The Power of Narrative Nonfiction: Book Recommendations from a Reader

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Narrative nonfiction is a fantastic genre to learn about history and people.
Recommendations for interesting books can be personalized depending on the reader.
Recent interesting reads include Neil Postman's works, Jenny Odell's new book on time, and Lansing's book about the Shackleton voyage.
The Shackleton voyage was super interesting and inconceivable how they survived.

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Books mentioned:
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2. Saving Time: https://amzn.to/3pejiH3
3. Endurance: https://amzn.to/419ez6O

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:42) – Political ideologies
(16:10) – Twitter drama
(31:07) – Biden vs Trump
(38:07) – AOC
(40:47) – Bernie Sanders
(48:55) – Donald Trump: Pros and cons
(1:14:46) – Joe Biden: Pros and cons
(1:21:08) – Hate for politicians
(1:37:29) – RFK Jr
(1:50:48) – Republican voters
(1:57:30) – Conspiracy theories
(2:02:26) – January 6th
(2:11:31) – Hunter Biden’s laptop
(2:15:46) – Tucker Carlson
(2:18:44) – Wokeism and censorship
(2:37:11) – ChatGPT and universities
(2:43:10) – Libertarianism
(2:46:47) – Elon Musk
(2:55:14) – Dealing with attacks
(2:59:56) – Truth
(3:05:47) – Israel and Palestine
(3:09:41) – Ukraine war
(3:17:42) – Books
(3:28:22) – Mortality
(3:30:33) – Advice for young people
(3:32:05) – Hope for the future