Why people recommend it
Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton is a political memoir detailing her time as Secretary of State and her experiences with global diplomacy, including negotiations with North Korea. The book was discussed on Pod Save America by the hosts in 2024. During an episode focusing on political media and public figures, a host referenced the title while critiquing the overly simplistic narratives often found in political literature, comparing them unfavorably to actual diplomatic complexities. Another discussion in the same year linked the memoir's accounts of foreign negotiation with North Korea to broader contemporary political controversies. Additionally, Hillary Clinton herself appeared on the podcast in 2018, where she reflected on past media appearances and mentioned giving interviews for this specific book during her promotional tour in New York. The podcast hosts used the work to highlight the challenges of public service and the realities of high-stakes international relations, contrasting these heavy themes with the lighter or more controversial aspects of modern political discourse.
Who recommended it
- Hillary Clinton Discussed
Hillary Clinton — 1 mention
“and who knows I was just reminded by somebody just today that I was doing an NPR interview about my last book hard choices and I was in the NPR studio here in New York”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“It's like that, like, you know, we started off, uh, we started off as people who couldn't see eye to eye, but over a local craft beer and two hours of good and difficult conversation, we came to see each other's point of view like that. Kind of, who's that for? Was that in Hard Choices?”
“Hillary Clinton wrote a book called Hard Choices that was about negotiating with North Korea, and this woman thinks that her medal is proven by murdering a 14-year-old puppy.”
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Like, imagine having to choose who you want to have custody. The K-hole circuit dad or the theater queen. Talk about hard choices by Hillary Clinton.”
“Talk about hard choices by Hillary Clinton.”
“my laptop is balanced on a copy of Hillary Clinton's hard choices ah it's like a lot of metaphors there but you know love it how was the show this week”