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Mentioned in 6 episodes

Inventing the Renaissance

Book • 2025

Mentioned by

Ellie Cawthorne

Vas Christodoulou

Commander Zander

Mentioned in 6 episodes

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

as the guest

Ada Palmer

's book that the episode discusses and draws examples from.

Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer

Recommended by

Ezra Klein

as a fantastic book offering a different perspective on the Renaissance.

129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein)

Recommended by

Ellie Cawthorne

as a book that goes into the complexities of the Renaissance era.

The Renaissance: not such a golden age?

Mentioned by Dan McDonald as a history of histories of the Renaissance, which looks really mesmerizing.

Books in the Box V

Mentioned by

Vas Christodoulou

as a myth-busting history of the Renaissance.

Historian and Novelist Ada Palmer - Was the Renaissance Really a Golden Age?

Mentioned by

C. Derick Varn

as a 600+ page book that explores historiographic debates and contemporary understandings of politics.

Renaissance Without the Myth with Ada Palmer

Mentioned by

Ezra Klein

when discussing the popes of the Renaissance era.

Ross and Ezra Klein Discuss Trump, Mysticism and Psychedelics

Mentioned by

Commander Zander

as a pop history book that gave him a lot of new perspectives.

″‘Inventing the Renaissance’ Review” by Commander Zander

Mentioned by the speaker in the introduction as a book by Ada Palmer.

"Ada Palmer: Inventing the Renaissance" by Martin Sustrik

Mentioned by

Jana Byars

as a new book by

Ada Palmer

, discussing how history is written and used.

Ada Palmer, "Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

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