The Dispatch Book Club https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com en Dispatch Media, Inc. Link to this month's discussion thread: https://thedispatch.com/p/member-discussion-for-the-extended/comments https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/72f72a20-a197-11ed-9890-b73d348c9d03/image/Temp_Book_Club.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress The Dispatch Book Club https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com no episodic PLACEHOLDER Link to this month's discussion thread: https://thedispatch.com/p/member-discussion-for-the-extended/comments Link to this month's discussion thread: https://thedispatch.com/p/member-discussion-for-the-extended/comments

]]> Yes Yes PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER@PLACEHOLDER.COM Pop, Country, and The Music Industry | Book Club Is it country? Is it pop? Are these genres slowly merging? Sarah Isgur invites journalist and music critic Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres, to discuss the art of music criticism and the evolution (or devolution) of country music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000 Pop, Country, and The Music Industry | Book Club full PLACEHOLDER Is it country? Is it pop? Are these genres slowly merging? Sarah Isgur invites journalist and music critic Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres, to discuss the art of music criticism and the evolution (or devolution) of country music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Is it country? Is it pop? Are these genres slowly merging? Sarah Isgur invites journalist and music critic Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres, to discuss the art of music criticism and the evolution (or devolution) of country music.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3754 How Not To Be Wrong Slime-molds? Ovulating voters casting their ballots for George W. Bush? Misusing p-values? Sarah invites Jordan Ellenberger, author of How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking to discuss these eyebrow-raising topics. Oh, and because it’s Sarah, they also discuss the role of mathematics in law. Show Notes: –Jordan’s YouTube video on the book Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0000 How Not To Be Wrong full PLACEHOLDER Slime-molds? Ovulating voters casting their ballots for George W. Bush? Misusing p-values? Sarah invites Jordan Ellenberger, author of How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking to discuss these eyebrow-raising topics. Oh, and because it’s Sarah, they also discuss the role of mathematics in law. Show Notes: –Jordan’s YouTube video on the book Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Slime-molds? Ovulating voters casting their ballots for George W. Bush? Misusing p-values? Sarah invites Jordan Ellenberger, author of How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking to discuss these eyebrow-raising topics. Oh, and because it’s Sarah, they also discuss the role of mathematics in law.

Show Notes:

–Jordan’s YouTube video on the book

Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below.

To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions:

  1. Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member.
  2. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds
  3. Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club
  4. Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates!

If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3387 The Daughters of Yalta We’re kicking off a new season of Book Club with an episode featuring Catherine Grace Katz’ latest book titled Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War. Katz joins Sarah to tell the story of the daughters of the Big Three who joined their fathers at Yalta, where the post-WW2 world was being carved out. Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. — To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:45:00 -0000 The Daughters of Yalta full PLACEHOLDER We’re kicking off a new season of Book Club with an episode featuring Catherine Grace Katz’ latest book titled Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War. Katz joins Sarah to tell the story of the daughters of the Big Three who joined their fathers at Yalta, where the post-WW2 world was being carved out. Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. — To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re kicking off a new season of Book Club with an episode featuring Catherine Grace Katz’ latest book titled Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War. Katz joins Sarah to tell the story of the daughters of the Big Three who joined their fathers at Yalta, where the post-WW2 world was being carved out.


Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below.

—

To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions:

  1. Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member.
  2. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds
  3. Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club
  4. Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates!

If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3253 The Big Short: I Smell Money Scott Lincicome, The Dispatch's economics guru and author of the Capitolism newsletter, joins Sarah to fact check The Big Short's retelling of the 2008 financial crisis and explain how the movie accurately portrayed finance bros. What actually caused the financial crisis? Is The Big Short a story of extreme luck or extreme expertise? And is Braveheart the best movie of all time? Show Notes: -Mercatus Center: Housing Was Undersupplied During the Great Housing Bubble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 03 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0000 The Big Short: I Smell Money full PLACEHOLDER Scott Lincicome, The Dispatch's economics guru and author of the Capitolism newsletter, joins Sarah to fact check The Big Short's retelling of the 2008 financial crisis and explain how the movie accurately portrayed finance bros. What actually caused the financial crisis? Is The Big Short a story of extreme luck or extreme expertise? And is Braveheart the best movie of all time? Show Notes: -Mercatus Center: Housing Was Undersupplied During the Great Housing Bubble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scott Lincicome, The Dispatch's economics guru and author of the Capitolism newsletter, joins Sarah to fact check The Big Short's retelling of the 2008 financial crisis and explain how the movie accurately portrayed finance bros. What actually caused the financial crisis? Is The Big Short a story of extreme luck or extreme expertise? And is Braveheart the best movie of all time?

Show Notes:

-Mercatus Center: Housing Was Undersupplied During the Great Housing Bubble

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 1772 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Book Was Better Sarah invites (traps?) Jonah to discuss whether Scorsese's film adaptation of David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon hit the mark. [Spoilers: it didn't.] Where did the movie fail and why? Why was the book a thriller and the movie a dud? In fact, can a film ever big better than the original book? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full PLACEHOLDER Sarah invites (traps?) Jonah to discuss whether Scorsese's film adaptation of David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon hit the mark. [Spoilers: it didn't.] Where did the movie fail and why? Why was the book a thriller and the movie a dud? In fact, can a film ever big better than the original book? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sarah invites (traps?) Jonah to discuss whether Scorsese's film adaptation of David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon hit the mark. [Spoilers: it didn't.] Where did the movie fail and why? Why was the book a thriller and the movie a dud? In fact, can a film ever big better than the original book?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 1771 Samuel Adams: The Most Wanted Man in America Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff joins Sarah to talk her biography, The Revolutionary Samuel Adams, a book that details how Adams amplified the Boston Massacre, organized the Boston Tea Party, and eventually became the most wanted man in America. To easily get the latest episodes of The Dispatch Book Club podcast, subscribe to The Skiff—the members-only podcast superfeed. To follow The Skiff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you catch your podcasts, please follow these instructions: Choose which device you prefer to listen on (Mac, iOS, Android…). Click here to get your personal feed. (Make sure you’re logged in as a Dispatch member!) Select The Skiff. Select your device and podcast player (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc.): this will let you subscribe to the feed for direct updates! Note: If your preferred podcast player asks you to subscribe by RSS feed you’ll need to copy and paste a URL link. To get that link, go back to the menu with all of the options to subscribe (the page with all of the player logos), scroll to the bottom, and copy the link you see there. Then, go back to your player and paste it in the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:53:00 -0000 Samuel Adams: The Most Wanted Man in America full PLACEHOLDER Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff joins Sarah to talk her biography, The Revolutionary Samuel Adams, a book that details how Adams amplified the Boston Massacre, organized the Boston Tea Party, and eventually became the most wanted man in America. To easily get the latest episodes of The Dispatch Book Club podcast, subscribe to The Skiff—the members-only podcast superfeed. To follow The Skiff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you catch your podcasts, please follow these instructions: Choose which device you prefer to listen on (Mac, iOS, Android…). Click here to get your personal feed. (Make sure you’re logged in as a Dispatch member!) Select The Skiff. Select your device and podcast player (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc.): this will let you subscribe to the feed for direct updates! Note: If your preferred podcast player asks you to subscribe by RSS feed you’ll need to copy and paste a URL link. To get that link, go back to the menu with all of the options to subscribe (the page with all of the player logos), scroll to the bottom, and copy the link you see there. Then, go back to your player and paste it in the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff joins Sarah to talk her biography, The Revolutionary Samuel Adams, a book that details how Adams amplified the Boston Massacre, organized the Boston Tea Party, and eventually became the most wanted man in America.

To easily get the latest episodes of The Dispatch Book Club podcast, subscribe to The Skiff—the members-only podcast superfeed.

To follow The Skiff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you catch your podcasts, please follow these instructions:

  1. Choose which device you prefer to listen on (Mac, iOS, Android…).
  2. Click here to get your personal feed. (Make sure you’re logged in as a Dispatch member!)
  3. Select The Skiff.
  4. Select your device and podcast player (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc.): this will let you subscribe to the feed for direct updates!

Note: If your preferred podcast player asks you to subscribe by RSS feed you’ll need to copy and paste a URL link. To get that link, go back to the menu with all of the options to subscribe (the page with all of the player logos), scroll to the bottom, and copy the link you see there. Then, go back to your player and paste it in the field.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 1985 Catching John Wilkes Booth The Book Club adrenaline summer comes to a close with Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Author James Swanson details the arduous and often overlooked pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Lincoln, from the Ford Theatre to a showdown with Union soldiers in Port Royal, Virginia . In the author's absence, David joins Sarah to discuss Lincolns legacy, Sarah's appreciation for audacious female criminals and to answer the question: how hard is it to disappear? -Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:00:00 -0000 Catching John Wilkes Booth full PLACEHOLDER The Book Club adrenaline summer comes to a close with Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Author James Swanson details the arduous and often overlooked pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Lincoln, from the Ford Theatre to a showdown with Union soldiers in Port Royal, Virginia . In the author's absence, David joins Sarah to discuss Lincolns legacy, Sarah's appreciation for audacious female criminals and to answer the question: how hard is it to disappear? -Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Book Club adrenaline summer comes to a close with Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Author James Swanson details the arduous and often overlooked pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Lincoln, from the Ford Theatre to a showdown with Union soldiers in Port Royal, Virginia . In the author's absence, David joins Sarah to discuss Lincolns legacy, Sarah's appreciation for audacious female criminals and to answer the question: how hard is it to disappear?

-Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2173 Sarah Isgur Interviews Del Wilber on 'Rawhide Down' Dear Book Club Members, We are thrilled to announce the release of our latest podcast episode, featuring an interview with renowned author Del Wilber. In this episode, we delve into the captivating pages of Del Wilber's book, "Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan." As you may know, "Rawhide Down" provides a detailed and riveting account of the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Del Wilber's meticulous research and engaging storytelling bring this historical moment to life, offering new insights and shedding light on the courage and resilience demonstrated during that fateful day. This episode promises to be an immersive experience, capturing the essence of "Rawhide Down" while uncovering the intricate details that lie within its pages. We encourage you to share your thoughts, questions, and reflections on the episode in our book club's online discussion forum.  Click here for the members discussion page. Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. — To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 25 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Sarah Isgur Interviews Del Wilber on 'Rawhide Down' full PLACEHOLDER Dear Book Club Members, We are thrilled to announce the release of our latest podcast episode, featuring an interview with renowned author Del Wilber. In this episode, we delve into the captivating pages of Del Wilber's book, "Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan." As you may know, "Rawhide Down" provides a detailed and riveting account of the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Del Wilber's meticulous research and engaging storytelling bring this historical moment to life, offering new insights and shedding light on the courage and resilience demonstrated during that fateful day. This episode promises to be an immersive experience, capturing the essence of "Rawhide Down" while uncovering the intricate details that lie within its pages. We encourage you to share your thoughts, questions, and reflections on the episode in our book club's online discussion forum.  Click here for the members discussion page. Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below. — To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions: Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates! If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dear Book Club Members,

We are thrilled to announce the release of our latest podcast episode, featuring an interview with renowned author Del Wilber.

In this episode, we delve into the captivating pages of Del Wilber's book, "Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan." As you may know, "Rawhide Down" provides a detailed and riveting account of the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Del Wilber's meticulous research and engaging storytelling bring this historical moment to life, offering new insights and shedding light on the courage and resilience demonstrated during that fateful day.

This episode promises to be an immersive experience, capturing the essence of "Rawhide Down" while uncovering the intricate details that lie within its pages.

We encourage you to share your thoughts, questions, and reflections on the episode in our book club's online discussion forum. 

Click here for the members discussion page.

Instructions for how to add the private podcast to your feed are below.

—

To easily follow The Dispatch Book Club on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Overcast please follow these instructions:

  1. Make sure you’re logged into The Dispatch as a member.
  2. Click here: https://members.thedispatch.com/account/feeds
  3. Select the private feed you’d like to subscribe to: The Dispatch Book Club
  4. Select your preferred podcast player. This should sign you up for all future updates!

If you’d like to add the podcast to your preferred platform by manually adding this RSS Feed URL use this link: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DISPME2376936278

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3491 Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder New York Times bestselling author David Grann joins Sarah Isgur to talk about his latest book, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder. Grann recounts the true story of a sailors and false heroes who washed up on the shores of South America. The tale takes a turn when three unlikely survivors come forward with accusations of betrayal. Join the two as they uncover the truth of what happened on one 18th century ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000 Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder full PLACEHOLDER New York Times bestselling author David Grann joins Sarah Isgur to talk about his latest book, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder. Grann recounts the true story of a sailors and false heroes who washed up on the shores of South America. The tale takes a turn when three unlikely survivors come forward with accusations of betrayal. Join the two as they uncover the truth of what happened on one 18th century ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New York Times bestselling author David Grann joins Sarah Isgur to talk about his latest book, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder. Grann recounts the true story of a sailors and false heroes who washed up on the shores of South America. The tale takes a turn when three unlikely survivors come forward with accusations of betrayal. Join the two as they uncover the truth of what happened on one 18th century ship.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2254 One Summer: America, 1927 Sarah Isgur is joined by Grayson Logue, Hayley Byrd Wilt, and Kevin Williamson for a special crossover episode of The Book Club. Join the four as they discuss One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. The book explores pivotal moments in American history over the course of just four short months: the Ponzi scheme, the transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh, the legendary Babe Ruth, and more. One Summer's narrative nonfiction approach transforms this moment in time into an engaging story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 May 2023 17:21:22 -0000 One Summer: America, 1927 full PLACEHOLDER Sarah Isgur is joined by Grayson Logue, Hayley Byrd Wilt, and Kevin Williamson for a special crossover episode of The Book Club. Join the four as they discuss One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. The book explores pivotal moments in American history over the course of just four short months: the Ponzi scheme, the transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh, the legendary Babe Ruth, and more. One Summer's narrative nonfiction approach transforms this moment in time into an engaging story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sarah Isgur is joined by Grayson Logue, Hayley Byrd Wilt, and Kevin Williamson for a special crossover episode of The Book Club. Join the four as they discuss One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. The book explores pivotal moments in American history over the course of just four short months: the Ponzi scheme, the transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh, the legendary Babe Ruth, and more. One Summer's narrative nonfiction approach transforms this moment in time into an engaging story.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3581 Clash of the Titans David Pietrusza joins Sarah to break down the bitter presidential campaigns between six once-and-future presidents. Join the two as they discuss the clashes between the titans of political influence and the parallels to today’s toxic campaign climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 25 Mar 2023 20:57:58 -0000 Clash of the Titans full PLACEHOLDER David Pietrusza joins Sarah to break down the bitter presidential campaigns between six once-and-future presidents. Join the two as they discuss the clashes between the titans of political influence and the parallels to today’s toxic campaign climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices David Pietrusza joins Sarah to break down the bitter presidential campaigns between six once-and-future presidents. Join the two as they discuss the clashes between the titans of political influence and the parallels to today’s toxic campaign climate.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3545 America's Parallel Timeline https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/democracys-forgotten-crisis-YCN5ciXc Adam Hochschild joins Sarah Isgur to kick off our latest book series exploring the 1920s. Hochschild's American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis details a deadly time in American history, threatening the country's democratic principles. Join the two for a discussion on political repression, racism, domestic surveillance, and the hidden heroes who shepherded the nation through the next decade.  Show Notes: -American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0000 America's Parallel Timeline full 8 PLACEHOLDER Adam Hochschild joins Sarah Isgur to kick off our latest book series exploring the 1920s. Hochschild's American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis details a deadly time in American history, threatening the country's democratic principles. Join the two for a discussion on political repression, racism, domestic surveillance, and the hidden heroes who shepherded the nation through the next decade. Adam Hochschild joins Sarah Isgur to kick off our latest book series exploring the 1920s. Hochschild's American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis details a deadly time in American history, threatening the country's democratic principles. Join the two for a discussion on political repression, racism, domestic surveillance, and the hidden heroes who shepherded the nation through the next decade.  Show Notes: -American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adam Hochschild joins Sarah Isgur to kick off our latest book series exploring the 1920s. Hochschild's American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis details a deadly time in American history, threatening the country's democratic principles. Join the two for a discussion on political repression, racism, domestic surveillance, and the hidden heroes who shepherded the nation through the next decade. 

Show Notes:

-American Midnight:The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2871 no The Anthropocene Reviewed https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/the-anthropocene-reviewed-H6L_1P7e In this episode, Sarah is joined by David to conclude the "What It Means to Be Human" session by discussing John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. They explore the book's central thesis—that the human race has become a geological force in our own right—and dive into their favorite essays. Stay tuned for Sarah reminiscing on her teenage girl days while trying to relate to Green's childhood. Show Notes: -John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:45:00 -0000 The Anthropocene Reviewed full 7 PLACEHOLDER In this episode, Sarah is joined by David to conclude the "What It Means to Be Human" session by discussing John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. They explore the book's central thesis—that the human race has become a geological force in our own right—and dive into their favorite essays. Stay tuned for Sarah reminiscing on her teenage girl days while trying to relate to Green's childhood. In this episode, Sarah is joined by David to conclude the "What It Means to Be Human" session by discussing John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. They explore the book's central thesis—that the human race has become a geological force in our own right—and dive into their favorite essays. Stay tuned for Sarah reminiscing on her teenage girl days while trying to relate to Green's childhood. Show Notes: -John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, Sarah is joined by David to conclude the "What It Means to Be Human" session by discussing John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. They explore the book's central thesis—that the human race has become a geological force in our own right—and dive into their favorite essays. Stay tuned for Sarah reminiscing on her teenage girl days while trying to relate to Green's childhood.

Show Notes:

-John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2172 no Rutger Bregman on Humankind: A Hopeful History https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/rutger-bregman-on-humankind-a-hopeful-history-7yzk0XKO Rutger Bregman, the young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. Bregman, a young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. As the Guardian wrote, he became an “online sensation at Davos last year when he turned on his audience, condemning the absurdity of the rich taking 1,500 private jets to hear David Attenborough warn of the climate crisis and, above all, their failure to pay their taxes (or even to mention the word). He felt as if he were “at a firefighters’ conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water,” he said. We talked about his new book, which examines what it means to be human. Bregman takes on the eternal question of whether humans are by nature selfish, violent, tribal creatures … or something else entirely. I didn’t agree with everything he wrote, but I immensely enjoyed the book: It was thought-provoking and counter-cultural at a time when too many thinkers fit neatly into political stereotypes. Our resulting conversation did not disappoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 13 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000 Rutger Bregman on Humankind: A Hopeful History full 6 PLACEHOLDER Rutger Bregman, the young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. As the Guardian wrote, he became an "online sensation at Davos last year when he turned on his audience, condemning the absurdity of the rich taking 1,500 private jets to hear David Attenborough warn of the climate crisis and, above all, their failure to pay their taxes or even to mention the word. He said he felt as if he were “at a firefighters’ conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water." We talked about his new book, Humankind: A hopeful history" to kick off our quarter on what it means to be human. Rutger takes on the eternal question of whether humans are by nature selfish, violent, tribal creatures...or are we something else entirely. I didn't agree with all of his book, but I enjoyed reading it immensely. It was thought-provoking and counter-cultural at a time when too many thinkers fit neatly into political stereotypes. Our conversation did not disappoint. Rutger Bregman, the young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. Bregman, a young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. As the Guardian wrote, he became an “online sensation at Davos last year when he turned on his audience, condemning the absurdity of the rich taking 1,500 private jets to hear David Attenborough warn of the climate crisis and, above all, their failure to pay their taxes (or even to mention the word). He felt as if he were “at a firefighters’ conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water,” he said. We talked about his new book, which examines what it means to be human. Bregman takes on the eternal question of whether humans are by nature selfish, violent, tribal creatures … or something else entirely. I didn’t agree with everything he wrote, but I immensely enjoyed the book: It was thought-provoking and counter-cultural at a time when too many thinkers fit neatly into political stereotypes. Our resulting conversation did not disappoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rutger Bregman, the young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. Bregman, a young Dutch thinker, is not to be messed with. As the Guardian wrote, he became an “online sensation at Davos last year when he turned on his audience, condemning the absurdity of the rich taking 1,500 private jets to hear David Attenborough warn of the climate crisis and, above all, their failure to pay their taxes (or even to mention the word). He felt as if he were “at a firefighters’ conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water,” he said.

We talked about his new book, which examines what it means to be human. Bregman takes on the eternal question of whether humans are by nature selfish, violent, tribal creatures … or something else entirely. I didn’t agree with everything he wrote, but I immensely enjoyed the book: It was thought-provoking and counter-cultural at a time when too many thinkers fit neatly into political stereotypes. Our resulting conversation did not disappoint.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3699 no We Contain Multitudes https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/we-contain-multitudes-Pn4whOIR Instead of going big or going home, this week Sarah goes microbe small. Joined by culture editor Alec, The Book Club discusses “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” by Ed Yong. From adorable sealife to feces, Sarah and Alec talk about all the wonders of the microbe world. Show Notes: -Alec expanding his microbial diversity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000 We Contain Multitudes full 5 PLACEHOLDER Instead of going big or going home, this week Sarah goes microbe small. Joined by culture editor Alec, The Book Club discusses “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” by Ed Yong. From adorable sealife to feces, Sarah and Alec talk about all the wonders of the microbe world. Instead of going big or going home, this week Sarah goes microbe small. Joined by culture editor Alec, The Book Club discusses “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” by Ed Yong. From adorable sealife to feces, Sarah and Alec talk about all the wonders of the microbe world. Show Notes: -Alec expanding his microbial diversity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Instead of going big or going home, this week Sarah goes microbe small. Joined by culture editor Alec, The Book Club discusses “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” by Ed Yong. From adorable sealife to feces, Sarah and Alec talk about all the wonders of the microbe world.

Show Notes:

-Alec expanding his microbial diversity

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 1403 no Thinking About Think Again https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/thinking-about-think-again-MQl2D9_L To wrap up this quarter’s theme of thinking about thinking, Sarah is joined by Harvest Prude, a reporter at The Dispatch, for a conversation about Adam Grant’s book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Grant’s book examines the skill set necessary to question our own opinions. Did Think Again cause Sarah or Harvest to rethink anything?   Show Notes: -Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0000 Thinking About Think Again full 3 PLACEHOLDER To wrap up this quarter’s theme of thinking about thinking, Sarah is joined by Harvest Prude, a reporter at The Dispatch, for a conversation about Adam Grant’s book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Grant’s book examines the skill set necessary to question our own opinions. Did Think Again cause Sarah or Harvest to rethink anything? To wrap up this quarter’s theme of thinking about thinking, Sarah is joined by Harvest Prude, a reporter at The Dispatch, for a conversation about Adam Grant’s book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Grant’s book examines the skill set necessary to question our own opinions. Did Think Again cause Sarah or Harvest to rethink anything?   Show Notes: -Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices To wrap up this quarter’s theme of thinking about thinking, Sarah is joined by Harvest Prude, a reporter at The Dispatch, for a conversation about Adam Grant’s book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Grant’s book examines the skill set necessary to question our own opinions. Did Think Again cause Sarah or Harvest to rethink anything?

 

Show Notes:

-Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2788 no Annie Murphy Paul Talks The Extended Mind https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/annie-murphy-paul-talks-the-extended-mind-9mbopp1c Sarah is joined by Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, to discuss what it means to live in a brainbound society. Contrary to popular belief, our brains are not actually computers, and Paul teases out the science behind the importance of strengthening the ties between the physical life and the intellectual. How can we make our brains rise to meet the moment in this culturally techy age?   Show Notes: -The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0000 Annie Murphy Paul Talks The Extended Mind full 2 PLACEHOLDER Sarah is joined by Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, to discuss what it means to live in a brainbound society. Contrary to popular belief, our brains are not actually computers, and Paul teases out the science behind the importance of strengthening the ties between the physical life and the intellectual. How can we make our brains rise to meet the moment in this culturally techy age? Sarah is joined by Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, to discuss what it means to live in a brainbound society. Contrary to popular belief, our brains are not actually computers, and Paul teases out the science behind the importance of strengthening the ties between the physical life and the intellectual. How can we make our brains rise to meet the moment in this culturally techy age?   Show Notes: -The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sarah is joined by Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, to discuss what it means to live in a brainbound society. Contrary to popular belief, our brains are not actually computers, and Paul teases out the science behind the importance of strengthening the ties between the physical life and the intellectual. How can we make our brains rise to meet the moment in this culturally techy age?

 

Show Notes:

-The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2430 no David Eagleman on the Magic of the Brain https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/david-eagleman-on-the-magic-of-the-brain-guvim2N8 On this, the inaugural episode of The Dispatch Book Club, Sarah is joined by David Eagleman, author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, for a fascinating conversation about how our brains work. This is the first in a series of three discussions exploring “thinking about thinking.”   Show Notes: -Livewired by David Eagleman -Neosensory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0000 David Eagleman on the Magic of the Brain full 1 PLACEHOLDER On this, the inaugural episode of The Dispatch Book Club, Sarah is joined by David Eagleman, author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, for a fascinating conversation about how our brains work. This is the first in a series of three discussions exploring “thinking about thinking.” On this, the inaugural episode of The Dispatch Book Club, Sarah is joined by David Eagleman, author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, for a fascinating conversation about how our brains work. This is the first in a series of three discussions exploring “thinking about thinking.”   Show Notes: -Livewired by David Eagleman -Neosensory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this, the inaugural episode of The Dispatch Book Club, Sarah is joined by David Eagleman, author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, for a fascinating conversation about how our brains work. This is the first in a series of three discussions exploring “thinking about thinking.”

 

Show Notes:

-Livewired by David Eagleman

-Neosensory

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3443 no Trailer: The Dispatch Book Club https://the-dispatch-book-club.simplecast.com/episodes/the-dispatch-book-club-NP7uqZrj Coming soon: a new exclusive podcast for Dispatch members, The Dispatch Book Club hosted by Sarah Isgur. Each month Sarah will dive into a new book with you, and at the end of the  month, she'll have a conversation with the book's author or another expert on the book's subject matter. From neuroscience to Cold War history this is the podcast for book lovers of all stripes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:45:00 -0000 Trailer: The Dispatch Book Club trailer PLACEHOLDER Coming soon: a new exclusive podcast for Dispatch members, The Dispatch Book Club hosted by Sarah Isgur. Each month Sarah will dive into a new book with you, and at the end of the month, she'll have a conversation with the book's author or another expert on the book's subject matter. From neuroscience to Cold War history this is the podcast for book lovers of all stripes. Coming soon: a new exclusive podcast for Dispatch members, The Dispatch Book Club hosted by Sarah Isgur. Each month Sarah will dive into a new book with you, and at the end of the  month, she'll have a conversation with the book's author or another expert on the book's subject matter. From neuroscience to Cold War history this is the podcast for book lovers of all stripes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Coming soon: a new exclusive podcast for Dispatch members, The Dispatch Book Club hosted by Sarah Isgur. Each month Sarah will dive into a new book with you, and at the end of the  month, she'll have a conversation with the book's author or another expert on the book's subject matter. From neuroscience to Cold War history this is the podcast for book lovers of all stripes.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 30 no