NBN Book of the Day
The "NBN Book of the Day" features the most timely and interesting author interviews from the New Books Network delivered to you every weekday.
1526
Iain Murray, "The Socialist Temptation" (Regner...
Socialism looks like a good idea. Appearances, says Iain Murray, are deceiving...
62 min
1527
Ann-Sophie Barwich, "Smellosophy: What the Nose...
What do our noses tell our minds? A lot, says Ann-Sophie Barwich...
66 min
1528
Joshua Greenberg, "Bank Notes and Shinplasters:...
What is money? No, really, what is money? It turns out the answer is not so simple...
35 min
1529
Matthew Yglesias, "One Billion Americans: The C...
What would actually make America great? Matt Yglesias says "more Americans."
58 min
1530
John Barton, "A History of the Bible: The Story...
How did the collection of writings in the Bible become "The Bible?" It took a cast of thousands, says the author...
59 min
1531
Nathan J. Kelly, "America's Inequality Trap" (U...
Why is economic inequality so extreme in the United States? Politics has a lot to do with it, says the author...
38 min
1532
Simon Hall, "Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro a...
In the fall of 1960, Fidel Castro came to New York City. He met Allen Ginsberg, among others...
38 min
1533
Lisa Bortolotti, "The Epistemic Innocence of Ir...
Are some irrational thoughts good for you? Yes, they are, argues the author...
66 min
1534
Rafael Medoff, "The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Fra...
What could Roosevelt done to save Jews during the Holocaust? More than he did, the author argues...
58 min
1535
Paul Moyer, "Detestable and Wicked Arts: New En...
Witch hunts. Not the metaphorical kind. Actual witch hunts.
43 min
1536
Adam Rutherford, "How to Argue With a Racist" (...
What does science say about human genetic difference?
75 min
1537
Lisa Selin Davis, "Tomboy: The Surprising Histo...
In an era of gender equality, what does it mean to be a "Tomboy?"
65 min
1538
Steven Shapin, "The Scientific Revolution" (U C...
“There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it.” With this paradoxical claim, Steven Shapin begins...
71 min
1539
Bjorn Lomborg, "False Alarm: How Climate Change...
Dealing with climate change means trade offs. But which ones should we make?
51 min
1540
Guy Raffa, "Dante’s Bones: How a Poet Invented ...
Where are Dante's bones, and why does it matter? Guy Raffa explains...
72 min
1541
John R. Hibbing, "The Securitarian Personality:...
Trump's supporters are "securitarians." You might be one, too...
43 min
1542
Jered Rubin, "Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why...
Why the West grow rich and not, say, the Middle East? Religion had a lot to do with it...
73 min
1543
C. Besteman and H. Gusterson, "Life by Algorith...
Our robot overlords are coming, but not in the way you think...
46 min
1544
Julia Rose Kraut, "Threat of Dissent: A History...
If you want to immigrate to the U.S., you better make sure you have your ideological ducks in a row...
53 min
1545
John W. Compton, "The End of Empathy: Why White...
Christians are supposed to love their neighbors. Well, that's the idea...
32 min
1546
Satyan Devadoss, "Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathem...
A charming book about math? This is it. No, really....
54 min
1547
Christopher Newfield, "The Great Mistake: How W...
Have we destroyed the public university? There's a case to be made...
52 min
1548
Danielle Giffort, "Acid Revival: The Psychedeli...
LSD is not on your doctor's menu. Not yet, anyway...
30 min
1549
Stuart Ritchie, "Science Fictions: Exposing Fra...
Can we rely on Scientists to tell the truth? Sometimes yes, and sometimes no....
75 min
1550
Kim Adrian, "Dear Knausgaard: Karl Ove Knausgaa...
Kim Adrain was troubled by some of Karl Ove Knausgaard writings. So she wrote him a letter...
65 min