The Book Review

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June 08, 2018 Michael Pollan on His Acid Test
Michael Pollan talks about “How to Change Your Mind,” and Edward Tenner discusses “The Efficiency Paradox.”
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1 hr 1 min
June 01, 2018 Dinosaurs, the Master of Horror and Philip Roth
Steve Brusatte talks about “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs”; Victor Lavalle and Gilbert Cruz discuss the work of Stephen King; and Dwight Garner, A.O. Scott and Taffy Brodesser-Akner talk about the legacy of Philip Roth.
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1 hr 6 min
May 25, 2018 David Sedaris on ‘Calypso’
Sedaris talks about his latest book, and Alisa Roth discusses “Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.”
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1 hr 20 min
May 18, 2018 Lost at Sea
Rachel Slade talks about “Into the Raging Sea,” and Clemantine Wamariya discusses “The Girl Who Smiled Beads.”
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1 hr 11 min
May 11, 2018 Amy Chozick on 'Chasing Hillary'
Chozick discusses her time covering Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, and Sloane Crosley talks about her new collection of essays, “Look Alive Out There.”
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1 hr 4 min
May 04, 2018 There Is Nothin' Like a Tune
Todd S. Purdum talks about “Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution,” and Fran Leadon discusses “Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles.”
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1 hr 7 min
April 27, 2018 Julian Barnes on 'The Only Story'
Barnes talks about his latest novel, and Lawrence Wright discusses “God Save Texas.”
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1 hr 14 min
April 20, 2018 Jo Nesbo Reimagines ‘Macbeth’
James Shapiro discusses Nesbo’s new novel, and Leila Slimani talks about “The Perfect Nanny.”
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1 hr 5 min
April 13, 2018 Parenting in the Age of Omnipresent Screens
Pamela Druckerman discusses “The Art of Screen Time” and “Be the Parent, Please,” and Ben Austen talks about “High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing.”
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54 min
April 06, 2018 Tara Westover on 'Educated'
Westover discusses her best-selling memoir, and Mark Weinberg talks about "Movie Nights With the Reagans."
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1 hr 8 min

About The Book Review

From the publisher's feed

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.