Bookish with Sonya Walger

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  • Could you pick the 5 books that have shaped you most? Every week actress and avid reader Sonya Walger invites a guest to explore their five most formative books and how they affected their lives.
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  • Huma Abedin

    Huma Abedin
    May 16 2022
    Huma Abedin has spent her entire career in public service and national politics, beginning as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office in 1996. After four years in the White House, she worked in the U.S. Senate as Senior Advisor to Senator Clinton and was Traveling Chief of Staff for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of State. Huma served as Vice Chair of Hillary for America in 2016, resulting in the first woman elected nominee of a major political party. She currently serves as Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff. Born in the United States and raised in Saudi Arabia, Huma moved back to the U.S. in 1993. She lives in New York City with her son, Jordan. She is the New York Times best-selling author of BOTH/AND: A Life in Many Worlds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • John Simm

    John Simm
    Jan 1 2022
    John Simm is an English actor, director, and musician, best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the master in Doctor Who, and DS Roy Grace in Grace. His other television credits include State of Play, The Lakes, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey, and Cracker. He has been nominated for a BAFTA for best actor and the Lawrence Olivier Award for best actor.  John's Books Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, 1951 Salem's Lot by Stephen King, 1975 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1838 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866 East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 1952 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Dan Houser

    Dan Houser
    Nov 29 2021
    My guest this week is one of my closest friends, Dan Houser. Dan created a cultural phenomenon. He is the former lead writer and creative director of Rockstar Games and he was the head writer and creative director of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. GTA5 is the most successful entertainment product in history. It has sold over 150 million copies. Red Dead Redemption 2 made a billion dollars in three days. Dan is my dearest friend from Oxford and Godfather to my daughter. Dan's Books Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome, 1933 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847 Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934 The Thin Red Line by James Jones, 1962 Middlemarch by George Eliot, 1872 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins

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