Excellent Excerpts: Moments in Compelling Nonfiction
The world is full of great, contemporary nonfiction that non-academics rarely hear about. In this podcast, I read excerpts from contemporary nonfiction works in history, politics, art, literary analysis, theology, philosophy and more in the hope of teasing you into pursuing the whole book.
Excellent Excerpts: Moments in Compelling Nonfiction
Episode 4 -- Curiosity, Authoritarianism, Navajo hide out, Vodka Vodka
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Doug Jones
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Episode 4
Episode 4
In the fourth episode, I read excerpts from the following texts:
- *Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It,* by Ian Leslie – the ground of so much
- *Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism,* by Anne Applebaum – the need for simplicity in a complex world
- *Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West,* by Hampton Sides – hide-out on a New Mexico pillar
- *Vodka: A Global History,* by Patricia Herlihy – Russian aristocrats using vodka for social control