Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2024-W09

“I mean there's this Valentine's book that we always read as kids called Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch!”

“I’m going to read to you from The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples! And it’s about how couples can build a healthy, trusting relationship!”

“Yeah, there's a whole series of books out called 'What If,' and they're fascinating; I don't know if you've ever read them.”

“But he ends up in this, he ends up in this bookstore, and the bookseller is reading one of, uh, Plato's dialogues or, I know, I guess it would have been one of Zenon's books.”

“And you know, I read a book called The First Three Minutes, which is about the first three minutes of the universe.”

“I just read this book called 'Furious Hours,' which is both a true crime account and about Harper Lee, who wrote 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'”

“Dale Carnegie was really good at winning friends and influencing people, and Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus write books about how to golf.”

“Charles Duhigg has one more big book we haven’t yet discussed, titled 'Smarter Faster Better'; it tackles productivity and uses great storytelling to convey its points.”

“But I did read the Washington Post story about what McConnell said to Jonathan Martin for his book, and one thing I had forgotten about was that he apparently said to Martin, 'I feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow—meaning Donald Trump—finally totally discredited himself.”

“And you're so right to remind me of the ad, and I'm going to do a pitch for my book now; I pitch my company, Win Every Argument, which is out in paperback this week, and I quote a line in there: Peter Mandelson, John, you may remember him—very famous British politician, one of Tony Blair's top communications advisers—he used”

“He is also the instigator of several great movies, like 'The Big Sleep'.”

“I mean, that's a great movie. 'The Long Goodbye' is a great novel.”

“There's a book that I read years ago called, 'Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family.' Ari Emanuel is probably a billionaire.”