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The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal journalist Bari Weiss.
Latest mentions
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Original Sin
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
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Start, Stay, or Leave
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On Democracies and Death Cults
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The Strange Death of Europe
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Cross Purposes
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American Heretics
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Believe
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After
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The Righteous Mind
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The Principles of Psychology
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
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Consilience
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
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The Unsettling of America
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Good Food on a Tight Budget
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Salt Sugar Fat
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Brain Train
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Walden
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Abundance
On the March 18, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled "Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left", host Bari Weiss brought up the book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Bari introduced the new book at the beginning of the episode and later noted that the authors began the work with a utopian vision for government.
Discussed“in government they just wrote a new book all about this it's called abundance”
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson discussed Aaron Bastani's Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Both noted that they were somewhat inspired by the leftist tract while talking about technological thinking and the political left.
Discussed“we are somewhat inspired by this leftist track from a couple years ago which has the best name of any book published in the past couple of decades fully automated luxury communism”
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The Righteous Mind
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss referenced Jonathan Haidt's book "The Righteous Mind" across multiple episodes. In March 2025, she mentioned the book to illustrate how people use logic to retrofit emotional arguments, and in April 2025, she brought it up again during a conversation with Ross Douthat to discuss the innate human desire for meaning and spirituality.
Discussed“I know Jonathan Height talks about this in his book, The Righteous Minds, that we all have sort of a God-shaped hole in us”
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The Strange Death of Europe
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss discussed Douglas Murray's book The Strange Death of Europe in multiple episodes. In January 2025, she mentioned it as a primary text where she first encountered anecdotes about UK grooming gangs. Later, in May 2025, she explicitly named the title while welcoming Murray to the podcast to discuss democracies and death cults.
Recommended“Douglas Murray, it's always such a pleasure to talk to you on microphone or over drinks, uh, which hopefully we'll do later. Your book, of course, is on democracies and death cults.”
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A Game of Thrones
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Bari Weiss brought up Game of Thrones while asking Sam Altman about the harsh criticisms Elon Musk has directed at him.
Discussed“he's compared you to Littlefinger in the Game of Thrones most devastatingly said I don't trust him”
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A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled '1950s Sex Culture Got It Right' released on February 19, 2025, host Bari Weiss mentioned 'A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century' by Louise Perry. During the discussion, Weiss specifically referenced the young adult adaptation of Louise Perry's book.
Discussed“it's called a new Guide to Sex in the 21st century”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
On March 13, 2025, during an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics, guest Andrew Schulz discussed Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Schulz shared that he had read the book about three different times, noting how it profoundly impacted him as a beautiful story that explores the human condition and the dynamics of outsider relationships.
Recommended“Huckleberry fin really yeah I read Huckleberry fin like three different times”
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After
On the April 17, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled "Ross Douthat: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God," guest Ross Douthat recommended the book After by Dr. Bruce Greyson. Douthat brought up the work while discussing near-death experiences, noting that it serves as a helpful survey of the literature and data surrounding the subject.
Recommended“I generally would say I recommend a book called after by a doctor named Bruce Grayson, which is there have been a lot of surveys of the literature on this going back.”
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American Heretics
On the April 22, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Can America Survive Without Christianity?, guest Jonathan Rauch recommended American Heretics by Jerome E. Copulsky. Rauch referenced the book while discussing how the American founders faced down attempts by Christians who were unhappy that the country was not formally named as Christian.
Recommended“There's a wonderful new book about this by Jerome Kapolski called American Heretics about how the founders had to actually face down some attempts by Christians who were very unhappy that the country wasn't named as Christian”
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At War with Ourselves
During an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled H.R. McMaster’s Tell-all on Trump in January 2025, Michael Moynihan praised H. R. McMaster's book At War with Ourselves as fantastic and brilliantly written, telling the audience to purchase a copy. H. R. McMaster also appeared on the program to discuss the publication and explained the origin behind the book's title during his conversation with Moynihan.
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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Atlas Shrugged
On the March 6, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Inside Trump's Crypto Revolution | Brian Armstrong, guest Brian Armstrong listed Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged among the books that shaped his perspective.
Recommended“also just books like um outl Shrugged and you know these kind of things”
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Believe
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss mentioned Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by Ross Douthat during the episode "Ross Douthat: Why It's Logical to Believe in God" on April 17, 2025. Weiss introduced Douthat's newest book at the beginning of the discussion, noting its title and premise. She mentioned the book again toward the end of the episode while thanking Douthat for appearing on the program.
Recommended“His latest book, which we talk about today, is called Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.”
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Brain Train
On the April 15, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, with Dr. Mark Hyman, guest Dr. Mark Hyman discussed Chris Palmer's book. Hyman brought up the work to support the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry, specifically noting how Palmer wrote about curing schizophrenia and bipolar disease through dietary changes.
Recommended“You got Chris Palmer who wrote a book called Brain Energy talking about how he cured schizophrenics by changing their diet and bipolar disease.”
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss discussed Louise Perry's book "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution" during an interview with the author. Weiss noted the central arguments of the text and mentioned that it had recently been adapted into a version accessible for teens and young adults.
Discussed“This is the Crux of her book the case against the sexual Revolution which has just been adapted for young adults”
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Catherine the Great
Bari Weiss brought up Simon Dixon's biography of Catherine the Great on Honestly with Bari Weiss while praising the author's broader historical catalog as essential reading for understanding power politics, revolutions, and human nature.
Discussed“his many books like Stalin the court of the red SAR the Roman no and Katherine the Great to name a few are essential to understanding power politics Revolution dictatorships and above all human nature”
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Changing World Order
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, guest Brian Armstrong discussed "Changing World Order" by Ray Dalio during the March 6, 2025 episode. Armstrong noted that Dalio's book had been influential on his thinking, pointing out that some of the ideas he shared during the interview reflected concepts from the book.
Recommended“I think um Ray Doo’s Book Changing World Order you hear some of the ideas reflected in my comments today”
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Consilience
During the April 15, 2025, episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, Dr. Mark Hyman brought up E.O. Wilson's book Consilience. Dr. Hyman cited the text to illustrate the concept of a unifying framework that connects diverse disciplines across the social and physical sciences, while pointing out that traditional medicine currently lacks such an overarching theoretical framework.
Discussed“I Wilson's I read his book Consilience, the unit of knowledge. He talked about this this sort of framework that connects all these disciplines together in in sort of social sciences sciences and he said there's no theory of medicine.”
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Cross Purposes
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Can America Survive Without Christianity?, host Bari Weiss brought up Jonathan Rauch's book Cross Purposes. Weiss cited the title and used it to ask the guest a central question about why America has apparently become ungovernable.
Discussed“In this new book of yours called Cross Purposes, which is a wonderful title, you ask a simple question, which is why has America become ungovernable?”
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Demons
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss from February 2025, Jeffrey Kane recommended Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Demons. When Bari Weiss asked him about the last book he read, Kane described the novel as a wonderful exploration of what happens when a society attempts to replace the idea of God with ideologies like communism.
Recommended“I read a lot so I I sometimes I even forget so I'm actually uh I just finished reading this book right here which is dovi it's demons and uh this is a wonderful novel about what happens when a society tries to replace the idea of God with ideologies in this particular case communism”
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Desolation Angels
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, with Dr. Mark Hyman from April 2025, Dr. Mark Hyman recommended Jack Kerouac as an author, specifically mentioning Desolation Angels. Hyman stated that Kerouac's work set him out on a path of wild adventure and inspired a crazy wisdom way of living that is not on the beaten path.
Recommended“and Um, it wasn't one book, but it was Jack Carowak as an author, maybe Desolation Angels, which really kind of set me out on this path of being on the wild adventure”
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Dominion
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled 1950s Sex Culture Got It Right released on February 19, 2025, guest Louise Perry brought up Tom Holland's book Dominion. Perry cited the text to discuss the historical roots of sexual ethics, arguing that the Me Too movement traces its origins back to the first sexual revolution despite being a secular movement.
Discussed“and actually this the argument that's made by Tom Holland in his book Dominion in many ways me too despite me too being a secular movement traces its Origins back to that first sexual Revolution”
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English Poems for Kids - Volume One
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss on March 11, 2025, the host mentioned Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. The book was brought up while discussing the cultural era at Facebook, with the host noting that it typified the period.
Discussed“I think the other book that typified this era at Facebook wasn't actually a Facebook book but was leanin written by Cheryl Sandberg”
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
In the March 18, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left, guest Derek Thompson discussed Thomas L. Friedman's book From Beirut to Jerusalem. Thompson cited the book as the primary text that inspired him and made him want to become a journalist when he was younger.
Discussed“the book that made me want to become a journalist was from beir to Jerusalem”
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Good Food on a Tight Budget
During an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, Dr. Mark Hyman brought up the guide Good Food on a Tight Budget by the Environmental Working Group and Share Our Strength. Dr. Hyman mentioned the resource to explain how families can afford nutritious, budget-friendly meals that support both health and the environment.
Recommended“So I gave them a guide called Good Food on a Tight Budget from the Environmental Working Group. How to eat well for your wallet, good for the planet, and good for your health.”
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Jerusalem
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss and guest Simon Sebag Montefiore discussed his book Jerusalem. Weiss highlighted that unlike many of his biographical works, this book serves as a biography of a city spanning 3,000 years. Montefiore detailed his writing process, explaining that he aimed to write a comprehensive history of Jerusalem that extended beyond solely a Jewish or Zionist perspective.
Discussed“most of his books are biographies of people but Jerusalem is a biography of a city a city as he writes that is the house of the one God the capital of two peoples the Temple of three religions and the only city to exist twice in heaven and on Earth the book takes takes you through Jerusalem's 3,000 year”
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Lean In
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss featuring whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, host Bari Weiss brought up Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. Weiss used the book to characterize and discuss the corporate culture at Facebook during that specific era.
Discussed“I think the other book that typified this era at Facebook wasn't actually a Facebook book but was leanin written by Cheryl Sandberg”
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Los Irresponsables: Una Historia Real de Poder, Codicia Y Falso Idealismo / Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams's book Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism was featured on Honestly with Bari Weiss. Host Bari Weiss introduced the memoir during an interview with the author, who appeared as a high-ranking whistleblower from Facebook, highlighting the core themes of the book.
Discussed“the book is called careless people a cautionary tale of power greed and lost idealism”
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On Democracies and Death Cults
On the May 1, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan, Hamas, and Moral Collapse in the West, Bari Weiss brought up Douglas Murray's book, On Democracies and Death Cults. Weiss used the book to discuss Murray's writing on the October 7th attacks and the Western response, noting points that surprised her. At the close of the episode, Weiss enthusiastically recommended the book, highlighting its status as a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller.
Discussed“And maybe put another way, and you write about this in the book, and as I read it, I'm like, "Wow, I can't I can't believe I didn't think about it this way." You know, there's been so many protests since October 7th, 2023. And what you write about and point out is that there was no mass protest in”
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Organic Manifesto
Jillian Michaels brought up Maria Rodale's book Organic Manifesto during an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss. She cited the book to illustrate how long she had been discussing health and organic food before those topics became political, noting that her very first podcast appearance over a decade prior was with Rodale to discuss the text's focus on getting back to nature and eating real food.
Discussed“my very first podcast I want to say 12 13 years ago was with Maria rodale about her book The Organic Manifesto which was espousing like getting back to Nature eating real food”
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Original Sin
On the May 20, 2025 episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Andrew Cuomo on His Downfall—and Unlikely Comeback, host Bari Weiss brought up the book Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. She mentioned the book to ask Governor Andrew Cuomo for his thoughts on its reporting regarding the cover-up of Joe Biden's mental condition.
Discussed“It's coming out, this news, um, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, uh, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States.”
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Pascal's Wager
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics released on March 13, 2025, host Bari Weiss brought up Pascal's Wager by Paul Bartha and Lawrence Pasternack. Weiss mentioned the philosophical concept during a discussion about the idea that living as if God exists helps people lead better lives.
Discussed“it's called Uh Pascal's wager”
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
On Honestly with Bari Weiss during the episode A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, with Dr. Mark Hyman, released on April 15, 2025, agricultural issues were discussed. Mark Hyman referenced Wendell Berry's book The Unsettling of America, which was mistakenly attributed in the transcript, to address the destruction of family farms and the industrialization of agriculture.
Discussed“And it was the uh Wendel Bear wrote a book about this called the unsettling of America. And it was about the destruction of family farms and the the the centralization and the aggregation of big agricultural uh sort of organizations.”
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Prey
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Bari Weiss brought up Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book Prey as a source where she previously encountered anecdotes about grooming gangs.
Discussed“as I mentioned before your book prey was one of the first places other than Douglas Murray's book strange death of Europe where I came across some of these anecdotes and I just want to share them um with listeners”
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Brian Armstrong mentioned Ray Dalio's book Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, noting that several of the ideas found in the work were reflected in his own commentary during the episode.
Recommended“Ray Doo's Book Changing World Order you hear some of the ideas reflected in my comments today”
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Profiles in courage
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, the speaker mentioned John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage during a debate about transgender troops in the military. The speaker brought up the book while discussing Chuck Schumer, suggesting that Schumer would not be featured in a book about courage.
Discussed“I don't think uh if I writing a book profiles en courage I don't think uh Schumer would be in that book”
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Salt Sugar Fat
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss in April 2025, Dr. Mark Hyman discussed Michael Moss's book Salt Sugar Fat. Hyman cited the book to illustrate how food industry executives, scientists, and whistleblowers intentionally engineered addictive processed foods, mentioning that Moss had interviewed roughly 300 industry insiders for the project.
Discussed“Michael Moss wrote a book about this called Salt, Sugar, and Fatty. interviewed 300 different food industry executives and scientists and whistleblowers.”
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Sex and culture
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, guest Louise Perry discussed J.D. Unwin's 1930s book Sex and Culture. Perry explained that she recently revisited the British anthropologist's historical research for an essay, utilizing his findings to explore arguments surrounding sexual permissiveness and civilizational cycles.
Discussed“I Revisited recently um for an essay the work of um this Edwardian Anthropologist British Anthropologist called JD Unwin he wrote a book called sex and culture which was published in the 1930s”
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Sex and the single girl
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, host Bari Weiss brought up Helen Gurley Brown's 1962 classic book Sex and the Single Girl during a conversation with guest Louise Perry. Weiss mentioned Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan, while comparing Perry's perspective on modern culture to earlier historical and social shifts regarding sex and single life.
Discussed“one thing I was thinking about coming into this conversation is Helen Gurley Brown who famously wrote sex and the single girl in 1962 and she was the long time editor of Cosmopolitan”
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Stalin
Bari Weiss introduced Simon Sebag Montefiore on Honestly with Bari Weiss by listing several of his major historical works, including Stalin, as essential reading for understanding power politics, revolutions, dictatorships, and human nature.
Discussed“his many books like Stalin the court of the red SAR the Roman no and Katherine the Great to name a few are essential to understanding power politics Revolution dictatorships and above all human nature”
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Start, Stay, or Leave
During an appearance on Honestly with Bari Weiss in the episode Fox News Host Dana Perino: Cable News Is Not Dead, released on May 6, 2025, Dana Perino recommended Trey Gowdy's book Start, Stay, or Leave. Perino discussed her colleague's background as a prosecutor and congressman who eventually decided to leave the leadership track in Congress, prompting her to view his work as one of the best books on career decision-making.
Recommended“And Trey Gaudy is a colleague of mine who had been a prosecutor, been a congressman, and he decided to leave um the leadership track in Congress. I wanted to ask him, how did you know that it was time? I think his book uh Start, Stay, or Leave is one of the best books of decision-making I've ever read.”
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Summary of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World: Fareed Zakaria
During an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left, Derek Thompson mentioned Fred Murphy's summary of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria. Thompson cited the work as one of the books that inspired him in high school to pursue a career in journalism.
Recommended“uh the book that made me want to become a journalist was from beir to Jerusalem and the book that I found most inspiring in high school when I absolutely decided to become a journalist was the future of Freedom by Fred Zakaria”
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). New Ed ...
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, guest Andrew Schulz mentioned The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Langhorne Clemens as the book that had the biggest impact on his life. Schulz explained its themes and personal connection, calling it a beautiful book about the human condition.
Discussed“um um the game by Neil Strauss no uh no no no no no uh Huckleberry fin really yeah I read Huckleberry fin like three different times and uh it just is a it's just the most beautiful book about like The Human Condition and how important we are to one another and uh how like Outsiders often connect and”
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The Firm
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Speaker Mike Johnson mentioned "The Firm" by John Grisham during an interview in January 2025. When asked about the last book he read, Johnson shared that he had reread the legal thriller about a year and a half prior, noting that his demanding schedule leaves him with almost no time for leisure reading.
Discussed“um I reread the firm uh about a year and a half ago I have no time for leisure reading at all”
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The Future of Freedom
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Derek Thompson appeared alongside Ezra Klein. During the conversation, Thompson mentioned Fareed Zakaria's The Future of Freedom, sharing that it was the book that most inspired him in high school and ultimately led him to decide to become a journalist.
Discussed“and the book that I found most inspiring in high school when I absolutely decided to become a journalist was the future of Freedom by Fred Zakaria”
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The Game
On the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss, guest Andrew Schulz discussed The Game by Neil Strauss during the episode "Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics." When asked to name the book that had the greatest impact on his life, Schulz initially offered The Game by Neil Strauss as a humorous response before quickly retracting it and offering Huckleberry Finn instead.
Discussed“um the book that's had the biggest impact on your life um um the game by Neil Strauss no uh no no no no no uh Huckleberry fin”
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Fred Fordham was discussed on Honestly with Bari Weiss. Host Bari Weiss and guest Sarah Wynn-Williams noted that the title and epigraph of Wynn-Williams's memoir were taken directly from Fitzgerald's novel.
Discussed“the epigraph of the book and of course the title is taken from uh F Scott Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby”
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The Message
Bari Weiss brought up Ta-Nehisi Coates's book The Message on Honestly with Bari Weiss during the February 10, 2025 episode featuring Simon Sebag Montefiore. Weiss referenced the book while discussing prevailing political narratives, noting that the themes are captured in an astute way in the work and are currently being taught to young people in elite schools.
Discussed“it's captured in a more aidite way in tanasi coat's recent book the message and it's something that people young people are being educated to in our most elite schools”
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The Principles of Psychology
On Honestly with Bari Weiss, guest Ross Douthat discussed William James's classic book "The Principles of Psychology" during the April 17, 2025 episode titled "Ross Douthat: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God." Douthat mentioned James's famous analytical attempt to catalog and examine religious experiences, drawing a parallel to similar emotional and spiritual events he observed in his own parents and acquaintances.
Discussed“And so, you know, if you read William James' varieties of religious experience, the famous, you know, the famous attempt to sort of catalog and analyze these experiences, I saw things like that happened to my parents and people I know.”
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The Right
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled '“Biden Wasn’t Running the Country.” Speaker Mike Johnson on the Biden Cover-Up', Speaker Mike Johnson recommended Matthew Continetti's book 'The Right'. Johnson brought up the book to discuss the history and the merging of various factions within the conservative movement.
Recommended“Matthew conetti wrote a book recently the right phenomenal”
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The Romanovs
On an episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss titled The Golden Age for Jews Has Ended, host Bari Weiss brought up Simon Sebag Montefiore's book The Romanovs during her introductory remarks. She listed the volume alongside several of his other works, describing them collectively as essential texts for understanding power, politics, revolutions, dictatorships, and human nature.
Discussed“his many books like Stalin the court of the red SAR the Roman no and Katherine the Great to name a few are essential to understanding power politics Revolution dictatorships and above all human nature”
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Host picks
- Abundance
- The Righteous Mind
- The Strange Death of Europe
- A Game of Thrones
- A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
- Believe
- Case Against the Sexual Revolution
- Catherine the Great
- Cross Purposes
- Jerusalem
- Lean In
- Los Irresponsables: Una Historia Real de Poder, Codicia Y Falso Idealismo / Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
- On Democracies and Death Cults
- Original Sin
- Pascal's Wager
- Prey
- Profiles in courage
- Sex and the single girl
- Stalin
- The Great Gatsby
Guest picks
- Fully Automated Luxury Communism
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- After
- American Heretics
- At War with Ourselves
- Atlas Shrugged
- Brain Train
- Changing World Order
- Consilience
- Demons
- Desolation Angels
- Dominion
- English Poems for Kids - Volume One
- From Beirut to Jerusalem
- Good Food on a Tight Budget
- Jerusalem
- Organic Manifesto
- Prepare the Way of the Lord
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Salt Sugar Fat
Guests who recommended books
- Dr. Mark Hyman (14)
- Ross Douthat (4)
- Brian Armstrong (4)
- Derek Thompson (3)
- Andrew Schulz (3)
- Louise Perry (3)
- Sarah Wynn-Williams (2)
- Mike Johnson (2)
- Michael Moynihan (2)
- Dana Perino (1)
- Jonathan Rauch (1)
- Ezra Klein (1)
- Simon Sebag Montefiore (1)
- Jeffrey Kane (1)
- Jillian Michaels (1)
- H. R. McMaster (1)
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“It's coming out, this news, um, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, uh, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States.”
“What's the most important book you've read in the past five or so years, the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David Lans or Landes. Okay. Um, late Harvard economist. It's basically on the industrial revolution.”
“And Trey Gaudy is a colleague of mine who had been a prosecutor, been a congressman, and he decided to leave um the leadership track in Congress. I wanted to ask him, how did you know that it was time? I think his book uh Start, Stay, or Leave is one of the best books of decision-making I've ever read.”
“Your book, of course, is on democracies and death cults. It is a New York Times bestseller. It is a Sunday Times bestseller. I'm sure it's a thousand other bestsellers. I saw during Easter weekend, you were even beating like the Easter Bunny book on Amazon, which was huge. [...] For those of you who have not yet picked up”
“as I mentioned before your book prey was one of the first places other than Douglas Murray's book strange death of Europe where I came across some of these anecdotes and I just want to share them um with listeners”
“In this new book of yours called Cross Purposes, which is a wonderful title, you ask a simple question, which is why has America become ungovernable?”
“There's a wonderful new book about this by Jerome Kapolski called American Heretics about how the founders had to actually face down some attempts by Christians who were very unhappy that the country wasn't named as Christian”
“The book is believe Why everyone should be religious.”
“I recommend a book called uh after by a doctor named Bruce Grayson, which is there have been a lot of surveys of the literature on this going back.”
“The Righteous Mind”
“And so, you know, if you read William James' varieties of religious experience, the famous, you know, the famous attempt to sort of catalog and analyze these experiences, I saw things like that happened to my parents and people I know.”
“if you read William James varieties of religious experience, the famous, you know, the famous attempt to sort of catalog and analyze these experiences, I saw things like that happened to my parents and people I know.”
“I Wilson's I read his book Consilience, the unit of knowledge. He talked about this this sort of framework that connects all these disciplines together in in sort of social sciences sciences and he said there's no theory of medicine.”
“I mean you know you I don't know if you ever heard of the book the structure of scientific revolutions by Thomas Co. You talked about this idea of normal science.”
“And it was the uh Wendel Bear wrote a book about this called the unsettling of America. And it was about the destruction of family farms and the the the centralization and the aggregation of big agricultural uh sort of organizations.”
“uh and and really foundational principles like you know basically live life to the fullest don't leave any stone unturned build your castles in the air and build foundations under them you know just like dream big and go for it um I think the unselling of America was a very impactful book for me by Wendelberry”
“So I gave them a guide called Good Food on a Tight Budget from the Environmental Working Group. How to eat well for your wallet, good for the planet, and good for your health.”
“Michael Moss wrote a book about this called Salt, Sugar, and Fatty. interviewed 300 different food industry executives and scientists and whistleblowers.”
“You got Chris Palmer who wrote a book called Brain Energy talking about how he cured schizophrenics by changing their diet and bipolar disease.”
“Uh was Walden by Henry Theorough, which basically structured my vision of what life could and should look like and how to live.”