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Every book Scott Wiener recommended on podcasts
Scott Wiener has engaged in policy-focused discussions on programs like The Ezra Klein Show, where he speaks about housing initiatives, urban planning, public health, and progressive governance. Drawing on these themes during his podcast appearance, Wiener recommended a diverse array of books that touch on systemic societal challenges and personal aspirations. He recommended Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On, praising it as the definitive and authoritative history of the public health failures that exacerbated the HIV/AIDS crisis, noting that readers can learn vital lessons about managing pandemics. Wiener also recommended Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street, describing it as an amazing collection of vignettes about a teenage girl's upbringing that connects deeply to the realities of inadequate housing and the fundamental human dreams associated with shelter. Expanding into fiction, Wiener gave a passionate shout-out to fantasy readers by recommending Robert Jordan's classic epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time, expressing his ongoing love for its expansive narrative structure and world-building. Through these recommendations, Wiener connects literature to public health, housing policy, and personal enjoyment.
Books recommended by Scott Wiener
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And the Band Played on
And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts is a sweeping and deeply reported historical account of the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the institutional failures that worsened the crisis.
Recommended“one is a book called and the band played on by Randy Schultz which is I think the definitive authoritative uh history of the public health debacle that fueled the HIV aids crisis and you can learn a lot about what not to do when you have a public health problem or a pandemic”
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2)
The Great Hunt is the second installment in Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time, which follows complex characters through a richly detailed world on the brink of apocalyptic conflict.
Recommended“and then I want to just do a shout out for um for all of the fantasy nerds out there because I am a fantasy nerds um and the series uh The Wheel of Time which is one of the just going old school there it's old school but you know what I love about it this it was written”
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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a celebrated coming-of-age novel told through a series of poignant vignettes following a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago.
Recommended“another is a book called The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros it's an amazing book of vignettes about this teenage girl her upbringing and it ties in a lot about what it means to live in inadequate housing and people's dreams and aspirations about housing”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Democrats: Pay Attention to What’s Happening in California | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-04-28 | 3 |