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Every book Richard Reeves recommended on podcasts
Across 6 podcasts. Every show Richard Reeves appears on, in one place — not just one.
Richard Reeves appeared on several podcasts, including EconTalk, The Ezra Klein Show, Modern Wisdom, The Daily Stoic, and People I (Mostly) Admire, to share his insights and book recommendations. On EconTalk, he recommended Melissa S. Kearney's book The Two-Parent Privilege, praising it for doing an excellent job of summarizing the latest data regarding family structures. During his appearances on The Ezra Klein Show, Reeves recommended Claudia Dale Goldin's book Career and Family, describing Goldin as absolutely the best in the business. He also recommended Anna Machin's book The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father, noting that he got a huge amount out of the work by the evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Oxford. In addition to his direct recommendations, Reeves discussed several other works during his podcast conversations. On Modern Wisdom, he brought up Paul Eastwick's book Bonded by Evolution while discussing ancestral mating patterns and evolutionary psychology. On The Daily Stoic, he discussed Jordan B. Peterson's book 12 Rules for Life, noting that it was anodyne in its advice and mentioning how his sons read it during a countercultural phase. Finally, on People I (Mostly) Admire, he highlighted John Stuart Mill's famous 1859 essay On Liberty, noting that the 19th-century British liberal philosopher is best known for that influential work.
Books recommended by Richard Reeves
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The Life of Dad
The Life of Dad by Anna Machin is an insightful examination of modern fatherhood through the lens of evolutionary anthropology, exploring how and why men have evolved to care for their children.
Recommended“and the third book I got a huge amount out of was a book by Anna mein who's a anthropologist I think May evolutionary Anthropologist at the University of Oxford and her book maybe you'll know it actually as it's called the life of dad the making of a modern father as few years old now”
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Career and Family
Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin is an economics book examining women's century-long journey toward equity, labor markets, and the persistent wage gap.
Recommended“I think you learn about men is Claudia Golden's book career and family which as I said I think golden is just absolutely the best in the business”
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The Two-Parent Privilege
The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa S.
Recommended“So she has this book The Two-Parent Privilege which just really I think does an excellent job of summarizing the kind of latest data on this.”
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12 Rules for Life
Jordan B.
Discussed“because if you read his book 12 rules for life which kicked around our house for a bit like like most kind of sons raised in mostly liberal households my boys obviously went through a you know slightly countercultural phase it's anodyne in its advice”
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Bonded by Evolution
Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick is a scientific exploration of romance, compatibility, and the evolutionary psychology behind human attraction and connection.
Discussed“Paul Eastwick has a book out called Bonded by Evolution. Do you know his stuff?”
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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a classic 1949 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores the tragic dissolution of a traveling salesman named Willy Loman amidst the harsh realities of the American Dream.
Discussed“some that goes back to like Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman Willie lman takes his own life because he thinks that the life insurance his family will get will be will be a better bread winner than he can be because he's so badly failed in his primary responsibility as a as a bread winner”
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Little men
Discussed“I want to honor that, and what's really interesting about this is that, you know how when you write a book, by the time you finish the book and it's out there, you're sick of it?”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a classic 1959 political essay that serves as one of history's most robust defenses of individual freedom, free expression, and intellectual liberty.
Discussed“John Stuart Mill is a liberal philosopher from 19th century in the UK and he's probably most famous for his 1859 essay On Liberty.”
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The Noonday Demon
The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon is a deeply moving and comprehensive exploration of the heavy realities of anxiety and depression.
Discussed“he wrote a book called The Noonday demon about a depression it's a brilliant book about depression”
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The War Against Boys
The War Against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers is a critical examination of modern educational policies and cultural shifts that the author argues disadvantage young males.
Discussed“and you get books like the war against boys the war on men Etc which is that there is intentional discrimination against boys”
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Books Richard Reeves wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (11: passing, ad reads, own books)
“There's a book by Eve Rodsky fair called fair play this the second shift and then the idea of the second shift yeah women working the double shift etc.”
“Darby Saxby has this book coming out Dad Brain and how kind your brain changes as well.”
“Richard Reeves you have books out don't you yeah of boys and men”
“when I was writing this section on these differences in developmental trajectories of boys and girls one of my most Progressive and feminist reviewers of the book she wrote”
“when I was writing this section on these differences in developmental trajectories of boys and girls one of my most Progressive and feminist reviewers of the book she wrote”
“Well, first of all, it's not true that nobody had ever heard of me, because I wrote a biography of John Stuart Mill a few years ago—last time I checked, at least 17 people had read it, so that's very rude of you.”
“would I have written the book if I'd had three daughters or have written a different book as opposed to having three sons”
“would I have written the book if I'd had three daughters or have written a different book as opposed to having three sons”
“and this is in some ways the book The the book underneath that book which is my own journey and my own struggles with my own sense of what does it mean to be a man what does masculinity mean in a relationship and a society of profound moral equality between men and women”
“and this is in some ways the book The the book underneath that book which is my own journey and my own struggles with my own sense of what does it mean to be a man what does masculinity mean in a relationship and a society of profound moral equality between men and women”
“and and it was just like being and actually there was this I talk about this in my book there was an incident that my kids High School uh that got International attention as an expression of toxic masculinity which really woke me up to the way this term has been sort of thrown around and used indiscriminately”