Books and politics go hand in hand, while there may be some apolitical reads out there, they are probably not the majority. So today we're talking about how the books we've read have shaped our world view, and oh what a crazy world it is.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Libra by Don DeLillo

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140...

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140...

Marshland by Otohiko Kaga

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400...

A Naked Singularity Sergio De La Pava

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780226...

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780805...

The Dying Grass William T. Vollman

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780786...

Human Acts by Han Kang

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781101...

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781541...

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiesson

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140...

JFK and the Unspeakable

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439...

The Deluge by Stephen Markley

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781982...

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