Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2024-W10

“- Yeah, he wrote a book called "Kitchen Confidential," in the 90s. I was in cooking school at the time. It was so... he romanticized cooking in the restaurant so well.”

“He has written many insightful books on Ukraine and Russia, the Soviet Union, and Slavic peoples in general, spanning centuries on topics like Chernobyl and nuclear disasters, as well as the current war in Ukraine, in a book titled The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.”

“Admittedly, in that book, I concluded in the 18th century before the rise of nationalism, but subsequent works, like Lost Kingdom, trace the story further into modern times.”

“He did this with a new weapon, a spray pistol that later made it into Ian Fleming's Bond novel, The Man With The Golden Gun.”

“Let me switch gears and ask about nuclear safety, as you brought an intriguing point in your book, 'Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disaster.'”

“Yes, you've authored a great book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, where we came alarmingly close to not just another world war but to a nuclear conflict that could obliterate human civilization as we know it.”

“That's tip number one from psychologist Guy Winch, the author of "How to Fix a Broken Heart": Stay the heck off social media.”

“Uh, all right, well, quickly before we talk about llama fleece, I kind of forgot until I started researching this that there was a book series for kids called Llama Llama.”

“I am in Action Comics 14! So, uh, Superman visits the Hayden Planetarium!”

“By the way, I retell that story in my book, 'Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance between Astrophysics and the Military' and more broadly, it's between Astrophysics and security. Hey, I'm Adrian Soulard and I reinvented the suitcase.”

“If everyone wants to see me try to cook this recipe from Rad’s book, tune in to YouTube! Mhm! If you love this episode, you’ll really enjoy my episode with Selena Gomez on befriending your inner critic and how to speak to yourself with more compassion.”

“And remember in that speech, there was a lot about economic inequality; that was the Buffett Rule, which was based on the idea that Warren Buffett used to say that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did.”

“Look, I've said this quite a few times now: I think from the scene in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' where Gene Wilder—that's a big-ass joke; he trips, looks like he’s going to trip, and then does a somersault and he's up on his feet.”

“I think it was one of the most highlighted lines in 'Attached.'”

“Then I would read, like, I don’t know, one of your newsletter or one of your books or like 'Drive' by Dan Pink, and I'm like, oh, it's so good! This stuff is so good!”

“One of my favorite studies in this context is a paper from Ali's lab entitled "Mind Over Milkshakes: Mindsets, Not Just Nutrients, Determine the Ghrelin Response."”

“I did this play, I did Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in high school! I didn't understand a word I was saying! And I... and until there was an audience!”

“And at the same time I did see Streetcar and I saw East of Eden and those two movies had a major impact! Anyway, somebody, Hillary Shore took me on as... even though she knew the whole resume was [___], and she took me on!”

“Johnny Betts from Private Eye, Taylor Rolator from 21 Jump Street, you might know him as Glenn from Finish Line, um, you might know him as Jack Passion from WKA Road, probably not, but you might know him more as Gurney HCK from Dune or Thanos from Avengers: Endgame or or Dan White for which he was nominated for an”