The official "Nonfiction Round Table Year End Review What's Coming Up Episode".  Featuring a look at the inner workings of the podcast and a look back on the panelists' favorite episodes from 2016. Sam Zurcher shares some thoughts on his recent reading of The New Tsar - The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers (along with a healthy dose of foreign policy), and Grant Karazsia schools us on Born a Crime by Trevor Noah & The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David Kertzer. Also: Archer references, various instances of humor and a taste of 2017's upcoming episodes (books for your reading list). Stay vigilant.

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Show Notes & Links

* Star Trek vs. Star Wars | Episode 037

* Passengers (2016 film) -  Morten Tyldum (starring Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt)

* Kubrick vs. Clarke – 2001: A Space Odyssey – Novel to Film Comparison | Episode 028

* Beatnik vs. Revolutionary – On the Road by Jack Kerouac + Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara | Episode 026

* If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler … Three Guys Discuss a Novel – Italo Calvino | Episode 031

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The New Tsar - The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers

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"How can you trust somebody who looks like they’ve been cloned from a dead shark?" - Dylan Moran on Vladimir Putin - What It Is (2009)

* Dystopian Series episodes

* Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens

* Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

* The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David Kertzer

* Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

* Trevor Noah interviews Tomi Lahren

* Leisure Suit Larry

* 2017 Upcoming Episode Reading List (Current Gestation)

* Who was Shakespeare? (