Book Society
Host Lucas Cantor discusses a new book each week with a distinguished guest.
Latest episodes
Dec 30, 2022 • 24min
The amazing @benmezrich and I talk about Bright Lights, Big City and about Hollywood.
The amazing @benmezrich and I talk about Bright Lights, Big City and about Hollywood. Ben is one of the 25 most powerful writers according to Variety. He wrote the books that became The Social Network, and 21.https://www.benmezrich.comThanks to the Miami Book Fair for another great episode:https://www.miamibookfair.com
Dec 23, 2022 • 30min
@jessiwrites, Jessi Hempel and I talk about her book The Family Outing
Jessi Hempel and I talk about her book, The Family Outing. This is one of my favorite episodes! Jessi and talk about the nature of memory, coming out, cults, self actualization and a bunch of other stuff!Buy The Family Outing:https://www.amazon.com/Family-Outing-Memoir-Jessi-Hempel/dp/0063079011
Dec 16, 2022 • 21min
@jessiwrites, Jessi Hempel and I talk about a Sarah Thankam Mathew's novel All This Could Be Different
Buy All This Could Be Differenthttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691034/all-this-could-be-different-by-sarah-thankam-mathews/Listen to Jessi's Podcast Hello Monday With Jessi Hempelhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel/id1453893304
Dec 9, 2022 • 36min
@MikkaelSekeres and I talk about the fascinating history of the Food and Drug Administration and how Vaccines, i.e. COVID, get approved quickly.
Dr. Mikkael Sekeres and I talk about the fascinating history of the Food and Drug Administration and how Vaccines, i.e. COVID, get approved quickly. We also talk about how billions of dollars and regulatory loopholes can result in ineffective drugs staying on the market. We also talk about what people do when they find out they have cancer.Buy Drugs and the FDA:https://www.amazon.com/Drugs-FDA-Safety-Efficacy-Publics/dp/0262047314/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MK66OVU81U71&keywords=drugs+and+the+fda&qid=1670615780&sprefix=drugs+and+the+fda%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1Here's a related episode about Dams.https://share.transistor.fm/s/8600e621Anti-Vaxers are fucking stupid.
Dec 2, 2022 • 23min
@MikkaelSekeres and I discuss The Brief And Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Dr. Mikkael Sekeres can talk at length about ideas and literature. He can also cure cancer.
Nov 25, 2022 • 17min
@benmattlin and I discuss his book Disability Pride.
Ben Mattlin and I discuss his book Disability Pride.Buy Disability Pridehttps://www.amazon.com/Disability-Pride-Dispatches-Post-ADA-World/dp/B0BFK8ZCQQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G5S6IDBHVXMG&keywords=disability+pride%2C+book&qid=1669244016&sprefix=disability+pride%2C+book%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1
Nov 20, 2022 • 39min
BEST OF Miami Book Fair Guests
It's a bonus clips episode!We're at the 2022 Miami Book Fair, talking to the most interesting authors, poets, writers with new works published this year. In celebration of our partnership with the Miami Book Fair, we grabbed some clips from last year's Miami Book Fair episodes. MIAMI BOOK FAIRhttps://miamibookfair.com/https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/Joshua Jay - Episodes 25 and 26SpotifyApple PodcastsHow Magicians Think by Joshua Jayhttps://www.amazon.com/Misdirection-Magicians-Think-Joshua-Jay/dp/1523507438/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+magicians+think&qid=1634843723&sr=8-1How Music Works by David Byrne:https://www.amazon.com/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne/dp/0804188939/ref=asc_df_0804188939/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057344057&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13081381195153154006&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-354840765753&psc=1Maggie Smith - Episodes 28 and 29SpotifyApple PodcastsThe Life, By Carrie Fountain:https://www.amazon.com/Life-Penguin-Poets-Carrie-Fountain/dp/0143136011Goldenrod, by Maggie Smith:https://www.amazon.com/Goldenrod-Poems-Maggie-Smith/dp/1982185066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Goldenrod&qid=1636694888&s=books&sr=1-1 Kathie Klarreich - Episode 30SpotifyApple PodcastsHear Us:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FS825T9 Jane Smiley - Episodes 31 and 32SpotifyApple PodcastsJane's Latest Book, Perestroika in Paris:https://www.amazon.com/Perestroika-Paris-novel-Jane-Smiley/dp/052543609X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LBNAJWTCPCRU&keywords=perestroika+in+paris+by+jane+smileyJane's Book About Dickens:https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Life-Penguin-Lives-ebook/dp/B000OCXGBY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1638297220&sr=1-3Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens:https://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Friend-Introduction-Edwin-Whipple-ebook/dp/B07HQY57RH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Our+mutual+friendDenise Hamilton - Episodes 33 and 34Spotify
Nov 18, 2022 • 28min
@benmattlin and I talk about disability rights.
Ben Mattlin and I talk about Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's book Care Work. It's a book about a social justice movement I didn't know existed.Buy Care Work:https://www.amazon.com/Care-Work-Dreaming-Disability-Justice/dp/1551527383
Nov 11, 2022 • 25min
Historian Robert K. Sutton and I talk about Nazis On The Potomac
Historian Robert K. Sutton and I talk about Nazis On The Potomac. He divulges some previously classified information.Buy Nazis On The Potomac:https://www.amazon.com/Nazis-Potomac-Top-Secret-Intelligence-Operation/dp/1612009875
Nov 4, 2022 • 22min
Historian Robert K Sutton and I talk a lot about the Civil War and a little bit about Nazis.
I discuss the autobiography of Ulysses S Grant with civil war Historian Robert K Sutton.
