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Mother Jones national affairs editor Mark Follman has studied mass shootings in America for much of the past decade. He says a growing number of mental health experts, educators and law enforcement leaders are engaged in the emerging field of behavioral threat assessment. They study the psychology and behavior of past mass shooters, interviewing many in prison. They then train local personnel to look for those patterns at schools or workplaces, and intervene to get troubled people help before they turn to violence. The approach raises privacy questions, but its advocates believe it's already been effective in preventing tragedies. Follman's new book is Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America.Ken Tucker reviews Bonnie Raitt's new album, Just Like That...

Stopping Mass Shootings Before They Happen

In their book, This Will Not Pass, NYT journalists Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns reveal that GOP leaders, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Mitch McConnell privately discussed removing Trump from office.

How GOP Leaders (Briefly) Turned Against Trump After Jan. 6

We talk with 'New Yorker' writer John Colapinto, author of This Is the Voice, about how voices work, how they evolved in our prehistoric ancestors, how babies learn to vocalize words of their parents' languages so quickly, and what makes voices sexy or authoritative. Colapinto's own vocal injury led him to explore this subject.Film critic Justin Chang reviews Petite Maman, a new film by Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma.

The Wonder of the Human Voice

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." NYT journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning. The goal of social-emotional learning is to provide kids with a set of skills that they can draw on when they face challenges later in life, Goldstein explains. But some conservatives see it as something that opens the door to larger discussions about race, gender and sexuality.

Moral Panic in the Classroom

Country music singers McGraw and Faith Hill star in the Paramount+ series 1883. The show tells the story of a group of Eastern European immigrants trying to make their way in covered wagons from Texas to Oregon. We talk with McGraw about the series and learning about his birth father, MLB pitcher Tug McGraw.When CNN international anchor Zain Asher was 5, her father died in a car accident in Nigeria. Asher's new memoir, Where the Children Take Us, is largely about her mother's remarkable life – surviving poverty, genocide and civil war in Nigeria, then raising four children in a struggling neighborhood in London, and giving them the skills, resilience and determination to be successful in life.

Best Of: Tim McGraw / Zain Asher

Klein was the head writer of Inside Amy Schumer and is one of the lead voices in the animated Netflix series Big Mouth. She has a new book of essays about motherhood called I'll Show Myself Out. Klein talks about how having a baby made her feel like a stranger in her own body and life. "There's just no way to comprehend how completely your old identity vanishes," Klein says. TV critic David Bianculli reviews two new shows: Gaslit, about Watergate, and The Offer, about the making of The Godfather.

Comedy Writer Jessi Klein On Motherhood

Our first Norwegian guest, Lisa Sølvberg is a lifelong reader who loves a complicated family saga. She also has a particular appreciation for the audiobooks that accompany her athletic pursuits, as you'll hear in today's conversation.

Lisa and Anne talk about the power of book journaling and what Lisa's learned about her reading life as a result of adopting this habit. Then, they explore some of the books Lisa's loved and the type of reads she's looking for right now.

Anne leaves Lisa with a list of intriguing, nuanced books that grapple with the big topics Lisa wants to explore in her reading life. And, because Anne's also a fan of a complicated family saga, she gives Lisa a few bonus recommendations that she's bound to enjoy.

See all of the titles we discussed today and leave your own suggestions for Lisa at our show notes page, whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/329.

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Ep 329: Make your reading hours count

Camille Bordas joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Father-to-Be,” by Saul Bellow, which was published in The New Yorker in 1955. Bordas’s novel “How to Behave in a Crowd,” was published in 2017

Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow

When Asher was five, living with her family in London, her mother got a call informing her that her husband and son, who were on a road trip in Nigeria, their ancestral home, had been in a terrible accident. She was told her husband or her son had survived, but the caller didn't know which. That story opens Asher's new memoir, Where the Children Take Us, which is largely about her mother's remarkable life – surviving poverty, genocide and civil war in Nigeria, then raising four children in a struggling neighborhood in London, and giving them the skills, resilience and determination to be successful in life. Asher made it in TV news. Her brother, Chiwetel Ejiofor, is an award-winning actor.Maureen Corrigan reviews Tasha, novelist Brian Morris's memoir about his smart, difficult and funny mother.

CNN Anchor Zain Asher

When Yeoh first read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once,  she gave a big sigh of relief: Finally, here was a film that put a middle-aged mother in the role of action hero. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her path from dancer to martial artist to leading lady, as well as joining the boys' club of stunt work. Also, Justin Chang reviews The Northman.

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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh reads his story “Nondisclosure Agreement,” from the May 9th, 2022, issue of the magazine. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of the story collections “Brief Encounters with the Enemy,” which was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for début fiction in 2014, and “American Estrangement,” which was published last year.

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Egan's new novel is a follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit From the Goon Squad."

Jennifer Egan Talks About 'The Candy House'

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:   Bookish Moments: new merch and a comfort read   Current Reads: some books that were directly recommended by readers and ended up being big hits   Deep Dive: our bookish confessions, in which we essentially play strip poker with opinions   Book Presses: a book that is singular in its execution and an old school favorite   As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:40 - Currently Reading Patreon 2:20 - Currently Reading  Mighty Networks 4:35 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:48 - Currently Reading Zazzle Store 5:48 - Meredith’s  “Scary Books are my Jam” mug 8:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 8:40 - Current Reads 8:45 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Kaytee) 13:39 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 14:00 - The Son by Philipp Meyer (Meredith) 17:03 - Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann 18:06 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 18:08 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty 18:55 - Frankie and Bug by Gayle Foreman (Kaytee) 19:24 - If I Stay by Gayle Foreman 19:25 - Where She Went by Gayle Foreman 22:30 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 22:40 - These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant  23:17 - NurtureShock by Po Bronson (Meredith) 27:00 - Black Birds in the Sky by Brandi Colbert (Kaytee) 28:11 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 30:25 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (Meredith) 32:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled  35:53 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff 36:32 - Deep Dive: Our Bookish Confessions 55:37 - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray 57:29  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 57:55 - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Kaytee) 58:03 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson 58:23 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu  59:47 - Blackwell’s UK 1:00:53 - What Should I Do With My Life by Po Bronson (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Currently Reading

Season 4, Episode 37: Direct Recommendations + Bookish Confessions

Is something lost once it’s gone? How do we blend sadness with sweet memory?

Richard Blanco — Looking for The Gulf Motel

How better to begin a weekly podcast on books than with Oprah Winfrey who has, in the last quarter century, done more to get Americans to read than almost any literacy program we can think of. However the beginning of her book club was something of an accident. Oprah tells us why she didn’t believe it had a chance. She tells us what is in her personal, extraordinary collection of books, what she finds the perfect reading environment, and Oprah even takes a suggestion from Kate about how she might change her reading habits. Oprah's enthusiasm for reading has proven infectious to the entire nation, and her enthusiasm for literature is addicting. After you hear our conversation, Oprah will have you wanting to immediately pick up a book. We guarantee it
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Norse toilet zombies and misunderstandings abound in two stories from the Icelandic Sagas.

268-Viking Legends: Hride or Die

Continuing New Book Release Month, Chelsea and Barbie Adler (Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother), read Jennifer Grey’s brand-new memoir “Out Of The Corner." They discuss Dirty Dancing, a career-ending nose job, and in a shocking twist, Celebrity Book Club discovers a new villain to rival John Mayer.
 
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Jennifer Grey's Memoir "Out of the Corner" (with Barbie Adler)

The new CNN+ docuseries The Murdochs looks inside the Fox media empire and the family's behind-the-scenes in-fighting. Journalist Jim Rutenberg says the real-life drama rivals HBO's Succession. "I ... have always suspected that the Succession writers have some mole in the family because it's just too many things they seem to know," Rutenberg says. "It's just got all the drama you want in television, but democracy hinges on its future."

Inside The Murdoch Media Empire

Lovable goofball Johnny Frohlichstein is back to dissect more of Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters! Topics include: Balloon animals, Chili’s, Boats 101, “The South,” mutton, IPAs, rope bridges, The Emperor’s New Groove, Bruce Lee, Captain Barbosa, Luisa from Encanto, Matilda, Sting & Friends, Badd, Ursula, headgear, the Wilhelm scream, the Hermos, The SpongeBob Movie, The Green Mile, My Chemical Romance, and more!  Thanks to our sponsor, Backblaze! Get a 15-day, no credit card required free trial at www.backblaze.com/tno  — Find The Newest Olympian Online — • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian • Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch  — Production — • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert (https://schub.es) • Editor: Sherry Guo • Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle • Art: Jessica E. Boyd • Multitude: www.multitude.productions  — About The Show — Is Percy Jackson the book series we should’ve been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

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On this week's episode, we bust open our Muggle Mailbag to answer your burning questions and take your feedback on Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore!




Twitter Polls Galore! Which host would the Qilin bow to? What was the best Secrets of Dumbledore ship? And overall, what did listeners think of the movie?
What did Yusuf Kama have to help fight Grindelwald?
The hosts celebrate Eulalie Hicks after leaving her hanging in our initial review!
Why did Grindelwald's followers not kill Theseus when they captured him?
Why did Theseus not question Queenie after her return to the good side?
Did Dumbledore and Grindelwald's fight scene fail to deliver?
Why did the Qilin bow to Dumbledore? Why not Newt? Or Jacob?
Did the producers tie up loose ends enough so that this could be the last film?
Where are Graves and Nagini?
How did Jacob and Queenie get permission to marry?
Prediction Time: Which host was closest to the box office number and what does this number mean for the future of the franchise?
On next week's episode: What questions should’ve Secrets of Dumbledore answered, and what questions must Fantastic Beasts 4 answer?
Quizzitch: What book hits Lucius Malloy in the eye during his tussle with Arthur Weasley in Flourish and Blotts?
Later this week on Bonus MuggleCast: Why has J.K. Rowling been completely silent about Fantastic Beasts 3? You can get Bonus MuggleCast and other great benefits by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/MuggleCast!
This week's episode is brought to you by Framebridge (visit Framebridge.com and use promo code MUGGLE to save an additional 15% off your first order) and BetterHelp (MuggleCast listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/MuggleCast).
