Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Hogs Wild’

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 1 July 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, Ian Frazier talks about “Hogs Wild”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Barry Friedman discusses two new books about law enforcement; and John Williams, Gregory Cowles and Parul Sehgal on what people are reading. Pamela Paul is the host.

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0:00.0	This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.
0:04.4	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:05.7	Would you feel pigs, horseshoe crabs, statin island and opioids have in common?
0:10.4	Master essayist Ian Frazier has written about all of them.
0:13.9	He's here to talk about his latest book, Hogs Wild, a collection of recent pieces from
0:18.6	the New Yorker.
0:19.6	I would like people to see that the writing and the subject matter are our classic American
0:27.0	stories.
0:28.0	It's wrong with American policing and how do we fix it?
0:31.3	Two books we review this week look at very different sides of the ongoing debate about
0:35.8	how the police should be doing their jobs.
0:39.2	Our reviewer Barry Friedman will join us to discuss both.
0:42.0	I mean, it's not nuts to think that if everything you do becomes the focus of the news, you're
0:46.8	going to get cautious about what you're doing.
0:48.6	Also, literary news and the books that we and other people are reading.
0:58.7	The New York Times wants to hear your thoughts on podcasts.
1:01.9	This one and any others you listen to.
1:04.0	If you've got a few spare minutes, check out our survey online.
1:06.9	Go to nytime.com slash book review survey.
1:10.6	And thank you.
1:11.6	Ian Frazier joins us now.
1:26.4	His latest collection is called Hogs Wild, selected reporting pieces.
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