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Find out what books have held Terry O’Reilly ‘under their influence,’ three books for the restless wanderlusts, and more
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To celebrate two decades of Under the Influence, Terry O'Reilly shares the five most influential books in his life; former news anchor Elysia Bryan-Baynes recommends three books about leaving your home country to live and work abroad; Montreal musician Lubalin on aliens, existentialism and song-writing fuel; and what makes iconic television personality Jeanne Beker feel the most Canadian on this episode of The Next Chapter.
Books discussed on this week's show include:
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Taken at the Flood by John Gunther
Ticket To Ride by Larry Kane
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan
To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent by Lewis M. Simons
The War We Won Apart by Nahlah Ayed
Heart on my Sleeve by Jeanne Beker
Yoko by David Sheff
141 episodes
Manage episode 475351872 series 2435229
To celebrate two decades of Under the Influence, Terry O'Reilly shares the five most influential books in his life; former news anchor Elysia Bryan-Baynes recommends three books about leaving your home country to live and work abroad; Montreal musician Lubalin on aliens, existentialism and song-writing fuel; and what makes iconic television personality Jeanne Beker feel the most Canadian on this episode of The Next Chapter.
Books discussed on this week's show include:
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Taken at the Flood by John Gunther
Ticket To Ride by Larry Kane
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan
To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent by Lewis M. Simons
The War We Won Apart by Nahlah Ayed
Heart on my Sleeve by Jeanne Beker
Yoko by David Sheff
141 episodes
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