Crooked Media Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us
Murray Carpenter
This week on #AmericaDissected, Dr. @AbdulElSayed reflects on caffeine’s highs and lows with journalist @Murray_journo. They further discuss the topic and speak on Murray's book“Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us.” Out now: https://t.co/HtFEMUVQPl https://t.co/lLV95sbSfV
Paperback, 2015
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Anna Lembke
New #Offline with @jonfavs: Dr. Anna Lembke, Stanford Psychiatrist and author of “Dopamine Nation,” joins to talk how smartphones, social media, and the internet have fundamentally changed the way our brains process pleasure. http://go.crooked.com/offline https://t.co/PYOPUPzsS7
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Voyage of the Challenger: The Atlantic: A Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Yea
Charles Wyville Thomson
New #Offline: Jon finally lives up to the mission of the show and takes some time offline. Guest host @cwarzel, writer of The Atlantic’s “Galaxy Brain,” talks to technologist @LMSacasas about how the internet became a doom loop. http://go.crooked.com/offline https://t.co/Xl41HSLw2U
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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
George M. Johnson
A Florida county was sued for banning books on race and sexuality from its libraries. @IamGMJohnson tells us about the fight to free their book, All Boys Aren’t Blue, from censorship. #WhatADay “How Queer and Trans Authors Are Fighting Book Bans” out now: https://t.co/Vp3EoQNeit https://t.co/LOAEOqDNkk
Paperback, 2024
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy
Andy Kroll
Watch the latest #Offline with @jonfavs to hear more about @AndyKroll’s book “A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.” https://t.co/MaGWmbvS67
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All about Love: New Visions
Bell Hooks
On this week's #PSTP, @deray, @DeAraBalenger, and @pharaohrapture discuss Florida’s book censorship, the legacy of Paco Rabanne, and more. Then, our hosts continue their Blackest Book Club programming with All About Love by bell hooks. Listen today: https://t.co/0aZz49dE4Z https://t.co/SdPuiakeLd
Paperback, 2018
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World Deserves My Children
Natasha Leggero
This week on #KeepIt: @iramadisonthree and @louisvirtel discuss Wakanda Forever, Lindsay Lohan’s return, Elon Musk’s destruction of Twitter, and more! Plus, @natashaleggero joins to discuss motherhood, glamour inspirations, and her new book The World Deserves My Children. https://t.co/eDX0AjIVeJ
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Max Fisher
This week on #Offline, @jonfavs is joined by @Max_Fisher, who talks about his upcoming book "The Chaos Machine" and the impact that social media has had on our society on a global scale. Listen today wherever you get your pods: https://t.co/F4PU938kvY https://t.co/4QmMQtCvcj
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
Anya Kamenetz
How should parents manage kids’ screen time? @anya1anya, author of “The Art of Screen Time” and @NPR_ed correspondent joins @jonfavs on a new #Offline to discuss. http://go.crooked.com/offline https://t.co/tl3VlAGKGc
Hardcover, 2018
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Edith: Collectible Notebook
Ethi Pike
Edith’s Presidency is finally slipping away, but that won’t stop her from making one last power grab, but can she still function without Trudie by her side? Listen to the #Edith! finale, out now: https://crooked.com/podcast/the-first-female-president/
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