
Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady
Just the Right Book is a podcast hosted by Roxanne Coady, owner of famous independent bookstore R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, that will help you discover new and note-worthy books in all genres, give you unique insights into your favorite authors, and bring you up to date with what’s happening in the literary world.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 55min
Has Our Thinking About Regret Been All Wrong? with Daniel Pink
In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Daniel Pink joins Roxanne Coady to discuss his latest book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, out now from Riverhead Books.
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Mar 7, 2024 • 60min
Dr. Edith Eger Has Some Thoughts on Survival
In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Edith Eger joins Roxanne to discuss her new book, The Gift.
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An eminent psychologist and one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors old enough to remember life in the camps, Dr. Edith Eger has worked with veterans, military personnel, and victims of physical and mental trauma. She lives in La Jolla, California. She is the author of the award-winning book The Choice and The Gift.
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Feb 29, 2024 • 49min
A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America with John Wood Sweet
A story about how much has changed and not changed since the first rape trial in American history.
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Feb 22, 2024 • 1h 18min
Prophet of Freedom with David Blight
On the 100 anniversary of the death of abolitionist, orator, critic and radical patriot Frederick Douglass, we revisit the Pulitzer Prize winning biography by David Blight.
In 2018, 200 years since the birth of Frederick Douglass, we received the first major biography of Douglass in a quarter century. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by prize-winning historian and Yale Professor David Blight is based on nearly a lifetime of research as well as letters and private documentation to which no biographer has previously had access. It’s this revealing collection that helped shed new light on Douglass, particularly in the latter third of his life.
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Feb 15, 2024 • 56min
An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom with Ilyon Woo
This week we will re-air the podcast with Ilyon Woo which first ran on April 6, 2023. Her book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is now available in paperback. Buy the paperback book from RJ Julia: Master Slave Husband Wife from RJ Julia - Ilyon Woo Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Feb 8, 2024 • 1h
What Does It Mean to Be Human with Lori Gottlieb
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is being adapted as a television series with Eva Longoria. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic‘s weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column and contributes regularly to The New York Times. She is on the Advisory Council for Bring Change to Mind and has appeared in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, CNN, and NPR’s “Fresh Air.”
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Feb 1, 2024 • 33min
Shorts #23 - A Quick Look at What's New
In today's short Roxanne sits down with Bill Goldstein to discuss what they're reading.
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My Friends - Hisham Matar
The Fury - Alex Michaelides
You Only Call When You're in Trouble - Stephen McCauley
Yellowface - R. F. Kuang
Cocktails with George and Martha - Philip Gefter
I will Bear Witness - Victor Klemperer
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Jan 25, 2024 • 56min
Study That Defined How We Diagnose Mental Illness with Susannah Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, a memoir about her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She writes for the New York Post. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American Magazine, Glamour, Psychology Today, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Jan 18, 2024 • 54min
The Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer with Dr. Azra Raza
According to the NIH, there has been a seventy-percent decline annually in the death rate from cardiovascular disease in the last fifty years and a one percent decline annually in the death rate from cancer over the last fifty years. How can this be when we keep hearing about great new drug discoveries and immunotherapy advances? And if true, isn't there another way to approach the nightmare that is cancer?
This week on Just the Right Book, a rerun from Dr. Azra Raza who join Roxanne Coady to discuss her latest book.
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The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last - Dr. Azra Raza
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Jan 11, 2024 • 52min
The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen with David Brooks
David Brooks dives into the topic of human connection and its importance in today’s society. Roxanne Coady sits down with the journalist and author to discuss his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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