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.
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Lea David, "The Past Can't Heal Us: The Dangers...
It's good to remember the past, right? Well, it depends, says Lea David...
64 min
1552
Frans de Waal, "Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotion...
Your pets have a rich emotional lives. So listen up...
56 min
1553
Michele Goodwin, "Policing the Womb: Invisible ...
Has the US criminalized motherhood? Yes, says Michele Goodwin...
60 min
1554
Laura Briggs, "Taking Children: A History of Am...
Over the past two centuries, the US has taken hundreds of thousands of children away from their parents,..
75 min
1555
Gene Ludwig, "The Vanishing American Dream" (Di...
What's the state of the "American Dream?" Not good, says Gene Ludwig...
49 min
1556
G. Smulewicz-Zucker and M. Thompson, "An Inher...
You hear a lot about Democratic Socialism. But how would it work?
82 min
1557
Jennifer Cobbina, "Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why t...
How have the BLM protests changed America?
53 min
1558
Rachel M. Gillum, "Muslims in a Post-9/11 Ameri...
What's it like to be a Muslim in post-9/11 America? Rachel Gillum tried to find out...
33 min
1559
Diana Greene Foster, "The Turnaway Study: Ten Y...
What happens when a woman seeking an abortion is turned away?
63 min
1560
Christopher Robertson, "Exposed: Why Our Health...
Americans have bad health insurance. What to do?
48 min
1561
Alexander Keyssar, "Why Do We Still Have the El...
49 min
1562
Ben Burgis, "Give Them an Argument: Logic for t...
You're going to argue with a conservative. How do you do it? The author explains...
102 min
1563
M. Ramirez and D. Peterson, "Ignored Racism: Wh...
What do American Whites think of Latinos? It's complicated, say the authors...
55 min
1564
R. Pollin and N. Chomsky, "Climate Crisis and t...
Defeat global warming AND save the economy? Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin have a plan...
43 min
1565
Postscript: A Discussion of Race, Anger and Cit...
Race now drives American politics. What does this mean for the future of American democracy?
77 min
1566
Iain Murray, "The Socialist Temptation" (Regner...
Socialism looks like a good idea. Appearances, says Iain Murray, are deceiving...
62 min
1567
Ann-Sophie Barwich, "Smellosophy: What the Nose...
What do our noses tell our minds? A lot, says Ann-Sophie Barwich...
66 min
1568
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
1569
Matthew Yglesias, "One Billion Americans: The C...
What would actually make America great? Matt Yglesias says "more Americans."
58 min
1570
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
1571
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
1572
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
1573
Lisa Bortolotti, "The Epistemic Innocence of Ir...
Are some irrational thoughts good for you? Yes, they are, argues the author...
66 min
1574
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
1575
Paul Moyer, "Detestable and Wicked Arts: New En...
Witch hunts. Not the metaphorical kind. Actual witch hunts.
43 min