Book Society
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Bill Schulz - For The Time Being by Annie Dillard
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bill and I talk about birth, death, and leopards.Hole In The Head Review:https://www.holeintheheadreview.com
George Dyson Part 2 - Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do Julian Bream, nuclear power, and the internet have in common?Here's a link to George's Book, Analogia, which I can't recommend highly enough:h...
George Dyson Part 1 - Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
George and I talk about Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke and the nature of British Men.Here's a link to George's Book, Analogia, which I can't recom...
Zach Murphy Part 2- Some Mistakes Of Moses by Robert G Ingersoll
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zach and I conclude our discussion about the books of Mosses. We talk about weird, sexy things that the old testament god created.Is the bible total...
Zach Murphy Part 1- Some Mistakes Of Moses by Robert G Ingersoll
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is the bible total non-sense? One 19th Century Chautauqua speaker certainly thought so.Some Mistakes Of Moses:https://www.amazon.com/Some-Mistakes-M...
Flynn Coleman - When The Light Of The World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Flynn and I talk about native poetry, intersectionality, genocide and meeting strangers on airplanes.Buy Flynn's Book:https://flynncoleman.community/m...
Robert Petersen - Stealing Home by Eric Nusbaum
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert and I talk about The Dodgers and 1950s propaganda films. I gush about his podcast The Hidden History of LA.Buy Stealing Home:https://www.amaz...
Peter Rubie - Art And Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Literary agent Peter Rubie and I talk about Art and Fear and nearly get into a bar fight.
Marilyn Johnson
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about 19th century Jewish homesteaders in the Dakotas and propose a plausible theory for the etymology of the phrase "a roll in the hay".
Ben Cheever
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben and I talk about Thrillers and drunken marathons.
Zach Smith
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most Civilizations in history grew up around rivers, lakes, and in places with rain. So what's up with the American West? Why and how are we even ...
Judith Dupré
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Dupré and I talk about literature and art and buildings and, very briefly, Bertrand Russell.
Daniel Murfet
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Me and Daniel Murfet talk about marginal revolutions, sustainable growth, and air conditioning.
Eric Hogensen
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric and I talk about art, social media, and birds.
Dyalekt
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dyalekt and I talk about Hitler's American Model by James Q Whitman. We have a pretty intense conversation about racism in America and our own exper...
Cliff Fluet
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cliff and I talk about Watchmen, Zach Snyder, Richard Nixon, Lost, and other stuff. I get confused about who went to the moon. There is also a lev...
Julian Gallant
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conductor, Composer and Candidate Julian Gallant and I discuss the greatest novel ever written: Middlemarch. We talk about the reform act that I'd n...
Jesse Alick
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Cameron Alick and I talk about N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, make a pretty good case that black women are the best sci-fi writers and for...
Esmeralda Santiago
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned Author Esmeralda Santiago and I talk about There, There by Tommy Orange, and House Made Of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday. We talk about what it ...