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119 The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow— People Have Always Been People
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Julia and Victoria are surprised to find hope and belonging in a new story of humanity with The Dawn of Everything by “the Davids” (Graeber and Wengrow), the anthropological clapback to Sapiens by Harrari.
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Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge
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Mentioned in this episode:
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari
Books by David Graeber: Debt, The Democracy Project, Bullshit Jobs
The Origins of Monsters by David Wengrow
“A Flawed History of Humanity” by David A. Bell (Persuasion)
“Digging for Utopia” by Kwame Anthony Appiah (The New York Review of Books)
“‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history” by Andrew Anthony (The Guardian)
“Against Method: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow” by Ian Morris (American Journal of Archaeologists)
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
108 Nobody's Normal by Roy Richard Grinker — How Culture Creates the Stigma of Mental Health
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
Bonus: Historical Fiction with Rebecca Stott
116 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin — ‘70s Sci-Fi in Context
Bliss and Blunder by Victoria Gosling
Recommendations:
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff
“The Last Human: A Glimpse Into the Far Future” by Kurzgesagt
If Book Could Kill podcast, specifically “The End of History” episode
Currently Obsessed:
Strike Force Five podcast
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
It’s a Wonderful World board game
103 episodes
Manage episode 381187822 series 3263744
Julia and Victoria are surprised to find hope and belonging in a new story of humanity with The Dawn of Everything by “the Davids” (Graeber and Wengrow), the anthropological clapback to Sapiens by Harrari.
Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:
Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge
Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading Challenge
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.
Mentioned in this episode:
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari
Books by David Graeber: Debt, The Democracy Project, Bullshit Jobs
The Origins of Monsters by David Wengrow
“A Flawed History of Humanity” by David A. Bell (Persuasion)
“Digging for Utopia” by Kwame Anthony Appiah (The New York Review of Books)
“‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history” by Andrew Anthony (The Guardian)
“Against Method: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow” by Ian Morris (American Journal of Archaeologists)
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
108 Nobody's Normal by Roy Richard Grinker — How Culture Creates the Stigma of Mental Health
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
Bonus: Historical Fiction with Rebecca Stott
116 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin — ‘70s Sci-Fi in Context
Bliss and Blunder by Victoria Gosling
Recommendations:
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff
“The Last Human: A Glimpse Into the Far Future” by Kurzgesagt
If Book Could Kill podcast, specifically “The End of History” episode
Currently Obsessed:
Strike Force Five podcast
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
It’s a Wonderful World board game
103 episodes
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