Whilst I continue to dearly miss Whiskey Jenny, I am delighted to welcome Book Riot’s Alice Burton to chat with me about nonfiction, a genre Whiskey Jenny rarely reads! (When I am on a hiatus, Whiskey Jenny can do a series of mystery novel podcasts without me.) We build a nonfiction starter pack for nonfiction newbies, and chat about some of the nonfiction we’re particularly excited for in the back half of the year. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go!
Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around!
1:16 – Quarantine media we’re consuming
19:16 – Nonfiction starter park
35:31 – Nonfiction we’re anticipating in the second half of 2020
And here’s a list of everything we talked about!
For Real (podcast)
True Story (newsletter)
Vulture recaps of The Great
Leverage (streaming for free on Vudu with ads)
Leverage reboot
French Kiss (movie)
The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters (the best)
Affinity, Sarah Waters (the worst)
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters (not gay at all)
Future Man (Hulu), and PS the actress’s name is Eliza Coupe
10 Things I Hate about You
30 Rock (Netflix)
Beyond series, Kit Rocha
Deal with the Devil, Kit Rocha
The Great (Hulu)
Skins (TV show)
Gig, ed. John Bowe and Marisa Bowe
The Immortal Life of Henritta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Good Talk, Mira Jacob
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians and Were Afraid to Ask, Anton Treuer
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy Kaling
The Silent Woman, Janet Malcom
Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell
Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots, Morgan Jerkins
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency, Bea Koch
Why Waste Food?, Andrew F. Smith
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth, Kate Greene
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast, Marjoleine Kars
Uncrowned Queen: The Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudors, Nicola Tallis
Here She Is: The Tarnished Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America, Hilary Levey Friedman
Twenty Pageants Later, Caroline B. Cooney
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Beautiful
Miss Congeniality
Dumpling (Netflix)
Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Not Taking Over Our Country, Sumbul Ali-Karamali
Just Us: An American Conversation, Claudia Rankine
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome, Emma Southon
Agrippina, Emma Southon
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey, Gary Paul Nabhan
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford
Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood, Trixie Mattel and Katya
Why Didn’t We Riot: A Black Man in Trumpland, Issac J. Bailey
You can find Alice at Twitter and Instagram, as well as the links at the top of the above list. You can get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. If you like what we do, support us on Patreon. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much).
Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour
Transcripts by: Sharon of Library Hungry
Transcript is coming soon!