Kate Murphy, Sue Black, Tommy Orange, Bill Hammack, and Ben Goldfarb walk into a bar... and I review their books: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters; Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind; Wandering Stars and There There; The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans; and Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.

What can you expect? Quick unsolicited book reviews of whatever Michael David MacBride is reading and has enjoyed recently. Typically 3-5 minutes per review, and typically 3-5 reviews per episode.

Michael's webpage: ⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com/⁠⁠

Links to the books:

Kate Murphy's You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters (https://amzn.to/4azHiXn)

Sue Black's Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind (https://amzn.to/45cuc1j)

Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars (https://amzn.to/4azpUBO) and There There (https://amzn.to/3KdGD39)

Bill Hammack's The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans (https://amzn.to/3USHkUp)

Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet (https://amzn.to/3UPzbA2)

Jake Berman, John E. Morris, Paul Murray, George Saunders, and Temple Grandin walk into a bar... and I review their books: The Lost Subways of North America; Subway; The Bee Sting; A Swim in a Pond in the Rain; and Visual Thinking.

What can you expect? Quick unsolicited book reviews of whatever Michael David MacBride is reading and has enjoyed recently. Typically 3-5 minutes per review, and typically 3-5 reviews per episode.

Michael's webpage: ⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com/⁠⁠

Links to the books:

Hannah Ritchie, Patrick Radden Keefe, Anya Davidson, David Hu, and Gene Smith walk into a bar... and I review their books: Not the End of the World; Say Nothing; Band for Life; How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls; and When the Cheering Stopped.

What can you expect? Quick unsolicited book reviews of whatever Michael David MacBride is reading and has enjoyed recently. Typically 3-5 minutes per review, and typically 3-5 reviews per episode.

Michael's webpage: ⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com/⁠⁠

Links to the books:

Shannon Gibney, Richard Campanella, Audible, Daniel J Levitin, and Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Eyal Naveh, and Peace Research Institute in the Middle East walk into a bar... and I review their books: The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be; Draining New Orleans; Side By Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine; Words and Music Series; and The World in Six Songs.

What can you expect? Quick unsolicited book reviews of whatever Michael David MacBride is reading and has enjoyed recently. Typically 3-5 minutes per review, and typically 3-5 reviews per episode.

Michael's webpage: ⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com/⁠⁠

Links to the books:

Unlike most episodes, this time I sit down with my friend and fellow writer, Graham Johnson. He chose the book we both read--⁠The Fisherman (by John Langan)⁠--and we sit down to talk about the book, gothic/horror fiction, and why he chose this particular book for us to chat about.

You can learn more about Graham Johnson and his writing with the Chaska Herald here.

Thanks for listening!

Your friendly intensely curious author and indie publisher!

http://www.michaelmacbride.com

Unlike most episodes, this time I sit down with my friend and fellow author, Rob Jung. He chose the book we both read--The Memory Keeper of Kyiv (by Erin Litteken)--and we sit down to talk about the book, historical fiction, and why he chose this particular book for us to chat about.

You can learn more about Rob Jung and his writing here: https://robjungwriter.com/

And, you can also check out Minnesota Mystery Night here: https://www.mnmysterynight.com/

Thanks for listening!

Your friendly intensely curious author and indie publisher!

http://www.michaelmacbride.com

Today's installment: Sudhir Venkatesh's Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

Unlike most episodes, this time I sit down with Fine Print Bookshop owner, Bill Gibson. He chose the book we both read--Legends and Lattes (by Travis Baldree)--and we sit down to talk about the book, how books get on the shelves of his bookshop, and why he chose this particular book for us to chat about.

You can learn more about Bill Gibson and Fine Print Bookshop here: https://fineprintbookshop.com/about-us

Thanks for listening!

No book reviews for this end-of-the-season mini-episode.

Connect with me at ⁠http://www.michaelmacbride.com⁠ or via social media.

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Rosa Lowinger, Ed Yong, Katie Hickman, Roxane Gay, and Victor Hugo walk into a bar... and I review their books: Dwell Time, An Immense World, Brave Hearted, Opinions, and Les Miserables.

What can you expect? Quick unsolicited book reviews of whatever Michael David MacBride is reading and has enjoyed recently. Typically 3-5 minutes per review, and typically 3-5 reviews per episode.

Michael's webpage: ⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com/⁠⁠

Links to the books: