Episode 065 – Political Thrillers

In this episode: Political Thrillers, are they even real? At the very least we think they’re terrible! Plus: Weird politics, macho men being manly, drinking lots of coffee, secret tunnels, and more!

[Also: Anna and Matthew sound…not great this episode due to microphone issues. This will be fixed for future episodes!]

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Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Books We Read This Month

• Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
• The Affair by Lee Child
• All Fall Down by Ally Carter
• The President is Missing by Bill Clinton,  James Patterson, and David Ellis
• Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
• Call for the Dead by John le Carré
• House of Cards by Michael Dobbs

Other Media We Mention

• The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
• Hark, a vagrant by Kate Beaton
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• The Big Lebowski (Movie)
• The West Wing (TV series)
• Designated Survivor (TV series)
• Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
• Red Sparrow (Movie)
• House of Cards (TV series)
• Secret Nation (Movie)
• Race Course Road by Seema Goswami (Indian Political Thriller)
• • The feminist political thriller that you can’t not read
• The Honest Season by Kota Neelima (Indian Political Thriller)
• • The Honest Season review: An engrossing political thriller that moves at a good pace
• The Ruins of Ambrai by Melanie Rawn

Links, Articles, and Things

• So You Want to get into Political Thriller Books? (BookRiot)
• Political Thrillers for Teens: A Booklist (Stacked Books)
• Rob Ford
• Acting President of the United States (Wikipedia)
• Free Music Archive
• • The Free Music Archive is closing this month

Questions

• Do you like political thrillers?
• Can you recommend any political thrillers from other countries, written by women, or from a leftist perspective?

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