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This Week, Those Books AloudIran: More than angry ayatollahsThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-2104 min
This Week, Those Books AloudBlue planet and a birthdayThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-1605 min
This Week, Those Books AloudBack to the drawing board on developmentThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-0704 min
This Week, Those Books AloudCanada's royal ironyThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-0104 min
This Week, Those Books AloudDoes the West even 'see' Africa?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-2603 min
This Week, Those Books AloudDa Pope: A blessing for Chicago, Chiclayo...This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-1304 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThe longest 100 daysThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-0604 min
This Week, Those Books AloudTrade war and peaceThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-0805 min
This Week, Those Books AloudAmerica is on everyone's mindThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-2504 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThe world according to DonThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1204 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWe go for a deep divePlease email thisweekthosebooks@substack.com to tell us what you think. Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter | Bluesky | Facebook | Threads |YouTube Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0101 min
This Week, Those Books AloudGermany's new leader has a problemThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0104 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA doctor takes the world's temperatureThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-2204 min
This Week, Those Books AloudAll say aye to AI?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1503 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWhat hope of justice for Gaza?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0804 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWhen stories come trueThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0104 min
This Week, Those Books AloudDonald Trump, coloniser-in-chief?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2503 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWill Trump be TikTok's X factor?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot Substack dot com to subscribeAnd please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1803 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThe Syrian refugee question...againThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-2106 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWill Syria go the way of Iraq or Libya?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-1406 min
This Week, Those Books AloudNotre Dame reopens. HallelujahThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-0705 min
This Week, Those Books AloudBlack Friday isn't just a dayThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-3005 min
This Week, Those Books Aloud'No, we won't'...changeThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-2306 min
This Week, Those Books AloudRed meat and the Trump manosphereThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-1604 min
This Week, Those Books AloudTrump and his guys turn up the heatThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-0904 min
This Week, Those Books AloudHalloween shows migration isn't scaryThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-0206 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA Pacific story: Decolonisation delayedThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-2608 min
This Week, Those Books AloudDon't look up. Look aroundThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-1903 min
This Week, Those Books AloudIsrael's year of war and AmericaThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-0904 min
This Week, Those Books AloudLebanon: A story without end?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-0505 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThe UN isn't world government. DiscussThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-09-2805 min
This Week, Those Books AloudSri Lanka poll and life after deathThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-09-2103 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA big debate on polling mattersThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-09-1404 min
This Week, Those Books AloudIndonesia just changed its capitalThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-08-1704 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA Gen Z revolution in Bangladesh?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-08-1004 min
This Week, Those Books AloudKamala and the Americas' political sisterhoodThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-08-0304 min
This Week, Those Books AloudParis 2024: Faster, higher...more equal?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-07-2704 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA Trump party as those shots reverberateThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-07-2005 min
This Week, Those Books AloudStrong men (and weak ones) at NatoThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-07-1304 min
This Week, Those Books AloudGlorious July 4 in Britain and America?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-07-0604 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThe world tunes in to TV election debatesThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-2904 min
This Week, Those Books AloudAn unsporty reader looks for sports booksThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-2204 min
This Week, Those Books AloudAll eyes on EuropeThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-1505 min
This Week, Those Books AloudA Modi-fied IndiaThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-0804 min
This Week, Those Books AloudElection win or not, inequality rules post-apartheid South AfricaThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-0104 min
This Week, Those Books Aloud'The book prize that's like winning an Oscar'This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-05-2512 min
This Week, Those Books AloudUS names, Nakba Day and the memory businessThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-05-1803 min
This Week, Those Books AloudThank you for the music, EurovisionThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-05-1103 min
This Week, Those Books AloudGaza campus protests and watermelonsThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-05-0404 min
This Week, Those Books AloudIs a marathon coming to a city near you?This Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-2704 min
This Week, Those Books AloudLet's talk about India's jumbo electionThis Week, Those Books joins the dots and connect the big world news story to the world of books.Go to This Week Those Books dot com to subscribe.And please help us spread the word Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-2004 min
This Week, Those Books AloudIreland, Senegal change the old orderAnd please help us spread the word. Here’s a QR code for this podcastClick here for newsletter postsClick here for more about me Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-1304 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWhy you should care about Poland todayAnd please help us spread the word. Here’s a QR code for this podcastClick here for newsletter postsClick here for more about me Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-0303 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWhy fast, like half the world right now?And please help us spread the wordClick here for newsletter postsClick here for more about me Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-0103 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWe fell in love with the atom, then were sickened by itAnd please help us spread the wordClick here for newsletter postsClick here for more about me Get full access to This Week, Those Books at thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/subscribe2024-03-2003 min
This Week, Those Books AloudHalf-time at the UNGA gamesWelcome to This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new and old that resonate with the week’s big news story.The few minutes it takes to read this newsletter will make you smarter, faster…guaranteed. If you’d rather listen, click on the audio button above for a human, not AI, voiceover. These book suggestions – complete with summary, quotes and a visceral response rating – could point you to your next read or sort out watercooler convo and supper small talk. Please share. Find me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube.Yours,The Big Sto...2023-09-2003 min
This Week, Those Books AloudWhat to know about Fashion Week 2023Welcome to This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new and old that resonate with the week’s big news story.The few minutes it takes to read this newsletter will make you smarter, faster…guaranteed. If you’d rather listen, click on the audio button above for a human, not AI, voiceover. These book suggestions – complete with summary, quotes and a visceral response rating – could point you to your next read or sort out watercooler convo and supper small talk. Please share. Find me on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.Yours,The Big Story:2023-09-1303 min
eShe“There’s much to say about the American presence in Afghanistan… the US embassy there was essentially Ameristan”Former journalist Rashmee Roshan Lall's novel 'The Pomegranate Peace' uncovers the absurdities of America's 'aid and reconstruction' project in Afghanistan. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2022/08/17/rashmee-roshan-lall-the-pomegranate-peace/2022-08-1708 min
The Two MattsUnrequited (political) love for India, the pot paradox and what European tales to read this summerFor this week's bumper summer special issue episode, host Steve Anglesey is joined by journalist Rashmee Roshan Lall who discusses if the government's love of India is reciprocated and emphasises the importance of keeping your word in politics. Global editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism James Ball considers the issues on both sides of the Cannabis legalisation debate, commenting that liberal legalisation processes can often occur unexpectedly and suddenly. Finally, for this week's special episode Charlie Connelly introduces the Great European Lives with Charlie Connelly podcast, a teaser episode of which features at the end of this podcast, and...2021-07-291h 17