Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2022-W11

“So, for example, the idea that you would call a book 'Religion Poisons Everything'—I think he did that deliberately and provocatively so that he could defend a proposition that obviously is indefensible: that it poisons everything.”

“Yeah, well, the Torah is the five books of Moses written in Hebrew. Most modern rabbis, non-orthodox or non-literalist rabbis, will tell you that it's a product of human beings, and I believe that they are inspired by God.”

“Yeah, you wrote in your book 'Why Faith Matters': 'Walt Whitman wrote that in order for there to be a great book, there must be great readers.' For a book to remain powerful throughout generations, it cannot have a single meaning; scripture, like great poetry, is not reducible to other words.”

“One is that every image of what it's like is foolish; like Mark Twain has in 'Letters from the Earth' says, 'We're going to lie on green fields and listen to harp music,' which you wouldn't want to do for five minutes while you're alive, but you think you'll be happy for the rest of eternity doing it after you”

“His autobiography, 'Hitch 22,' is a great read and I just want to say what you discover there. I don't know if I'm giving too much away by telling the story—spoiler alert—what you discover there is that his mother ran away with a minister or a priest, and they died in what seemed like a suicide pact.”

“I also love Saul Bellow, especially 'Herzog.' But that's a very different kind of thinking—person's novel. I read a lot of mysteries, and a lot of other kinds of fiction and literature.”

“I also really love Heschel's "The Sabbath." I think it's a beautiful book. It's a very short book, just as Frankl's book is.”

“The resource is a book authored by Dr. James DiNicolantonio, who is a scientist in cardiovascular physiology and a doctor of pharmacy. The title of the book is "The Salt Fix."”

“Kate, we've, we've kept you way too late, god bless you, I'm gonna let you go in two seconds, I need to fan out, oh my god, Lord of the Rings is one of my favorite book series, I'm so glad you were in it, you were a staple in my mind forever because of that, and as a kid,”

“Kate, we've, we've kept you way too late, god bless you, I'm gonna let you go in two seconds, I need to fan out, oh my god, Lord of the Rings is one of my favorite book series, I'm so glad you were in it, you were a staple in my mind forever because of that, and as a kid,”