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Talk Cocktail

27 books in the library with interviews on this podcast.

From Jeff Schechtman

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Jeff Schechtman interviews authors, journalists, and other thinkers. The conversations range across politics, history, science, and culture. Business, religion, and medicine also fall within his broad interests. The series extends a radio interviewing career into a podcast format. Its focus is on exploring ideas through the people who study and shape them.

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Cover of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

byLes PayneandTamara Payne

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Cover of Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

byWilliam Cohan

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Cover of Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

byJoshua Freeman

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Cover of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

byEric Schlosser

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Cover of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

byBatya Ungar-Sargon

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Cover of The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

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Cover of Kissinger: 1923 – 1968: The Idealist

Kissinger: 1923 – 1968: The Idealist

byNiall Ferguson

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Cover of The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

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Cover of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes

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Cover of Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

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Cover of The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working – Class Revolution

The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working – Class Revolution

byDavid Paul Kuhn

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Cover of Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads

Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads

byDavid Rundell

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Cover of The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

byDaniel Okrent

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Cover of Reagan: An American Journey

Reagan: An American Journey

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Cover of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism

Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism

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Cover of Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

byCarol Leonnig

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Cover of The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

byLewis Dartnell

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Cover of 2034: A Novel of the Next World War

2034: A Novel of the Next World War

byAdmiral James StavridisandElliot Ackerman

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Cover of Come Fly the World: The Jet – Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

Come Fly the World: The Jet – Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

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Cover of Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

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Cover of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

byBarry Strauss

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Cover of Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World

Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World

byAdrian Goldsworthy

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Cover of Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

byAnnie Jacobsen

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Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

byNathaniel Philbrick

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Cover of Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick

Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick

byJ. David McSwane

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Cover of American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

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Cover of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

byElbridge A. Colby

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