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This week Alice and Kim talk about the Summer Olympics, including some of their favorite moments, the history of the games, and memoirs by Olympic athletes. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Chasing the Light from HMH, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. Nonfiction In the News Hollywood Reporter: “Phoebe Robinson to Launch New Book Imprint With Plume Publisher” New Books Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöldl by Ravi Somaiya The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarc