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Steven Soderbergh on His Reading Life (Rerun)

2025/3/21
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Steven Soderbergh discusses his motivation behind publicly sharing his extensive reading list and how it helps him reflect on different periods of his life.
  • Steven Soderbergh publishes a detailed list of books, movies, and TV shows he consumes each year.
  • He started sharing the list to draw attention to his t-shirt business.
  • The list serves as a personal calendar for Soderbergh to reflect on his life.
  • Soderbergh views reading as a form of meditation and escape.

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The director Steven Soderbergh has just released his second film of 2025: the spy thriller "Black Bag," starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. In January 2024, Soderbergh spoke with host Gilbert Cruz about some of the more than 80 books that he read in the previous year. (This episode is a rerun.)

Books discussed:

"How to Live: A Life of Montaigne," by Sarah Bakewell

"Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,'" by Lee Unkrich and J.W. Rinzler

"Cocktails with George and Martha," by Philip Gefter

The work of Donald E. Westlake

"Americanah," by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Pictures From an Institution," by Randall Jarrell

"Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will," by Robert M. Sapolsky

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