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Bookish with Sonya Walger
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Could you pick the 5 books that have shaped you most? Every week actress and avid reader Sonya Walger invites a guest to explore their five most formative books and how they affected their lives.
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Huma Abedin
May 16, 202201:06:10Tap to summarizeHuma Abedin has spent her entire career in public service and national politics, beginning as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office in 1996. After four years in the White House, she worked in the U.S. Senate as Senior Advisor to Senator Clinton and was Traveling Chief of Staff for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of State. Huma served as Vice Chair of Hillary for America in 2016, resulting in the first woman elected nominee of a major political party. She currently serves as Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff. Born in the United States and raised in Saudi Arabia, Huma moved back to the U.S. in 1993. She lives in New York City with her son, Jordan. She is the New York Times best-selling author of BOTH/AND: A Life in Many Worlds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →John Simm
Jan 1, 202201:04:52Tap to summarizeJohn Simm is an English actor, director, and musician, best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the master in Doctor Who, and DS Roy Grace in Grace. His other television credits include State of Play, The Lakes, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey, and Cracker. He has been nominated for a BAFTA for best actor and the Lawrence Olivier Award for best actor. John's BooksCatcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, 1951Salem's Lot by Stephen King, 1975Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1838Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 1952 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Dan Houser
Nov 29, 202101:12:23Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is one of my closest friends, Dan Houser. Dan created a cultural phenomenon. He is the former lead writer and creative director of Rockstar Games and he was the head writer and creative director of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. GTA5 is the most successful entertainment product in history. It has sold over 150 million copies. Red Dead Redemption 2 made a billion dollars in three days. Dan is my dearest friend from Oxford and Godfather to my daughter.Dan's BooksWinter Holiday by Arthur Ransome, 1933Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934The Thin Red Line by James Jones, 1962Middlemarch by George Eliot, 1872 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Aimee Mullins
Nov 22, 202101:08:14Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is Aimee Mullins. Aimee is an American athlete, actress, model, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her lower legs when she was one year old. She was told that she would use a wheelchair for the rest of her life but by the age of two she was walking with prosthetics. She went on to be the first amputee to compete against able bodied athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association events. She competed in the Paralympics. She has modeled on the catwalk for Alexander McQueen. She has starred as an actress in many tv shows and movies. Aimee is a motivational speaker and has given multiple TED talks. Aimee's BooksThe Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden by Mary Chase, 1968Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory, 1485The Second Circle by Patsy Rodenburg, 2008CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders, 1996Liar’s Club by Mary Karr, 1995 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Krista Tippett
Nov 15, 202101:06:00Tap to summarizeThis week my guest is Krista Tippett, creator and host of the spiritual nourishment podcast, On Being. She has interviewed everyone of spiritual consequence from the Dalai Lama to Mary Oliver. She was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal at the White House, given by Barack Obama. She has won a Peabody award. She reported and wrote for The Times, Newsweek, the BBC, the International Herald Tribune, and Die Zeit. Krista has authored many books, and her book Einstein's God, was a New York Times bestseller. Krista's BooksLet your Life Speak by Parker Palmer, 1999My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, 2017When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron, 1996Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf, 2015 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →William H. Macy
Nov 8, 202101:07:51Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is my friend Bill, better known as William H. Macy. Bill is an American writer, actor, and director. He has written films, tv series, and screenplays. He has won two Emmy awards, and has been nominated for 15. He has won four screen actors guild awards. He was nominated for an Academy award for best supporting actor for his performance in Fargo. Bill's BooksThe Kid Who Batted a Thousand by Bob Allison and Frank Ernest Hill, 1951Call of the Wild by Jack London, 1903Electric Universe by David Bodanis, 2004American Buffalo by David Mamet, 1961Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlasky, 2002Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky, 1997 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Douglas Stuart
Nov 1, 202101:01:44Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is Scottish writer Douglas Stuart. Douglas' debut novel, Shuggie Bain was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize. It was a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pen/Hemingway, the National Book Critics Circle, and named a notable book of the year by The New York Times and The Washington Post. Douglas' BooksJude The Obscure by Thomas HardyA Kestrel for a Knave by Barry HinesThe Swimming Pool Library by Alan HollinghurstYoung Adam by Alexander TrocchiThe Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Chris Anderson
Oct 25, 202101:00:42Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is British American businessman Chris Anderson. Chris is the head of TED, a non-profit organization that provides idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Canada. He is also the founder of Future Publishing. He published a book, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, which immediately became a New York Times best seller. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, 1956How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, 1997The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, 2006The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, 2011The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz, 2009 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Isha Sesay
Oct 18, 202100:55:21Tap to summarizeIsha Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent who became a TV news star in 2014 when she led a CNN team to a Peabody award for her coverage of the kidnapping of 276 school girls in Nigeria. Isha stayed with the story over the years and spent time with the girls that escaped, as well as with the families of the girls that are still unaccounted for. She put her experiences into a book, Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram. Isha also launched an educational humanitarian nonprofit organization called W.E. Can Lead, which was created to support African girls in receiving educational support so that they can become future leaders. Isha's BooksBeloved by Toni Morrison, 1987To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, 1970When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, 2016The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, 1985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Carol Dysinger
Oct 11, 202101:06:15Tap to summarizeMy guest this week is Carol Dysinger, Director of the short documentary, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone if You're a Girl. This film won the Academy Award for best short documentary as well as the BAFTA for best short, and best documentary short from the IDA and the Tribeca Film Festival. She is the recipient of multiple awards, among them the David Payne Carter award for excellence in teaching and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is Associate Professor at NYU Film School.Under My Skin: Volume One of My autobiography, to 1949, by Doris Lessing, 1994The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing, 1962Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, 1847Middlemarch, by George Eliot, 1871The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, 1964 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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