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- 1 1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy ParentingThomas W. Phelan · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That LastsGary Chapman · 1× across 1 episode
Martin Wolf on Democratic Capitalism After Trump
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The Good Fight Club: Trump Rebuked
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Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Hochschild
ali hogchild the sociology professor at berkeley who is the author of strangers in the own land ▶ tap to play from here
Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
the kind of things that charles dickens wrote about david copperfield et cetera ▶ tap to play from here
Malcolm Gaskill on Why Our Ancestors Weren't as Superstitious as We Think
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The Ruin of All: Witches and Their World in the New World
Malcolm Gaskill
markham of course is the author of many interesting books about these subjects including the ruin of all which's life and death in the new world ▶ tap to play from here
Worlds of Fear and Wonder: Living with a Supernatural Past and Present
Markham Gaskell
as well as his latest worlds of fear and wonder living with a supernatural past and present ▶ tap to play from here
The Empty Seashell: Witchcraft and Doubt on an Indonesian Island
Nils Bubandt
an anthropologist called nils bubant danny chantal who wrote a book called the empty sea show which is an absolutely fantastic book ▶ tap to play from here
James Marriott on the End of Reading
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The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and The Dawn of a Post-Literate Society
James Marriott
he is the author of a new book called the new dark ages the death of reading and the dawn of a post literate society ▶ tap to play from here
Middlemarch
George Eliot
professors telling me that they'd spent their careers assigning books like middle march or ulysses ▶ tap to play from here
Ulysses
James Joyce
professors telling me that they'd spent their careers assigning books like middle march or ulysses ▶ tap to play from here
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
by neil postman amusing ourselves to death was the first sort of polemic to sound the alarm ▶ tap to play from here
The Enlightened Economy
Joel Mokyr
the guy who i think makes this makes this argument most compellingly is the economist joel mockier who's got a book called the enlightened economy ▶ tap to play from here
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy
Joel Mokyr
another book called the culture of growth ▶ tap to play from here
Encyclopédie
Denis Diderot
joseph henrik makes this point um or he draws attention to the study in one of his books is that there does seem to be a causal connection between the numbers of copies of dideris encyclopedia ▶ tap to play from here
The Gutenberg Galaxy
Marshall McLuhan
he makes a really good i think it's the beginning of the gutenberg galaxy he makes a sort of an interesting point ▶ tap to play from here
Eliot Cohen on Why America Keeps Losing Wars It Should Win
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The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs
Cynthia Montgomery
he has a really interesting new book out called the strategist how to think about war and politics ▶ tap to play from here
The Military Balance
International Institute for Strategic Studies
you know we take out the double i double s military balance we count up the number of tanks and planes and and so forth ▶ tap to play from here
On War
Carl von Clausewitz
i feel like even for i i know i have a particularly erodite and so on listenership i feel like klauswitz is a is a constant reference but unless you're a military historian or unless you're a military strategist i don't know how many people have actually read klausewitz ▶ tap to play from here
David Deming on the Future of Universities in the Age of AI
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Why America’s Real Wealth Isn’t in Silicon Valley
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The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There
Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick
that is the argument of owen zidder and eric zwick in the everywhere millionaire who is really rich in america and how they got there ▶ tap to play from here
Dream Hoarders
Richard Reeves
i think there's an interesting kind of echo between your book and a book by richard reeves called dreamhoarders both in some similarities and some differences of emphasis right ▶ tap to play from here
Luis Garicano on Why Europe Fell Behind
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Galen Druke on the Midterms
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The Emerging Democratic Majority
John Judis and Ruy Teixeira
the book the emerging democratic majority by rotix sarah and the co author ▶ tap to play from here
Frank Furedi on the Case for Populism
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In Defense of Populism
Frank Furedi
he has written a book called in defense of populism ▶ tap to play from here
Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Origins of the Modern Middle East
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The World: A Family History
Simon Sebag Montefiore
it's called the cauldron the making of the modern middle east by simon sieback montefiore ▶ tap to play from here
Shashank Joshi on Why Russia Won't Invade NATO—Yet
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Jerry Kaplan on Why AI Won’t Kill Us All
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom
let's start with nick bostrom now i've talked to mick nick bostrom about this he wrote that book a long time ago superintelligence that's where the the word became popularized ▶ tap to play from here
Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know
Jerry Kaplan
i spoke to a prominent uh founder in the ai legal space a few months ago um in interviewing uh in doing interviews for my book ▶ tap to play from here
Jacob Weisberg on the Contagion of Cowardice
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Profiles in Cowardice
Jacob Weisberg
he is the author of a new book just out called profiles in not courage but cowardice ▶ tap to play from here
Profiles in Courage
John F. Kennedy
there's a famous book by john of kandy which i must admit i've never read called profiles and courage ▶ tap to play from here
The Bush Tragedy
Jacob Weisberg
i wrote a book called the bush tragedy which is you know immensely critical of him ▶ tap to play from here
Judith Dada on the Rise of the AfD
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Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump
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Jared Diamond on Whether Leaders Make History
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond
including his famous book on guns germs and steel ▶ tap to play from here
Abigail Marsh on Psychopaths (Rerun)
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1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting
Thomas W. Phelan
one two three magic is a fantastic book about how to use principles of behavioral psychology to help um kids uh manage their behavior ▶ tap to play from here
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Gary Chapman
i'm sure you're familiar with the pop psych book about love languages ▶ tap to play from here
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
how do you feel about some of the more philosophical takes you know zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance and so on there's a kind of whole niche of books that depict this as a personal virtue ▶ tap to play from here
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
olivia butler's you know her terrible uh yeah you're you're basically going back to cavemen days ▶ tap to play from here
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