EPISODE · Mar 27, 2025 · 1H 32M
Filmmaker Joe Carnahan and I Eventually Get to Books
from Turek Books Podcast
Film Director Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Narc, RIP -new movie starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) and host Joshua Turek discuss a wide range of topics from the LA wildfires to never meeting your heroes. Joe brings a Noam Chomsky book and tells of why he can't read James Ellroy books anymore. They get into Trump and Biden and the U.S. imperial apparatus but also have a good time.Want to see Joshua Turek performing live? Visit joshuaturek.com for summer comedy tour dates! So far, San Diego, Seattle, Kansas City tickets are available with L.A., New York and more coming soon!Check out Joe Carnahan's new movie "Shadow Force" and upcoming after that "RIP" starring Matt Damon and Ben AffleckBooks Talked About Include:The Myth of American Idealism noam chomskyMartyr Kaveh AkbarJonathan Franzen The Corrections and FreedomAll The Shahs Men Stephen KinzerBooks by Larry McMurtrySome New Kind of Kick by Kid Congo PowersWerner Herzog Every Man For Himself and God Against AllGod Is Not Great Christophr Hitchens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Film Director Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Narc, RIP -new movie starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) and host Joshua Turek discuss a wide range of topics from the LA wildfires to never meeting your heroes. Joe brings a Noam Chomsky book and tells of why he can't read James Ellroy books anymore. They get into Trump and Biden and the U.S. imperial apparatus but also have a good time.Want to see Joshua Turek performing live? Visit joshuaturek.com for summer comedy tour dates! So far, San Diego, Seattle, Kansas City tickets are available with L.A., New York and more coming soon!Check out Joe Carnahan's new movie "Shadow Force" and upcoming after that "RIP" starring Matt Damon and Ben AffleckBooks Talked About Include:The Myth of American Idealism noam chomskyMartyr Kaveh AkbarJonathan Franzen The Corrections and FreedomAll The Shahs Men Stephen KinzerBooks by Larry McMurtrySome New Kind of Kick by Kid Congo PowersWerner Herzog Every Man For Himself and God Against AllGod Is Not Great Christophr Hitchens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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