What we're reading on the beach this summer

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  NPR.

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  Ah, gotta love late summer on the beach.

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  Stretching out underneath an umbrella, headphones in, my favorite books in a cute indicator tote.

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  SPF 500 slathered over my alabaster legs.

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  Only 500?

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  I think you've got to go four digits.

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  I brought my ice-cold beverage, my little umbrella hat, and I also brought a book to read.

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  What did you guys bring for Beach Reads?

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  Today on the show, our summer reading recs.

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  We'll talk about some books we've loved reading this summer.

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  We've got the secret, intriguing lives of government workers.

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  Really?

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  Ooh, we've got a get-rich-quick scheme gone very wrong.

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  And how algorithms are changing the way we talk.

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  That's all after the break.

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  Okay, economic beach reads.

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  Who is up first?

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  My econ beach read is called Who is Government?

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  It's an essay collection curated by Michael Lewis.

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  You might remember him from The Big Short.

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