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Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, discusses this week's issue.

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Barack Obama's Legacy

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01/20/17 • 45 min

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 Evolution Ignited a Nation."

Inside The New York Times Book Review: You, New and Improved

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12/31/15 • 25 min

This week, Heather Havrilesky talks about Amy Cuddy’s “Presence” and Shonda Rhimes’s “Year of Yes,” and Michael Ian Black discusses “Navel Gazing.” Pamela Paul is the host.

Impeachment, Then and Now

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03/16/18 • 60 min

Cass R. Sunstein talks about “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” and “Can It Happen Here?”; and Kathryn Hughes discusses “Victorians Undone.”

Ronen Bergman on Israel’s Targeted Assassinations

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03/09/18 • 52 min

Bergman talks about “Rise and Kill First,” and Felix Salmon discusses Chris Hughes’s “Fair Shot.”

Tayari Jones on 'An American Marriage'

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02/23/18 • 58 min

Jones talks about her new novel, and J. Randy Taraborrelli discusses “Jackie, Janet & Lee.”

What to Read About North Korea

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01/05/18 • 59 min

Nicholas Kristof discusses the best books about the secretive country, and Tui Sutherland talks about the graphic novel edition of “Wings of Fire.”

Ron Chernow on 'Grant'

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10/13/17 • 69 min

Chernow talks about his new biography of Ulysses S. Grant, and Mike Wallace discusses “Greater Gotham: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919.”

Recent Romances

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09/29/17 • 48 min

Robert Gottlieb talks about new romance novels, and Celeste Ng discusses her new novel, “Little Fires Everywhere.”

The Uses and Misuses of Identity

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08/31/18 • 74 min

Kwame Anthony Appiah talks about “The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity,” and Jonathan Haidt discusses “The Coddling of the American Mind.”

The Joys of Children’s Literature

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08/25/17 • 48 min

Bruce Handy talks about “Wild Things,” and Adrian Owen discusses “Into the Gray Zone.”

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