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- 1 Mexican GothicSylvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 2 The Blue FlameGeorge Pelecanos · 2× across 2 episodes
- 3 The IntrigueSilvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Under the FallsRichard Russo · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 Black Flags: The Rise of ISISJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Give People MoneyAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 HamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 ItStephen King · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Rainbow SixTom Clancy · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The Armstrong Trilogy (comprising The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, and Crook Manifesto - note: The Nickel Boys is not set in Harlem, but Whitehead's Harlem sequence is an ongoing trilogy starting with Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto)Colson Whitehead · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Bourne IdentityRobert Ludlum · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos the Jackal, the World's First Super TerroristJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 The Old Farmer's AlmanacUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time and How to Fix ItAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 The Time Tax: Power, Justice, and the Trivialization of Every DayAnnie Lowrey · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Mexican GothicSylvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 2 The Blue FlameGeorge Pelecanos · 2× across 2 episodes
- 3 The IntrigueSilvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Under the FallsRichard Russo · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 Black Flags: The Rise of ISISJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Give People MoneyAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 HamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 ItStephen King · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Rainbow SixTom Clancy · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The Armstrong Trilogy (comprising The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, and Crook Manifesto - note: The Nickel Boys is not set in Harlem, but Whitehead's Harlem sequence is an ongoing trilogy starting with Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto)Colson Whitehead · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Bourne IdentityRobert Ludlum · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos the Jackal, the World's First Super TerroristJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 The Old Farmer's AlmanacUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time and How to Fix ItAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 The Time Tax: Power, Justice, and the Trivialization of Every DayAnnie Lowrey · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Mexican GothicSylvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 2 The Blue FlameGeorge Pelecanos · 2× across 2 episodes
- 3 The IntrigueSilvia Moreno-Garcia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Under the FallsRichard Russo · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 Black Flags: The Rise of ISISJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Give People MoneyAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 HamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 ItStephen King · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Rainbow SixTom Clancy · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The Armstrong Trilogy (comprising The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, and Crook Manifesto - note: The Nickel Boys is not set in Harlem, but Whitehead's Harlem sequence is an ongoing trilogy starting with Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto)Colson Whitehead · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Bourne IdentityRobert Ludlum · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos the Jackal, the World's First Super TerroristJoby Warwick · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 The Old Farmer's AlmanacUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time and How to Fix ItAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 The Time Tax: Power, Justice, and the Trivialization of Every DayAnnie Lowrey · 1× across 1 episode
Best Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’
0:00 / 49:01
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man
David W. Maurer
he gave me a a book called wiz mob by uh the fellow who wrote the big con that the sting is based on ▶ tap to play from here
Novelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western education
0:00 / 44:09
American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee
for her latest novel american hogwan she interviewed people in south korea australia and the us ▶ tap to play from here
Bible
Various
diaspora obviously is the greek word that comes in the bible to describe jews who are expelled from a region ▶ tap to play from here
Jordan Firstman captures the highs and lows of being a ‘Club Kid’
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Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
novelist min jin lee's last book pachinko sold more than five million copies ▶ tap to play from here
American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee
her new novel american is about whether education can provide salvation ▶ tap to play from here
The skyrocketing cost of elder care
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The Moomins
Tove Jansson
finnish artist tova janssen and her children's classic the mumans ▶ tap to play from here
John Turturro could pick your pocket (if he wanted to)
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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man
David W. Maurer
he gave me a a book called wiz mob by uh the fellow who wrote the big con that the sting is based on ▶ tap to play from here
The Moomins
Tove Jansson
finnish artist tova janssen and her children's classic the mumans ▶ tap to play from here
Clockers
Richard Price
you're in clockers which is adapted from the his novel ▶ tap to play from here
Best Of: Making ‘La Bola Negra’ / 'New Yorker' cartoonists lament their kitchens
0:00 / 49:52
The Two Saddest Kitchens
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein
their new graphic memoir the two saddest kitchens reveals it all in words and illustrations ▶ tap to play from here
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast
ras chas last joined us after the publication of her graphic memoir can't we talk about something more pleasant ▶ tap to play from here
Everything Is an Emergency
Jason Adam Katzenstein
jason adam katzenstein is the author of the twenty twenty memoir in words and pictures titled everything is an emergency ▶ tap to play from here
Kazuo Ishiguro on ‘Klara and the Sun’
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The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
nobel prize winning novelist kazuo ishuguro is known for his books remains of the day and never let me go ▶ tap to play from here
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
nobel prize winning novelist kazuo ishuguro is known for his books remains of the day and never let me go ▶ tap to play from here
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
his futuristic novel clara and the sun also has been adapted into a new film ▶ tap to play from here
Who benefits when massive AI data centers come to town?
0:00 / 44:24
How the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided America
0:00 / 44:19
The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
Anand Giridharadas
now as americans prepare to vote in the midterm elections his new book man in the mirror hope struggle and belonging in an american city asks a question that goes far beyond that subway car ▶ tap to play from here
Mephisto
Klaus Mann
many of whom had been down with the nazis including erica's ex husband a slippery eel who was the model for the cynical actor in klaus's novel mephisto ▶ tap to play from here
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
because thomas mann was famous for turning out long novels his greatest the magic mountain runs over seven hundred pages ▶ tap to play from here
Los Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with ‘La Bola Negra’
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The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
Anand Giridharadas
his new book man in the mirror looks at the twenty twenty three death of michael jackson impersonator jordan neeley ▶ tap to play from here
'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to nightmare kitchens
0:00 / 44:54
The Two Saddest Kitchens
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein
their new graphic memoir the two saddest kitchens reveals it all in words and illustrations ▶ tap to play from here
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant
Roz Chast
ras chas joined us after the publication of her graphic memoir can't we talk about something more pleasant ▶ tap to play from here
Everything Is an Emergency
Jason Adam Katzenstein
jason adam katzenstein is the author of the twenty twenty memoir in words and pictures titled everything is an emergency ▶ tap to play from here
Seven Stories About Tammy
Elizabeth McCracken
the work that kicks off this series is called seven stories about tammy by celebrated writer elizabeth mccracken ▶ tap to play from here
The Best American Short Stories 2025
Various
as well as in the twenty twenty five anthology of the best american short stories ▶ tap to play from here
Best Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty Gilpin
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All the Women in My Brain and Other Concerns
Betty Gilpin
she's also author of an extremely funny and insightful collection of essays called all the women in my brain and other concerns ▶ tap to play from here
Platinum songwriter Jimmy Webb
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Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting
Jimmy Webb
and it bothers me a little bit because when i was writing my book on songwriting toon smith i actually for the first time analyzed some of my songs and i was really shocked and appalled ▶ tap to play from here
The Two Saddest Kitchens
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein
their new book is the two saddest kitchens ▶ tap to play from here
Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words and Pictures
Jason Adam Katzenstein
and katzenstein will talk about his graphic memoir about living with ocd ▶ tap to play from here
Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working
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All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
Betty Gilpin
she's also the author of an extremely funny and insightful collection of essays called all the women in my brain and other concerns ▶ tap to play from here
Election experts share concerns about the midterms
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A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy
Richard L. Hasen
a real right to vote how a constitutional amendment can safeguard american democracy now in paperback ▶ tap to play from here
David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier
0:00 / 44:38
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer
his acclaimed book the heartbeat of wounded knee challenged that narrative ▶ tap to play from here
The Savage Mind: An American Legacy
David Treuer
now in his new book the savage mine an american legacy troyer turns his attention to the country itself ▶ tap to play from here
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
David Treuer
but like i did write a book about reservations called res life that came out some years ago ▶ tap to play from here
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
they've read less than mohicans ▶ tap to play from here
Beloved
Toni Morrison
people interpret often interpret beloved as basically uh uh a window onto the ravages of race based slavery ▶ tap to play from here
Sula
Toni Morrison
and so they treat they treat beloved and you know sulla and song of solomon to a lesser extent ▶ tap to play from here
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
and so they treat they treat beloved and you know sulla and song of solomon to a lesser extent ▶ tap to play from here
Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out
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The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
i chose the fire next time and that was in two thousand fourteen and i lived with that book for a year in my pocket reading it over and over again ▶ tap to play from here
Chronicles: Volume One
Bob Dylan
my friend chris bruce gave me chronicles which i read when he gave it to me and like two thousand eleven i think not sure but yeah and then it it it hit me and it hurt me my feelings ▶ tap to play from here
The Savage Mind
David Treuer
in his new book the savage mind troyer explores how that violent history still lives inside of us ▶ tap to play from here
Best Of: Mahershala Ali / Writer Yiyun Li
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Things in Nature Merely Grow
Eun Lee
she wrote an eloquent memoir about that published last year titled things in nature merely grow and it won a pulitzer prize ▶ tap to play from here
MA
Music Against the Night
Eun Lee
her new novel music against the night is set in the late seventeen hundreds and early eighteen hundreds ▶ tap to play from here
Remembering Eva Marie Saint / 'Interview with the Vampire' turns 50
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Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
it's the 50th anniversary of her novel interview with the vampire ▶ tap to play from here
The Vampire Chronicles
Anne Rice
she followed with more than a dozen novels that became known as the vampire chronicles ▶ tap to play from here
Dracula
Bram Stoker
you know when i read bram stoker's dracula i really started thinking that the story had a lot to do with fear of syphilis ▶ tap to play from here
The Witching Hour
Anne Rice
i think the witching hour is the darkest book i've ever written really ▶ tap to play from here
Inside the Musk/Bezos space race
0:00 / 42:45
AI for Good
Josh Terringell
his latest book ai for good is about people finding ways to use ai that are fixing problems not causing them ▶ tap to play from here
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