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TWNW Special: What to Read This Summer 2023 (Replay)


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In this special episode of The World Next Week, Rosa Brooks, the Scott K. Ginsburg Chair in Law and Policy and professor at Georgetown University Law Center, joins Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the books they recommend reading, the books they’re looking forward to reading, and other entertainment they’re enjoying this summer.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

Carla’s Picks

 

Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer

 

Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

 

Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer




Bob’s Picks

 

Konstantin Paustovsky, translated by Douglas Smith, The Story of a Life

 

Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

 

Jonathan GPT Swift on Jonathan Swift,” Conversations with Tyler




Rosa’s Picks

 

Alex Mar, Seventy Times Seven: A True Story Of Murder And Mercy

 

George Black, Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone

 

John Linson and Taylor Sheridan, “Yellowstone



Additional Books, Podcasts, Shows, and Games Mentioned on the Podcast

 

John Adams, Doctor Atomic

 

Edward Berger, “All Quiet on the Western Front

 

Tyler Cowen, “Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide

 

Joan Didion, The White Album

 

Craig Mazin, “The Last of Us

 

Pong

 

Sam Shaw, “Manhattan

 

Frank Spotnitz, “The Man in the High Castle

 

Fred Zinnemann, “From Here to Eternity

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw-special-what-read-summer-2023 

 

This episode first aired: July 6, 2023

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