The Book Review

Jonathan Chait talks about "Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail," and Randall Fuller discusses "The Book That Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of E...

20 Jan 201743min

Nicholas Lemann talks about Edward Jay Epstein's "How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft," and James Ryerson discusses new books about how to be civil in an uncivil world....

13 Jan 201749min

Gary Taubes discusses "The Case Against Sugar," and Anthony Gottlieb talks about a new biography of Casanova. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Yo...

6 Jan 201744min

Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses “Other Minds,” and Jeff Howe talks about “Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Mu...

29 Dec 201644min

Editors at the Book Review discuss what many notable people were reading in 2016, and Will Schwalbe talks about "Books for Living." Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotif...

23 Dec 201638min

Michael Lewis discusses his new book, "The Undoing Project," and Arianna Huffington talks about "Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less," by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Subscribe today at nytimes.c...

16 Dec 201644min

Stefan Hertmans talks about "War and Turpentine"; editors at the Book Review talk about the year's best books; and Ian McGuire discusses "The North Water." Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or o...

9 Dec 201650min

Editors at the Book Review discuss the year's notable books; Ronald H. Fritze talks about "Egyptomania," and Matthew Schneier on "Vanity Fair's Writers on Writers." Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podc...

2 Dec 201642min