Episode · Breaking Points · 2026-11-10
Books mentioned on 11/10/26: Jensen Huang Scandal Explodes, Culture War Dead As Kansas Flips Blue, Tech Oligarchs Lies Exposed
Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump promises to save Jensen Huang, culture war dead as Kansas goes blue, tech oligarchs lies exposed.
Krystal Ball discussed The Creativity Con by Thomas Frank. Thomas Frank discussed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank.
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The Creativity Con
Discussed“Thomas Frank, an extraordinary author of many books, including The People Know, Listen Liberal, What's the Matter with Kansas, and his new book, The Creativity Con, which we're going to speak with him about.”
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Discussed“It's the allegory that never ends. You know, so that book was written as an allegory of the populist uprising in Kansas, where the tin man symbolizes the proletariat, you know, the industrial working class.”
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What's the Matter with Kansas?
Discussed“So Adam Hamilton, good guy, decent man, but was a Republican himself up until earlier this year. And what you have to remember, so in What's the Matter with Kansas, the main tension was not between Republicans and Democrats.”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing What's the Matter with Kansas?
“Thomas Frank, an extraordinary author of many books, including The People Know, Listen Liberal, What's the Matter with Kansas, and his new book, The Creativity Con”
Passing Listen, Liberal
“Thomas Frank, an extraordinary author of many books, including The People Know, Listen Liberal, What's the Matter with Kansas, and his new book, The Creativity Con”
Passing The People, No
“Thomas Frank, an extraordinary author of many books, including The People Know, Listen Liberal, What's the Matter with Kansas, and his new book, The Creativity Con”
Passing Doing Meritocracy Right
“My last question for you is why didn't you call it the meritocracy con? That was the last book. Come on, Sager. That was the last book.”
Passing The Affluent Society
“It's not those wasps in the 1950s, who, by the way, the 1950s, we had incredible, like, by the standards of today, we had great shared wealth in the 1950s. The affluent society, you know, that's all over now.”
Passing The Creativity Con
“The book is The Creativity Con. Thomas Frank, great to see you. Thank you so much for coming in.”