Adam Conover Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Standup comic, writer and TV host. Creator of The G Word on Netflix and Adam Ruins Everything. Listen to my podcast, Factually!
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
Michael LewisAdam ConoverTo celebrate the release of the The G Word tomorrow, legendary journalist Michael Lewis joined me on Factually this week to discuss how we adapted his book "The Fifth Risk" for Netflix, and how he approached reporting on the US government. Take a listen! http://listen.earwolf.com/factually https://t.co/fvLqAT9rFq
Paperback, 2019
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Use It: Turn Setbacks into Success
Cheryl HunterAdam ConoverThis nails it. @WirecutterUnion didn't win by asking nicely and making good arguments; they did it by going on strike. Words are meaningless to the bosses; leverage is all that matters. Workers win when we build it, demonstrate it, and then fucking USE IT. https://defector.com/the-wirecutter-union-won/ https://t.co/lK1lVRtT5x
Paperback, 2012
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
David J. ChalmersAdam ConoverThis week on Factually was the first time I've hosted a guest whose work I cited in my college senior thesis. Wild! Was an honor to talk with philosopher David Chalmers about consciousness, virtual reality, and the scope of the human mind. Take a listen: https://t.co/1Zhb5fR8MC
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberAdam ConoverThis week's Factually is one of the most fascinating we've ever done. @davidwengrow, co-author with the late @davidgraeber of the blockbuster new book "The Dawn of Everything", explains what nearly everyone has gotten wrong about early human civilization: http://h.earwolf.com/factually
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Cory DoctorowAdam ConoverOn this week's Factually, one of my favorite people to talk to in the universe, Cory @Doctorow, joined me to talk about Chokepoint Capitalism, and how we as creative workers and art fans can free ourselves from its clutches. WATCH: https://t.co/XXVLI1k94W
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Water: A Biography
Giulio BoccalettiAdam ConoverThis week on Factually, Giulio Boccaletti joins me to explain how humanity's history has been shaped, above all else, by the history of water: https://t.co/bWDF6dFcEo
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The G-Word: Virtuosity and Violation, Negotiating and Transforming Graffiti
Jacob KimvallAdam ConoverTo celebrate the release of the The G Word tomorrow, legendary journalist Michael Lewis joined me on Factually this week to discuss how we adapted his book "The Fifth Risk" for Netflix, and how he approached reporting on the US government. Take a listen! http://listen.earwolf.com/factually https://t.co/fvLqAT9rFq
Paperback, 2015
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
Jessica HernandezAdam ConoverThis week on Factually, @doctora_nature joins me to talk about indigenous science and her new book, Fresh Banana Leaves. Take a listen: http://listen.earwolf.com/fact
Paperback, 2022
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Rick PerlsteinAdam ConoverGrowing up I was force-fed a gauzy, bullshit history of the 60s written by nostalgic boomers, so I didn't realize until I read Rick Perlstein's Nixonland that it was actually a time of brutal culture war, and that the reactionaries won. Incredible book: https://t.co/8hgmd67d93
Paperback, 2009
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Annalee NewitzAdam ConoverThis week for our first live Patreon book club, we read and discussed Four Lost Cities by @Annaleen, who was kind enough to join and answer our questions on Zoom! We’re choosing our next book soon - if you want to join, sign up at http://Patreon.com/adamconover! https://twitter.com/SarkastikB/status/1509962820984745985
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book