The Dad Book Review

Brian O’Leary is back on the pod to talk about the dad book. This is the airport nonfiction, narrative history, and adventure bio, etc. The Wall Street Journal just declared this ‘category’ a dying breed. As Dads with books, Brian and I draft our favorite picks.

We talk Charles Manson and the CIA, why a German U-boat off the East Coast makes Shadow Divers impossible to put down, and the case for James Michener (bestseller nobody under fifty remembers). And a lot more.

Brian’s Substack and podcast (the O’Leary Review):

https://olearyreview.com

Gentleman Speculator is from Andrew Flattery at Flattery Wealth Management.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Nixon on his old man

00:01:00 What a dad book is, and why the Journal called it dying

00:11:00 Books you can actually find at the airport

00:12:00 Chaos, Charles Manson and the CIA

00:18:00 The book your own father gave you, Endurance

00:24:00 Sports, and The Boys in the Boat