Thanks! Now ask me if remember anything I've read, haha. I didn't even include all the other books I tried that were no good! Pro tip for anyone who's interested: Twitter is a fantastic resource for #longread and #longreads. Search those terms and click "latest"....I do a weekly search and find amazing content.
I posted this comment on the Samo Burja podcast post but am reposting here:
Do you agree with my account regarding the origin and spread of the Semitic languages? I think an article regarding this topic would be great.
Here's what I have so far:
Iranians migrate to the Levant, primarily bringing with them J1, and meeting an Afroasiatic, natufian-descended people who spoke proto-Semitic. The mixed Iranian-Levantine spread east and form the akkadians.
The first Semitic language to spread to Arabia was a South Semitic language, then Arabic spread to the peninsula from the southern Levant, replacing South Semitic. Regarding the pre-Semitic inhabitants of Arabia, my is guess they were a ~100% natufian-descended population.
New Turchin coming: https://www.audible.com/pd/End-Times-Audiobook/B0BJ186QYQ?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
New DeBoer coming: https://www.audible.com/pd/How-Elites-Ate-the-Social-Justice-Movement-Audiobook/B0BY9HCGH5?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
Finished: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Generations-Audiobook/B0B4WY4LK1?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 pretty good.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Oklahoma-City-Audiobook/B007V4D6QI?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 pretty good
https://www.audible.com/pd/Homo-Sapiens-Rediscovered-Audiobook/B0BR64QGYS?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Waco-Audiobook/B0B4T9B6Y9?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=D05DRNPH883MSQSXWEY6&pageLoadId=yQcNKRpSiNzulK8r&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Birchers-Audiobook/B0B7YNCWCW?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=BJV94JFN6BQDKVCHYGEX&pageLoadId=kpw8TF2b1gMQyIK6&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 so relevant i couldn't believe it
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Ends-of-the-World-Audiobook/B06Y45MPGC?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=BJV94JFN6BQDKVCHYGEX&pageLoadId=kpw8TF2b1gMQyIK6&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 read it 3 times now
https://www.audible.com/pd/Different-Audiobook/B09WPCF587?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=BJV94JFN6BQDKVCHYGEX&pageLoadId=kpw8TF2b1gMQyIK6&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Status-and-Culture-Audiobook/B09LJSYGSR?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=GQCNNRMM5W9RMHWAXGHN&pageLoadId=kZy0hWuE6iaGI67T&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 didn't like it
https://www.audible.com/pd/Trans-Audiobook/B09K4FZMYM?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=GQCNNRMM5W9RMHWAXGHN&pageLoadId=kZy0hWuE6iaGI67T&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 decent
https://www.audible.com/pd/Why-We-Love-Audiobook/1977336272?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 surprisingly really good. evolutionary precursors to primate pair bonding
https://www.audible.com/pd/Gunfight-Audiobook/B09HL3W3XL?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Seed-Money-Audiobook/0593556984?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/San-Fransicko-Audiobook/0063093642?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Men-Without-Work-Audiobook/B073K28VPF?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/How-Civil-Wars-Start-Audiobook/B09FFR3D5B?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 very good
https://www.audible.com/pd/Woke-Racism-Audiobook/0593509900?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Woke-Inc-Audiobook/1549163655?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Chaos-Machine-Audiobook/B09S3ZFX7K?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=38FJKP9GBVQ5NVK2A2BQ&pageLoadId=tthf7DGT6dSZf2Oa&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026
https://www.audible.com/pd/Bullies-and-Saints-Audiobook/0310119367?ref=a_account_p_c1_order_detail_pdp&pf_rd_p=be5880e8-6386-440e-a7af-e00fdf352b08&pf_rd_r=TCVHXHAD6GXQ110S5VGD&pageLoadId=mcp80UKhxCS51l74&creativeId=9653015a-0975-4d29-a2f4-52c96d320026 highly recommended. very clear story of how Christianity took over Rome.
RF, you are an information consumption machine!
Thanks! Now ask me if remember anything I've read, haha. I didn't even include all the other books I tried that were no good! Pro tip for anyone who's interested: Twitter is a fantastic resource for #longread and #longreads. Search those terms and click "latest"....I do a weekly search and find amazing content.
from this week: https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/04/27/britain-is-dead/
Finally got to this insanely long one: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757 it was worth it (to me)
Dear Razib,
I posted this comment on the Samo Burja podcast post but am reposting here:
Do you agree with my account regarding the origin and spread of the Semitic languages? I think an article regarding this topic would be great.
Here's what I have so far:
Iranians migrate to the Levant, primarily bringing with them J1, and meeting an Afroasiatic, natufian-descended people who spoke proto-Semitic. The mixed Iranian-Levantine spread east and form the akkadians.
The first Semitic language to spread to Arabia was a South Semitic language, then Arabic spread to the peninsula from the southern Levant, replacing South Semitic. Regarding the pre-Semitic inhabitants of Arabia, my is guess they were a ~100% natufian-descended population.
Thanks for reading my post.