What are Members Reading? A list of interesting books, blogs, websites, and podcasts

During one of our Coffee & Conversations, it was decided to start collecting a list of Books, Blogs, Websites, and Podcasts that members might be interested in checking out. The list is a living document and will change as members share more and more of what interests them.

If you have a something you think belongs on this list, please email: info@auburnareademocrats.com.

BOOKS

• I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided  Times by Monica Guzman 

• Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World by John A. Powell & Stephen  Menendian  

• Human Kindness: Changing the World One Small Act at a Time by Brad Aronson

• Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Frances  Moore Lappe & Adam Eichen

• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

• The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles H. Vogl

• Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L. Cohen

• Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers by  Dylan Marron  *Also a podcast! See below 

• The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization by Peter T. Coleman 

• High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley 

• What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma

 

SUBSTACKS 

(A free platnform to allow writers and content creators to publish newsletters and connect with their  audience) 

• America America – Stephen Beschloss 

• Official Substack of Kareem – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 

• Today’s Edition: A reflection on today’s news through the lens of hope – Robert E. Hubbell

• Michael Moore – Michael Moore 

• Letters from an American – Heather Cox Richardson

• The Status Kuo – Jay Kuo 

• Men Yell at Me – Lyz Lenz 

• The Contrarian – Jennifer Rubin (formerly of Washington Post) 

 

PODCASTS 

• “I’ve Had It” with Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan (two women in Oklahoma!)

• “Conversations with People Who Hate Me” with Dylan Marro

 

WEBSITES

• Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)