If Books Could Kill

Peter and Michael dissect Jen Sincero's "You are a Badass," a book that answers the questi... more

In 2004, historian Thomas Frank proposed a theory about the rightward drift of the white w... more

Peter and Michael discuss the book that launched the phenomenon of New Atheism and asked t... more

What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told th... more

New York’s favorite criminal is in the news, so here is our episode about his ridiculous l... more

Is fact-checking a legitimate enterprise? Is America's most famous fact-checker nothing mo... more

A memoir about parenting very badly and then getting weirdly defensive when anyone asks yo... more

Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated! Thanks to <a... more

To celebrate ("celebrate") Donald Trump choosing JD Vance as his running mate we are re-re... more

Peter and Michael discuss "The Origins of Woke," a glimpse into the dark aspirations of th... more

Peter and Michael discuss the media coverage of the protests at Columbia — from the crazed... more

Peter and Michael discuss Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of Sam ... more

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We're finally discussing a good book! Naomi Klein's "Doppelgänger" chronicles the long, st... more

In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg became an icon for women who wanted to move from middle managemen... more