Books and More with William Cooper

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We discuss Peter's philanthropy, movies, and great new book, Finding Happy. https://www.samuelson.la/

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We discuss Jeffrey's classic 2005 book, The End of Poverty, and his current work in sustainable development. The End of Poverty: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9854.The_End_of_Poverty Columbia profile: https://csd.columbia.edu/sachs  

We discuss Jonathan's The Atlantic article on Donald Trump, Yes, It's Fascism, and his book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy. Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/ Book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273540/cross-purposes/

Susan Dominus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. We discuss her wonderful new book, The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success. Find it here: https://www.susanpdominus.com/ She has worked for The New York Times since 2007, initially as a Metro columnist. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for th...

We discuss The Atlantic and his wonderful book, The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678434/the-running-ground-by-nicholas-thompson/

Summer Lopez joined PEN America in 2017, and serves as the chief program officer of Free Expression Programs. Beginning in Nov 2024, she is also serving as interim co-CEO of PEN America. She previously worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for eight years, and was most recently posted to Zimbabwe, where she served as the deputy director of the Office of Democrac...

Justin Brooks is a Professor of Practice at University of San Diego School of Law and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project. We discuss his book, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent. https://www.amazon.com/Might-Prison-Though-Youre-Innocent/dp/0520409604/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

We discuss Ed's storied career and his new book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. https://www.amazon.com/Declaring-Independence-Why-1776-Matters/dp/1324078979

We discuss Michael's wonderful books and storied career as a writer and rabbi. https://rabbimichaelzedek.com/    

We discuss Carla's wonderful new biography Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford. What a great title! https://carlakaplan.com/ Carla Kaplan is the Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, where, as the Founding Director of the university’s Humanities Center, she created a conversational hub dedicated to diversity. She has held positions at...

William D. Cohan is the New York Times bestselling author of five non-fiction narratives. We delve into his 2022 book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, about the rise and fall of GE, once the world’s most powerful, valuable and important company. It was a New York Times bestseller and on the best book of the year lists published by The New Yorker, The Economist, The Financial T...

Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008), is a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education) and a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasi...

We discuss Sarah's storied career at The Times. She's currently a writer at large, meaning that she's not assigned to a single department but covers a range of topics. This includes a monthly thrillers column for the Book Review. X: @sarahlyall https://www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-lyall#about

W. Ralph Eubanks’s work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling...

W. Ralph Eubanks’ work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling c...

W. Ralph Eubanks’s work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling...

Stephen Pevar was a Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, and was on the National Legal Staff for 45 years. He litigated some 200 federal cases involving constitutional rights. Stephen authored The Rights of Indians and Tribes (Oxford University Press 2024). He has serves as a Lecturer at Law at Yale Law School. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rights-of-indians-an...

Richard A. Danzig, The Author Of The Chance Cormac Legal Thriller Series. https://www.richardadanzigauthor.com/

Malcom Kempt worked as a criminal lawyer in the remote Arctic for seventeen years before leaving to write full-time. He now lives on the island of Newfoundland. We discuss his new novel, A Gift Before Dying. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2312857/malcolm-kempt/

Lynn Schmidt is a syndicated columnist and Editorial Board member with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We discuss today's political scene and the book Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy, by Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown.   DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

Mike has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, and many others. He has worked at The Washington Post, and is currently on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair. We discuss his career as a creator and his hit audio comedy series StanLand. Visit him online at mikesacks.com.

Uri has very strong and well-informed views on the subject. He is the author of the hit book, Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884887-eighteen-days-in-october   https://will-cooper.com

Ken Levy, a tenured law professor at LSU, was suspended for criticizing Donald Trump in the classroom. Hear his story on Books and More. Background: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/lsu-law-professor-removed-from-teaching-after-political-comments-attorney-says/article_90a4f0ee-dcdb-11ef-bc69-ef07415df5f4.html will-cooper.com