If Books Could Kill

Peter and Michael discuss the book that launched the phenomenon of New Atheism and asked the questio

What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told them to find

New York’s favorite criminal is in the news, so here is our episode about his ridiculous life.To hea

Is fact-checking a legitimate enterprise? Is America's most famous fact-checker nothing more th

A memoir about parenting very badly and then getting weirdly defensive when anyone asks you about it

Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated!Thanks to Emily We

To celebrate ("celebrate") Donald Trump choosing JD Vance as his running mate we are re-re

Peter and Michael discuss "The Origins of Woke," a glimpse into the dark aspirations of th

Peter and Michael discuss the media coverage of the protests at Columbia — from the crazed, bloodthi

Peter and Michael discuss Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fr

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We're finally discussing a good book! Naomi Klein's "Doppelgänger" chronicles th

In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg became an icon for women who wanted to move from middle management at a tec

This week we're tackling Steven Pinker's 900 page dissection of the reasons why violence,

Before Donald Trump became America's most prominent politician and birth certificate inspector,

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"There are two kinds of political scientists: The types who deal with noisy data and post on Tw

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You stare, mouth agape, at the bookstore display. It’s a self-help book, but with curse words in the

In 1996, a frustrated screenwriter got a fellowship in Italy. Twenty years later, Beyoncé released &