Booked Up with Jen Taub: Intimate Interviews with Nonfiction Authors
Creator and host, Jen Taub is a law professor, advocate, and author. Her nonfiction books include BIG DIRTY MONEY (Viking 2020) and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES (Yale Press 2014). She focuses on “follow the money” matters— promoting transparency and opposing corruption.
You can write to Jen and the Booked Up team at: bookedup@politicon.com or Booked Up, P.O. Box 147, Northampton, MA 01061
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Invasion by Luke Harding
January 8, 2023 · 1:00:17
Luke Harding –– foreign correspondent for the Guardian and best-selling author –– joins Jen this week to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the other brave people featured in Harding’s harrowing yet hopeful new book INVASION about Russia’s ongoing war and genocide in Ukraine.
The Unfolding by A. M. Homes
January 1, 2023 · 1:02:56
On New Year’s Day, Jen is joined by the incomparable A.M. Homes, author of the new satirical novel, The Unfolding and the best-selling memoir The Mistress’s Daughter. Together Jen and A.M. explore why women don’t write the “great American novel” and are expected to stay in the realm of the small intimate domestic story.
Book Club: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
December 25, 2022 · 55:11
On Christmas Day, listen in on our first meeting of the Booked Up Book Club. During this episode, Lisa Birnbach, E. Jean Carroll, George Conway, and Ivan Lett share their thoughts with Jen Taub about THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama.
The Shrink Next Door with Joe Nocera
December 18, 2022 · 56:14
Jen reconnects with old friend Joe Nocera to talk about his documentary podcast “The Shrink Nextdoor,” and related Apple TV mini-series, the impending downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried (“SBF”), and Joe’s next book.
Michael Cohen
December 11, 2022 · 1:16:47
Jen talks with Michael Cohen about this week’s ground-shaking guilty verdict against his former client, Donald Trump’s businesses. They also dig into his new bestseller REVENGE including how a federal judge found that the bureau of prisons retaliated against Cohen when he refused to give up his rights to publish a book or even speak to the press about Trump. Cohen also shares his reaction to a heartfelt phone call from Congressman Elijah Cummings, placed before Cohen headed to Otisville Prison, and reveals the truth about Donald Trump’s embarrassing college grades.
Dahlia Lithwick
December 4, 2022 · 1:08:05
Jen gets Dahlia Lithwick to share her secrets on how to restore the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, how to write a nonfiction bestseller, and who should play her in the biopic.
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November 14, 2022 · 6:01
Politicon presents a new podcast, Booked Up with Jen Taub. Debuting December 4, Booked Up features intimate interviews with non-fiction authors.