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Books and More with William Cooper

We explore books, politics, and everyday life with author William Cooper. Visit him online at will-cooper.com.

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31:25

Authors and Law Professors Naomi Cahn, June Carbone...

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/11

We discuss their book Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fair-Shake/Naomi-Cahn/9781982115135 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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29:33

Author Jacob Sullum

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2025/12/11

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is an award-winning journalist who has covered drug policy, public health, gun control, civil liberties, and criminal justice for more than three decades. Sullum is the author of two critically acclaimed books: Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004) and For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (Free Press, 1998). His most recent book is Beyond Control: Drug

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16:49

Authors Ellen Bassuk and Daniel Schoonover

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2025/12/11

For four decades, Ellen Bassuk has navigated the worlds of psychiatry, advocacy, and motherhood-shaped by her son Daniel Schoonover's lifelong struggle with mental illness, especially schizophrenia. Between Two Worlds is their deeply personal and captivating memoir, chronicling Daniel's journey through a broken health care system that often fails those who are different, and the consequent parenting challenges. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/between-two-worlds-9798216200628/

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29:49

Harry McCracken, Fast Company

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2025/12/10

Harry McCracken is the global technology editor for Fast Company, based in San Francisco. He writes about topics ranging from gadgets and services from tech giants to the startup economy to how artificial intelligence and other breakthroughs are changing life at work, home, and beyond.McCracken’s work for the publication has included profiles of Marques Brownlee, Stephen Curry, Jack Dorsey, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, and other notables. His other pieces range from a report on

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27:37

Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review

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2025/12/08

Alexandra is a critic for The New York Times Book Review and occasional features writer. She joined The Times in 2010. She is the author of the hit book: “Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy Singular Life of Elaine Stritch.”Website: https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexandra-jacobs Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250758057/stillhere/

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30:53

Professor Jonathan R. Macey, Yale Law School

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2025/12/08

Jonathan R. Macey is an American legal scholar who serves as the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School. Macey is one of the most cited legal scholars in the world.https://law.yale.edu/jonathan-r-macey

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23:04

Ed Macaulay, lecturer in physics and data science at...

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2025/12/08

Ed is the author of First Steps in Space-Time: A Brief Introduction to Special Relativity. https://www.ed-macaulay.com/ DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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23:18

Novelist Jessica Brilliant Keener

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2025/12/08

Her new novel, Evening Begins the Day, will be published by Koehler Books in Spring 2026! The story weaves together two families in crisis—one reeling from a marital betrayal and the other grappling with their at-risk teenage daughter—with an ancient spiritual practice called The Counting of the Omer; a modern-day quest for community, hope, and safety. https://jessicabrilliantkeener.com/about-jessica-keener.html

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23:01

Gil Gillenwater

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2025/12/08

Gil Gillenwater is the founder of the award-winning Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation, which has reimagined border philanthropy since 1987. He is the author of Hope on the Border. https://ranchofeliz.com/team/gil-gillenwater/ DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.

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27:35

The New Yorker's Susan Morrison

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2025/12/04

We discuss her storied career at The New Yorker and her bestseller, LorneThe Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/532520/lorne-by-susan-morrison/ DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.

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26:56

Legendary Sports Commentator Ray Ratto

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/04

Website: https://defector.com/author/ray-ratto

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16:59

Author Erica Rex

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/01

Erica Rex has written for Scientific American, The New York Times, The Times (UK), The Independent, Salon, The Economist and many other publications. She is a recipient of National Magazine Award for Fiction. We discuss her forthcoming book Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Seeing-What-Is-There/Erica-Rex/9798896360360 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. https://will-cooper.com/

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34:36

Pamela Paul of The Wall Street Journal

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2025/12/01

A delightful conversation with Pamela Paul, a writer at large for The Wall Street Journal. She was previously an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, where she also spent nine years as the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversaw all books coverage at The New York Times. She is the former host of the weekly Book Review podcast for The Times. She is the author and editor of ten books. Visit her online at www.pamelapaul.com.

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18:08

The current state of American politics

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2025/11/29

A few thoughts on where things stand.DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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31:53

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on the Power of Habits

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/11/29

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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33:55

George Gonzalez, Professor at University of Miami in...

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/11/29

We discuss his books books The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future (2015, Palgrave MacMillan); The Absolute and Star Trek (2017, Palgrave MacMillan); and Star Trek and the Politics of Globalism (2018, Palgrave MacMillan). https://people.miami.edu/profile/2b21bdd1b6844498821ffa637b0cbb50 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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27:10

Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian

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2025/11/26

Jonathan is a bestselling author and one of the UK's most respected and widely read journalists. We discuss his new book, The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany—and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. An Amazon Best Book of the Year for 2025, Mick Herron calls it "An astonishing true story of courage, love, and betrayal, told with the verve of a thriller. Freedland is a master at weaving spellbinding entertainments drawn from forgotten corners of

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20:59

Susan Dominus, The New York Times Magazine

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/11/26

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 their reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. Her article about menopause in The New York Times

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37:03

Luke Shaefer, Professor, University of Michigan

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/11/25

As shines through in the interview, Professor Shaefer has a clear-eyed and deeply informed view of one of the most important--and neglected--topics in American society: poverty alleviation. His work has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, and The Atlantic, and he has been featured on such programs as PBS NewsHour, Marketplace, 1A, All Things Considered, and CNBC’s Nightly Business Report. His book with Kathryn Edin, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America,"

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20:42

Eve Quesnel, author and columnist

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/11/25

A delightful conversation with Eve about her writing, including her new book: Snow Fleas and Chickadees: Everyday Observations in the Sierra. https://www.evequesnel.com/books.html DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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