If Books Could Kill

The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

Episodes

Total: 59

Peter and Michael discuss The Let Them Theory, a self-help guide to seeking bliss through unmitigate

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Are you a single lady struggling to find love with a man? Don't fret! A twice-divorced game sho

Of Boys And Men

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Who's to blame for the crisis of American masculinity? On the right, politicians tell men that

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

In 2004, historian Thomas Frank proposed a theory about the rightward drift of the white working cla

Peter and Michael discuss the book that launched the phenomenon of New Atheism and asked the questio

What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told them to find

New York’s favorite criminal is in the news, so here is our episode about his ridiculous life.To hea

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

A memoir about parenting very badly and then getting weirdly defensive when anyone asks you about it

Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated!Thanks to Emily We

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

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

Peter and Michael discuss the media coverage of the protests at Columbia — from the crazed, bloodthi

Peter and Michael discuss Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fr

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We're finally discussing a good book! Naomi Klein's "Doppelgänger" chronicles th

In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg became an icon for women who wanted to move from middle management at a tec

This week we're tackling Steven Pinker's 900 page dissection of the reasons why violence,