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Jan 12, 2025 | 
lpm.org | Dhanika Pineda |Rebecca Nagle |Paola Ramos |Sebastian Junger
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024. Scroll down to find books exploring the art world, life after death, life as a nun, nuclear war — and more. And if you're still searching for more eye-opening reads, you can browse thousands of NPR recommendations from the last 12 years at Books We Love, our annual year-end book guide.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
kpbs.org | Rebecca Nagle |Paola Ramos |Sebastian Junger |Annie Jacobsen
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024. Scroll down to find books exploring the art world, life after death, life as a nun, nuclear war — and more. And if you're still searching for more eye-opening reads, you can browse thousands of NPR recommendations from the last 12 years at Books We Love, our annual year-end book guide.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Dhanika Pineda |Rebecca Nagle |Paola Ramos |Sebastian Junger
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024. Scroll down to find books exploring the art world, life after death, life as a nun, nuclear war — and more. And if you're still searching for more eye-opening reads, you can browse thousands of NPR recommendations from the last 12 years at Books We Love, our annual year-end book guide.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wunc.org | Dhanika Pineda |Rebecca Nagle |Paola Ramos |Sebastian Junger
There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024. Scroll down to find books exploring the art world, life after death, life as a nun, nuclear war — and more. And if you're still searching for more eye-opening reads, you can browse thousands of NPR recommendations from the last 12 years at Books We Love, our annual year-end book guide.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
texarkanagazette.com | Sebastian Junger |Steven Petrow
In My Time of DyingHow I Came Face to Face With the Idea of an AfterlifeBy Sebastian Junger; Simon & Schuster (176 pp. $27.99)For decades now, Sebastian Junger has taken readers to some of the most dangerous, bloody and remote outposts on this planet, including the deep sea ("The Perfect Storm") and Afghanistan ("War").
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Dionne Christian |Sebastian Junger
Penny Ashton: "It wasn’t until I saw Sense and Sensibility in London that I got the appeal of Austen." Photo / suppliedWhy I Made is a fortnightly online only interview series where artists and writers share the behind-the-scenes stories of their creations. Penny Ashton, comedian, actor, poet, wedding celebrant and podcaster, has travelled New Zealand and the world for more than two decades, performing her one-woman, laugh-out-loud adaptations of Jane Austen’s books.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid |John Cale |Sebastian Junger
Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three and Poptical Illusion by John Cale. Photos / SuppliedLove Changes EverythingBy Dirty Three When Dirty Three emerged out of Melbourne in the mid 1990s, they – violin/viola player Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White – seemed like a Velvet Underground-influenced jazz trio heading for the darklands with a bellyful of melancholy which could turn into blind fury. Or vice versa.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Charlotte Grimshaw |Sebastian Junger
RAF veteran Bernard Morgan, 100, visits the war graves ahead of the Royal British Legion Service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Photo / Getty Images On the way to Menton for the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, I met the team at the New Zealand Embassy in Paris. We discussed writing, publishing, the arts. Did I feel optimistic about the literary scene in New Zealand? Was I hopeful about the future of arts and books?
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
freakonomics.com | Priya Parker |Sebastian Junger |Fredrik Backman |Angela Duckworth
Episode Transcript
MAUGHAN: Hold on, buddy. Hold on. * * *DUCKWORTH: I’m Angela Duckworth. MAUGHAN: I’m Mike Maughan. DUCKWORTH + MAUGHAN: And you’re listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show: what makes a good gathering? DUCKWORTH: I don’t want to have dinner with you for a long time. My butt hurts. * * *MAUGHAN: Angela, I was recently reading an amazing book called The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
listennotes.com | Priya Parker |Sebastian Junger |Fredrik Backman
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhy do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela’s husband want to date you? SOURCES:Fredrik Backman, author. David Chavis, senior fellow at Community Science. Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University. Sebastian Junger, journalist and author. David McMillan, clinical and community psychologist. Priya Parker, strategic advisor and author. RESOURCES:"Do Conversations End When People Want Them to?" by Adam M.
