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On this episode, Chelsey Stone, a freelance writer and book tour leader, describes herself as someone who reads to learn. She brings a lot of really great non-fiction books to the show, and while some of them can be a bit of a bummer, these books help Chelsey learn more about herself and the world while facing reality through reading.    NatGeo article about the Chicago River Read and Run on the Road in DC  Guided Tour of Lemont's Waterways    Book Talk and Signing for The Kat Bunglar with Tanima Kazi    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich  West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge    Books Highlighted by: Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe  Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barabara Demick The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation by Alexander Solzhenitsyn The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII by Iris Chang Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson  Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb  Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos  All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque  How to Read a Book by Charles Van Doren and Mortimer J. Adler    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Instagram for Dummies by Corey Walker, et al  Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe  Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe  Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck  Cannery Row by John Steinbeck  To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck  Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck  The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo  The Address Book by Deirdre Mask  Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders  A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse by Tara Nurin & Teri Fahrendorf  Life of Pi by Yann Martel  Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard  Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe  The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler  The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler 

Gonzo Hellscape: Terry Gilliam's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas In 1998 Director Terry Gilliam - a director whose cinematic career has been fraught with difficulty on the level of Job (see 2002s Lost in La Mancha) was finally successful in bringing to the screen Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 Classic roman á clef of excess, paranoia, idealism, and disappointment, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. A polariizing film upon its release in 1998, Giliam's interpretation of Thompson's 1971 vision is both awe-inspiring and troubling. There is a tremendous amount to admire in this film while at the same time there is a tremendous amount to be critical of . . . We tackle both perspectives and struggle to find some greater understanding of the late 60s, early 70s, and pain and disappointment of the 2nd decade of a new millennium. It's an interesting and volatile discussion between two friends. Take a listen and let us know what yout think about our reaction to Thompson's vision as rendered through the mind of Terry Gilliam and the equally outrageous and powerful performances of stars Johnny Depp (as Thompson) and Benicio Del Toro (as Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta - the 300lb Samoan of Thompson's writing). As always we can be reached at gondoramos@yahoo.com. Many, Many, Many Thanks.  For those of you who would like to donate to this undying labor of love, you can do so with a contribution at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/watchrickramos - Anything and Everything is appreciated, You Cheap Bastards.

The Drunk Guys take the advice of their attorney and have a beer this week when they discuss Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson. They go gonzo for: Cherry Berry Pie by Resurgence, Florida Man by

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Sam throws a bunch of books into his suitcase as he departs for summer holiday; the hosts get chatty about 1971's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson. 

It's back-to-school month at YDKL so this month we're featuring some of the books Joe and Ian are teaching in their class rooms. A special thank you to Evel Knievin' for joining us on this episode. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) vs Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (1971).

Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are the best books of literary nonfiction? What IS literary nonfiction? And, what are you reading now? This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of The Paris Hours by Alex George and The Reading Women podcast. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED: The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is Mostly Women Again An interview by Juliet Jacques with McKenzie Wark on her new book Reverse Cowgirl Reverse Cowgirl by McKenzie Wark Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life Narrativesby Julia Watson and Sidonie Smith Lying: A Metaphorical Memoirby Lauren Slater Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghostsby Maxine Hong Kingston Roots: The Saga of an American Familyby Alex Haley Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dreamby Hunter S. Thompson Let Me Clear My Throatby Elena Passarello On Immunity: An Inocuationby Eula Biss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Fun Home: A Family Tragicoic by Alison Bechdel. My Journey to Lhasa  by Alexandra David-Neel Vergeby Lidia Yuknavitch If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson Annnnd The Sappho Bot of Twitter! YOU CAN FIND YOUR HOSTS HERE: Louise @ www.didyoueverstoptothink.com and @chaletfan on Twitter. Mary Kay @ www.marykaymcbrayer.com, Twitter at @mkmcbrayer, and Instagram at @marykaymcbrayer.

Meet James Marsh, trader, and connoisseur of risk in the real world. Books mentioned in Podcast: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/battle-cry-of-freedom/id838763945 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/id420526835 The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I Mass Market by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-guns-of-august/id419974327 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-proud-tower/id455577255 The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-black-swan-second-edition/id419951583 Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Paperback by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fooled-by-randomness/id419979120

PHILLY — Sam, 27, is a political organizer and ceramic artist living in Philadelphia. He first read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971) in high school. I first read it about six weeks ago. Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1937) served briefly in the U.S. Air Force before moving into journalism. He shot himself, at 67, in 2005. Intro song: lil peep - we think too much (prod. nedarb). - @sho_thor, 1storyhaus.com

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