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Fugitive Slaves and the Road to the Civil War
Episode 224
Andrew Delbanco discusses “The War Before the War,” and Rob Dunn talks about “Never Home Alone.”
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7 years, 4 months ago
Tyranny in Rome and Fake Drugs in Fiction
Episode 223
Yascha Mounk discusses Edward J. Watts's "Mortal Republic," and Jonathan Lethem talks about the surge of fictional psychotropic drugs in novels.
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7 years, 5 months ago
Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir
Episode 222
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian discusses the former first lady’s story, and Helen Schulman talks about her novel “Come With Me.”
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7 years, 5 months ago
Poetry & Politics
Episode 221
The Book Review’s poetry editor, Gregory Cowles, discusses Tracy K. Smith’s essay about political poetry and more from this week’s special issue; and…
7 years, 5 months ago
Immaturity in American Politics
Episode 220
Alan Wolfe discusses “The Politics of Petulance,” and Nadja Spiegelman talks about two newly published books by Lucia Berlin, “Evening in Paradise” a…
7 years, 5 months ago
Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2018
Episode 219
On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times discuss the Book Review’s list of the year’s outstanding fiction and…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Epic Tragedy of Vietnam
Episode 218
Max Hastings discusses his new history of the war, and Sue Prideaux talks about the life of Friedrich Nietzsche.
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7 years, 6 months ago
The Past, Present and Future of Jews in America
Episode 217
Gal Beckerman discusses several new books about the state of Judaism in this country, and Kiese Laymon talks about his new memoir, “Heavy.”
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7 years, 6 months ago
Big New Biographies of Two Big American Lives
Episode 216
David W. Blight talks about “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” and Bob Spitz talks about “Reagan: An American Journey.”
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7 years, 6 months ago
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on “Friday Black”
Episode 215
“Black people being murdered is unfortunately a constant in this country. Murdered with impunity. It’s something that’s constantly on my mind,” Adjei…
7 years, 6 months ago