Thomas Chatterton Williams' "Summer of Our Discontent"
From If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
September 11, 2025 · 1h 32m
About this episode
Peter and Michael discuss a book that's light on facts and long on sentences.
Peter and Michael discuss a book that's light on facts and long on sentences. Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: Book Review: ‘Summer of Our Discontent,’ by Thomas Chatterton WilliamsPolice shootings database 2015-2024From the archive, 22 March 1991: President Bush sickened by Rodney King caseBarack Obama Public ApprovalLetter To Christopher L. Eisgruber, President Princeton UniversityPolice ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Peter Shamshiri, Michael Hobbes
Topics covered
- book discussion
- police shootings
- cultural critique
- politics
- society
Keywords
- Thomas Chatterton Williams
- Summer of Our Discontent
- police shootings
- Rodney King
- cultural critique
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Princeton University
Books & works: Summer of Our Discontent
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