

Book Society
Lucas Cantor
Host Lucas Cantor discusses a new book each week with a distinguished guest.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 20, 2021 • 29min
Bill Schulz - For The Time Being by Annie Dillard
Bill and I talk about birth, death, and leopards.Hole In The Head Review:https://www.holeintheheadreview.com

Aug 13, 2021 • 27min
George Dyson Part 2 - Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
What do Julian Bream, nuclear power, and the internet have in common?Here's a link to George's Book, Analogia, which I can't recommend highly enough:https://www.amazon.com/Analogia-Emergence-Technology-Programmable-Control/dp/0374104867

Aug 7, 2021 • 21min
George Dyson Part 1 - Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
George and I talk about Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke and the nature of British Men.Here's a link to George's Book, Analogia, which I can't recommend highly enough:https://www.amazon.com/Analogia-Emergence-Technology-Programmable-Control/dp/0374104867

Jul 30, 2021 • 21min
Zach Murphy Part 2- Some Mistakes Of Moses by Robert G Ingersoll
Zach and I conclude our discussion about the books of Mosses. We talk about weird, sexy things that the old testament god created.Is the bible total non-sense? One 19th Century Chautauqua speaker certainly thought so.Some Mistakes Of Moses:https://www.amazon.com/Some-Mistakes-Moses-Classic-Reprint/dp/1330756118Free Ebook Version:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38099/38099-h/38099-h.htmFree Audiobook:https://librivox.org/mistakes-of-moses-by-robert-g-ingersoll/

Jul 23, 2021 • 41min
Zach Murphy Part 1- Some Mistakes Of Moses by Robert G Ingersoll
Is the bible total non-sense? One 19th Century Chautauqua speaker certainly thought so.Some Mistakes Of Moses:https://www.amazon.com/Some-Mistakes-Moses-Classic-Reprint/dp/1330756118Free Ebook Version:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38099/38099-h/38099-h.htmFree Audiobook:https://librivox.org/mistakes-of-moses-by-robert-g-ingersoll/

Jul 16, 2021 • 41min
Flynn Coleman - When The Light Of The World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through
Flynn and I talk about native poetry, intersectionality, genocide and meeting strangers on airplanes.Buy Flynn's Book:https://flynncoleman.community/my-bookBuy When The Light Of The World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through:https://www.amazon.com/Light-World-Subdued-Songs-Through/dp/0393356809/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ODN3G2FI9TQX&dchild=1&keywords=when+the+light+of+the+world+was+subdued&qid=1626195404&sprefix=When+the+Light+of+the+world+w%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1Buy A Random Weird Thing From Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003KK9HD8?linkCode=ogi&tag=goodhousekeeping_auto-append-20&ascsubtag=[artid|10055.g.28649116[src|[ch|[lt|

Jul 9, 2021 • 29min
Robert Petersen - Stealing Home by Eric Nusbaum
Robert and I talk about The Dodgers and 1950s propaganda films. I gush about his podcast The Hidden History of LA.Buy Stealing Home:https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Home-Angeles-Dodgers-Between/dp/1541742214/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1625870716&sr=8-3HHLA Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hidden-history-of-los-angeles/id666596114?mt=21950s Propaganda film with an amazing score:https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/and-ten-thousand-more-1951#

Jul 3, 2021 • 40min
Peter Rubie - Art And Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
Literary agent Peter Rubie and I talk about Art and Fear and nearly get into a bar fight.

Jun 25, 2021 • 27min
Marilyn Johnson
We talk about 19th century Jewish homesteaders in the Dakotas and propose a plausible theory for the etymology of the phrase "a roll in the hay".

Jun 18, 2021 • 16min
Ben Cheever
Ben and I talk about Thrillers and drunken marathons.