perspective. Additionally, she recommended Gay Talese's Thy Neighbor's Wife, pointing out that the decades-old book brilliantly examines the persistent twin impulses in American culture to be simultaneously sex-obsessed and deeply puritanical. To further illustrate her points on relationships during the discussion, Cohen brought up several other notable titles. She mentioned Brad Wilcox's Get Married to touch upon traditional center-right perspectives aiming to prevent divorce and promote conventional family structures. She also referenced Sheila Heti's novel How Should a Person Be to articulate specific relational concepts, collectively using these works to map out a wide spectrum of modern and historical human connections.
Books recommended by Raina Cohen
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Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree is a comprehensive non-fiction exploration of how parents and children who are significantly different from each other navigate their relationships.
Recommended“so my first book Is by Andrew Solomon it's called far from the tree and it made a huge impact on me”
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Thy Neighbor's Wife
Thy Neighbor's Wife is a non-fiction book by Gay Talese that explores the changing sexual landscape and cultural attitudes toward sex in the United States through immersive reporting on various communities and figures.
Recommended“my third book is thy neighbor's wife by gay Tois which is about 40 years old and it's a book that's looking at these twin impulses in American culture to be both sex obsessed and also very puritanical”
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Get Married
Get Married by Brad Wilcox is a sociological exploration arguing for the enduring personal and societal benefits of traditional family structures and marriage.
Discussed“and then on the flip side there were people you know more on the right or the center like Brad Wilcox who literally has a book called get married that's coming out and he really is trying to prevent divorce and so on”
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How should a person be?
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti is a contemporary novel that blends fiction and nonfiction to explore female friendship, art-making, and the search for an authentic life.
Discussed“yeah this is from Sheila H's novel how should a person be”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| What Relationships Would You Want, if You Believed They Were Possible? | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-02-06 | 4 |