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Episode 690: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina - Your Table Is Ready: Tales Of A New York City Maitre D'

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of...

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Episode 689: Brian Thomas Swimme - Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe

From the host and co-creator of PBS’s Journey of the Universe, a fresh look at how the rich...

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Episode 688: Ben Ehrlich - The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

The first major biography of the Nobel Prize–winning scientist who discovered neurons and...

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Episode 688: John Lingan - A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival

The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to...

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Episode 687: Peter Robison - Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

Boeing is a century-old titan of industry. It played a major role in the early days of commercial...

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Episode 686: Lauren Acampora - The Hundred Waters

Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back in her...

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Episode 685: Russell Wild - Bond Investing for Dummies

Everything on bonds, bond funds, and more Updated for the new economy Whether you're looking...

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Episode 684: Kieran Setiya - Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

A philosophical guide to facing life’s inevitable hardships. There is no cure for the human...

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Episode 684: Dr. Jay Baruch - Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER

Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones...

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Episode 683: A.M. Homes - The Unfolding

In her first novel since the Women’s Prize award-winning May We Be Forgiven, A.M. Homes delivers...

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Episode 683: A.M. Homes - The Unfolding

In her first novel since the Women’s Prize award-winning May We Be Forgiven, A.M. Homes delivers...

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Episode 682: Louise Willder - Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion

A dazzling dictionary of book blurbs, filled with writing tips, literary folklore and publishing...

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Episode 681: Peter Ward - The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever

In the tradition of Jon Ronson and Tim Wu,  an absorbing and revelatory  journey into the...

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Episode 680: Steve Stern - The Village Idiot

A wild, effervescent, absinthe-soaked novel that tells of the life of the extraordinary artist...

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Episode 679: Greg Steinmetz - American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune

The gripping biography of Jay Gould, the greatest 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance,...

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Episode 678: Alec NevalaLee - nventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the...

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Episode 677: Andrew Nagorski - Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom

A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German...

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Episode 676: Alice Feiring - To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer's Memoir

From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and...

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Episode 675: Jessica Nordell - The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias

The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate...

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Episode 674: Lars Chittka - The Mind Of A Bee

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees  Most of us are aware of the...

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