This is a rerun of our episode about the book American Prometheus, a biography of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. It originally aired on October 27, 2022. We're rerunning it in honor of the movie Oppenheimer, which Christopher Nolan wrote based on this book. This episode contains spoilers. Related stuff: The Golden Notebook b…

This episode is about Heaven, a novel by Japanese author Mieko Kawakami References: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is about The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a novel by the Pakistani-British author Mohsin Hamid. References: Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid Moth Smoke, by Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a box office bomb starring Riz Ahmed Opinion piece on Pakistani-Indian relations by Mohsin Hamid: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/opinion/pakist…

This episode is about the book American Prometheus, a biography of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. It won the Pulitzer Prize and is being made into a feature film by Christopher Nolan. Related stuff: The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing The Missed Chance to Stop the H-Bomb by McGeorge Bundy in the New York Review of Books Hir…

In this episode, we're talking about The Buried Giant by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. This episodes contains spoilers. References: Ishiguro's WSJ interview: https://www.wsj.com/video/kazuo-ishiguro-uncovers-the-buried-giant/542AED13-6ABD-42D9-A8F3-86806087F241.html Neil Gaiman's review: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/books/review/kazuo-ishigu…

In this episode, we're talking about The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. Further reading: "The Moral Equivalent of War" by William James A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico by Amy Greenberg The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 by Evan …

In this episode, we're talking about Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode, like all of our episodes, contains spoilers. Other Kim Stanley Robins work that we reference (or have read): The Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) The Years of Rice and Salt New York 2140 Red Moon The Ministry …

In this episode, we're talking about The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode, like all of our episodes, contains spoilers. References: Other books by Ben Lerner that we reference are 10:04 and Leaving Atocha Station Poetry by Ben Lerner Lerner's article in Harper's about high school debate and polit…

In this episode, we're talking about Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode contains many spoilers, for all three books in the trilogy. References: The final two books in the trilogy are Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch The Lif…

In this episode, we're talking about SPQR by Mary Beard. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode contains spoilers, but it's all ancient history. References: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/champsatthelit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac…

On this dumb podcast, two friends talk the dumb podcast they made where two friends talk about books. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/champsatthelit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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