TWNW Special: What to Read This Summer 2024 (Replay)
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This special episode of The World Next Week features a summerlong feast of reading, watching, and listening treats. Deborah Amos, the Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence at Princeton University and a former international correspondent for National Public Radio, joins CFR’s *TWNW *hosts Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins to discuss good reads they recommend, books they are looking forward to reading, and other entertainment they are enjoying this summer.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

Bob’s Picks

 

Elizabeth Kolbert, H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z)* *

 

Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European)

Carla’s Picks

 

Steve Coll, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq)

 

Peter Pomerantsev, How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler )

Deborah’s Picks

 

Jayne Anne Phillips, Night Watch)

 

Nathan Thrall, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy) 

Additional Books, Films, Podcasts, Shows and More Mentioned on the Podcast

 

Books

 

Russell Baker, Growing Up)

 

Ron Chernow, *Grant *)

 

Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History)

 

Roy Stewart, The Places In Between)

 

Films

 

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel)

 

James Bridges, The China Syndrome)

 

George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.)

 

Alex Garland, *Civil War *)

 

Howard Hawks, His Girl Friday)

 

Roland Joffé, The Killing Fields)

 

Richard Linklater, Hit Man)

 

Sidney Lumet, Network)

 

Alan J. Pakula, All the President's Men)

 

Peter Weir, The Year of Living Dangerously)

 

Podcasts

 

Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart*, *The Rest is Politics), Goalhanger

Jon Ronson, Things Fell Apart), BBC Radio 4

 

Television Shows

 

Jez Scharf, Bodkin) 

 

David Simon, The Wire)

 

Aaron Sorkin, The Newsroom)

 

Other

 

The Reckoning Project)

 

“Watch the U.S. Stall on Climate Change for 12 Years),” Vox

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw-special-what-read-summer-2024)