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#1653: Jenny Offill’s “Weather” | The Book Show
Jenny Offill’s new novel, “Weather,” is about a family, and a nation, in crisis. Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without...

#1652: Paul Krugman’s “Arguing With Zombies” | The Book Show
Nobel Prize-winning economist, Paul Krugman, is one of the most recognizable and trusted voices on economics and policy today. In his new book “Arguing...

#1651: Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” | The Book Show
Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer for the New Yorker, is the author the best-selling: “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory...

#1650: Diane Rehm’s “When My Time Comes” | The Book Show
Renowned radio host Diane Rehm joins us this week to discuss her new book, “When My Time Comes,” which addresses the urgent, hotly contested...

#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show
In the new book, “The Founding Fortunes,” historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and...

#1649: Erik Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,” | The Book Show
Erik Larson is known for expertly transporting readers to past worlds. Even stories we think we know come to life in a different way...