Book Society

The amazing @benmezrich and I talk about Bright Lights, Big City and about Hollywood.  Ben is one of the 25 most powerful writers according to Variety.  He wrote the books that became The Social Network, and 21.

https://www.benmezrich.com

Thanks to the Miami Book Fair for another great episode:
https://www.miamibookfair.com

Jessi Hempel and I talk about her book, The Family Outing.  This is one of my favorite episodes!  Jessi and talk about the nature of memory, coming out, cults, self actualization and a bunch of other stuff!

Buy The Family Outing:
https://www.amazon.com/Family-Outing-Memoir-Jessi-Hempel/dp/0063079011

Buy All This Could Be Different
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691034/all-this-could-be-different-by-sarah-thankam-mathews/

Listen to Jessi's Podcast Hello Monday With Jessi Hempel
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel/id1453893304

Dr. Mikkael Sekeres and I talk about the fascinating history of the Food and Drug Administration and how Vaccines, i.e. COVID, get approved quickly.  We also talk about how billions of dollars and regulatory loopholes can result in ineffective drugs staying on the market.  We also talk about what people do when they find out they have cancer.

Buy Drugs and the FDA:
https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-FDA-Safety-Efficacy-Publics/dp/0262047314/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MK66OVU81U71&keywords=drugs+and+the+fda&qid=1670615780&sprefix=drugs+and+the+fda%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

Here's a related episode about Dams.
https://share.transistor.fm/s/8600e621

Anti-Vaxers are fucking stupid.

Dr. Mikkael Sekeres can talk at length about ideas and literature.  He can also cure cancer.

Ben Mattlin and I discuss his book Disability Pride.

Buy Disability Pride
https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Pride-Dispatches-Post-ADA-World/dp/B0BFK8ZCQQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G5S6IDBHVXMG&keywords=disability+pride%2C+book&qid=1669244016&sprefix=disability+pride%2C+book%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

It's a bonus clips episode!
We're at the 2022 Miami Book Fair, talking to the most interesting authors, poets, writers with new works published this year. In celebration of our partnership with the Miami Book Fair, we grabbed some clips from last year's Miami Book Fair episodes.

MIAMI BOOK FAIR
https://miamibookfair.com/
https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/

Joshua Jay - Episodes 25 and 26
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
How Magicians Think by Joshua Jay
https://www.amazon.com/Misdirection-Magicians-Think-Joshua-Jay/dp/1523507438/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+magicians+think&qid=1634843723&sr=8-1
How Music Works by David Byrne:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne/dp/0804188939/ref=asc_df_0804188939/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057344057&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13081381195153154006&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-354840765753&psc=1

Maggie Smith - Episodes 28 and 29
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
The Life, By Carrie Fountain:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Penguin-Poets-Carrie-Fountain/dp/0143136011
Goldenrod, by Maggie Smith:
https://www.amazon.com/Goldenrod-Poems-Maggie-Smith/dp/1982185066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Goldenrod&qid=1636694888&s=books&sr=1-1

Kathie Klarreich - Episode 30
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Hear Us:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FS825T9

Jane Smiley - Episodes 31 and 32
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Jane's Latest Book, Perestroika in Paris:
https://www.amazon.com/Perestroika-Paris-novel-Jane-Smiley/dp/052543609X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LBNAJWTCPCRU&keywords=perestroika+in+paris+by+jane+smiley
Jane's Book About Dickens:
https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Life-Penguin-Lives-ebook/dp/B000OCXGBY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1638297220&sr=1-3
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens:
https://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Friend-Introduction-Edwin-Whipple-ebook/dp/B07HQY57RH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Our+mutual+friend

Denise Hamilton - Episodes 33 and 34
Spotify

Ben Mattlin and I talk about Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's book Care Work.  It's a book about a social justice movement I didn't know existed.

Buy Care Work:
https://www.amazon.com/Care-Work-Dreaming-Disability-Justice/dp/1551527383

Historian Robert K. Sutton and I talk about Nazis On The Potomac.  He divulges some previously classified information.

Buy Nazis On The Potomac:
https://www.amazon.com/Nazis-Potomac-Top-Secret-Intelligence-Operation/dp/1612009875

I discuss the autobiography of Ulysses S Grant with civil war Historian Robert K Sutton.