Book · 2013 · Biography & Autobiography
This Town
Two Parties and a Funeral--plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!--in America's Gilded Capital
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He'd also written a book back in 2013 that was really foundational how sauger and i thought about dc in washington it was called this town and it was this really interesting portrait of what dc looked like right before the trump era.
The best things said about it
It's a great book.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · Apr 2022 In the strange new respect when you see this and our producer Jason mentioned uh Mark Lieboich's book our town and about all these people at Tim Russard's funeral which is a great scene in a book it shows you the funeral shows you so much about about DC politics because no one believes in anything really.
Well first of all i think this town i guess if i'm being self-congratulatory in some way or whatever i mean i think this town was kind of a book about the swamp that people might have run against.
This was i mean this time was a much more bipartisan book there was a pox on both your houses vibe to it.
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This Town by Mark Leibovich is a journalistic portrait of Washington, D.C., that exposes the hypocrisy, careerism, and bipartisan nature of the political establishment. On The Realignment, Marshall Kosloff and guest Mark Leibovich discussed how the 2013 book served as a foundational text for understanding the capital right before the Trump era, touching on political access and the culture of Washington c-listers and d-listers. On Pod Save America, Tommy Vietor recommended a different book by comparing it favorably to This Town, while Jon Favreau later asked Leibovich how he would update the work for a modern edition, specifically regarding its opening scene and central characters. Michael Moynihan discussed the book on The Megyn Kelly Show, highlighting a memorable scene at Tim Russert's funeral that vividly illustrates how deeply cynical D.C. politics can be when participants seemingly believe in nothing. During his appearance on Pod Save America, Leibovich himself reflected on the bipartisan spirit of the book, characterizing it as having a pox-on-both-your-houses vibe and noting that it served as an early exploration of the swampy political dynamics that politicians would later run against. Across multiple podcasts, the book is consistently remembered as a sharp, revealing diagnostic of the ruling class and the entrenched networking culture of the nation's capital before major populist realignments reshaped the American political landscape entirely.
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Marshall Kosloff he'd also written a book back in 2013 that was really foundational how sauger and i thought about dc in was… 2
“he'd also written a book back in 2013 that was really foundational how sauger and i thought about dc in washington it was called this town and it was this really interesting portrait of what dc looked like right before the trump era”
“so i get it in this town right so this town is your 2013 book you're speaking to a lot of c-listers and d-listers at that point any press is good press”
Tommy Vietor no it's a great book if you like this town you'll like this 1
“no it's a great book if you like this town you'll like this”
Mark Leibovich well first of all i think this town i guess if i'm being self-congratulatory in some way or whatever i mean… 2
“well first of all i think this town i guess if i'm being self-congratulatory in some way or whatever i mean i think this town was kind of a book about the swamp that people might have run against”
“this was i mean this time was a much more bipartisan book there was a pox on both your houses vibe to it”
Jon Favreau Last question for you. This town came out in 2013. If you were writing the 2026 edition, what's the opening… 1
“Last question for you. This town came out in 2013. If you were writing the 2026 edition, what's the opening scene? Who's the central character?”
Michael Moynihan in the strange new respect when you see this and our producer Jason mentioned uh Mark Lieboich's book our t… 1
“in the strange new respect when you see this and our producer Jason mentioned uh Mark Lieboich's book our town and about all these people at Tim Russard's funeral which is a great scene in a book it shows you the funeral shows you so much about about DC politics because no one believes in anything really”
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“the Morocco reference is funny because another actually a book party from Mark liebovich years ago he asked us to write a song about his book this town”
“we also discuss this town his previous book about obama's washington”
“and the atlantic's mark libovich is here to talk about how official washington has changed since the last time he skewered the city in his new york times bestseller this town”
“the eminence grease of the gridiron the new york times best seller this town”