In this special episode of The World Next Week, Rosa Brooks, the Scott K. Ginsburg Chair in Law and Policy and professor at Georgetown University Law Center, joins Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the books they recommend reading, the books they’re looking forward to reading, and other entertainment they’re enjoying this summer.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Carla’s Picks
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Bob’s Picks
Konstantin Paustovsky, translated by Douglas Smith, The Story of a Life
Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Jonathan GPT Swift on Jonathan Swift,” Conversations with Tyler
Rosa’s Picks
Alex Mar, Seventy Times Seven: A True Story Of Murder And Mercy
George Black, Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone
John Linson and Taylor Sheridan, “Yellowstone”
Additional Books, Podcasts, Shows, and Games Mentioned on the Podcast
John Adams, Doctor Atomic
Edward Berger, “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Tyler Cowen, “Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide”
Joan Didion, The White Album
Craig Mazin, “The Last of Us”
Pong
Sam Shaw, “Manhattan”
Frank Spotnitz, “The Man in the High Castle”
Fred Zinnemann, “From Here to Eternity”
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw-special-what-read-summer-2023
