Book · 2002 · Biography
Master of the Senate
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Master of the Senate by Robert Caro, part of the LBJ series, the Senate has an institution, it reveres independence, it reveres, I mean, the entire theory of the Senate is to cool down the mob that is in the House of Representatives and to deliberate.
Saagar Enjeti · Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2024 Listen at 1:26:30 What they say about it
- Discusses opening scene“start off Master of the Senate for example with a”3
- Discusses reading the book“listeners of this podcast have heard a bit about it”3
- Third volume of the series“third volume in his LBJ biography”2
- Discusses book structure“working in on the book and its entirety about the structure”2
The best things said about it
You can read the Master of the Senate book about this. There's several others in the Robert Caro articulates it incredibly well about how much progress it actually held up at the time.
Master of the Senate, you make two points about how Johnson is effective, or at least this is the way I read it. One is that he is very persuasive if you're talking to him.
While writing Master of the Senate, Volume 3 of his Johnson biographies, Cairo interviewed former Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge.
Volume three Master of the Senate won the Pulitzer Prize.
My main book is Robert Caro's master the Senate which is the third volume in his LBJ biography.
There's this anecdote that that really struck me in Master of the Senate.
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Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro is the third volume of the author's acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, examining the historical evolution of the United States Senate and how Johnson mastered its complex rules to wield unprecedented political power. The book has been the subject of high praise and deep discussion across multiple podcasts. Emily Jashinsky recommended the volume on Breaking Points for listeners seeking to understand how the congressional seniority system historically hindered political progress. Saagar Enjeti praised the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast, citing it as one of his favorite books that brilliantly illustrates the institution's institutional independence and its original design to temper the impulses of the House of Representatives. In separate episodes of the Dwarkesh Podcast, Dwarkesh Patel explored Caro's historical research into Johnson's persuasive abilities and early Senate career with the author himself. Additionally, Gilbert Cruz dedicated multiple episodes of The Book Review to examining the volume, praising its Pulitzer Prize-winning status, its empathetic focus on powerless individuals, and its structural layout.
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Emily Jashinsky If if you want you know, you can read the Master of the Senate book about this. There's several others in t… 1
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“If if you want you know, you can read the Master of the Senate book about this. There's several others in the Robert Caro articulates it incredibly well about how much progress it actually held up at the time.”
Saagar Enjeti Now, the reason I'm bringing that up, one of my favorite books, "Master of the Senate" by Robert Caro, part… 1
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“Now, the reason I'm bringing that up, one of my favorite books, "Master of the Senate" by Robert Caro, part of the LBJ series, the Senate has an institution, it reveres independence, it reveres, I mean, the entire theory of the Senate is to cool down the mob that is in the House of Representatives and to deliberate.”
Pamela Paul and you start off Master of the senate for example with a a woman who cannot vote it feels like your your y… 9
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“and you start off Master of the senate for example with a a woman who cannot vote it feels like your your your heart”
Discussed
“I want to talk a bit specifically about master of the Senate listeners of this podcast have heard a bit about it in the last few weeks as I was reading the book”
Discussed
“so I want to talk about because you're working in on the book and its entirety about the structure specifically of Master of the Senate”
Discussed
“and you start off Master of the senate for example with a uh a woman who cannot vote it feels like you're you're your heart”
Discussed
“I want to talk a bit specifically about master of the Senate listeners of this podcast”
Discussed
“I made a mistake actually last week which I want to swiftly correct which is I said that this book master of the Senate by Robert Caro came out in 2012 it did not it came out in 2002”
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“I mentioned it earlier that I was starting Master of the Senate by Robert Koo and there's a lot to say about this”
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“my main book is Robert Caro's master the Senate which is the third volume in his LBJ biography”
Discussed
“and then the book that I'm really reading and I don't want to talk about it yet because I will be talking about it for many months is Master of the Senate by Robert Caro which is the third volume of his Lynden Johnson quintet”
Gilbert Cruz and you start off Master of the Senate for example with a uh a woman who cannot vote it feels like your you… 5
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“volume three Master of the Senate won the Pulitzer Prize”
Discussed
“and you start off Master of the Senate for example with a uh a woman who cannot vote it feels like your your your heart”
Discussed
“I want to talk a bit specifically about master of the Senate listeners of this podcast have heard a bit about it in the last few weeks as I was reading the book”
Discussed
“so I want to talk about because you're working in on the book and its entirety about the structure specifically of Master of the Senate”
Discussed
“there's this anecdote that that really struck me in master of the Senate”
Dwarkesh Patel Master of the Senate, you make two points about how Johnson is effective, or at least this is the way I rea… 2
Discussed
“Master of the Senate, you make two points about how Johnson is effective, or at least this is the way I read it. One is that he is very persuasive if you're talking to him.”
Discussed
“While writing Master of the Senate, Volume 3 of his Johnson biographies, Cairo interviewed former Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge. He asked Talmadge what impression he got from freshman Senator Lyndon Johnson”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Bob came on to talk about his most recent book working but I had just finished reading Master of the Senate on my own so we talked about everything”
Passing
“I actually finished Master of the Senate last night, literally. Oh, nice. That's a funny coincidence.”
Passing
“i am told that he is a student of lyndon johnson he can recite lines from robert carroll's master of the senate from the heart”