Episode · Interesting Times · 2025-08-14
Books mentioned on Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court. | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
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Osita Nwanevu recommended Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton is a historical study that examines how economic struggles and grassroots pressure from ordinary citizens shaped the creation of the American founding document.
Recommended“There’s a lot of colorful rhetoric that Woody Holton goes through in unruly Americans. If people want another read on this.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Right of the People
“He’s the author of a provocative new book, NOTE Paragraph "The Right of the People," which makes the case for a new American founding.”
Passing Capital
“If you’ve never read Capital but you believe that people have a right to govern themselves, which you’ve just described, most American voters, we should describe most American voters.”